hello I am 20 y/o and Canadian and am planning on going to SBCC just for the Spring semester of 2016. I really want to be near the beach and meet tons of people and party while im studying. After doing my research I would like to live in Isla Vista because I feel it would be easy to make friends there. Can anyone give me advice on how i make sure I can get housing for the spring semester and if it’s even possible. Also, am i going to be hated on for being an SBCC student and living in IV? I am totally open to living in other places for students around SBCC. Is it going to be hard socially if i come half way through the year? I just want to live in a place where I will for sure be able to meet people, party and get a true college experience since I’m only going to be there for 4 months. Any advice is helpful
Check Craigslist.
I lived in IV and went to SBCC for a year. You just have look for apartment complexes online and call them. No one will care that you go to SBCC, and there will be a lot of others that do the same. There is even a bus that goes directly from IV to SBCC. You will definitely meet people if you try. There are parties on Del Playa Drive every weekend and week nights too that pretty much anyone can go to. That street is where pretty much everything happens. Although you will be at a slight disadvantage going to SBCC, it’s really not a problem. You will meet people in your complex who will go to the parties with you, and they will probably end up being your closest friends. For me, the parties got kind of old because the music was so loud it made it difficult to talk to people, but they were still fun. You should have no problem meeting people.