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RES HALL AND APARTMENT TOUR!!!

I know as an incoming freshman, one of the things I was most excited about, was moving into my own place! During the months leading up to that coveted day in September, I was constantly on the look out for stuff that I would want for my dorm. By the end of August I had bought so much stuff, that I began to wonder where it would all go! When I finally got to UCSD, and the people helping me move in (YES, YOU HAVE PEOPLE TO HELP YOU MOVE IN! :) ) looked at the trunk of my car with wide open mouths. Haha. Pathetic, yes.

Well anyways, I’ll be giving you a tour of both the Res-Halls and the Apartments, so you’ll be able to see where you’ll be living next year!

I’m Lauren and I’ll be your tour guide today J

Residential Halls

Let’s start with the Residential Halls. Welcome to Harlan (Go Harlan!!), Frankfurter, and Stewart. Inside of the Residential halls, are suites. Inside each suite, there are 6 rooms-4 singles and 2 triples (or doubles if you’re lucky). Each has a desk(s), bed(s) (Twin XL), trash can, chair, closet, and a set of drawers. In each building there are 2-5 suites per floor, and the RAs live on every floor except for the top floor of each building. The suites are single sex, but the floor is co-ed. This is the door to the suite… let’s go in!

Once inside, the first room you’ll encounter is one of the triples.

This is a triple room. Inside, there’s a loft bed, a bunk bed, three desks, three chairs, two closets,and a large wardrobe for the person in the loft bed. There are also ladders to help you climb onto the top bunk. (No, we don't expect you to be monkeys) Inside each of the closets, are a set of drawers. The closets and the drawers were nice and large enough to fit my wardrobe (and that's saying a lot). Unfortunately there aren’t drawers for the lofted bed, but inside of the wardrobe, there are drawers to use. The triple room is fairly large, and there's enough room for a refrigerator or a microwave if you want to bring one.

Onto a single room! The single room is set up with a bed, a desk, a set of drawers, a chair, a trashcan, and a closet. The closet is the same size as the closet from the triple room. Under the bed is also a storage bin. The area under the bed was even large enough for me to lay under the bed. : ) If you were wondering about bringing a fridge/microwave, they fit in the single room. You can rearrange your furniture to suit your needs as well.

Onwards toward the bathroom! The bathroom has two shower stalls, two bath room stalls, three sinks, and 9 cubbies for holding all your bathroom stuff! The bathrooms are nice, with INSTANT hot water, and high powered toilets. YES!

Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the common room, but there are two couches, a coffee table, a side table, and a table fit for a TV. Also you get a super nice balcony.

On the really nice days, the balcony was a perfect place to sit out and read, or just talk to your suitemates. Every day, maintenance comes through the suites, and takes out the trash in the common room, and then vacuums, and cleans the bathroom, which is REALLY nice. They won't clean your rooms though, that's for you to do. But beware, if you let your suite become too messy, they will refuse to come in, and then you're in trouble. Be sure to befriend your maintenance person, as you'll be seeing them everyday.

Okay... that's basically it for the residential halls. Onward to the Apartments!

Apartments

The apartment buildings consist of Douglas, Goldberg, Black, and Brennan halls. The apartments all contain two rooms, each having either two doubles or a double and a triple, a bathroom, a shower, lots and lots of cabinet space, a kitchen, a living room, and a dining area. The rooms all have the same amenities as the residence hall rooms.

This is what a double room looks like. There are two different layouts to the room, depending on where the closet is located. Both have the same square footage, just the positioning of the beds is different.

Unlike the residential halls, the bathroom and the shower are in two separate rooms. This is convenient especially since someone taking a shower wouldn't tie up the whole bathroom. There are two sinks, one for each room.

I think my FAVORITE part about the apartments was the KITCHEN! I loved cooking everyday, and with Earl's Place right around the corner, I had the ability to conjure up anything my heart desired. :) The living room was right next to the kitchen, and the living room had 2 couches, and a coffee table. It's definitely a nice place to stay :)

And that concludes your tour of the housing options available to you! Hopefully this gives you a better idea of where you'll be living come fall. :)

Get STOKED for college, it's gonna be flipping amazing :D

-Lauren Tomosada

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