UCSB Housing questions

snowspider
Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:58:42 +0000

Manzanita is not the best freshmen hall or atleast I think so because only 250 freshmen get spots there so you’ll only get to interact with them. The best freshmen dorm imo is FT because 1/3 of the freshmen class is there and it is off campus so more dorm parties happen there and it is the most social. The only set back is its like a 10 minute bike ride from the main campus, even more to the library. Anacapa, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa are the next best ones because they still allow you to meet a lot of people and are very social (although not as good as FT) but what’s good about them is they are on campus so they are close to all your classes and everything. San Nicolas and San Miguel follow and are also good and you can get a great view of the ocean except I feel like you’d be restricted doing things with only the people on your floor (correct me if I’m wrong that’s just my assumption). Overall I’d say the three shorties ( Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Anacapa) are the best because they provide a good social aspect and are right on campus, but if you wouldnt mind going back and forth between campus and FT then by all means I’d say that one is the best. Oh and FT also has you sharing a bathroom with only 4 people where as the others you share with everyone in your wing. So that is my understanding and opinion on the dorms at SB, if I made some comments that weren’t true then correct me on those