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04-21-2005, 12:24 AM
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04-21-2005, 05:29 PM
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#32 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chico, CA
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| Yeah...didn't matter at all. When I stayed the night in Cal's dorms it was like a prison compared to SBs. You couldn't ever get in without a key, a resident had to sign you in, you had to have picture ID, and the resident could only sign in a certain number of people at once. And this happened every time you went in or out of the building. It sucked! | |
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05-17-2005, 08:41 PM
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#33 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2005
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| All the dorms are good. FT is good but you have to commute. The others are on campus and thus very convenient. I lived in San Nic. The views from the top floors are excellent. Compared to other dorms I have been to such as SLO, UCSC, UCSD, SDSU, UCLA, USC, the dorms are just as good or better. The dining commons are great at UCSB compared to other schools. It is not exactly gourmet but better than the competition. | |
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05-27-2006, 08:16 PM
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#34 | | New Member
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| I'm going to be an incoming freshman this comming fall and was wondering which one of the dorms have the larges proportion of freshman. | |
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05-28-2006, 11:09 AM
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#35 | | Junior Member
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| definitely FT. it's got about a third of the freshmen. | |
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05-29-2006, 06:16 PM
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#36 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2006
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| Which dorms do you guys recommend because i like to party but i also like to get my work done. I've always been the kid that parties with the dumb kids and then has classes with the nerds. | |
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05-30-2006, 01:23 AM
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#37 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Santa Barbara
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| I really want to get in Manzanita Village, does it help if I choose an interest floor? | |
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05-30-2006, 07:26 PM
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#38 | | New Member
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| From what I've read, interest floor housing is done first, so yes, it would help if you chose an interest floor.
so, in a word.. yes. | |
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05-30-2006, 09:33 PM
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#39 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2006
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| life in FT
i am currently living in FT on the substance-free floor, and i think it is great. the people here are all really cool, and really about half the floor does drink. the only difference is you go to into IV if you want to party, which is cool when you have to work/study/sleep.
the bus system is really good (and free if you get a registration sticker off of GOLD) and runs between campus and FT pretty regularly. otherwise its only like a 10 minute bike ride. even if you dont want to bike to campus, bring a bike anyway. they're really helpful if you end up with back-to-back classes on opposite ends of campus, or you oversleep a lot.
people ***** and moan about the food, but, honestly, its not that bad. maybe not what you're used to, but its pretty decent. | |
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05-31-2006, 12:17 AM
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#40 | | New Member
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| Which dorms do you guys recommend because i like to party but i also like to get my work done. I've always been the kid that parties with the dumb kids and then has classes with the nerds. | |
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05-31-2006, 09:52 AM
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#41 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2006
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| Is it true that the francisco Towers are nicknamed the fu*k towers because they only interact with the people who live in FT? is FT really that isolated, like i wont realy meet the rest of my freshman class? and am i better off getting one of the on campus dorms if i want to meet alot of people? | |
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05-31-2006, 10:09 PM
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#42 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
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| A third of all freshmen live in Francisco Torres. One third is a lot, so you won't be left out at all.
FT has somewhat of a infamous reputation because of what used to go on there. A few years ago, FT was not owned by UCSB and therefore some crazy stuff went on. There were SBCC and UCSB students living together and... I'll leave the rest to your imagination.
Of course, if you want isolation, then you want Manzanita Village. I can probably count the number of first years in my entire building on one hand... My friend who lives in one of the main campus dorms commented how quiet Manzanita was. On some days, I can hear the coins tumble in the dryer. | |
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06-08-2006, 11:05 AM
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#43 | | Junior Member
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| interested in some more info about san raf? can anyone tell me what the atmosphere is like there? | |
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06-08-2006, 12:44 PM
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#44 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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| I currently reside in the San Raf tower in a singles hall. Typically people keep to themselves in San Raf since it houses two groups of people: people who want quiet single rooms, and others who already know each other. San Raf is most popular for it's "apartment" like feel. Most people who live here are second years living with 4-7 friends in a cluster (there are multiple rooms, a common room, and shared bathroom), or third-fourth years each living in a single room on the singles hall.
The single rooms are a bit cramped compared to other single rooms, but a single is a single.
Thus, its pretty quiet. People who live in singles room keep to themselves since most have overcome the need to make friends when you're freshmen, and those living with groups of friends keep to themselves since they already know each other really well. | |
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06-12-2006, 11:44 PM
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#45 | | Junior Member
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| San Rafael isn't usually open to first-year students. | |
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