<p>How good is the EE department at UCSD if compared to UIUC?</p>
<p>and how hard is it to change major if I’m admitted for Electrical Engineering…?</p>
<p>^ As a side note, Electrical Engineering isn’t impacted, so you can switch into it freely as far as I know. I think the only time it would be hard to switch into a major is if it’s impacted, which includes all of the Biological Sciences, and it includes Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The Computer Engineering stuff isn’t impacted anymore</p>
<p>Btw does anyone have any ideas regarding my question please lol</p>
<p>@ spacedog. I would just call the school and ask about your letter. It doesn’t really seem like there’s any way to check online.</p>
<p>probably a stupid question but just to confirm</p>
<p>you can only room with people in the same college as you right</p>
<p>@sush: You could accept both, except you would lose the $100 dollars for retracting your SIR from UCSD and how much ever it would cost to SIR to Duke </p>
<p>@salams: Yep. Next year you can try all campus housing.</p>
<p>is orientation mandatory?</p>
<p>^No, you don’t have to go but I would HIGHLY recommend it. They do a great job at explaining course registration and GEs, which can get confusing when you are registering your first time in August. Plus I made a bunch of friends at orientation. it was well worth the money.</p>
<p>Hey current students of UCSD!</p>
<p>I was wondering how hard it is to double major? I’m thinking of doing a Poli Sci+Communications major. I want to graduate in four years though…at this stage, I think my IB credits might just push me over to sophomore standing. I’d rather graduate in four years with two years than one in three years. Any thoughts? Also, how are community college credits factored into GE’s and is there a limit of units that you can transfer? I’m going to be in Marshall College, btw.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>^ double majoring is certainly possible. Should be easy for you to do so especially with social science majors and the fact that you have transfer credits. credits from CC just need to be transferred and check assist.org to see if they can transfer here.</p>
<p>1) I got admitted for Economics major, is it likely that i’ll be able to double major in biochemistry or bio-engineering (since those majors are so popular)?<br>
2) Is biochemistry also a pre-major?
3) How hard is it to change major after a year if i end up not liking economics?
4) about what percentage of students in sd join sorority or Greek?</p>
<p>@jessx2009: </p>
<p>1) Double majoring is always possible no matter what. It just may take people longer to graduate depending on how many classes they have to take, college, easiness of a major, etc. Trying to double major in bioengineering may be harder because there are so many required classes already and if you want to take economics classes on top of that… it really may take a toll on you. Check out the 4 year plan for just a bioengineering major: <a href=“https://aventeur.ucsd.edu/public/student_four_year_plans/?currentCollege=WA[/url]”>https://aventeur.ucsd.edu/public/student_four_year_plans/?currentCollege=WA</a></p>
<p>2) Pre-major? Not sure what you mean, but Biochemistry is a major. </p>
<p>3) Depends on if you want to switch into an impacted or non impacted major. Getting into an impacted major is more difficult. Switching into a Non impacted major is as simple as clicking a few buttons</p>
<p>4) 10% estimated.</p>
<p>Looking at the Electrical engineering (EE) program plan of study for the first two years ( Freshman & sophmore) the recommended course load is 16 units for each quarter and it includes - Chem 6A, PHYS 2A, PHYS2B, PHYS 2C, PHYS 2D. I don’t see labs listed for any of these courses in the 16 unit load. Are the labs included in these classes or do we have sign up for additional lab units for each of these courses. If so how many units does it add to each quarter and is that too much to handle? Appreciate a response.</p>
<p>Hello, thank you for making this thread! I just read through most of it and it was really helpful.</p>
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<li><p>I have a question about the writing classes. What exactly goes on in class? I read that the papers are about 5-10 pages long so I’m guessing that’s done outside of class. Is there a lot of discussion about each of our papers and do we have to read them out loud?</p></li>
<li><p>Do you happen to know how priority registration works for transfer students? Are they counted as freshman when it comes to credits?</p></li>
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<p>@greenfield: If I am correct, labs are like discussions, where when you enroll in a lecture class, you automatically have to pick a discussion time. </p>
<p>@heelloo:
- Writing classes differ for each colleges. What college were you accepted to? </p>
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<li>I believe that the credits you transfer in with will be counted and therefore put you in as junior standing or above because they want upperclassmen to be able to take the classes they need to graduate.</li>
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<p>I got accepted to Warren. Do you know why it differs?</p>
<p>As far as I know, the writing classes never make you read your papers out loud… you are encouraged to share your opinion in section and very rarely SOME TA’s will make you do short presentations, but there’s not enough time for everyone to read things out loud.</p>
<p>@heelloo</p>
<p>Pretty much there’s two writing classes for Warren. In each class you write 3 papers total and your grade is based off these 3 papers. You write 3-4 drafts of each paper but the first 2-3 drafts don’t get graded, only the last one. All your papers will be based off of articles you have to read. In every class, you’ll usually go over the articles you’ve read or work in small groups and critique each others papers. The instructor will usually come around and work with the groups in helping them with their ideas and they will always comment on every paper you do and help you out. Pretty much, if you think about it, you have weeks to write your papers and the longest paper you’ll write is 6 pages.</p>
<p>thanks clarkfobes
a few more questions here: </p>
<p>1) impacted major= more popular major?
2) Is it true that many people are having a hard time graduating in four years?
3) does the State government financial crisis have an impact on academic programs like internships, research opportunities…etc?
4) I’m a US citizen, but is currently studying in an abroad school. Do i get in-state tuition second year?
5) About what percentage of students do double major? What about one major and one minor?
6) you mentioned that there are many required courses for bio major. I just wanna know about how many units or courses do students normally take each year/semester
7) What are four year plans and 2 year plans? </p>
<p>Thanks again for helping! </p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>@jessx2009</p>
<p>1) I guess you could say that impacted major is a more popular major because there are a lot of students majoring in that major, hence harder to get in because there’s no space
2) Some college and major requirements are easier than others, and some are harder, so it depends. obviously less classes make it easier to graduate, but I guess the problem may be if you enroll in those classes or not.
3) No I don’t think so. The financial crisis applies to the tuition increases, which rarely has anything to do with jobs/research.
4) You need to be a CA resident (living in CA for at least 6 month prior to enrollment) in order to get in state tuition
5) I read somewhere about 14% double major, but not sure. For a minor and major, I think many people do because a minor is not officially put into your graduation certificate.
6/7) Again, go to this link: <a href=“https://aventeur.ucsd.edu/public/stu...rentCollege=WA[/url]”>https://aventeur.ucsd.edu/public/stu...rentCollege=WA</a>, imput 2009 and your major, then you will see a grid of the classes/courses and how many units you should take in your four years here. 2 year plans are for transfers I believe.</p>
<p>jessx2009 -You won’t be able to get instate tuition unless you are completely financially independent (and have pay stubs, bank statements etc. to prove this) and you’ve lived in CA for at least a year, and have a CA driver license/car registration etc. It’s almost impossible to cheat the system</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/current-students/finances/fees/residence/criteria.html[/url]”>http://www.ucsd.edu/current-students/finances/fees/residence/criteria.html</a></p>