<p>O.K. So I have a couple of questions:
1. If 9 people share a suite with only one bathroom, how difficult is it to use the facilities for taking showers, doing your hair/ makeup, brushing your teeth, etc.
2. How big are the closets? Big, small, or medium-sized? How much clothes should we take?
3. What school supplies should we buy and how much of each. e.g. Binders, notebooks, paper, pens, pencils, etc.
4. What is the thing you think is the MOST useful to you in college and makes your life a lot simpler?
Thanks beforehand! ;)</p>
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<li><p>For guys, its not a problem sharing the bathroom since we’re in and out most of the time. I cant say for sure for the girls, but it shouldnt really be a problem (I’m assuming you’re a girl since you said makeup, sorry if I’m wrong though). The main thing when it comes to bathroom use is when you have your first class. I can promise you that not all of your suitemates are going to have the same exact schedule, so you guys will never have to get ready for classes at the same time.</p></li>
<li><p>The closets I’d say are a medium size. They’re the wooden kinds that can move around. I dont know if you’ve ever seen them before. If you want to bring a lot of clothes though, I recommend investing in one of those space saving hangers that you see on TV.</p></li>
<li><p>As far as school supplies go, its all still the basic. Notebook, pens, pencils, highlighters. I never used a binder, I just kept everything in my notebook so I’m not sure if you’ll want to buy one just yet or wait a bit. Or you can see what someone else has to say about binders. Who knows, I may be the one whose off a bit.</p></li>
<li><p>My car easily. Whenever I needed a break from it all, it was so useful to have my car to just go off campus for a bit and just relax, even if was only to the grocery store. Which brings me to my next point about why my car was so good. I eat a lot despite being super skinny, so I usually would run out of groceries quickly. While I could have used dining dollar at a campus market (which you shouldnt cause everything is super over priced), I didnt because I could just hop into my car and go to Ralphs or, if I needed other things, Walmart/Target.</p></li>
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<p>Girls perspective here…
- You won’t have an issue with the bathroom. I was really worried I’d never be able to shower with only 3 showers and 13 girls, but everyone has SUCH different schedules it’s not a problem. PS I would recommend doing your hair and makeup with a full length mirror in your room, if you have space for it. You don’t want people having access to that sort of stuff. That’s just me though.
- Closets are tiny. I had to send back quite a few clothes.
- Wait until you get to school to determine what school supplies you need. UCSD bookstore, nearby grocery stores will have plenty to choose from. What works for other people might not work for you.
- Agreed with aviboy about having a car. Just relax and have fun. Don’t take too many units your first quarter and don’t get too down on yourself if your initial grades aren’t what you expected. There’s always time to improve. (I realize that’s not a <em>thing</em>, but I just thought I’d throw some advice in hahaha.)</p>
<p>^^ great advice!</p>
<p>How likely is it that one will get one of the dorms with ocean view?</p>
<p>Not happening for Tenaya. The dorms with Ocean views have already been claimed by second years (I’m the lucky one who got the balcony too :D). </p>
<p>Tioga I believe is the same, all the second years got them already. However, you can be put on a floor that has access to the ocean view from your suite lounge or house lounge</p>
<p>Correction, there are actually only 4 to 8 rooms available for freshman. I forgot about the very first single when you enter the suite.</p>
<p>But those 4 to 8 include guys, so realistically you’re looking at 2 to 4 ocean view singles for girls.</p>
<p>2 to 4 ? Is that out of ALL the dorms in both Tenaya and Tioga?</p>
<p>Yeah. 2nd years already chose their rooms and of all the possible ocean view rooms (dorm and apartments included) there are only 4 left for girls. At most</p>
<p>Awww… I guess I shouldn’t keep my hopes up then. =\ but I have another question, are there enough washers/dryersso that it won’t be crowded when you do the laundry? What is the most efficient way to get it all dine quickly?</p>
<p>There are only 2 washers and 2 dryers per house. From my experiences, the weekends, especially Sundays, are the most busy days when using the washer and dryers are used and evenings on the weekdays usually are slightly busy. I recommend doing your laundry in the middle of the day or way late at night.</p>
<p>Honestly though, I wouldnt worry about it. Your HAs will come up with some sort of plan so that if one of the washers/dryers has someone’s stuff in it but isnt in use, you’ll know who it belongs to and you can ask them to move there stuff so you can use it.</p>
<p>This might be useful to this thread. I made this video almost 4 years ago, so the rooms may look a bit different:</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - UCSD Muir Triple Video Tour](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHSjPeEV9_U]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHSjPeEV9_U)</p>
<p>Thanks @Oyama.</p>
<p>Do we need to but curtains for our dorm?</p>
<p>they provide blinds.</p>
<p>Oh ok. And do you guys recommend bringing a printer?</p>
<p>Only if you’re a paper-intensive major (mainly humanities and some social sciences). If you major in something that requires ad-hoc usage of printers, then just register a print account through the school. B&W copies = $.05/page, Color = $.20/page</p>
<p>I don’t knowww I personally think having a printer is necessary, esp if you’re in any college writing program. There are 1028934923984091 times per year when it’s 3 AM and I need to print something and going outside at that hour isn’t exactly pleasant (or completely safe)</p>
<p>You need to hand in a physical copy of a paper at 3am? Just wake up at 7am and go to Price Center or something.</p>
<p>Hahahaha what if I don’t want to drag my ass out of bed at 7 am?!!</p>
<p>Convenience is key! Also if I’ve been up writing all night the likelihood that my alarm will successfully wake me up at 7 is slim!</p>
<p>Printers= SUPER USEFUL.</p>
<p>I’m really glad that I brought mine. For the muir writing courses especially. Since they’re trying to save money due to the budget crisis in California, you’re now expected to print things up and bring them to class with you. Which means a lot of the readings. I’m suffering right now b/c my printer is out of ink and my Muir 50 class has us print out almost every reading that we have to do and each time we dont have the printout, we get docked points from our grade</p>