<p>I transferred in Fall 08 to UCLA (Econ) from a CC.</p>
<p>My younger brother is going to be a Fall 09 transfer and I told him the same thing:</p>
<p>MOVE INTO THE DORMS</p>
<p>Please do not opt for an apartment when you first transfer. Some people end up enjoying it, however the majority end up regretting it. I know a ton of transfers; friends from my CC who transferred at the same time and other transfer students I've met on campus. This is the collective consensus if you intend on having a social life during the next 2 years of your life. Many many transfers who opt for an apartment will end up joining a fraternity/sorority because they get so bored. You can still join if you want to anyways while in the dorms.</p>
<p>Apartment pros:
You have a living room. You have a kitchen. You get a parking spot. You get privacy. You don't have to share a room. You have your own restroom.</p>
<p>Seems good right? However, this will be the only time in your life you can get the dorming college experience. What is it like to randomly walk to your friend's room 20 feet away at 1am to drink beer and play video games on a tuesday? There is always someone to hang out with and they are literally just a door knock away. The floor is a community and they will keep you posted with news about campus events, floor events, etc..</p>
<p>Last week I was studying in my room on a wednesday and I hear a knock at 1am. My friend comes and says "Hey Kenny, you wanna help us kidnap Kevin? We're going to duct tape his arms and legs and leave him in the girl's bathroom."</p>
<p>You are going to get an apartment during your 4th year anyways. In fact I will be getting an apt with a good friend of mine from my floor. Please do yourself a favor and do not miss out on "the college experience".</p>
<p>well i’ll be living in an apartment, any idea of when the best time to look for one is because i’m sure as it gets closer to school starting they really fill up.</p>
<p>I agree. I’ve already been to school and done the whole dorming thing, and while I will most definitely be living off campus, anyone who has not had the experience should live on campus in the dorms. If I could revert back to my early 20’s I would dorm, but being older I don’t care about having a social life, and I definitely need a kitchen.</p>
<p>I’m 22 and I have a sex life. Dorming is not for me. I DO want to make friends though. Any chance of that if I join a club or something? </p>
<p>Sweetnezz, I’ve been worrying about the same thing. Once you are admitted you have access to this website where you can look up rooms for rent posted by UCLA students.
I’ve been checking craigslist like a loser and it seems most of the rooms for rent are summer sublets. By August people should start posting rooms for rent during the school year. I think.</p>
<p>sopheee i hear ya in every aspect, dorming isn’t for me either especially w/ a bf. i’ve been on craigslist browsing the last couple of months to see what’s out there, i’m sure as it get’s closer i’ll take a drive down there and hunt it out (if i get in that is )</p>
<p>where have you been looking (not like craigslist, but area wise) and what are the prices like? where are you coming from. i live with my boyfriend in west hollywood pretty close to UCLA but am upset because they dont allow pets. s wonder what the market is like</p>
<p>“I DO want to make friends though. Any chance of that if I join a club or something?”</p>
<p>Yes there are so many clubs on campus you’re bound to find at least a few you want to join. Clubs are really active too, unlike my CC clubs.</p>
<p>I want to clarify… I didn’t mean to phrase this post in a YOUR ONLY CHOICE IS TO DORM way. I just recommend it because it is a great experience.</p>
<p>And if your reason for not dorming is your sex life… I think you are severely mistaken that people in the dorms don’t have sex haha.</p>
<p>On my Fafsa I checked off that I would be living off campus. Does this mean I HAVE to live off campus? I am seriously considering living in the dorms, but it’s not worth it if I don’t get any financial aid towards it since I didn’t specify it on my Fafsa.</p>
<p>From your description of the college experience it sounds quite a bit like living in military barracks. Living in a hall with a ton of rooms where lots of people live sucks. People don’t shut up at 1 am, they don’t even shut up at 3 am. Always with the stupid prank ideas, there are always drunks roaming around, and the incessantly loud music. I can’t go back to that. The only thing that makes me think twice about it is the amount of hot chicks in college dorms compared to the ugos in the military. Girls alone don’t make it worth it…probably. I need an apartment.</p>
<p>UCLA dorm food: one of the best in the nation. you swipe in via mealcard/bruincard and its all you can eat. (we’ll definitely be getting freshmen 15, or junior 15, whatever you wanna call it)</p>
<p>same cant be said for sd’s, theyre on some lame meal point system</p>
<p>Okay, it’s probably WAY too early for this, considering I haven’t even officially been accepted yet, but I plan to live on campus and have serious concerns about this whole sharing-a-space-and-not-having-a-kitchen-or-my-own-bathroom thing. Am I going to regret not trying to live off campus if:
–I hate sharing. Period. My stuff. Your stuff. We do not mix.
–I’m a crazy picky eater.
–I must have at least mild OCD and can’t stand clutter</p>
<p>I’m already seriously sorry for my poor roommate, even though she hasn’t been selected yet. </p>
<p>Also, how do the bathrooms work in transfer housing? Is it one bathroom per dorm, or one big public bathroom for the whole floor, or what? And what exactly makes UCLA’s housing “good?” AND how does the food . . . card . . . thing work? Does it cost more, less, or the same as if you were buying the food from a grocery store? Crazy college.</p>
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