Mesa Nueva

I live on one of the studios on the first floor, and I wouldn't recommend it. The studio itself was clean, but it has lots of pest problems (silverfish, earwig etc.). Also, being on the first floor, we need to keep our blinds down for privacy, which leads to less sunlight. Highly recommend a different space if you like spacious rooms, less pests and more sunlight.

It is a nice flat but the rooms could have been a little bigger as compared to other housing societies.

All fees covered saves a lot of time and effort. No AC is the only problem.

What's great about living at Mesa Nueva is that you can live in a studio with a price you would never be able to get from other places in San Diego. Though it is quite small space, I am very much satisfied. Besides Mesa Nueva, I highly recommend living in the Grad Housing as it is very close to the campus and easy to socialize with other grad students.

Management response is good. Wish the bedroom was a little larger, especially given the bathroom is incredibly spacious. Small closet and not a lot of storage for large items -- they all go under my bed. Close to campus. Hard to furnish your own apartment though.

Sort of hard to get to places, you will need to walk long distances (20 ish minutes) to everything and it's not close to bus stops (except for the UCSD shuttle).

Other than that, most of the residents are students and the community is very catered towards students. There are also weekly trivia nights and other events so it's a pretty good residential community.

Also, for La Jolla, the rent price is actually decent compared to renting off campus.

convenient location, bedrooms are small though

I just moved in the apartment 10 days ago, and currently the facilities are good, but i live near Miramar street, so there will be lots of noise from cars.

It is great to live in Mesa Nueva, which provides a safe and comfortable living environment. Although the number of rooms is limited and the maximum term is 2 years, students can spend great time living there.

I’m paying about $1500 (including electricity which isn’t covered) for my half of a 2 bed 2 bath. Maintenance is super responsive, the residence is very new and has no mold problems, and it’s extremely close to campus. I recommend the newer complexes (mesa nueva, Nuevo east, Nuevo west) as they’re in much better condition and don’t have mold. Only complaint is there’s no AC and we had a lot of issues with the fire alarm going off randomly at night last year. Overall though I highly recommend and plan to live here for the duration of my program.