AS EVIDENCE OF UCSB'S GROWTH as a world-class institution, housing continues to be a limited commodity. In order to help the housing situation for the academic year, UCSB, like many of the other UC campuses, has changed some of the on-campus Residence Hall rooms from traditional double occupancy to triple occupancy. This allows us to accommodate freshmen students who would not have been able to live in the residence halls.

Students had the opportunity to volunteer to be placed in a triple occupancy room when they complete their Personal & Room Assignment Information form online. Others who are assigned to triples selected a triple room as one of their preferences. However, it was necessary to assign some students to triple rooms who did not request it. We truly appreciate your cooperation in making triples successful for all involved. Even though the living quarters will be relatively tight, past experiences of the majority of students who have lived in triples have been positive.

We consider triple rooms temporary and as space becomes available in double rooms through cancellations, students will be moved out of the triple rooms into the vacant doubles. Room rates are adjusted to the double rate for the student moving and the two students remaining in the original room. Please be sure to budget for a double room because at some point during the year you could or one of your roommates could be transferred to a double room.

For further information please see our Triples Information Sheet.

• On the Subject Line:
  • enter the name of your Residence Hall: ( Santa Catalina, Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa or Manzanita Village)
• In the body of the email, enter your:
  • Full name
  • Perm Number
  • Hall & Room number
  • Cell phone number or Room phone number
• Please let us know one OR the other of the following:
  • If you would prefer to be reassigned to a double or single room as soon as a space becomes available in any residence hall (Santa Catalina, San Rafael, San Miguel, San Nicolas, Manzanita Village, Anacapa, Santa Rosa, or Santa Cruz)
  • If you would prefer to be reassigned to a double or single room as soon as a space becomes available only in your current residence hall