<p>Cuarto isn’t <em>ridiculously</em> far. I mean, you’re probably going to end up even further from campus after freshman year when you move into your apartment/house. But yeah, it is generally the least desired dorm area since it is removed from campus, and people who designate Cuarto as their last choice often get placed there anyway.</p>
<p>Malcolm/Ryerson, the newer pair of high rises, are carpeted while Bixby/Gilmore aren’t. These buildings have a little “secret” compartment in which previous residents sometimes leave something for next year’s occupants, like a note or a tequila bottle (hah).
Miller is the only honors building. Regarding ISHP, that’s by invitation only, so you don’t really get to decide to opt into the program. You can apply for DHC, and if you get in you’d live in Kearney, one of the new buildings at Tercero. If you really want to live in Segundo North, you could apply for the African American theme program. Here’s a list of theme programs and their corresponding buildings: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-davis/717260-theme-programs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-davis/717260-theme-programs.html</a></p>
<p>Tercero is super-close to a lot of the buildings you’d be in for class. As a non-biker, I kinda wish I had this luxury. But it does smell a lot worse there. Segundo only gets a whiff of the cow smell every once in a while when the winds carry it up here. The construction may be distracting too with all the noises and whatnot–one of the reasons I didn’t want Tercero.</p>
<p>hah yeah, the random roommate process is a gamble, some of my friends who did that ended up with jerkwad roommates. One of my friends had a nice roommate at Cuarto, but she transferred to Segundo because she wanted to be on campus. Let’s just say her roommate now isn’t very considerate. She wanted to transfer again… one of the options student housing gave her was actually a girl that used to be my other friend’s roommate (that friend transferred to a single after first quarter). So you’ll want to be careful about transferring between dorms, especially in Segundo and Tercero, since the open spaces are more likely to be the “bad” roommates.</p>