<p>I got into SB and SD; however, I am seriously considering UCSD for this FALL and I just got "The Village" pamphlet.</p>
<p>Anyways:</p>
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<li><p>Is there a major price difference with dorming and renting an off-campus apartment?</p></li>
<li><p>I want a meal plan since I really don't want to worry about where I am gonna get subsequent meals. How is the food there? Don't they have a different system than other UC's(triton dollars, idk)?</p></li>
<li><p>I am a transfer student(Sixth College/Visual Arts Major); does that mean I will be most likely be dorming with freshman?</p></li>
<li><p>How many people in a dorm? </p></li>
<li><p>What is a good price range for apartments?</p></li>
<li><p>Is it true that everything closes at 6 around La Jolla?</p></li>
<li><p>How far is UCSD from Downtown San Diego(that's a fun city, right?)?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks to anyone who can help; plus feel free to add on any tips!</p>
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<li><p>Off-campus tends to be expensive, but with roomies you can reduce the cost. I live off-campus around UCSD and rents around here are $1600/2-Br. I don’t remember what The Village is charging.</p></li>
<li><p>No idea about meal plans. The Village website probably has more info on it.</p></li>
<li><p>No.</p></li>
<li><p>I heard they are doing 2-3 people at the Village. As I mention above, unless you can afford a pretty high rent, you’ll need to do roomies if you live off-campus.</p></li>
<li><p>$1400-$1800/2-Br, with the current avg at $1600/mo. You’ll have to look to find something $1400 though. The area is pricey. I think it’s about $1200-1400 for 1Br.</p></li>
<li><p>No.</p></li>
<li><p>15 minutes by car, straight down the I-5.</p></li>
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<li><p>Yes. 1500 for Village, ~ 300-500 (can get higher) if you’re rooming with others (off-campus), but you don’t get the meal plan. You’ll be living in close proximity with other students as well, but it’s not on campus. </p></li>
<li><p>SD food blows except for Sierra Summit and Canyon Vista. Sierra Summit will open up next fall after renovation. You shouldn’t have trouble finding food in La Jolla though, although I hear it’s not great, it’s manageable. They have a chipotle there… Triton Dollars can be used at cash near select surrounding places near UCSD, and it works like cash on campus for the stores or the restaurants, or the dining halls. I would suggest not wasting those on the dining halls… Their food is expensive. Just use meal points on those.</p></li>
<li><p>No, you live in transfer housing which is completely isolated from other dorms. The school you got into doesn’t affect where you live, only what GEs you take. If you complete IGETC, you only take three quarters of “Making of the Modern World” (for ERC)</p></li>
<li><p>I’m not sure.</p></li>
<li><p>Me and my friends were going to take over a lease on an apartment. They had 5 people and the rent was 1850. You can get other deals or haggle, i’m sure. I heard a house with three bedrooms was 2k a month</p></li>
<li><p>Probably. It’s just another bubble like Irvine, but I think that figure is around 10.</p></li>
<li><p>Not too far.</p></li>
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<p>I meant to add that you can get an idea on rents and possibly find a good deal by searching the rental listings on Craigslist. DO NOT USE “LA JOLLA” AS YOUR SEARCH TERM. That’s just asking for a world of hurt because you’ll get listings for La Jolla Village which is EVEN MORE expensive than the area surrounding UCSD. There is no reason to live in La Jolla Village unless you are very wealthy, or have really debilitating status-consciousness issues (I know post-docs who suffer from this malady).</p>
<p>Instead use “UCSD”, “UTC”, or “University City” as your search terms. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for the very informative replies, guys!</p>
<p>But man, that village brochure looked amazing(yeah, I know it’s a brochure, lol)! </p>
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<li>What is your overall impression of it if I go there?<br></li>
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<p>I found out it is $1084-1280 a month, which sounds good, which brings me to:</p>
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<li><p>Lemme get this straight though, if the off-campus apartment is 1600 a month, and if you have 1-2 roommates, you’ll be be paying around $500-800? Plus add food and that would roughly equal a village price, right?</p></li>
<li><p>I know this might sound like a dumb question, but how would I find some people to dorm with since I really won’t know anybody yet?</p></li>
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<p>@ AwesomeStudent: Financial aid will pay more if you’re planning to live on campus. If, when you applied you said you were to be living on campus, your proposed financial aid package will reflect this. If it turns out you do not live on campus, the amount of money they actually end up giving you will be less.</p>
<p>If anyone has any real information about the difference between financial aid for on campus living compared to off, please post it. It would help me make a decision as to my living situation.</p>
<p>I hope this isn’t a silly question, but I looked at the brochure for the Village and it says that the apartments range from $1100-1400. Is that per student or is that the overall price that will be split among each roommate?</p>
<p>@ fenris
learn to analyze information. 1100-1400 for dorm life as opposed to about 500 for rent to living on your own(i.e. you own room). I’ve lived dorm life in the past. Privacy is better. And cheaper in this scenario. As for calculating food into your expenditure, simply dont eat out and grocery shop wisely and it will still be way cheaper than 1100-1400 to live off campus. You might ask ‘well what about gas?’ Do yourself and ride a bike. I do. Lastly i’ve been going down to ucsd a couple times a month in the past two years and can truthfully and honestly say that the food is not that good/healthy and is way over priced so ultimately buying into to dining plan is a rip. For the past year and half i’ve been doing the research into living situations. Maybe you should a little research too… that is outside of this lame forum.</p>
<p>seeing as how your pos statement is AMBIGUOUS i assumed you were talking about 1100-1400 OFF-CAMPUS, which is not even close to what it should be. Seeing as how i’m renting out an apartment and paying ~390 for rent. (i’m renting out a place with three others. it’s a two bedroom, so we share a room. your statement could have been applicable to dorm-life or off-campus.) seeing as how the prices for dorm-life were already stated, i assumed you were talking about off-campus.</p>
<p>so if you want people to analyze information, give it straight up and clear; not ambiguous.</p>
<p>Perhaps you should learn to read:</p>
<p>My first post: i know about everything you’ve said and i’ve also suggested it. I know what I’m talking about. I’ve been to SD. I’ve done my research; perhaps you should learn to read. </p>
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<p>i know that La Jolla is a bubble and closes everything around 10. James confirmed this seeing as how he lives there.</p>
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<li>Your own bathroom (or shared with one other person)</li>
<li>Your own laundry room (I hope)</li>
<li>Your own bedroom (thank god!) </li>
<li>More security. Some people say yes, others say no, but dorm rooms seem a lot more apt to theft than apartments. </li>
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<p>You have your own privacy, you can pick out your own internet service and not worry about UC nannies on the college network, things like that. </p>
<p>Plus it can be quieter, quite a bit so. </p>
<p>Of course, there seem to be a lot of NEEDY people here who can’t socialize unless everyone’s living in their room.</p>
<p>soo you fail to understand what im saying… then you tell me that i need to learn how to read because i “dont get” what you’re saying? </p>
<p>we agree on the main thing, so instead of acting on your insecure pressing need to be ‘right’, why dont you settle down and untangle your panties.</p>
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