What is dorm life like at Cal Poly (strictness/partying)?

walwal
Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:53:25 +0000

I am currently a freshman living in Cerro Vista. It’s mainly freshman, but there will be a few transfers here and there. I have friends in just about every type of housing.

Yosemite has co-ed floors, kind of. Each floor is separated into two sides with a common room in the middle. Girls live on one side and the guys live on the other, but it is really easy to freely walk to the other side. It is definitely really social and from what I’ve seen; the tower and floor-mates hang out a lot. The downside is that you’re farther from campus and you have to deal with excess noise and random drunk people.

I’m not sure about the configuration of genders in Sierra Madre, but everything else is pretty much the same as Yosemite. It is a bit closer to campus, but not by much.

The red bricks are pretty social as well. You share a common room on each floor and one side is the boys and the other side houses the girls. I believe they’re the only housing with air conditioning, haha. It’s good if you want to meet people with the same major as you (or similar majors). Depending on which one you live in, the location is the best. It can get a little loud sometimes, but it’s generally a decent environment.

North Mountain pretty much looks like a motel. The rooms are huge though if you end up getting a double. A triple still looks pretty decent though. You share a bathroom with another room and the assignment of genders is random. There is tons of space to chill outside and it’s definitely very peaceful there.

A lot of people say Cerro Vista is very far from everything, but it takes me about the same time to get to classes as people who live in the red bricks. It is a drag since it’s hard to meet people, but honestly it should be fine as long as you don’t live under a rock. My friends always come over to my apartment and it’s no big deal as long as you know the shortcuts. I myself don’t party, but I know for a fact that it is a lot easier to get away with it in the apartments since the RA’s can’t really walk into your place without knocking first (They do have keys to get in if they really want to though).

I hope this helps! :)