<p>kathrine23- agreed. </p>
<p>i want the college experience- but i want to have quite time to study. i dont want to have to always go to the library when i want to study. any recommendations?</p>
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Isn't Sproul going to be closed until 2008 though????
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<p>There's a chance it will repopen again Spring 2008. But if so, only Reiber residents will be able to live there for the remaining quarter.</p>
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OK so anyways...I am really conflicted between residence halls and residence plazas. I really want the social aspect, but at the same time I cannot stand the thought of the communal bathrooms (I know this is college...but i'm just lame). Are the plazas EXTREMELY anti-social?
Right now, I'm leaning toward De Neve because I definitely like privacy.
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<p>De Neve is not EXTREMELY anti-social. Most floors are generally more quiet than residential halls, and sometimes extremely cliqued.</p>
<p>I personally like it, because it is more quiet (or mainly because I have a double). I am able to study in my room most nights, except for Thursday nights.</p>
<p>The study lounge at De Neve is alright most of the time too. If you are in a residential hall, sometimes people watch movies in there or even talk, so it's hard to study or do homework.</p>
<p>If you get Dogwood or Cedar, you'll get what you want. Those are generally the more social buildings in De Neve.</p>
<p>Speaking of privacy, you won't be getting any unless you're in a single. What do you mean of privacy?</p>
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i dont want to have to always go to the library when i want to study. any recommendations?
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<p>There are study lounges, about 90% quiet. If you can study during the day, then you can do so in your room.</p>
<p>I think sproul is going to be closed through next year but, I won't know this for sure until this coming week (during housing tour guide orientation.) </p>
<p>Anyway, you definitely get used to the communal restrooms in the high rises. And No ALL plazas are not anti-social. Its really hit and miss on each floor. </p>
<p>BTW, incoming first years CANNOT pick specific buildings. You can only pick building type.</p>
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<p>haha woah i just read that sentence. it was pretty badly worded. must be my "yay i got into UCLA- now i dont have to seem smart until next year" syndrome. </p>
<p>anyways. what do you think of suites? people generally dont talk about them- i only hear about res halls and plazas.</p>
<p>it depends on which suites you're talking about... the Hitch suites give you the longest walk to campus and are generally filled with upper classmen and athletes. however, i believe i heard that all the transfers were going to be placed there this year... does anyone know if there's any truth in that?</p>
<p>as for the ten-person suites in the newer plaza buildings, they are most likely already filled with returning students...</p>
<p>so its safe to say that incoming 1st year students won't be given the option of living in suites.</p>
<p>hm...that really sucks that freshman cannot make building choices.</p>
<p>more questions: are the actual triple dorms in residence halls crappy in general? are plaza dorms any bigger or are they just quieter and have their own bathrooms?</p>
<p>I wouldn't say they're crappy - just small. And no, besides having the bathroom, the plaza rooms are practically the same size as the res hall rooms.</p>
<p>I live in terrace and the desk placing and spacing in the plaza rooms (terrace/vista) are much better than the situation in, say, hedrick hall- the desk is between the end of the bed and the wall- its pretty cramped.</p>
<p>really? well, i guess i haven't actually been inside the plaza rooms in vista and terrace... but comparing de neve rooms to res hall rooms... i'd say they're about the same size.</p>
<p>i really liked sunset village. its quiet (but not too quiet), central to b-cafe and campus (no climbing too many stairs), and the rooms are pretty big. plazas are the best deals IMO.</p>
<p>I have to concur with sunset. I really like it a lot. The downside, which has been mentioned a lot is that its not that social. Thats partially my fault though because I don't goto my house's meetings and didn't bother to interact. Other than that I haven't seen much social activity as in people leaving their doors open or much chit chat. Its a nice quiet place, close to the basketball courts (which are going to be gone soon :() and close to places to eat. I wouldn't mind living in a more social place though. </p>
<p>I can't really study in my room so that advantage isn't really an advantage of Sunset. </p>
<p>Plazas are nice, but they are also pretty expensive compared to halls :(</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree... at least for my floor in De Neve, it's not terribly anti-social. It gets dead on the weekends though when all of the SoCalers go home. </p>
<p>Oh and triples in residence halls suck. They're just so terribly cramped. The terrible hospital-like lighting just exaggerates the situation.</p>
<p>I like Sunset Village too. Though, sometimes it reminds me of Wisteria Lane at Universal Studios because it looks fake, plastic, and a carefully-constructed suburbia-esque community with peace, quiet, emptiness, and halls that feel pale and allow for your footsteps' reverberations to bounce back and forth off the walls.</p>
<p>Just FYI, Hitch will be almost all freshmen next year. I lived there this year, I've loved it and hated it, but overall it looks like I'm returning there next year. The space and privacy is worth it, and you can still have friends. Just not as well.</p>
<p>Whoa, really namaste? I thought you were so anti-Hitch (i'll kill myself or move to apartments if i have to get Hitch).</p>
<p>Well I got a bad enrollment time so that was more or less what was left. Where are you living?</p>
<p>I got the last enrollment day, but I managed to room with some friends in Rieber Terrace.</p>
<p>good deal..</p>
<p>what's annoying is how returning students aren't allowed to room with incoming frosh...
...but that's a whole 'nother rant xD</p>
<p>and just to reiterate cking's point, freshman do NOT get to pick the building they want.
you just pick res hall, plaza, or suite, and cross your fingers...</p>
<p>and yes, plaza triples are bigger than res hall triples. biggest disparity is probably between dykstra and acacia/birch. tiny/cramped vs enough room (barely) for an inflatable mattress ;)</p>
<p>In response to the sunest plaza thing- it's really true. The layout lends itself to a more antisocial atmosphere. I have a few friends who live there, one lives in courtside and he is <em>always</em> in our suite in terrace. He's there about as much as I am (not counting sleep, obv). </p>
<p>I live in terrace among a floor of second years who organized it so they're with all their friends. Being a freshman in a plaza is less social than being a second year because freshmen dont coordinate, but its still great.</p>
<p>My suggestion, if you're planning on living in a plaza (two connected rooms), try to be really good friends with the other half of the plaza. It makes it so much more fun, like having one big room, instead of two separate rooms where you don't really talk to the other ppl in the bathroom and it's kinda awkward..</p>
<p>Do any of you live on Dogwood first floor D1. just curious.</p>