Hi everyone, my name is Mayra Castillo; I’m 18 years old, a freshman in California State University Long Beach. I’ve never lived outside on Los Angeles, nor attended any school outside of it. Now I live in a highly expensive dorm in Long Beach that’s a mile away from school campus. The dorm in which I stay in is not worth the amount I pay for, I share the room with my roommate Daniela and we each pay $1,025 including mandatory meal plan, whether or not you eat. Not only is this Residential Learning College (RLC) campus expensive, but we are required to attend constant mandatory meetings at 10:00 p.m. A shuttle in which transports us from our dorm to school gets over crowded in the mornings. It gets so overcrowded that not everyone fits in it; therefore the driver is forced into leaving many students behind. The dining halls close at 8:00 p.m., so if you have a job like me and arrive to your dorm at 8:30 p.m. you either don’t eat, or buy yourself dinner in one of the fast food restaurant around the area. I am definitely going to rent an apartment next semester, meanwhile am hoping to find someone responsible with the same ideas.
Hello Maira, this blog seems to be pretty interesting in my opinion. I, unfortunately, do not have the opportunity to live in the dorms or have the whole dorming experience, so by you blogging about your experience, this will give me the opportunity to feel like I was living it myself. It would be really great to hear about the activities held at the dorms, if there are any, and the things that you do on your free time as an independent college student free from the restraints of your parents! Also talk about your experiences with work and how it relates to you coming home late or tired and how those things may help you in the future. This is going to be a really great blog and I look forward to the many other experiences that you post! Best Wishes! - D.A.S.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you that the dorms are way over priced and its ridiculous that you are forced to by a meal plan when most of the food is barely edible. I've been wondering what it's like to have to take the shuttle in the morning from RLC to campus and it seems worse than I thought it would be, I can't believe not everyone can fit on the shuttle and some people are just out of luck. Good luck living out the rest of the semester in the dorms and I hope that you are able to find a place better suited for you next year. -J.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that dorms are expensive wherever you go. this is my first semester at Long Beach and i was thinking of dorming, i even put a deposit down and got a room. In the end I decided that ill just save a bunch of money by living at home and commuting to school. So basically I lost my $300 deposit =/. One good thing about dorming is all the people you meet and connections you build.
ReplyDeleteI dormed last semester at UC Merced and I loved it. I didn't get to live in the new dorms that they opened fall semester so i got stuck in the old dorms, which aren't so old at all.They're probably like 5 years old. But the best part was meeting new people.