<p>Yeah, I have the direct deposit link. Haven’t done anything with it yet, though. I’m being lazy ;). I’m sure yours will show up soon (:. And I do see the enrollment cart as well. Haven’t messed around with it, but was amused to see it up since we can’t do anything until orientation anyways. I also saw we have a WebCT link and a few others (like the charge summary along with pending aid).</p>
<p>And it is good to be getting to know a few of our fellow transfers (: Hopefully we’ll all run into each other at orientation! It would be nice to know someone there. Can’t miss me, I’m a short, tiny white girl who will look more like she’s 18 than 24 and most likely with a bright green backpack, hehe.</p>
<p>anyone know when we get our housing assignments? i’m going crazy looking for the date, and finding myself annoyed with the lack of transfer housing info. when do we move in (if we’re living on campus)? you’d think they would make a big FAQ with all the e-mails they get.</p>
<p>The deadline to submit is December 2 11:59pm PST (or so the housing packet you should have received in the mail indicated and I believe it even states on the website when you view the summary of your submission that you have until then to reopen your application to edit anything) so my guess would be sometime after that And, hopefully, before orientation. There’s not that many of us to place on campus as compared with fall so I doubt it will take too terribly long.</p>
<p>We would move in January 4 is my guess. The campus is closed December 21-January 3. The quarter begins January 4, but instruction does not start until January 5. Now, know this is just using logical reasoning, but when you look at those coming in for the fall, the quarter started before instruction actually began and it was during this time that students moved in on their assigned move in day. So thus the logical guess would be that single day before instruction begins that would be available for us to move in. Also, if you look at spring, the quarter and instruction begin on the same day and as UCSC does not take spring transfers, it holds with the logic of the January 4 move in date :)</p>
<p>“Winter transfer students will receive their assignments no
earlier than mid-December. The move-in date is Monday,
December 4th. You will receive your move-in time when you
receive your placement.” -college9/10 housing</p>
<p>Hahaha, so you get to move in before the housing assignment is made? And they’ve magically made December 4 a Monday instead of a Friday! Awesome!</p>
<p>Porter sent out information as well (all stuff I had already found on my own, sadly), but did not give a move in date. They just indicated they would be unavailable until January 4 after December 18. So Porter’s next availability combined with 9/10’s “Monday, December 4” move in date… I think we can safely assume at this point move in will be January 4 for sure ;)</p>
<p>If they really don’t give us our housing assignments until December 15/16, that makes the December 17 deadline for housing payment rather annoying. As I recall, payment has to be received by then, not postmarked by then. I would hope they’d extend the deadline for Winter Transfers, but I’m not holding my breath.</p>
<p>So, I’m sitting at my friend’s house having a beer, catching up on some messages, and I just thought I should let you all know: I’m in Santa Cruz right now! Just dropped by campus earlier today to talk to my major department advisors. Awesome. :)</p>
<p>guys, i’m having trouble deciding on my housing options at cowell. I first thought it would be great to have an apartment (single or double)… so i ranked apartments in order first then residence halls. But now I’m second guessing because I can imagine how great it would be to live in the residence halls and really develop a social network which seems like a lot of fun instead of moving into the apartments with 4-5 other people.</p>
<p>So, in your guy’s opinions, what are the pros and cons of each?</p>
<p>Interesting… I have a new To-Do item today that was “required” yesterday (November 29, 2009): NSLDS Transfer Monitoring. I can’t find anything I’m supposed to do for it, though. Looks (and says) it’s just an internal thing so I’m not worrying about it. Also still no charge for my health insurance yet ):</p>
<p>macrandle: I ended up listing residence hall single over apartment single, but noted they were equal to me (single room matters to me more than type of housing or floor theme). Personally, the only real benefit to an apartment would be if you wanted a lower meal plan (you have to have a five or seven day meal plan if you live in the residence halls).</p>
<p>There are probably several other reasons, but just think about what one thing is the most important to you and which type of housing you’re more likely to get that in. Or, if your “most important thing” is like mine, make sure you are very flexible with what you will take for housing type to ensure you have a better chance of getting what you want.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I contacted my college (Porter) to ask if and where there were single rooms available before I applied so I could pick where to even ask for a room (Porter, Village, or University Inn). I didn’t want to apply only to find out later there were no single rooms available at all. Better to know I have a chance at having a room to myself than going into the application hoping one is available to be in the running for.</p>
<p>Kender, I spoke with the financial aid office about that maybe 1-1.5 hrs ago. I wanted to see if I would have a problem, because I hadn’t canceled my spring financial aid from my community college. Truth be told, I wasn’t even aware that it was on me to do that. Anyway, I told them I was gonna cancel the aid tomorrow, and they told me it wouldn’t be a problem. I asked if there was an issue, since the due date was yesterday, and it was still listed as required, they said not to worry about that.</p>
<p>some definite cons to living in an apartment are the dynamics of sharing a kitchen and bathroom with your roommates. who is going to clean them? if you prefer a neat living space it will probably be you… and no one wants to play mom (or dad) in college. while residence halls’ bathrooms may get dirtier than apartment bathrooms at least they are cleaned by staff.</p>
<p>also, my sister had a HORRIBLE experience living in a stevenson apartment. her roommates were very loud, creepy (ie they liked to play “poking games” :), dirty, and extremely rude to her. how would it feel to not be welcome in your own apartment? she spent most of her time at our parents’ house… it was a waste of money.</p>
<p>and trust me i do understand in a residence hall you may also have a loud or creepy roommate, but at least there is no issue of group mentality. people tend to be better behaved without someone else justifying their actions. and at least they will be the same sex as you, so any “creepy” things they might do will not be offensively sexual. and if all else fails i’d imagine it would also be easier to change roommates in a residence hall than in an apartment.</p>
<p>sorry i know that was all negative but obviously i’m way scared of apartments lol!</p>
<p>empirescrumble: I just have a BOG so I’m guessing I should be alright then :). I don’t actually receive any aid at my current campus, just a waiving of class fees if I sign up for classes. I’ll call and ask to make sure, though, so thanks for the tip!</p>
<p>Yeah I decided on the apartments. Friends of mine who have graduated from there say the apartments are the way to go. Dorms/residence halls have freshman/soph usually whereas apartments have older people which is kind of important to me. I don’t mind cleaning, no biggy.</p>
<p>Also, I received an email from my academic adviser from my major department regarding orientation and transcripts and proposed course outlined for the upcoming quarter. There’s really only 1 class that’s open that I can see myself taking for my major (upper div). Everything else will be an outside course prereq for an upperdiv outside course for my major requirements… lame</p>
<p>The intensive psychology major “requires” 11 upper divs, plus 2 outside of Psychology) and the department provides a course list of all courses I can take to satisfy the 2 outside courses.</p>
<p>I want to specialize in cognitive psychology, and I want to take a neuroscience class as one of my outside courses which requires a specific set of biology courses which I’ll have to take (as prereqs) before I can take the neuroscience class</p>
<p>Remember that age is not always a deciding factor in maturity level ;)</p>
<p>My brother had a 26 year old roommate when he was a freshman at Chico State (in 1996 and my brother was 18 at the time). Besides the fact the guy was absolutely insane (and I mean that quite literally), he would throw a tantrum whenever things did not go exactly as he wanted them to. One time “his” chair was supposedly loaned out to a room across the hall and rather than asking politely for it back (there was another, identical, chair in the room for him to use and there was no distinction between the two chairs), he threw a fit and later went up and down the hallway with a knife telling everyone “goodbye” and how he was going to “go kill himself now.”</p>
<p>And that’s just scratching the surface of that one messed up “older” student. My brother then had a roommate (who I don’t recall the age of) that same year (after Chico finally got their act together and removed the disturbed previous roommate) who had been convicted of drug possession/usage. There were random raids on my brother’s room because of this and if his roommate happened to have anything and chose to hide it in my brother’s belongings, my brother would have been in trouble as well.</p>
<p>Note that Chico did not give the personality questions that UCSC gave us when we applied for housing. My mother was thrilled to learn that if I should end up with a roommate (heaven forbid), that at least UCSC is appearing to make the effort to match me with someone who would be compatible.</p>
<p>Anywho, none of this is to say younger students can’t be immature, but just pointing that the older students can be immature as well. And, if I recall correctly, there are Transfer specific floors in most of the colleges. But if apartments work better for you, go for it :). Just be careful not to be an ageist ;)</p>
<p>right, I never classified why older was important for me, or what it means to me. My friends advice piles up to suggest that apartments are just a better environment for all around purposes, (Chillin’ out, maxin’, relaxin’ all cool, and all shootin some b-ball outside of the school)… you know, the good stuff :D</p>
<p>You win points for the Fresh Prince reference ;)</p>
<p>Sorry if I came off as accusing, it was not meant to be. It’s just something we all should consider as a factor that shouldn’t be used to decide on residence halls vs. apartments. Nothing that was meant to be exclusive to you.</p>
<p>However, if you prefer the company of people closer to your age/older than the typical freshman/sophomore, that’s your prerogative. I have friends ranging from young enough to be my kids to old enough to be my grandparents (or even great grandparents in one case) so I’m okay with any age… provided I have my own space to escape to when I’ve had enough (:</p>
<p>Besides, I put down one of my reasons for a single room as essentially “I don’t trust people.” But in more eloquent words and along with some more convincing (and less paranoid) reasons. I certainly cannot fault you, whatever your reason is, for wanting to be surrounded by a certain group :)</p>
<p>I’m definitely really happy about the “personality quiz” they gave us. At least there’s a fighting chance to get someone I might ::gasp:: get along with if I have to share a room!</p>
<p>Yeah. It’s probably modest enough to point out that either way, we’ll never know for sure on the actual quality of our roommates (mystery=exciting!). Hopefully, as you pointed out, the questionnaire/quiz for roommate choices help.</p>
<p>Uh, if I’m reading my housing page right, I already have my assignment. I don’t know if this is only Porter that has theirs done, but for everyone else, I’d keep checking the housing page to see where your applications are so far and if there’s been any update :)</p>
<p>I am so ecstatic right now. I haven’t received any official word in terms of mail or whatever about my assignment, but my assignment listed on my housing page is what I wanted! Application now calls itself “confirmed” rather than “pending” and has this on the summary:</p>
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<p>It says contract so logically speaking, I think I can safely assume that single my housing page is telling me I’m assigned to is legitimate :D</p>
And, hopefully, before orientation. There’s not that many of us to place on campus as compared with fall so I doubt it will take too terribly long.</p>
Just dropped by campus earlier today to talk to my major department advisors. Awesome. :)</p>