Revelle Housing

So if you happened to have read the collegeconfidential post about the Truth About UCSD-Revelle, you might recall me saying that housing at Revelle was pretty bad. That was when I was a freshman still living in the fleets, and now I offer my updated opinion:

THEY ARE STILL BAD. The fleets at least lol.

i2hub.com doesn't exist anymore (or maybe it does with a fee?), so that plus is gone from the fleets. The best option for living on campus at Revelle is still definitely Argo and Blake. Try to get into those residence halls any way possible. One way to get into Argo for sure is to sign up for themed housing at orientation because Argo has different themes for each floor of the building. If I remember correctly, you can sign up for themed housing at the end of orientation to avoid being stuck in the fleets.

I think that if you live in Argo and Blake your first year, you're more likely to meet people from Revelle at social floor/building events. Like I said in my CC post before, they stick all the overflow kids from other colleges in the fleets, so if your Resident Advisor doesn't make the effort to try to get everyone to socialize, then it's pretty hard to make friends while living in the fleets because it's farther from everyone else. You're also a lot closer to Plaza Cafe and Plaza On The Side (POTS) if you live at Argo/Blake, but I'll talk about what UCSD has to offer in food in another post =).

So if you can, try to do as much as possible to get into either Argo or Blake when you're applying for housing. I hope this helps for those who seek advice on what to do about housing at Revelle.

I'm going to be regularly updating this blog (maybe daily? weekly? haven't decided yet). If you have any specific questions that you want answers to, feel free to leave a comment and I'll blog about it.