Here is your complete (unbiased) guide to undergraduate\u00a0UBC housing.\u00a0Whether you\u2019re a first year undergrad living on campus for the first time, a transfer student, or a returning student looking for new digs, UBC\u2019s gotchya covered.<\/p>\n
The newest and sparkly-est\u00a0of campus housing is Ponderosa Commons, located smack dab in the middle of Marine Drive and Place Vanier Residences, making it the closest to Main Mall. Housing mainly upper year undergrads and graduate students, Ponderosa boasts its own Wi-Fi (good luck with that Ethernet cord in the other residences). Yet another plus, Mercante Pizza is only an elevator ride away. However, co ed roommate hopefuls beware, Ponderosa only has single gender rooming assignments.<\/p>\n
This is your\u00a0run of the mill group student housing. Living in Marine allows for you and your buddies (or allotted roommates you just met) to relax with an open window, living room-kitchen floor plan, with one washroom per two rooms in a unit. If you\u2019re lucky enough to grab one of the top five floors, riches beyond compare await you in the form of sunset ocean views. Marine drive also sports its own restaurant and grill, as well as recreation center for when you decide you\u2019re good at pool.<\/p>\n
This cute village style housing complex is a little more out of the way than most campus housing. But fear not, Fairview is only a short walk away from Main Mall, and even closer to University Village, which caters to all your pizza, sandwich, sushi, and Office Max\u00a0needs. It also houses mainly upper year and grad students, and allows mixed gender room assignments in apartment style living.<\/p>\n
Dayum, you must like walking because you\u2019re a LONG ways from civilization. And by civilization, I mean the arts building. Distance aside, Thunderbird is great for anyone in Greek life or UBC sports; it’s close to both the stadium and frat\/Panhellenic house(s). And even though it\u2019s an older residence, the sunset ocean views on the higher floors are said to make the insane walk worth it.<\/p>\n
One of the two guaranteed campus living choices for first years, Place Vanier is the closest housing option to the arts buildings. Its two newest houses, TEC de Monterey and Korea House, sport single rooms on co ed floors. And if you\u2019re of the nude sunbather variety, you\u2019re in luck! Place Vanier is right across the road from campus\u2019 only clothing optional beach. You\u2019ll find fellow UBC students and members of the public enjoying and sunbathing here year round – with\u00a0and without clothing.\u00a0Just make sure you bring those gainz if you want to make it back up the vertical stairs.<\/p>\n
This first year residence is closer to most science buildings, so you\u2019ll get to your 8 a.m. forestry class just a little bit earlier (or you know, sleep in a another ten minutes, and still be late). Its two newest houses have rooms with connected shared bathrooms, just in case showering with your floor isn\u2019t your forte. Totem also hosts puppy visits during exams, where you can cuddle away your final-induced jitters with a fluffy friend.<\/p>\n
Here is your complete (unbiased) guide to undergraduate\u00a0UBC housing.\u00a0Whether you\u2019re a first year undergrad living on campus for the first time, a transfer student, or a returning student looking for new digs, UBC\u2019s gotchya covered. Ponderosa Commons The newest and sparkly-est\u00a0of campus housing is Ponderosa Commons, located smack dab in the middle of Marine Drive…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19363,"featured_media":115768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[7735],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-58511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ubc-around-campus"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n