The apartment is in a great area if you work/study at UCSD. It was very quiet in the apartment despite being near the I5. We would have been very happy there, unfortunately there were cockroaches in the kitchen (we killed about 5 each day). This made our stay a bit unpleasant, especially with a baby this was a bit upsetting. Sem did call pest control, however they couldn't spray with the baby in the apartment and only used glue traps and poisonous gel so the roaches were there our entire 3 week stay.