Is Lower Apartments the best dorm at UCSD?

You find yourself waiting to use the bathroom because the shower and toilet is located in one room and shared between 6 people. I also hated every single on of them.

I lived in Bravery apartments in Marshall Lowers. The room was almost twice as big as the triple that I was in last year in the dorms, but the room was musty and on the second floor so it got pretty hot. When I came back from winter break, there were mice living in the cabinet and feces all over our food. I contacted EHS and had them set traps but that was not fun at all. There was also a termite infestation and my apartment mate's windowsill had a little hole where 5-10 termites would crawl out of every day. Location is extremely convenient and room is spacious but at the cost of a clean living environment.

At first glance, the Lowers is kinda dingy and tucked away/ covered with forest trees and bugs, but from my experience, it was a pretty homey and pleasant area. The layout of the Lower apartments is that of a two story building, typically with one double and a single on the second floor and a single on the first. The old age of the building is somewhat noticeable through the paint and the dingy looking colors, but the location of the apartment definitely makes up for it. The apartments are located right smack in the central area of campus, and everything including food, classes, and people are like a couple minutes walk away. It's also pretty tucked in and secluded, which means that often times it'll be pretty peaceful and quiet there. In terms of cons, we did encounter a couple of bugs here and there. There were also periods of times where the old age of the apartments were more noticeable, i.e. the peeling paint and the screen door that broke after a couple uses. But the HDH fix it team is wonderful and prompt in helping us out with things like that so it wasn't too much of an issue. Overall, I really loved my time at those apartments.