<p>@thesounds: No Problem, I’m happy to answer your questions. </p>
<p>The website does not specify so I don’t know, sorry. UCSD CogSci is still pretty prestigious for undergraduate studies without a doubt. </p>
<p>As for the dance question: I’m just going to repost one of my previous posts. </p>
<p>“1/2) The Theater and Dance program at UCSD is ranked #3 in the nation! Hence, it is really competitive. One of my friends, whom I must say is a really good dancer, was a dance major, but changed majors because it was too hard for him X__X. Lots of classes and different types of dances. I know there’s beginning ballet, jazz, contemporary, latino dance…etc. I took beginning ballet this quarter and it was pretty fun. They have a nice and new dance studio near Revelle too! Usually you have to take the same class 3 times before you can sign up for the next level class. For example, if you start off with beginning ballet, you need to take beginning ballet 3x (with different teachers) before you can go to intermediate ballet (but this also depends on how good you are and etc).
3. Ascension hip-hop is a dance team sponsored by CASA (chinese american student association) but anyone who can dance can join, so it’s not limited to chinese students. You audition and if you get in, you have to practice a lot, probably everyday. I know they have dance practice at Rimac Gym in the nice dance studios lol. They usually perform at most talent shows and various UCSD events. Philip Wang from Wongfu was in it! But there are other dance teams as well…like 220 (second to none) that are pretty good as well and they all compete in MASA’s Kunfusion Dance competition…pretty well known…”</p>
<p>I don’t think spirit is bad because we don’t have a football team, I just think a large number of people at UCSD don’t like sports. There is very small school spirit in the way of sports. It’s just how it is. We get like 200 people a game for basketball when most universities our size average 10,000+.</p>
<p>@aznfromva: Hahaha Let me just say that it wasn’t what I expected. I’m from the Bay Area so I expected to come to SoCal with the warm/hot weather. It’s definitely not sunny all the time, like it is stereotyped to be. During the winter, it rains, and is really windy so bring your winter clothes too! Right now, the sun is shining and is exemplifying true San Diego weather :D. Finally sunny weather when it’s finals week lol.</p>
<p>^Exactly, have an OOS tell you about the weather, ha ha, you hear the truth. It rarely drops below 50. There were weeks where the daily highs were 70. Bring a sweatshirt and you’re good.</p>
<p>thank you clarkfobes =) i’ll be relaxing this summer before college =D</p>
<p>i have a few other questions XD:
i think there are many people who go to sd even though they got accepted to ucla/ucberkeley… my older sister said that they go to sd and are like top of their class/really smart… does this make it harder to get an A in science/math classes for premed? how competitive are the classes? [the reason i’m asking this is because i might want to go premed at first and if i get okay grades, like Bs, i’ll become a pharmacist XD and cuz i’ve struggled in math/science classes in high school… i rarely got As]</p>
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<li><p>are libraries crowded on weekdays? i’ve been to uci libraries and it’s pretty hard finding space to study. </p></li>
<li><p>how well do people get to know their academic advisors? [collegeconfidential thinks i spelled “advisors” wrong =/]</p></li>
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<li><p>I think people UCSD over UCLA/Cal if they are any biological science major because the biological sciences department here at UCSD is more prestigious or maybe they got offered a Regents scholarship or some kind of scholarship. I would say there are really smart people here, but they still need to put in some effort in getting high grades, so the playing field is essentially leveled. You can get the same high grades if you study and do well, it may be a little more effort than the “smart” students put in, but it is never impossible to get A’s. I think in order to get good grades, you should try to have study groups and set your priorities straight. However, in the more competitive majors, people can be really mean and not help you so that they can get better grades. Sometimes it’s hard to study because you get distracted or there may be all these different classes you need to study for, so that may be an obstacle. There is always tutoring available. OASIS Transition Programs offers Math and Science workshops that really help </p></li>
<li><p>Libraries are crowded during midterms and especially during Finals weeks. There are tons of other places to study during those times like in your room, study lounges, Price Center, CSE Lab…etc. On Regular school days, there are not as many students. </p></li>
<li><p>It’s spelled advisers, I believe. There are many academic advisers, so I doubt you get to know one personally. The process goes like this: (for warren at least) you go into the academic advising building and you input your name on the computer. Once it is your turn, your name is called and which ever adviser is available will be meeting with you. Then you just ask any questions and they pull out your profile/info. I guess if you really want, you can get the contact info of one academic adviser you may really like.</p></li>
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<p>Hi
I applied to UCSD as a Aerospace major, but got admitted under my alternate: Physics. I know that since its impacted they limit admissions and I didn’t make the cut, but I still want to do Aerospace. I talked to some students in the program and the academic advisor for the MAE department. She told me that up to a fourth of Aeropsace students drop the major, and that people who do not get into Aerospace can re-apply in their Spring quarter to switch majors into Aerospace. </p>
<p>So the problem I have is that if I go to UCSD I am going to be risking my major of choice. If there are not enough open spaces, and a lot of people apply in the Spring, I might not get in. </p>
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<li>What do you know about the Aerospace major drop rate?</li>
<li>Do you think I should take the risk and accept UCSD’s offer?</li>
<li>If you think I should do this, do you have any tips?</li>
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<p>Hey, this is an incredible thread that answered a lot of questions.</p>
<p>Still, I was wondering about Marshall’s Disciplinary Breadth GE. It says two must be upper division and one must have significant writing. What is this significant writing part that its talking about? Is it going to an English class I have to take? </p>
<p>Looking through Marshall’s residence dorms, I see that theres a lot of single dorms - four singles and two triples per suite. If I applied on the 13th for housing (day admissions came out), is there still a good chance I’ll get a single dorm? I don’t know how they decide who gets which dorms. </p>
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<li>I really don’t the answer to that question, but it should be low because it’s impacted.</li>
<li>What other schools were you admitted to? UCSD is really well known for engineering; so much money is given for the Jacobs School of Engineering so if you really want to be an engineer, UCSD is a really good place for that. </li>
<li>I think you should take this “risk” and accept UCSD’s offer because you can definitely get into the Aerospace major later on. All you need to do is maintain academic excellence above all of your competition and you will be most likely guaranteed into the major. The minimum requirements include:
(a) complete at least one year/three quarters in residence at UCSD(b) complete all lower division requirements for the requested major(c) must have a minimum GPA of 2.5(d) students will be ranked based on overall UCSD GPA and admitted according to rank
As admission is based on available space, meeting these requirements does not guarantee admission. Students should be aware that applications will be evaluated based on academic excellence.
<a href=“http://maeweb.ucsd.edu/docs/ApptoMajor-MEAE.pdf[/url]”>http://maeweb.ucsd.edu/docs/ApptoMajor-MEAE.pdf</a>
Just a word of advice, students come into UCSD set on one major, but later on they eventually switch majors maybe even two or three times. Just try to enter UCSD with an open mind and you may never know what lies ahead in your future. </li>
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<p>@New2UCSD:
The significant writing course is a course that probably requires some sort of writing like essays but is not completely a writing/English class. For example, if you are a Humanities/Fine Arts major and you decide to take classes in the Natural Science/Math/Engineering Breadth, then you need to take an upper division course in that category that has some writing involved. Later on, you can go to the virtual academic counseling website and access the list of Significant Writing courses for Marshall students. I can’t access that list because I’m not a Marshall student, sorry! </p>
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<li>Yes, you will most likely get your preference because you submitted your Housing App early! The Housing services put people who submitted their housing apps early on the top of their list and usually those people get their first choices.</li>
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<p>Don’t worry about it, you still were admitted to UCSD! When I was accepted, I never got any calls. I got an email maybe a week later and the admit packet a few weeks later. Congratulations, New Triton!</p>
<p>thank you, that ease my nervousness a ton, especially after last year’s mistake! But I won’t be fully complete until I receive the email or packet! thank you! but, super stoked for ucsd!</p>
<p>lol I wouldn’t stress about an email too much. I know you heard of last year when UCSD accidentally sent acceptance emails to everyone, only to send apologies later to those that were actually rejected. Sounds like a nightmare. You can bet they were skeptical about chancing that kind of mistake again. Personally I saw the website’s update as being just as official as a letter and maybe more official than an email, but I guess that’s just me. lol Besides, they wouldn’t leave a mistake uncorrected this long. It only took a few hours for them to realize their mistake last year.</p>
<p>^Just to clarify, UCSD didn’t accidentally send out acceptances. AFTER all the acceptances and rejections were posted to the website, UCSD intended to send an email to all accepted students inviting them to Admit Day. They accidentally sent this email to the entire applicant body, both accepted people and rejected people. The rejectees already knew their status was rejected, it was just confusing to them to be invited to admit day.</p>
<p>Oh, my bad. lol That makes it seem a bit less severe since they did sort of know, but that’s still unfortunate to be rejected and get an email making you think you may have gotten something you didn’t… <em>shudders</em></p>
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