<p>Forgive me if a thread about this topic has been posted before. </p>
<p>Assuming ya'll get into UCLA (and I hope we all do), where are you going to live? Off-campus or on? If you are going to live off-campus WHERE are you going to live? And how? Room-share or your own room?</p>
<p>I'm curious george.</p>
<p>Living on campus will be a new life experience.
Sharing a room will be a new life experience.</p>
<p>A new life lies ahead; sharing it with an unknown other will be interesting.</p>
<p>Living off campus in Westwood in an apartment w/ bf if we both get in.</p>
<p>I have a friend this year who did exactly that (Off campus w/ gf) and he hated it! He was away from everything! You need to dorm your first year at least until you develop a group of connections. Unless you already have a group at UCLA then I’m sure living off campus will be more enjoyable. Personally I have flirted with the idea of moving into a frat straight away (I don’t go there, but I’m on the rugby team, so I already know a bunch of guys who can hook me up with things, like frat bids!)</p>
<p>i’m going to be within walking distance of UCLA, so i’m not worried about being away from anything. i honestly would never dorm, that is just not for me and neither is greek life. i will join clubs on campus and intermural sports so i’ll be fine as far as developing a group of connections. living off campus will give me my own space and i’m really excited to have a place that i can do whatever i want with.</p>
<p>Renting house off campus… Only way to go IMHO.
I have a dog and a GF too, so…
But, consider this: If you like to smoke pot, work on cars, be up late, have a backyard, masturbate, have sex etc., a house is the only way to go.</p>
<p>Exaggeration, naturally, but you get the point.</p>
<p>Im an experienced apartment renter, and I can tell you that if you can go in with a friend etc, rent a house. Not dealing with management/neighbors is a godsend.</p>
<p>on campus housing might be attractive if you have lived in your parents house your whole life, but otherwise, a dormitory setting, no matter what the configuration, will be chaotic at best, and scandalous at worst.</p>
<p>Shoot for quasi-home-ownership.</p>
<p>aw i want a dog, i’m hoping to get an apartment on the bottom floor with a patio, i’ve been looking on craigslist often to get an idea of what i want. a good family friend of my family owns apartment buildings all over westwood, most newer and beautiful, so i’ll have my pick when the time comes and i’ll only have her to deal with as far as management and she’s the nicest lady ever so it’s great.</p>
<p>yeah, you know I would like to live on campus but I can’t share a room with people because sometimes I get migraines and need a space to be in total quiet and darkness for awhile. =(
i’m thinking if i go there i’ll try to find a room to rent in a house/apartment with other college undergrads.
and floobnoobs, so right about the house thing… my boyfriend moved from an apartment to a house with his roommates and it’s SO much better, in regard to all those examples you mentioned hahaha</p>
<p>are dorms really that bad?</p>
<p>not at all, I have spent many nights in UCLA dorms! Its awesome, you meet lots of people and with 3 people in a room its pretty easy, you have your own space and most of the time you have time alone in your room if your roommates are off doing something.</p>
<p>3 people in a room, kill me now.</p>
<p>I have the same problem as your friend SP123, in regards to bringing a significant other when one moves. Even though I have yet to be accepted (or rejected) to any UC, it’s not a decision I look forward to making as I would prefer to live in a dorm my first year. Transfer students have it harder I think in that aspect.</p>
<p>haha 3 to a room isn’t bad at all! You don’t even notice it really. You sound like someone who like to apply to be an RA though as they get their own room and sometimes a balcony which is pretty sweet. </p>
<p>and dreakol, yeah it placed a huge strain on their relationship, shes moving out this summer and he regrets not being able to dorm. Its the college experience, who cares that its communal showers and you don’t have much privacy, these are the kinda things that make you appreciate the experience!</p>
<p>I actually already live and LA, and more than likely will be staying here with my mom. She’s super cool too so I don’t mind. Only problem is we live all the way across the city near Glendale.
I’m dreading the idea of that commute!!</p>
<p>oooh! i know, the one horrendous fact about living in los angeles. i love the place until i get on the freeway…</p>