Ranking the Dorms at UC San Diego

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. - 4 years ago

Lived in Tioga as a freshman during the 2012-2013 school year in a triple and Tenaya as a senior during the 2015-2016 school year in a single. Best location on campus out of all the colleges, since it's in the center. You can get lucky with an ocean view as well. Also the most spacious rooms out of all the colleges. - 4 years ago

Earth Hall South was pretty great. We had a massive living room, a nice balcony, a good kitchen. Tons of closet and cabinet space throughout the apartment. Great location next to Pangea for parking, and near Hopkins for when Pangea was full. Very close to the SAC, where the laundry and package room is. Overall, pretty fantastic. - 4 years ago

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 - 2 years ago

It’s at the center of the school so everything is relatively close. Its also new so the building is clean. - 2 years ago

Pros: center of campus, classes are easily accessible Cons: bathroom easily clogs, issues with elevator - 10 months ago

Relatively new building. Much more spacious than Blake/Argo. Rooms have plenty of space and the common room is a good size. 2 doubles and 2 singles in each apartment with 1 toilet and 1 shower. Laundry is on floors 2-5 in building 2. - 4 years ago

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. - 11 months ago

Really nice, modern apartments that are pretty spacious! The dorms themselves are pretty spacious as well - 11 months ago

I lived in the Tamarack Apartments in my sophomore year, and it was by far my favorite living arrangement thoughout my four years of college. The apartments were some of the nicest on campus, and were very clean and spacious! It was also right above John's Market, which made it convenient if I wanted a late night snack. Would definitely recommend living here! - 2 years ago