TRIPLES or doubles?? (& do pp actually use the kitchens?)

Colleges & Universities University of California - San Diego
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<p>I have a question about UCSD?s dorming situation. I got accepted to Marshall college as a fall admit, class of 2011. I would really like to room in a triple, mostly because of the social benefits (I finished the igetc AKA freshman GE?s, so I will be doing starting off with college sophomore classes instead of freshman classes, so I won?t get the benefits of being in the freshman classes where we are all in the same boat not really know anyone). So, I figured that with a triple I will be able to know more people, since people bring their friends into their dorms=more people to meet. This will help since I am like a person taking transfer student?s classes but technically NOT a transfer?I?m still finishing my senior year. I just took lots of community college classes while in high school, and they waive a lot of the Marshall GE?s?in fact almost all of them. </p>

<p>Even though the extra $750 we save from rooming with a triple is a HUGE bonus, at the same time there?s no kitchen for those who room in triples. If I room in a triple I can save money, but without a kitchen I?ll have to spend more money on food at the dining hall, so If I get a double w/ a kitchen in the living room/lobby, I can save money on the food. I think that rooming in a triple will be really nice since I won?t really have classes with other freshman, and the sophomore classes will have people that have already made friends and found their place. I wan to meet more freshman, I just think that freshman are more open since everyone?s in the same boat. I really want the social benefits of a triple (don?t mind the extra drama) but I need a kitchen to save $$ on food since I am not getting much financial aid and I will be extremely poor in college (b/c of family situations that UC?s don?t give a crap about). </p>

<p>So is the money I save on food w/ a kitchen more than the money I would save by rooming in a triple instead of a double? I am definitely NOT doing a single. I have very mild loner tendencies and maybe a triple will desensitize me (?). I also roomed in a quadruple my freshman year when I went to boarding school and everything was fine, but the rooms were like three times that of the doubles. BTW I am female. </p>

<p>For those of you in the Upper/lower apartments, do you interact a lot with your suitemates? And do people actually use the kitchens that come with the lower/upper apartment? Is the res hall better or are the apartments better? I need to weigh these factors with the money problems. </p>

<p>And do people actually study in the dorms? I heard from the eye doctor that the libraries? fluorescent lights are really bad for your eyes?</p>

<p>omigod sorry for the long post!!!</p>

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<p>most girls tend to be OVER rather than under for the meal plan. i assume you’ll have snacks in your room…the dorms come with microwaves so you can make your hot pockets, and you’ll probably be bringing a hot water heater for hot chocolate/tea/ramen so you should be fine. one of my roommates is actually a few HUNDRED over on her meal points right now. I’m about $20 over. they give you a meal plan budgeting calendar for about $52 a week. everything in the dining halls is overpriced, but unless you plan to get full meals with salads, soups, drinks, a main course and dessert, most girls i know are over. there are a few that are under but that’s because they always get the really expensive stuff.</p>

<p>and remember, if you don’t use all the meal points by the end of the year, they go away…there’s no carry-over. so you might as well use it.</p>

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<p>Even if you have already fulfilled a lot of the GEs, I’m pretty sure you’ll still have to take DOC, so you’ll still be taking some classes with freshmen…</p>

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<p>bumpitdy bump bump…</p>