Pick Your Style!

Whether you’re a newbie freshman, an itching-to graduate-already junior, or a super senior, it’s never too late to dorm!  

Not sure which college is the right place for you? The styles of dorming at CSULB vary from traditional style to suite style to a hybrid mix of the two.

The traditional style consists of the “traditional” way of dorms being set up, with rooms being set up down a long hallway. Floors are separated by sex, with bathrooms located on opposite ends of the hallway. The traditional halls are located in the Los Alamitos and Los Cerritos Halls, in Hillside College.

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“I like this style better than the suites”, said Mika Hongo, a second year civil engineering major. “It’s easier to socialize with everyone. You don't have to wait awkwardly outside someone’s suite door for someone to open it. Here you can just go knock on their room door.”

The suite style of dorming consists of a hallway with doors leading to a smaller hallway, introducing a cluster suite of same sex rooms. Bathrooms are included within the suite. Suite dorms are located at Parkside College.

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“The suite style suits me better than the traditional way”, said Traci Yamashita, a second year kinesiology major. “I like the fact I share the bathroom with just my suitemates. It’s easier and less crowded.”

A hybrid mix of the two styles can be found at the off-campus Beachside College, where the traditional hallway style is met with the suite style of a shared bathroom between two rooms.

Access to any dorm is utilized by a student’s CSULB identification card.

So whether you're more the old fashioned traditional type, or suite living is the way to go, CSULB lets students pick which college caters best to their needs. Heck, you can even get a hybrid style – the best of both worlds!