<p>Hi! I'm a transfer student who is going to attend UCI this fall!
I intend to house on campus the first year I'm there however I have no idea which community to house in!
UCI offers the following community to go to:
Arroyo Vista, Camino del Sol, and Vista del Campo Norte.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me a bit about all these three communities which might help me and maybe other prospective transfer students to choose?</p>
<p>A little bit about me:
I'm a (female if that matters) mechanical engineering student, I like being social, however I also take my studies seriously, so I also like some quiet times to study in my room. I intend to take on biking if needed, and since parking will be costing too much, I'll have to use the bus to get to internships and jobs etc.</p>
<p>Any advice is appreciated!</p>
<p>I don’t know about Camino del Sol…</p>
<p>Arroyo Vista is “dorm-like.” They have themes and things like that. You’ll share a house(?) I think which is shared with up to 16 people. I don’t recall exactly if they have people who clean your common areas for you…they might. You’ll have 4 to a suite I believe…and you’ll live with another person. Although recently, they added an option to share a “suite” with another person…so two people to a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and living room (they sent emails to us to see if we’d be interested). </p>
<p>[UC</a> Irvine Housing - Arroyo Vista Theme House - Double Suite - YouTube](<a href=“UC Irvine Housing - Arroyo Vista Theme House - Double Suite - YouTube”>UC Irvine Housing - Arroyo Vista Theme House - Double Suite - YouTube)</p>
<p>It’s sort of a ripoff IMO considering what you can get at a place like Campus Village and considering you can get a single room at VDC/Norte for about that price. You’ll have to take a shuttle to get to class or drive. If you need quiet, this might not be the place for you because I know someone who lives there, and its supposedly quite noisy. </p>
<p>VDC Norte offers a single room (and larger beds???). IMO, the apartments are tiny but they are admittedly much nicer than anything you can find on campus. They seem to have had a lot of fire alarm issues this year. You will also have to take the shuttle or pay for expensive parking (which they used to not charge for). If you plan on getting any sort of internships, you’ll probably have to drive. I dunno if you’ve been to Irvine but the public transportation isn’t some of the best to be frank…jobs, you can probably find some on campus but if you want anything off campus, bring a car.</p>