<p>I got this from cal poly slo class of 2013 face book group.</p>
<p>I]Lewis Godowski* :
This should sum it up pretty well. There are four different housing complexes at Cal Poly. There are the prison dorms (Sierra Madre and Yosemite), the red bricks (Fremont, Muir, Santa Lucia, Sequoia and Tenaya), the North Mountain (Palomar, Lassen, Whitney, Shasta and Diablo) and the Cerro Vista apartments.</p>
<p>Both Sierra Madre and Yosemite are the farthest complex from campus. I’d expect a ~10 minute walk to your closest class. They’re also the biggest partiers/most social of all the dorms. They have pretty good sized rooms, but I’m not sure how many triples there are there. Each floor has 16 rooms that share one bathroom. So that’s a minimum of 32 people using one bathroom.</p>
<p>The red bricks are closest to campus. 10 minutes is probably the farthest you’ll have to walk to any of your classes. Of the red bricks, Tenaya and Muir are the most social. Each floor has 16 rooms that share one bathroom. So 32 people per bathroom again. They have the smallest rooms on campus, and I’ve seen quite a few triples there.</p>
<p>The North Mountain dorms are set up differently than the two previous styles. It’s sort of a motel style, so all the doors open to the outside, rather than an interior hallway. Each of the buildings within North Mountain (Palomar, Lassen, Whitney, Shasta and Diablo) are all pretty equal social-wise. They’re very close to campus as well, a 12 minute walk is the furthest you’ll have to go. Every four rooms share a bathroom, so that’s 8 people per bathroom. The North Mountain dorms have the largest rooms of all the housing options. There are a few triples, but because the rooms are so large, it’s not crowded at all.</p>
<p>The Cerro Vista apartments are a tiny bit farther from campus than North Mountain, again, 12 minutes is about the farthest you’ll have to walk. Since they’re apartments, there are four single rooms sharing two bathrooms, plus you get a full kitchen and living room. A lot of people in Cerro Vista party, and it’s really nowhere near as unsocial as a lot of people assume. It’s all what you make out of it.</p>
<p>Let me know if you want more details!</p>