<p>@Grimes: You don’t decide if you get a single room or not, 22, 27, 38 or otherwise. </p>
<p>You ask if you want one and depending on spacing, you lottery it. They definitely let you know before you have to sign the lease.</p>
<p>I got a killer deal that some of you guys are going to hate me for. </p>
<p>My brother in law’s cousin owns an apartment complex right across the street from UCSD. (Near Rock Bottom) She’s going to rent me an entire one bedroom apartment for $600 a month. I’m pretty stoked about it.</p>
<p>@Vertex: I thought the upper floors of the tower were singles? Could be wrong.</p>
<p>@Essenar: You do have a choice assuming you get a decent lottery pick. Just to keep things simple, if every room is available and you have the #1 pick, you get to pick whatever you want. However, if you have pick #979 and there are only doubles available, well then you’re screwed.</p>
<p>And I’m leaving a brand new 5 bedroom house in which I rent two rooms for $325 total (20 minutes north in San Marcos) in order to spend about $1,100 for one dinky room. Go me!</p>
<p>Ok so after checking the website, I found out that Building 3 has 2 singles, 4 has 11, 5 has 8, 6 has 19, 7 has 11, 8 has 24. Chances of getting a single are pretty slim, so we better start wishing we double with someone chill. Hahaha</p>
<p>The singles are also more expensive, so not everyone wants one.</p>
<p>Also, last year when I did the tour the guide told me that they didn’t come close to selling out, so if you requested a single and there were only “doubles” left, you just got a double to yourself.</p>
<p>Those are some awfully hypothetical situations to look forward to. </p>
<p>Either way, if my apartment deal pans out, I won’t be competing with you guys for a housing spot. Admittedly I’ll be jealous you guys are on campus, but being across the street still makes me a little sociable I hope.</p>
<p>Well lets hope we’re one of the few that gets singles. I heard at transfer day they plan to sell out this year so there might not be any converted doubles.</p>
<p>@Essenar: And depending on how strict they are at the village, we may just come over and kick it with you lol.</p>
<p>I’m so confused by this housing stuff. If i choose to go to UCSD i’ll definitely want to stay in the village housing. May 2nd is the first day that we can apply right? and is it possible to not get a room? does the place fill quickly?</p>
<p>Yes May 2nd is the first day to apply. If it fills up then they offer you spaces at the dorms. It’s unlikely, but I do think they could technically fill up.</p>
<p>I highly doubt it’s going to fill up. Last year The Village wasn’t even close to being full and they just opened a new section of the complex this year (I think.)</p>
<p>Village rates aren’t that much more than freshmen/sophomore housing. Buildings 2&3 are gonna have 4 bedrooms/8 people in each suite minus the ones with 1 single in them haha it’s gonna be crazy living with 7 other dudes. Those buildings are by far the biggest/nicest though.</p>
<p>I’m soo mad theyre out of single rooms. I did my prepayment within the first hour on the first day you were allowed to and still havnt got my phonecall. I emailed them about it, and they said theyre out of single rooms and i would get my phone call sometime this week</p>
<p>I am moving down on August 1st, to get a head start on getting settled in down there and whatnot (I currently live in the northern California area). I just visited SD and put a deposit down on an apartment. It seems to me that this is the best time to start looking, because there are a lot of really great move-in deals floating around right now. July will also be the time that many places will have rooms opening up as college students move out for the summer. </p>
<p>Personally, I’ll be living in the Hillcrest area because it is FAR less expensive than La Jolla, but it is still a really nice area. My suggestion would be to check out the commuter services website and take a look at which areas the UCSD busline serves. I know it serves Downtown, Old Town, Pacific Beach, and Hillcrest to name a few. If you’re looking to save money, this is the way to do it, because you can get free transportation from wherever you’re living off campus straight to UCSD every day. It takes a little longer to get there (~20 minutes), but the amount of money I’ll be saving is worth it imo. But it’s all a matter of preference - if you’d prefer to live in La Jolla, you can always purchase a parking pass and park on campus, walk to campus, ride your bike etc.</p>