What are the dorms really like at UC San Diego?

The dorms depend on which College you get into at UC San Diego. The older colleges such as ERC, Warren, Revelle, and Muir have relatively older dorms that have less space and can feel more run down, and they often include more triple rooms where you may be sharing with 2–3 people in a single room. While the newer colleges such as Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth have very nice, newer dorms for both first years and second years, with mostly double rooms and more space overall. First years typically live in residential halls (mainly no kitchen), where you usually share a room with 1–2 other people and live on a floor with about 20–40 students total. Bathrooms are also shared with the floor, depending on the building. Second years live in apartment-style dorms where you have more privacy and space, usually living with about 4–6 people total in an apartment with a shared kitchen and living room. So overall, you will almost always have a better and more independent dorm experience second year!

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I was in the ERC dorms for the first two years of my time at UCSD and they were definitely visibly older than Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth. There was one communal stove and sink for the entire apartment complex if you were in Africa Hall, Asia Hall, etc. But in my second year, I was in Mesa Verde hall and I lived with four other girls with one communal shower, toilet, kitchen. It was much better and totally doable. I personally had no issue with the distance of ERC dorms from classes on campus despite people thinking its further than necessary. ERC is super close to the gliderport where you have such pretty sunsets every day, and it also is close tot he RIMAC gym which is getting renovated this year so it will be pretty nice!