<p><em>yawn</em> long night.</p>
<p>Can anyone comment on the quality of the gym (weights/etc) on the campus? Also how far is it from the transfer housing? I can look at the map but it’s very difficult to gauge walking distance.</p>
<p>I was there last summer when they were still building the transfer housing. It is really, really close. Should be cool with it being like a minute walk away.</p>
<p>any of yall going to rock a long board?</p>
<p>^ Popo give out a lot of tickets at UCSD. Gotta be carefulsssss.</p>
<p>A lot of people commenting on the housing and haven’t been there. I’ll comment:</p>
<p>1) It’s about $1100 a month and you share a room. Included in that price is food. If you factor in gas, groceries and maintenance of a car, the equivalent would be paying $650 to share a room off campus and the remaining $550 (which is a VERY skeptical amount) goes to getting to campus and back. They’re furnished, which is nice, but furniture is what you make of it. The kitchen and living room areas are not as big as you’d expect.</p>
<p>2) They’re designed with an “older student” in mind. So they have full kitchens with a stove, a nice view of the beach and like others said, they’re more “lenient” about drinking. </p>
<p>Now for the cons:</p>
<p>1) They’re small! Really small. My bedroom is probably the same size as their “dual” rooms and I pay $550 a month and I’m 10 minutes from campus. Getting a single room for yourself is purely about luck and if you do it’s a great deal because it’s only about $150 more. The tour guide even mentioned that people were complaining about that. </p>
<p>2) They’re not as close to campus as you think. They’re about a 15 minute walk to campus and there’s one shuttle that takes you to lecture halls. The shuttles come very often, so this isn’t too big of a deal. </p>
<p>3) They look weird on the outside, like a prison. I just couldn’t shake this feeling that they looked like a prison. There aren’t a lot of trees, the area is kind of out there. (It’s in campus, but the outskirts and there’s no populated areas near it. Price Center, library, Warren housing, Muir housing are all really far away from it) </p>
<p>4) It’s going to be really loud during the day there from 2010-2011. They’re constructing another building right across the street. If you like to study during the day, you’re going to hear jackhammers, cement mixers, workers and foremen yelling at each other. I like just hearing a breeze and the tree branches outside moving around. </p>
<p>5) If you’re a responsible adult, you can manage your food finances. I did the calculations and the food award they give you is $185 a month. That’s a decent chunk sure, and you can eat a lot at the UCSD cafeteria (good food and it’s a buffet) but you’d have to eat about once or twice a day for it to work out. $1079 - $185 = How much you’re paying for rent, utilities and internet. And the internet isn’t really that great trust me. </p>
<p>I would say consider living off campus and just make friends on campus. Trust me, you’ll make friends. I mean it’s a University! You can even make friends in here. Any of you guys like watching UFC? I’m a fight fan and I work out regularly too.</p>
<p>Oh and about the gym: UC gyms are FANTASTIC. UCSD has two gyms I believe, one next to Warren and one next to Muir and they are nice. They have rock climbing, olympic weights, power racks, squat racks, nice treadmills for cardio, full basketball courts. </p>
<p>If you’re concerned about off campus because of commute, you can park your car at UTC next to Macy’s and take the free bus to UCSD and it drops you off next to Gillman structure. It circles the campus so you can get dropped off at quite a few spots next to shuttle stops. Using this method, no need for parking permits ($175 a quarter! Ouch!) and if you buy a bike and put a bike rack on your car you can even take a bike to campus. (Chicks dig dudes that ride road bikes plus you’ll stay in shape and lower your carbon foot print)</p>
<p>^ im taking a bike with me, and biking from the village. cuts the time for the transfer “commute”. </p>
<p>i will prob live off campus after the first year, but really i want to live on campus, even if it is a semi off, for the first year. it just makes everything a lot easier.</p>
<p>I think I’m doing the same thing AJ. If after the first year I decide I don’t like the on-campus thing I’ll stay off campus for 2011-12</p>
<p>Can we choose (request?) where our room is to be located? The construction noise would really get on my nerves.</p>
<p>@nujabes29: I probably will. I like the idea of riding a bike on campus, but I’m a little worried about parking one. It might be easier to just tote a longboard around.</p>
<p>you request which building you want to be in. i want to be in the tower… really bad.</p>
<p>Doesn’t anyone ride a Razor anymore??</p>
<p>I saw Someone riding one of those!</p>
<p>dude i sport a razor! its so funny cuz you instantly become “that scooter guy”.</p>
<p>i just think its funny</p>
<p>HAHA Razors. I still have mine from when I was in elementary school. I always see a couple students at school riding them around.
I remember when they first came out, they were, what? 100 bucks? Now it’s less than 30. Jipped.</p>
<p>i have a wheelie bar on mine… so pimp.</p>
<p>Sorry, but Segways > razors. Always & forever.</p>
<p>Dude Razors are totally awesome…I don’t care if I can get taken out by a pebble gotta live on the edge sometimes!! Chicks dig scars right?? HA!</p>
<p>Any incoming UCSD peeps feel free to hit me up on facebook.</p>
<p>Jacob Wisdom in Foothill Ranch, CA</p>
<p>^ nice last name.</p>
<p>Thanks, it has treated me well thus far.</p>
<p>yeah but scooters aren’t friendly to ppl over 5’10 = you gotta like hunch over or bend your knees too much. </p>
<p>i hope i won’t be the only guy attempting to do tricks while i pass by on long board.</p>
<p>im 6’. i sport a lime green razor, but only when the ladies are present. no need to risk my life without the possibility of impressing</p>