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Should I request a single dorm? (at ucsd)
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UglyCasanova
Lifer
If you are just starting out in college then no, you really should get a roommate. I've gone through 3 of them, only 1 of which I knew prior (and even then I didn't know him very well) and I am still really good friends with 2 of them. After you live with one then yeah it is nice to get a single room, but I definitely recommend you get a roomy if you are just starting out. Seriously, take the money and spend it getting completely fvcked up with your roommate all the time.
chiwawa626
Lifer
Last I remember apt vs res hall, theyre the same price, but the apt has a kitchen!
check ur pm...
check ur pm...
yeah, 500 buck is about the near-minimum price you pay for a room in La Jolla.
for some reason, all of my friends (majority chinese) did not live in the dorm, they live in 2-to-3 bedroom apartments (Costa Verda, Regent Court, Nobel Court) and share with 3-4 people. rent is split and those who get the bedroom pays 550-650 while the one end up in the living pays about 400-500. again, most of them knew each other one way or the other.
for some reason, all of my friends (majority chinese) did not live in the dorm, they live in 2-to-3 bedroom apartments (Costa Verda, Regent Court, Nobel Court) and share with 3-4 people. rent is split and those who get the bedroom pays 550-650 while the one end up in the living pays about 400-500. again, most of them knew each other one way or the other.
oh, and to actually answer your question, I say have a roomate for the first year and see how it goes; having a single room kinda defeat the purpose of going to college, i mean at least you have suitemates, which is good too.
I mean, if you never live with another person before, you should.
meanwhile, if you do plan to live with another dude, here's a lil' tip: there's a fine line between tolerance and being taken advantage of. Speak out calmly if you think you are being treated fair but be equally lienent when your roomate ask for a favor.
I mean, if you never live with another person before, you should.
meanwhile, if you do plan to live with another dude, here's a lil' tip: there's a fine line between tolerance and being taken advantage of. Speak out calmly if you think you are being treated fair but be equally lienent when your roomate ask for a favor.
i lived in singles and suites (10 different housing situations throughout my college career, which included summers as well... i never wanted to go home) 🙂
if you have a single within a suite, it rocks. you meet new people and you get a lot of fun visitors -- which is highly difficult when you're living alone in a single.
$500 more for just a single? i'd never do it. you'll be lonely and life in a single sucks. i have friends who used to be so depressed since they didn't encounter the suite style living thing and had the single dorm thing instead. it totally sucked for them and you felt bad because most of them never really got to know anyone else on campus since they lived all by themselves. a suite increases exposure, and if you want to meet people, that's the way to do it.
in my college, there were pros and cons, of course:
suites: have kitchens shared by only your suitemates, have a bathroom shared by fewer people, are more social
singles: have a kitchen shared by all your floormates (and is consequently gross), have a bathroom shared by like 20 people (also smelly and gross, and funny people sing in the showers), and give you lots more privacy
which one would you choose?
if you have a single within a suite, it rocks. you meet new people and you get a lot of fun visitors -- which is highly difficult when you're living alone in a single.
$500 more for just a single? i'd never do it. you'll be lonely and life in a single sucks. i have friends who used to be so depressed since they didn't encounter the suite style living thing and had the single dorm thing instead. it totally sucked for them and you felt bad because most of them never really got to know anyone else on campus since they lived all by themselves. a suite increases exposure, and if you want to meet people, that's the way to do it.
in my college, there were pros and cons, of course:
suites: have kitchens shared by only your suitemates, have a bathroom shared by fewer people, are more social
singles: have a kitchen shared by all your floormates (and is consequently gross), have a bathroom shared by like 20 people (also smelly and gross, and funny people sing in the showers), and give you lots more privacy
which one would you choose?
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