San Miguel Reviews
UC Santa Barbara
When students lived here
Freshman Year
2
Sophomore Year
1
Overall rating breakdown
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4 years ago
Majority international students from when I lived there in 2019. Really quiet if that’s what you want, but it does get boring. I ended up switching to Anacapa and enjoyed it much more, a lot more social there.
4 years ago
The location is perfect in my opinion. Not too far from the dining commons, library, UCEN, and classes. Honestly the walk from here to Campbell Hall is ~10 minutes and to the Chem building is 15-20 minutes. Triple rooms are not very big and sharing the bathroom with ~25 people is not that great. Rooms have either an ocean view or a view of campus. Big windows, 2 closets for 3 people with storage up top. Everyone gets their own drawer set. Rooms are cleaned biweekly by housekeeping as well as the bathroom. Honestly, I think the location outweighs the size of the room considering you'll probably be spending more time out of the building. There are lots of common areas and a kitchenette/lounge everyone on the floor shares. Again, sharing with...
4 years ago
Close to campus and dining halls, but way too expensive. Triples are really small and sharing a bathroom with ~20 other people can be disgusting at times.