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<p>like i said, we agree on the same thing, but you failed to mention what the 1100-1400 was for in the original post. Seeing as how the dorming price was stated several times, i could only assume that you were referring to off-campus housing being 1100-1400.</p>
<p>obviously, you’ve already rectified that. what am i failing to analyze? you were ambiguous!</p>
<p>lol +1 for fenris</p>
<p>that figure was quoted from tiatot. context, its your best friend</p>
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<p>you can find apartments for that price as well. this thread is about both off campus and transfer housing. you have to mention which you’re talking about</p>
<p>sorry i guess i read posts in a linear fashion. and when i read somebody respond to a figure in a post that lies above them (give or take a handful), i assume theyre talking about the same thing.</p>
<p>dude, do you not get the concept that you can have a roommate if you dorm OR live off campus? you made it ambiguous.</p>
<p>then you would have to read my original comment as if i were talking about a 2200 to 2800 dolla 1bed 1 bath. seeing as how this thought was never brought up, but 1100-1400 for the village was, i do not think it was a matter of me being ambiguous.<br>
you just cant follow discussions. qed</p>
<p>which is why i commented that it was way too expensive. 1100-1400. it was never brought up and you put out numbers there so i thought you were bringing it up. if you care to notice, this thread is about housing; asking whether or not he should dorm. for the most part, we already answered the village pricing. you would’ve only been repeating it for the nth time. if you stick out numbers without indicating what they’re for, i’m going to assume they’re new numbers. </p>
<p>regardless of context, your post was ambiguous because you did not state whether it was for dorms or off-campus housing because both have the possibility of having roommates. regardless of whether or not i took it in context or not, your post was ambiguous. end of discussion.</p>
<p>Our experience this year and last, as a transfer student (my son) living off-campus:
Rent last year on 2 bed/1 bath apartment $1730 + utilities.
Rent this year on 2 bed/1 1/2 bath condo $1400 + utilities.
Shared with one roommate both years. Rent divided with person living in master bedroom paying $100 extra. So split was $815/$915 last year, $650/$750 this year.
Both places with in-unit washer & dryer and good parking for both residents & visitors.
Both places have free shuttle stop just across street. This is the way to go if you live off-campus - saves on gas and you don’t need to pay the big bucks for a parking permit.</p>
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<p>Dude did your mom drink alcohol when you were in the womb? I already pointed to where it was brought up. 3 posts above my original. Take your own advice and learn how to read. you can stop trying to cover up your fail by saying my post was ambiguous now. </p>
<p>if you make hypocritical stoopid comments, im going to assume you are a fool.</p>
<p>Me and Fenris have bumped heads, but in this thread he takes the cake and he can eat it too as far as FACTS are concerned. I disagree with his opinion of on campus housing, but he’s telling nothing but facts about UCSD’s housing as far as information goes.</p>
<p>I’ll add a few corrections though.</p>
<p>1) The price per month for your own room in The Village is $1146.88 to $1265. Not $1400 by a stretch. This is as of UCSD The Village’s official price lists for 2010-2011 academic year. The meal plan translates to $220 per month (9 months) of Triton cash. If you break down price by price: $10 internet, $25 utilities (This is tentative), $220 food budget, you’re paying $891 to $1010 per month for your own room in contrast to what you’d pay off campus. Off campus near UCSD (Walking distance + Shuttle), don’t expect to pay any less than $500 a month for your own room. So you’re paying a premium of about $400 to $500 to live on campus. </p>
<p>2) There are considerable advantages to living on campus if you desire to make friends once you get here. If your goal is to just pass your classes, meet people in class and focus on graduation, then on campus housing might not be a good idea. However, and this is confirmed to me from UCSD students themselves, it’s hard to meet people living off campus because the housing is a good neutral place to meet people from school. I suppose if you hang out at school after class, this is neutralized, but this is my personal example:
After I get out of class, I’m burnt and I want to take a nap. I typically don’t have the energy to want to walk around and try to meet people, but after a nap I do! If I live off campus, this is a tedious task. Spend 30-45 minutes going home to take a nap and come back to school? However, if you live on campus, you go home in about 5 minutes, take a nap and when you wake up and you’re energized, you’re STILL on campus! You can go to the gym, price center, library and meet people.</p>
<p>3) Money = Time. People forget this, but it’s true. You only have 24 hours in a day. You can’t throw 2 hours in the bank from commute time and then cash in on it later. If it takes 30-45 minutes to get from your house/apartment to campus, that’s 1.5 hours every day at the most that you spend commuting to get to and from campus. If you’re worth $10 an hour, that’s $10 a day of free time that you’re spending commuting. Multiplied by 20 school days in the month and you’re spending about $200 of your own time commuting to and from school. You might not factor this into your spending because you’re frugal, but let me put it to you this way: Imagine having coffee with a cute girl is an hour of your time. In the time you spend commuting to and from school, you could’ve had coffee with 20 different girls in one month. </p>
<p>4) I didn’t factor gas. If you live where I live (10 minutes drive from UCSD), you spend about $100 a month on gas + maintenance. I’m going to move near campus though in July, if I don’t get a single room in my housing application. </p>
<p>So really it all depends. The money difference isn’t as significant as others make it out to be when you factor time, utilities, internet and food into the equation. But what IS significant is that it’s not guaranteed AT ALL that you’ll get your own room, whereas if you rent off campus you’re guaranteed a room. I do not think the Village is worth it at all if you don’t get a single room. For some reason, their prices don’t scale well with single versus double rooms. You only pay about $150 difference to get your own room so that’s really unfair to people who have to double. Basically I can invite my girlfriend over, have sex, watch movies, run around naked in my room and I only have to pay $150 more than everyone else.</p>
<p>Thanks Essenar. You cleared up a lot for me. Privacy is a big issue for me as well.</p>
<p>Remember that you can still apply for on campus housing and see if they give you your own room. They let you know before you have to commit to a contract.</p>
<p>“Housing will be accepting applications for Fall term beginning May 2, 2010. Please come back to this site at this time.”</p>
<p>Wait… So, when I transfer I can apply for single room? or is it more likely that I’ll get double?</p>
<p>You apply and I think on the application you can request it, but it’s not guaranteed. When they accept you for on campus housing, they send you an offer just like financial aid and it’s up to you to accept or not. In that offer, I think they tell you if it’s single room or not.</p>
<p>What if I am not getting fin aid, and I am paying for it?</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter, they still just contract you to a lease and you pay them. If you get into it, you get into it, you pay them like you’d pay your fees.</p>
<p>Just to clarify, is everyone getting that same above message as me?</p>
<p>yes, everyone has that message. the old “new” message had “newly admitted students” in the mix. that one indicated something. the new one doesn’t</p>