my advice for housing applications

Beware0fNerd
Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:44:27 +0000

Turn in your housing app right away, even if you aren’t sure if you want to go to UCSD. I made the mistake of thinking that the SIR and housing app were to be done at the same time, but they are not. Not doing so will mean that you may get into a room with more people or be stuck in the Revelle Fleets (i.e., overflow buildings) I am there now and the buildings suck… So if you haven’t turned in housing apps yet, do it now!

From the looks of it, there is no “ratesaver” anymore. But ratesaver rooms and triples are the same. The only difference seems to be that people who choose to have two roommates are put into “ratesavers” but those who wanted a double but forced to have two roommates are put into “triples.” But they are the same kind of room and they cost the same. With triples as I described it however, you pay the amount of the double first and the school pays you credits for every day you are in the triple (unless that policy changed somehow). But if you do not choose to be in a triple but you are put into one, you get the opportunity to move to a double once someone from a double leaves housing for some reason.