<p>thanks guys. I appreciate it. I feel a lot better, sleeping last night was hard thinking about no email and no call. hehe then i texted my friend… and he said he only received the letter</p>
<p>What is the typical freshman workload/distribution like? I looked on the course catalog and it just made me more confused…how many classes did you take first quarter and what was the workload like? How’re freshman seminars? I just got accepted to Muir and wanted to know…</p>
<p>@mkapur</p>
<p>I took 4 classes first quarter and did fine. I recommend you take Muir 40 writing, a GE, and 2 other major related classes. If you’re a science major, it’ll probably be Chem 6A and Math 20A/B/C (depending on AP credits). If you’re in engineering, then you might take programming first quarter instead of the GE, but you can even wait on that if you want to have an easier quarter.</p>
<p>I really wanted to get my 2 writing classes out of the way so I took them Fall and Winter quarter and now I’m done with them.</p>
<p>How many residential halls are there at warren? Also is there any difference between them?</p>
<p>@Ramen Nation: There are 3 res halls in Warren: Frankfurter, Harlan and Stewart. They are all right next to other so I guess what makes the difference is the people. Probably little differences in like the wall colors and furniture of study lounges.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response clarkfobes! I was also wondering if they all have wireless internet? I saw on another post that some residential halls do while others don’t. It might seem trivial, but it will decide whether I should buy a new laptop or not ahah.</p>
<p>^Warren has pretty good wifi, I’ve only had a few problems with connection like 2 times.</p>
<p>Are any of them facing the beach, and if we get priority for housing would we be able to choose which of the residential halls we would like for Fall?</p>
<p>LOL No…Warren is on the opposite side of campus that is near the beach. Warren is facing a canyon… 
No…you don’t get to choose which res hall you get to live in. Priority housing only gives you what room size (single, double, triple) you want.</p>
<p>Ahh I see, oh well thanks for the info clarkfobes :D</p>
<p>Is there a particular CCC that is recommend for a potential transfer student? Do you believe it would be in my best interest to become familiar with local atmosphere (social networking, internship opportunities, the ease of the adjustment) previous to attending following two years at cc?</p>
<p>I am accepted to warren for comp sci.</p>
<p>1) I’ve been to UCR admit day today and they were bragging about how they can provide “elite” internships, and research opportunities as early as freshman year and that top companies such as Google and Microsoft recruit here a lot -.-. I hope UCSD is better at those things. Well, I’m wondering if UCSD can claim the same. How are the employment recruiting, internship, and research opportunities here? Can I do those things as early as freshman or sophmore year? </p>
<p>2)I always hear people telling me that it’s totally ok to change majors during the first 2 years of college because only ge classes are taken. But recently, I hear some other people telling me that I need to take a mixture of ge and major classes right away starting freshman year. If that is true, isn’t it wasting time to change majors at all during college? So yea, I’m confused.</p>
<p>1) Are you serious? Do you know how well-known the Jacobs School of Engineering is? It’s prestigious enough that you’ll probably be graduating with a set job and making $50,000 right you when come out. I’m pretty sure you can get internships, etc during your first few years, but it just may be competitive, especially if you are competing against upperclassman. Most people like to join the Engineering honor society in which you have to maintain high grades, earn points in service like volunteering…and etc because you get to network more. </p>
<p>2) Well, the thing with Warren GE’s is that you need to take two programs of concentration outside your major, (well since you are a engineer, you only have to take one Area Study). First off, for all other majors besides engineers, there are three tracks: Humanities/Fine Arts, Natural Sciences/Math, and Social Sciences. You have to take a program of concentration in each of the tracks you are not majoring in. For example, If you are a visual arts major (Humanities/Fine Arts), then you need to take a program of concentration in Natural Sciences and one in Social Sciences. Engineers have to only take one Area Study, either in social sciences, humanities/fine arts. In your case, if you switch majors (especially out of engineering) then you are going to have to change all your GE’s. For further details check out, <a href=“http://warren.ucsd.edu/_files/academic-forms/advising_handbook.pdf[/url]”>http://warren.ucsd.edu/_files/academic-forms/advising_handbook.pdf</a></p>
<p>That’s good. I justed need a confirmation of some sort. All these course requirements seem pretty confusing at first, I hope I can talk to advisors when I enroll to sort it out.</p>
<p>I posted a few pages back about how the scored the A-G courses and after I found I thread about it on CC there was an archived article about the rubric, the A-G thing is scored by 0, 250 or 500 points (unless they changed it since this was made in 2004, but it was posted just a few months ago and seems more unlikely to change radically) for future reference, just in case anyone in the future or anyone now wants to see how they stacked up</p>
<p>[UCSD</a> Freshman Comprehensive Review Process (Dec 2004)](<a href=“http://web.archive.org/web/20071116012623/http://www.geocities.com/kisasong/UCSDComprehensive.htm]UCSD”>UCSD Freshman Comprehensive Review Process (Dec 2004))</p>
<p>how many people get the regents scholarship? are most of the people in the biology departments (impacted) regent scholars?</p>
<p>@jasminesque: Usually, the regent scholars are the top 1% of the entering class of freshmen so… I would say about 80-100 regent scholars each year. I’m not sure what majors they are, but from what I know, many of friends that are regent scholars are in the biological sciences. I guess that makes sense because that major is impacted/competitive.</p>
<p>@UCSD2013, Thanks!</p>
<p>Another question for currents, what is the drinking scene like? As in, how strict are over 21 rules kept and do people attend parties at all colleges or typically just their own? Also, is it unlikely that you’ll be in many classes at all with kids from other schools? I’m in Muir.</p>
<p>I know about the SHIP program (UCSD’s health insurance plan) and I know that if I have private health insurance, I can waive the health fee. But I am wondering if students are treated differently if they have private insurance vs. SHIP. Like, is it more difficult to get medication or make an appointment?</p>
<p>For students who do participate in the SHIP program, are you satisfied with this plan? Downfalls?</p>
<p>@mkapur: The RSO’s and RA’s are pretty strict here, so no…there are not going to be big parties anywhere on campus… (except the International House because most people at 21+). You could probably get away with small kick-backs, but it still risky if people get too loud…I know from experience X__X. Word of Advice, if you do want to drink/party go to one that’s not on your college housing. For example, if you are a Warren Student, go to a Marshall party, because if you do get written up, your Warren ResLife Dean decides on what your punishment should be and they usually don’t get around to anything because the party didn’t happen in Warren.
Anyways, go to frat parties off campus, (there is no frat row on campus therefore no frat parties on campus) so it is less likely that you would get busted. Because most parties are frat parties, there is no differentiation between colleges…
During your first year, you will need to take GE classes, so there will be people from all colleges in your classes (like Math or Chem…etc) but in your writing class (muir writing) it
will only be Muir students.</p>
<p>@californiaxo: My opinion: I believe that having your own private insurance is more worth it because if you are already insured under your parents, you don’t have to pay extra like you would if you have SHIP ($200-300 per quarter). You may need to change your PCP (primary care provider) to La Jolla if your home over 500 miles away from UCSD. SHIP probably gives you the same care as your own doctor, but it’s just closer. I know that it takes a while to even schedule an appointment. My friend, who need new contacts, had to wait 3 weeks for an appointment…so that was really lame.</p>