UCSD Dorms Ranked

"Living in a triple wasn't great, but ERC is one of the better places for this. While the walls are thin, North America Hall was right near the laundry and the package room, which was nice. It was decent enough in terms of space, with a large lounge. Right next to the parking as well. The kitchen on the ground floor was nice to have."

"Pros: Convenient location: Being very close to the dining hall and laundry facilities can make life easier for students living in the dorm. Quiet: If you prefer a quieter living environment, Earth Hall South may be a good option for you. Appropriate darkness at night: Some people prefer to sleep in complete darkness, and Earth Hall South may provide that kind of environment. Cons: Random people walking by: If you are living on the first floor, you may have to deal with random people walking right outside your window. This could be uncomfortable for some people, especially if they value their privacy. No elevator: Depending on how many floors the building has, not having an elevator could make moving in and out of the dorm more difficult. Distance from other campus locations: Depending on the layout of the campus, Earth Hall South may be far from other locations like classrooms."

"The Sixth dorms are the newest on campus (built in 2020) so they are the most modern. There are four residential buildings in sixth. Kaleidoscope and Tapestry are the most similar with both suites and apartments. Suites range from 5-16 people depending on the floor. All rooms are fairly decent sized with a bed, small nightstand/cubby, desk, towel rack, and closet. Suites are conjoined with the suite either above or below which means that there is more noise going around especially confined in a concrete area. Each floor has a communal kitchen and bathroom with cleaners coming every 2-3 days. Depending on the number of people in the suite, there are 2-4 toilets and showers and 3-8 sinks which is nice so there is never any issues with who needs to use what. Suites are recommended the first year because you can meet more people this way. Definitely recommend sixth! Fyi elevators are slow"

"All of the sixth college dorms are centrally located on campus. The buildings are very nice and new. There are suites (first years) and apartments (anyone else). Bathrooms are separated and spread throughout the suite so there are 2-4 separate showers and toilet rooms. The dorm rooms are very spacious (comes with twin xl bed/mattress, desk with lock drawer, chair, and large dresser) huge compared to some other dorms on campus. All of the suites have an upper floor with the same number of rooms. Floors are co-ed but suites are not (the connecting floor is the same gender). "

"Stunning ocean views on the fifth floor! Modern feel plus a nice kitchenette with oven, stove, microwave, and fridge. Single shower and toilet, both behind lockable doors."

"Podemos was recently built in 2023, so all of the rooms, bathrooms, and kitchens look new and modern. Podemos is solely an apartment building, so every apartment has a kitchen. There are laundry rooms every odd floor, with two washers and dryers per floor. On each floor, there is one eight-person apartment, and the rest of them are four-person apartments. Inside the apartments, there are only singles and doubles, and the doubles are much bigger than many of the other colleges' doubles. The cleaners come once a week, and living here is also nice because many shuttles make stops near here. There is not that much greenery near Eighth college so it looks a little dull, and the building is pretty far from the center of the campus. "

"Really nice, modern apartments that are pretty spacious! The dorms themselves are pretty spacious as well "

"I lived in Tioga for my first year at UCSD! The common area for our hall was super nice, as it had an ocean view and was very spacious with lots of seating. The room however, was pretty cramped. I lived in a triple, and there was not a lot of room to even walk around. Everything was clean and updated, however. "

"The North Torrey pines living and learning neighborhood is the brand new heart of UCSD. The project was recently completed in the fall of 2020 and is still realizing its full potential as the rest of the restaurants start to roll out. One of the biggest stand-out features of apartments and suites at the new sixth (NTPLLN) is that the bathroom and shower stall are all individually roomed. Anyone can use each facility separately without using the other. This allows for great bathroom privacy as well as fewer clashes in usage timings. The bathrooms themselves are of impeccable quality, and some suites in the Catalyst building (mine) even have a rare bathtub. The location is central and almost crucial to all classes for undergraduates, and the food is considered to be the best in the Sixth dining halls."

"Pros: big shower, 2 toliets, spacious kitchen, lots of kitchen storage, big common area Cons: Very prisonesque aesthetic "