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

OsakaDad
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:56:12 +0000

All I can comment on is that the Internet in the red brick dorms is not as good as the rest of campus – but, it is not bad. So, there is no excuse not to stay in the red brick dorms because of that. My kid is in Santa Lucia and the Internet connection is good enough for online 3D video gaming that really works well. Skype on the other hand really, really sucked. However, at his suggestion we changed to ooVoo and it works great with excellent clarity of picture. We oovoo every Sunday night.

By the way, in my opinion there is not bad housing at Cal Poly. The red brick dorm shocked me at how nice they were. I remember what my college dorms were like when I was in college and these are totally different. My kid is in a triple and even though it is cramped, there is enough storage space and all the furniture looked brand new to me. Plenty of storage space and quite comfortable. Funny enough, but I have a theory that all the physically large kids get doubles and the smaller kids get the triples. I have absolutely no basis for this opinion other than personal observation. My kid is 5’10’ but 140 lbs and his roommates are both smaller then him. Across the hall is a double with two 6’2" plus 200 lbs or more lacrosse players. Next to them was a triple with three guys all under 5’7" and around 150 lbs or less. then another double with two big guys… Both my wife and I noticed the way the rooms were divided up. Again, I have absolutely no proof that this is how rooms were decided, but it was really uncanny how it seemed that every double had pretty big guys in it and all the triples were filled with smaller guys. So, if you are Asian or Latino or just a smaller guy expect a triple even if you ask for a double!! That happened to us. The crazy thing is that I have no recollection that we put height or weight on the application or any other forms. We did put ethnicity though and we are Asian mixed.