<p>thanks krn, i already looked into that. =) i’m just curious about what it’s like to live in one.</p>
<p>^^^
[YouTube</a> - resTV’s “Cool Rooms” - Triple in Sproul 2N, UCLA](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLM6nUzTLAo]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLM6nUzTLAo)</p>
<p>“its happened… i think it has to do with the freshmen getting first dibs”</p>
<p>No it’s actually THE OPPOSITE. Delta Terrace is a plaza I think? or was it suite. Something like that. Transfers get first dibs so they usually get plazas and suites, which are nicer but somewhat less social.</p>
<p>Freshmen don’t get dibs so they usually end up in Residence Halls (traditional dorm style). That’s why your friends place was all transfers, they all wanted the nicer place. I specifically requested a Res Hall, so we got a fair amount of transfers here mixed in with the freshmen.</p>
<p>Good, I’m glad they room transfers with transfers. I wasn’t looking forward to sharing a room with 18 year olds, especially since I’m about as old as someone can be and still be allowed to live in the dorms (24).</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>o really? thanks for clearing that up, Amazing</p>
<p>Whats with everyone hating on 18-year-olds? Seriously…</p>
<p>It would be super hard to live with people a lot younger than you. I’m 22 and have changed soooo much in the 4 year difference between now and 18.
Don’t know if I’d be able to hang!</p>
<p>I’ve been seriously considering a single apartment. I am 25.</p>
<p>I would feel awkward in Residence hall, not only because of my age but also because of the whole privacy concern as well. I have lived on my own for quite some time and would hesitate to give up that privacy. On the other hand I really feel like I missed out on the whole college experience by not living in the dorms or going to university directly out of high school. So i do have a part of me that wants to experience it.</p>
<p>Any thoughts from the younger transfers 20-22 how they would feel rooming with or 25-26 year old. I’m not saying I am an old man, but I definitely do not have the same mentality as I did when i was that age. I no longer drink or smoke or anything. Very straight edge. I just don’t know if I would feel too much like the parent on the floor or in the hall. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>i’m 20 and i don’t smoke or drink either which is hard to come by for somebody this age, i personally will be living in an apartment because i hate having to deal with loud annoying drunks and also because i need my privacy and will be sharing it with my bf to save money. don’t get me wrong, having a drink now and then and going out to a party is great, but i just cannot stand the over acheivers for this particular area. personally, i would have no problem at all rooming with a 25 year old, if you can find a person that is mature and has the same outlook as you you should be fine. you would probably be better off in an apartment but maybe sharing with like 2 or 3 people that are also students so that you start to meet new people as well as live in an environment that is best for you.</p>
<p>I’m 18 and don’t drink much or smoke(at all)…I still wanna stay in a dorm for at least a year…for the experience.</p>
<p>“Any thoughts from the younger transfers 20-22 how they would feel rooming with or 25-26 year old. I’m not saying I am an old man, but I definitely do not have the same mentality as I did when i was that age. I no longer drink or smoke or anything. Very straight edge. I just don’t know if I would feel too much like the parent on the floor or in the hall. Any thoughts?”</p>
<p>Not that weird at all. I don’t know what school you’re planning to go to, but at UCLA:</p>
<p>They have Residence Halls (traditional dorms), Plazas (like a hotel), and Suites. I recommend you try the Suites. Transfers get first priority so you can choose them. It’s like a big on campus apartment building. The suites have bathroom, separate shower room, and living room. They just don’t have kitchens. The suites are on campus and just directly across from the Residence Halls. It’s filled with mostly transfers (20-22ish) and a few randomly scattered freshmen who were able to get it. It has an RA in a separate apartment, but it’s still pretty private. They have community events and news updates and what not.</p>
<p>They’re pretty nice too. Hence the “suite”</p>
<p>I’ll be living in an apartment. I dormed for a short period of time, and while it is great from a social standpoint and I met some awesome people, it just isn’t for me. I’m really worried that I’m going to have no social life though and difficulty making friends. Oh well.</p>
<p>“It would be super hard to live with people a lot younger than you. I’m 22 and have changed soooo much in the 4 year difference between now and 18.
Don’t know if I’d be able to hang!”</p>
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<li>couldn’t hae said it better myself</li>
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<p>also, anyone who, out of principle, abstains entirely from any sort of intoxicant weirds me out. i could get into why, but i’d just offend you and your well founded beliefs.</p>
<p>^I don’t completely abstain from it…</p>
<p>In high school(last year) I’d always get crazy leg cramps during a meet if had drank the night before…</p>
<p>It was the same with soda…</p>
<p>This year its kinda just the habit of saying no, I still don’t drink much soda either…</p>
<p>@pinkerfloyd
“also, anyone who, out of principle, abstains entirely from any sort of intoxicant weirds me out. i could get into why, but i’d just offend you and your well founded beliefs”</p>
<p>At one time I would have agreed with you, in fact as the saying used to go “I don’t trust anyone that doesn’t drink or smoke.” However my particular choice has nothing to do with my beliefs, it has to do with my experience. I become to dependent on both alcohol and weed, I am not the type that can smoke in moderation - although I have learned to quite after one beer. As for other drugs, I find little use for the psychedelics that once used to be my only outlet for expanding my mind. Uppers just seem to waste time. Other than that - any other substances seem superfluous to me. I’m sure we could debate this, but i’ll concede to you and offer up the hardcore truth,</p>
<p>I am, unfortunately, just a weirdo</p>
<p>and I hope you don’t hold it against me</p>
<p>I don’t have any problems with privacy, drugs/alcohol/smoking, or anything. I would just prefer not to be surrounded by a bunch of kids who are without adult supervision for the first time in their lives. I know there are plenty of level-headed 18 year olds out there, but there are enough annoying ones to make me think twice about rooming with them. As far as living in the same dorm as them, I could care less, but living the same ROOM, that could get irritating… however I’m pretty easy going so I could deal with their newfound zest for life.
I have heard that the suites are less social (said in this thread I believe), and one of my fears is arriving to school and not making friends. I’d almost rather live in the dorms where I’d be highly likely to meet people, even at the risk of being annoyed by the exuberant kiddies. I’m seriously considering going to UCSB and living in Isla Vista because I’d rather live somewhere where there’s TOO MUCH going on than somewhere where there’s too little.
The OP specifically mentioned the dorms, but does anyone who has lived in the suites have any input similar to the OP’s?</p>
<p>And, just in case you wanted to know, I would prefer to live with smokers/drinkers, even though I only drink occasionally and don’t smoke, because I’ve found them to be more open and friendly.</p>
<p>“I’m seriously considering going to UCSB and living in Isla Vista because I’d rather live somewhere where there’s TOO MUCH going on than somewhere where there’s too little.”</p>
<p>I posted above about the suites at UCLA. Too little going on at UCLA? Uhh no matter where you live on campus there is always something to do here. This is Los Angeles. There is almost always something going on or something to do.</p>
<p>My best friend lives in IV so I’m up there like every other weekend. And trust me, there is more to do at LA. SB has mad parties going on all the time, but the reason for that is that there is nothing to do in SB. It’s just an extremely suburban town.</p>
<p>“I know there are plenty of level-headed 18 year olds out there, but there are enough annoying ones to make me think twice about rooming with them.”</p>
<p>The suites are mostly transfers. Check out my post above. Mostly 20-22 year olds.</p>
<p>“I would prefer to live with smokers/drinkers”</p>
<p>I smoke and drink with my friends over at the suites all the time. A lot of people there do because you have a living room along with people 21+.</p>
<p>^right on, thanks for the info!</p>
<p>@ sobizzle,</p>
<p>there’s nothing wrong with being a weirdo! don’t get me wrong… my idiosyncracies are probably more than most people can handle… it’s just that anyone who adopts some sort of dogmatic resistance to inhebriation (or just about anything, for that matter) doesn’t sit well with me.</p>
<p>again, i’m talking about people who keep straight edge out of PRINCIPLE… in the sense that even 1 sip of wine at a fancy dinner, or champaign on new years, or a single toke on 4/20 is off limits, simply because they “don’t do” that. ever… to be stuck in any sort of dogmatism, however seemingly beneficial or ‘obviously righteous’, to me, is manifestly evil, because at that point, it seems to become less about being healthy and just, and more being slave to one’s beliefs… and, again, that ****'s evil. </p>
<p>if someone says ‘no’ 99 out of 100 times, that’s fine… so long as i see that they make their decision in the moment, in accordance to the specific occasion, at each and every occasion that requires they give an answer… otherwise, like i said, one becomes a slave to his beliefs… and not only is that evil, but it does well to discourage pursuing friendship, or even conversation, to a certain degree…
enough ranting… sorry.</p>
<p>you’re silly pinker</p>