I'm a freshman here 5/5 it's chill u can talk to ur friends and study. Good amount of tables and outlets to charge your laptop and such. Study rooms look good never used em tho. Saw this sign and decided to review read more

Courtyard Study Lounge - Colleges & Universities Near Me - Irvine, California

CSL is by far the best place to study/lounge out on campus! It's also really nice that this place is so hard to find for a lot of students. You can actually catch a bird's-eye view glimpse of the courtyard from the food court where Jamba Juice is located at - but for most students, it's really a matter of knowing how to get here. There are 14 to 15 study rooms here - which you can reserve in advance. You get 40 hours of reservation hours per quarter. The rooms are locked, relatively spacious and come with a whiteboard. While your cellphone signal may be spotty, the wifi is really strong here as there are a few routers strategically placed around the room. The computers in CSL are PCs, while the computers in the lab directly across from CSL (connected by the same courtyard in the middle) - have Macs. Even if you don't get a study room, there is still ample desks/chairs as well as sofa like lounge chairs throughout this space. What's great is the courtyard is open-air, so if you need a study break or some fresh air, you can just walk out to the courtyard and rejuvenate. There are vending machines right next to CSL and the UC Irvine Blood Donor Center is also adjacent to this lounge. Finally, since it's part of the Student Center building, CSL has the most flexible hours out of all study spots on campus - 7am to midnight everyday - open 24 hours during Fall, Winter Spring quarter Finals week. read more

Courtyard Study Lounge - Tons of space!!! - Colleges & Universities Near Me - Irvine, California

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Yelp 2015 Challenge #24 I actually knew of this place before knowing what it was for. It was me just having fun exploring Student Center and actually, the canopy outside is my favorite part of campus. It's so secluded and quiet and peaceful in this area. And it's hard for people to find and not everyone knows about it so that makes it even better! For me, I go in the secret doorway (shhh) next to the tech area/The Hill and go downstairs. What's here? Lots of study chairs with armrests. There are seats for singles, doubles, for 4, for 6, round tables even. But that's not even the best part! Included here are 16 study rooms so you can totally study here with your friends. No more Langson! No more Ayala 5th/6th floors! NO MORE GATEWAY? Did you hear that? Actually I've never been there :P, but I've heard stories. This place is way bigger than the little study room by Starbucks, and if you get a study room, you get a marker, eraser, and key. You just have to make a reservation and if you get there 15 mins later than your window, it will be taken away. So don't be one of those people! You can also come all the way around from Pacific Ballroom, go to the end and make a left, right, left and get here. Student Center is kinda fun to go around and see what's there haha. :P Yep, to this day, there does still exist the dead zone, but use the school wifi and you get a little better. (Some texts do not send out or receive). So more productivity! :) Study hard, and get a seat cuz it does fill out. What? Yes. Even though not everyone knows about it, it won't fit... I don't even know how many people go here lol. But it'll fit less than 200 people. I know that. :) read more

I've been going here since fall quarter of my freshmen year when my ICS lab partner told me about this place. apparently it's not really known about =/ The courtyard study lounge has really bad cell phone reception so it is PERFECT for studying :) absolutely no distractions. It is quiet and there are study rooms for group projects and people who wanna talk a lil, like me. I always come here for working on group projects and I study here for even single FINAL, cause it's opening 24/7 for finals week :) I absolutely love this place... It brings back many bittersweet memories. read more

The Courtyard Study Lounge is pretty much my go-to study place. It's quiet, with lots of seats and desks as well as 16 or so study rooms. Right across from it is a computer lab, so that is also really handy. The hours are long; they stay up until 11pm or so on weekdays, 9pm on weekends, and they are open 24/7 during finals week. The study rooms are also quite nice and people are usually quiet when they're inside -- the walls aren't soundproof, so please be courteous and considerate to everyone else!! When reserving rooms, you can reserve a maximum of 3 hours, 2x a week under your ID card. I recommend calling in ahead of time, perhaps even right when CSL opens, during midterms and finals week because this place will get pretty packed. Finding this place isn't too hard. One way is to walk through the double doors that's around the corner of the bookstore, down the stairs, and through another set of doors; you should then see it on your right. Another way is through the Student Center... but that's too complicated to explain. read more

This place is pretty cool, very quiet, has private study rooms, and usually isn't crowded (probably because not too many people know about this place). A lot quieter than gateway I would have to say, and if you need to use computers, their next door. UNTIL THEN!! ^-^ read more

Courtyard Study Lounge - Colleges & Universities Near Me - Irvine, California

A lot of these reviews are over an year old, and I think UCI has already seen massive changes since last year. I found out about this hidden study lounge through Yelp and was interested in finding a new study spot that was spacious, quiet, and didn't smell of Subway sandwiches and potato chips. The first time I came down here, I was surprised by how empty the study lounge was! No one was really there and I was glad to be able to snag a large sofa seat that had an electrical outlet next to it. When I frequented this place Spring Quarter of 2018, most seats were taken and all the tables were occupied. Also, it was quite loud because many of the students sitting at the tables were talking/discussing about their assignments. You can also reserve private study rooms here too, although the seats inside these rooms are one of the most broken, janky office seats I've ever sat in. I'm surprised they haven't completely fallen apart yet, because they look like they're gonna break at any moment. But hey, a private room is always a plus when studying for your upcoming exams! Overall, I think this place is ok. Not all seats are equipped with a power outlet nearby, so if you need to study with your laptop open for long hours, I would recommend a different study spot, like the Science Library or the study lounge tucked behind the Student Center Starbucks. There is a vending machine within this vicinity, and on the other side of the study lounge is a room filled with Macs, which is nice! read more

This is pretty much the place I go to when Finals come around. The seats are big and comfortable, and aside from the occasional noob who comes in and starts talking on the phone, it's pretty quiet! Anyway, there's no reception for phones down there for the most part, so study productivity is theoretically good! The only thing bad I could imagine about CSL is that if there was an earthquake and the whole student center internally collapsed, the students in there would probably have a very very hard time being rescued. I think there's this mutual understanding among us students that this is a sacred place. A friend of mine stayed here for four days during finals week to study. I myself spent a total of 13 hours here in the past 1 1/2 days to pump out 16 pages of two papers. Talk about productivity! read more

Based on all the reviews here, you can pretty much tell that CSL is the place to be when you need to study for exams. I've been coming here all past week & will continue to keep coming here because... THEY GOT COMPUTERS! Wow, I wonder who is actually cheap enough to not buy a laptop for college and decide to just go to the library all day just to use the computer? *looks guilty* Anyway, they have your Macs, your PCs (I don't suggest using it because it takes like centuries to log in. I'm not kidding, literally takes me 3x the time to log in while I could be scrolling down the feed on Facebook), and they have study rooms for you! I usually go to the computer lab, but the other side of CSL is completely... dead.. quiet. I can't stand the silence, but if you put on headphones and just bob your head to the music, you'll be just fine! It's open here until 12:00am on weekdays, not so sure about weekends though. They need to expand their hours because people do need to study longer (esp during finals week!). But seriously, I recommend this place above alllll places. If only I didn't park so far (SSPS), I would come here every day. read more

This place serves the best beef noodle soup! Just kidding. They serve nice chairs, but the study rooms are always packed out during finals week. Good place to study. Comes with free ice tea and snacks week 10. read more

This is the place to go if you want a quiet place to study, or a place to group study. There are a bunch of study rooms here that you can use for group studying, group meetings, or whatever else you want to do. There's a white board in each room, and the key comes with 2-3 expo markers for you to use. For the study rooms, you can If you're here with a group, be careful of how loud you are gonna be. The walls are pretty thin, and you can easily hear people from the next room. If you're here alone, there are tables and chairs outside of the study room for you to sit at too. I've heard it's a dead zone here when it comes to cell phone. I guess this means you won't be distracted? I've never had this problem, so that was probably why I was distracted more often... LOL This is the place I go to if I want to pump out some papers. I remember beasting through a lab report (abstract, introduction, results, discussion) in 3 hours. For some reason, my productivity level just skyrockets when I'm here. read more

I work here too... Will be backed during finals week and midterm weeks. Normally not busy during weekends, summer, and beginning of quarters. Mostly quiet and people are generally okay. Good place to get work done. You can reserve rooms in 3 hour intervals. read more

I studied here every single finals week from fall quarter of my 2nd year when it re-opened with the rest of the new Student Center all the way until spring quarter of my senior year. It's open 24 hours during finals week, so sometimes I would stay here from around noon until 3 or 4am with just a couple of food breaks in between. For some reason it always worked for me! Something about the environment here just made it a great place to study, even though there was sometimes background noise from the other people coming in and out. I think maybe it was the comfy cushioned chairs that made the difference, it always beat sitting at a desk for me. It's also fairly secluded so it's harder to get distracted here. Just make sure to make a reservation early if you want a study room during finals week, it fills up quickly! read more

This is pretty much THE place to study when it comes to Finals week! I honestly loved Finals Week because it meant study party time at CSL :D The Good :D - Outlets :D! (But bring a power strip as well if you're in a larger group) - Comfy Sofas/Chairs. Great when you want to take a study break nap, bad if you fall asleep easily - Free Food during Finals Week! - Study Rooms available throughout the whole school year! Comes with whiteboard and markers! - Pretty Quiet! The Not So Good D: - NO RECEPTION :[. - Study Rooms fill up fast so get yours ASAP! - I've been told that this place is hard to find haha. read more

This is honestly my favorite place to study at UCI it's not super noisy or crowded unless there's midterms/finals. Other than that there's an abundance of cushioned couches and chairs with a focus oriented atmosphere read more

Computer lounge is open 24 hours (unconfirmed)? I stayed here until like 12:30 and didn't get kicked out. Way better than sci li, wow! Wish it was bigger... But they have macs! Great place to study and will be hitting up this place more often. Bathrooms are just outside. No reception most of the time(tmobile). read more

Awesome place to study.. Opens at 8am and closes at 11pm. its also very close to the foodcourt..has nearly 15 study rooms but the rooms are not soundproof..The major drawback is that you couldn't receive your phone signal down here.. read more

Ok. Now that I've graduated, I will let you guys in one little secret. Courtyard study lounge is THE BEST place to study. Ever. It has macs! And pcs but omg you'll get the flu from using those nasty old keyboards. I don't recommend it. CSL has it all. It's clean. It's spacious. It's bright. And it's open til midnight. I honestly don't know how I would've made it through finals week if it hadn't been for CSL. I've tried studying at Gateway. It's too damn loud. Half the people there are either messing around probably planning their post final kickback or playing league of legends. Like dude, why are you even here? I've tried studying at Langson too. It's deathly quiet and cold. Thanks, but I'm already stressed as it is. No need to add the depressing backdrop. At CSL the atmosphere is perfect. There's just enough noise so you know the students there are still breathing, but quiet enough to get things done. read more