<p>So my friend and i requested each other when we initially signed up for dorms, but they did not put us together for some reason. After we found out we were in different dorms, we requested a CAR, but still was declined a change in rooms. Does anyone know the soonest time we can be changed into the same room? Are we going to have to wait until next quarter? I am assuming our roommates are not willing to change because we are both in triples and 2 of my roommates are friends, and so are his.</p>
<p>To be clear...freshmen are put three in a double room. It's exceptionally tight. We moved in our child last weekend and those frosh looked like they were living in submarine bunks. There's really no space to do anything except try to stay out of each others' way. </p>
<p>Yes -- Kids are adaptable and can manage many situations, later they can laugh about it as a rite of passage, the campus is beautiful and the other facilities are nice (like for dining), etc. But those rooms are really bad and worth trying to see if one visits the campus.</p>
<p>Hey, we love our squished little triples! (<em>Drools at thought of maybe having a double next year</em>)</p>
<p>a squished little triple in sproul beats a double in the other halls any day. </p>
<p>i wish they'd had the halls renovated when i was a freshman, i totally would have lived there and saved so much money!!!</p>
<p>anyone know where the polling places are on campus where we can vote? is there more than one and if so which one do we go to? also, anyone know what time they open/close?</p>
<p>Do I need to submit my SIR to apply for Housing?</p>
<p>how can an entering freshman get at least a double?
if we request housing a plaza, would it be more likely to get a double than in the residence halls?</p>
<p>heyitspam:</p>
<p>It's basically whatever is left; doubles are most likely really hard to get considering how most students have taken whatever doubles are available for next year. Would you rather have a plaza or a double? It's really all luck.</p>
<p>How does the school decide priority for incoming freshmen? What is the chance of a freshman get a single room? Thanks</p>
<p>Freshman chance of getting a single room: 1.3853%
Freshman chance of getting a double room: 12.5%
Freshman chance of getting a triple room: 85.1147%</p>
<p>(Not official statistics, but what I think)</p>
<p>what about private baths?</p>
<p>Most people I know who requested a plaza (private or shared bath) got a plaza because a majority of people request the halls. In fact, there are a lot of people in plazas who requested a hall, but got the plaza.</p>
<p>i'm still debating whether i should go to cal or UCLA and i was just wondering how soon should i apply for housing and pay the deposit before all of the double rooms are taken? i'm not a fan of sharing a bathroom with an entire floor =</p>
<p>i've had a friend apply for housing immediately after she got her acceptance letter but i'm still in my decision mode.</p>
<p>It doesn't matter when you send in your housing info as UCLA uses a lottery and sending it in early does not make a difference.
As a freshman there is a very good chance you will be in a triple.
Residence HALLS are the only housing option with large communal bathrooms.
Plazas and suites have private or shared baths and the shared baths are only shared between 2 rooms (at the least a total of two people and at the most 6 people).
If you don not want communal bathrooms then put down plaza or suites for your first choices. There is still a chance you could end up in a hall. Nothing is certain.
The reason most freshman end up in triples is because for the past few years and the next few one large high rise residence hall will be closed for the year while it is totally renovated. For instance Sproul Hall was closed 2007-2008 and is open now..all new carpet, furniture, windows, the works. So that's why there is crowding.</p>
<p>^ Actually I think UCLA uses the first come, first serve system (at least they used it for the years I been there [2003-2007]). They only uses the lottery system when you are transfers or if you submit your housing apps pass its deadline. But its true most freshmen gets triples, around 80-85%. It's very rare to get doubles and extremely rare to get singles for freshmen.
The halls are more social - but yes, there's only one boys and one girls bathroom/floor so you have to carry your stuff to and from the showers and you'll bump into your floormates often.
--hedrick hall, rieber hall (being rennovated this year so it'll be new for you guys), sproul hall (rennovated last year, so really new), dykstra hall
The plaza is more private, so you have to make the effort to be social; each room shares a bathroom and shower with 1 other room so that you have suitemates (rooms at the end of the hall have their own bathroom and shower; de neve rooms have private bathrooms/showers as well). i lived in a plaza during 3 of my years there. the plaza rooms are a bit bigger than the halls rooms. But you would have to go to the halls if you want to be social.
--de neve, delta terrace, canyon point, courtside, rieber vista, rieber terrace, hdedrick summit.</p>
<p>So should incoming freshman apply for housing ASAP?
do we need to send in our sir to do so?</p>
<p>freshmen are randomly assigned. subsequent years are first come first serve based on your sign up time (which are more or less randomly assigned too).</p>
<p>I'm filling out the housing form, and I'm unsure as to what to do about my picture. What's it used for? The picture I used is very small, and upon the review part of the application, it stretched it out and made it very ew. Should I use a different picture so it doesn't distort my face?</p>
<p>If I wait till mid April to send in my UCLA SIR do you think I will lose my spot at a RESIDENCE HALL?</p>
<p>Well apparently this year UCLA uses the lottery system, so it doesn't matter when you submit your SIR or do your housing app, it's all random. (Just make sure to do it before the May 1st deadline - and don't wait till the day before to do it).</p>