A few housing questions...

YunYun94
Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:48:49 +0000

Hey there! First of all, congratulations and welcome :)

I currently live in Unit 2 this year and I personally think Unit 1 and 2 are really good. I love my dorm. Unit 2 also has good wifi connection, and I would think 1 does too because these two are the most recently renovated ones (unless you wanna aim for Martinez Commons). The only big advantage 1 has over 2 is that it’s closer.

Unit 3 and Foothill don’t have wifi, or at least, very unreliable wifi. Ethernet is the fastest, even in Unit 1 and 2, but if you really want wireless, you can bring a router.

Foothill’s DC is a lot…prettier than Cafe 3. And I have heard wondrous things about their late night. But options wise, they actually reminded me a lot of Crossroads (maybe better quality though). Cafe 3 seems to have more variety at times. Each place also kinda has staples, like Cafe 3 will almost always have these special burgers of theirs and Crossroads will always have pizza. Living in the Units will bring you closer to all the dining commons except for Foothill’s.

I think the Student services should be about the same? I heard from a friend that Foothill’s doesn’t open until 9AM or something so if you’re trying to print something for an 8AM class, you need to find another printer. I don’t know when U3’s opens.

Are you Regents? If you aren’t, there’s no guarantee you’ll get your first choice, and I feel like U3 is more popular since it has a market, and is so close to campus (plus there isn’t that ungodly hill @.@). All my friends I know who put Foothill/Bowles/Stern as their last choice got placed there; might be because Units are more popular so if you express interest in the other ones, you’ll be placed there to save trouble trying to find more spots in the Units.