<p>hey everyone i go to a ccc and i want to transfer to a uc in winter 2010. most important thing for wherever i go is i need to live on campus (cant live at home, my dad is a tyrant, doesnt help me at all etc and i cant commute 2+ hours a day with the car i have + job).</p>
<p>anyways im trying to research the housing plans. all i know is that ucr has a transfer hall specifically for transfer students.. but its ucr. not that its a bad thing but im probably going to get into a slightly more prestigious uc (probably not berkely tho).</p>
<p>i hear alot of uc's have something like 1 year guaranteed housing. where is this housing? does this mean i am crammed in with all the freshmen? also, after the first year, can i still apply for housing next year or will they not allow me to live on campus the 2nd year?</p>
<p>to those of you that are or know transfer students in uc's, where do you/they live? do most transfers just live in dorms with the freshmen?</p>
<p>my main priority in the uc is the housing because i need to get away from home (once i leave for uc im probably never going back home again...) but also i wish i could have a great oncampus college experience.. not just living in an apartment and driving 10 min to school everyday.. i dont even plan on bringing my car, ill probably give my car to my dad to help convince him to let me leave.</p>
<p>thanks for the input!</p>
<p>Pretty sure there are special housing for transfers…and there should be some apartments close by belong/not belong to the school. There’s no need to worry :D</p>
<p>Most definitely there are some perks to being transfer students. LOL. Look at UCSD and their new transfer apartments (or whatever they are, they’re not done yet) other UC campuses let you have the option of being in apartments…which is awesome! [:</p>
<p>ok thats cool. how are apartments though? my understanding is they are cheaper and less ‘together’ like dorms, right? and with apartments you dont get any food and you have to bring your own furniture or something ?</p>
<p>it is way cheaper to live off campus if that is something you’re interested in .</p>
<p>cheaper is good but i am will have some financial aid, plus i am willing to take loans. im willing to borrow 20,000 if it helps me have an amazing 2 years of college, and it will be relatively easy to pay off once i get a degree (hopefully lol).</p>
<p>i remember one day my 10th grade english teacher devoted the entire class period to a lecture, not about walt whitman, not about love poems, but to college dorming. seriously, he spent the whole class telling us that living oncampus at a university and balancing beer with classwork is an experience that ALL OF US must go through and something that we will never again experience for the rest of our lives. at the time i didnt think much of it but today i really want to be a part of that experience. so id prefer to at least live my 1st year on campus :)</p>