How fast do dorms go?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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<p>I got into Cal Poly as an incoming freshman for fall 2013 and I REALLY want a social dorm… I would ideally love to be in Sierra Madre or Yosemite!</p>

<p>However, I am still waiting to hear from a few other colleges. Cal Poly is I think the top of my list and I can’t really see myself going anywhere else. I’m 99.9999% sure that I want to attend Cal Poly, but my parents keep on saying that I should wait to hear back from everywhere before I accept their offer, which makes sense.</p>

<p>I’m worried about the dorms though! How quickly do they go for incoming freshman? Will all the good spots be gone by the end of March? How popular are Sierra Madre/Yosemite and how quickly do the spaces fill up?</p>

<p>Thanks!!!</p>

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<p>Yosmite and Sierra Madre are pretty popular, but I wouldn’t think they’re all that much more in demand than the red bricks. I think that as long as you apply for housing by the end of April, you have a fairly good chance at getting into one or the other. You might be placed in a triple though. However, the rooms in the towers are more spacious than the red bricks, and I think that even then, they tried to mostly convert the larger corner rooms into triples. So even if you are in a triple in the towers, you won’t be super cramped - can’t say the same for the red bricks though.</p>