Dorm assignments are online

celestial605
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:09:37 +0000

WOOOO to the people living in Cedro and Serra! I lived in Cedro my freshman year and in Serra this past year. I’m acquainted with staff in both dorms (one of them even posts regularly on this board) and they’re really great.

I would say that the majority of your friendships will come from your dorm. You spend a lot of time with your dormmates, whether you’re eating, brushing your teeth, doing your homework, watching a movie in the lounge, or just hanging out in the halls. However, you’re not “doomed” to only have friends in your dorm - people also make good friends through classes, clubs, or mutual acquaintances.

Some more detailed info from my experiences:

Cedro
-Decent location. Kind of far from the chem/math/bio areas, but oh well. Not bad if you have a bike. Not too far from the post office, bookstore, or Tresidder (food).
-Really nice resident fellows, but they aren’t terribly involved in dorm life. (Resident fellows are faculty members, and sometimes their families, who live in the dorms. They are there to help with programming and make sure the students are happy and healthy, but they usually work with the staff more than with the students directly.)
-Reputation for being a bit loud, but not the loudest. Parties occur often, but it’s easy to escape to your room to read or do homework without pressure.
-When I was there, there was a good variety of people - some loud, some not, some techie, some fuzzy.

Serra
-Great location. You can see the bookstore and post office from the dorm. Tresidder isn’t far away. Pretty close to the quad, but it’s still a little ways from the math/chem/bio area.
-The resident fellow is awesome. He actually eats meals with the students and chats with them because he cares about their well-being. He also isn’t too intrusive - I think the balance is great.
-The upperclassmen all have singles, so there aren’t that many upperclassmen (probably about 30 upperclassmen vs. 40 freshmen). My experience was that this made for a cozy house, and the upperclassmen definitely socialized with the freshmen. I hung out with freshmen and drove them places countless times. Some of them are my closest friends.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions, but my help will be limited because things do change year to year!