<p>Here’s my stance on the Compton Cookout and the related racial incidents. </p>
<p>What a few frat people did was down right stupid, and insensitive. We must remember that these kinds of incidents have happened before and are not specific to only UCSD. However, the Compton Cookout did expose a small crack to a greater system of institutionalized and systemic racism in the UC system and higher education overall (in addition to the UC Fee increases). In response, the circumstances that arose united a huge student population as well as their allies to protest against this injustice. I remember how this enraged a lot of people, including myself, and prompted them to hold protests, discussions, walk outs, teach-ins, etc. We would wake up at 8am to protest, stay up late making picket signs and posters. In most of my classes, we even took time out of lecture to discuss these issues. That goes to show that even teachers did care. People, of all ethnicities and backgrounds, who supported the cause came out to fight. People actually care, because who wouldn’t? Then again, there were those people who never did anything, were apathetic and simply said that it had nothing to do with them. (side note: how can a school of over half NON whites say that this stuff has nothing to do with them, when in reality, the whole society is systemically racialized and the only people that aren’t affected have white privilege, which is different from being White) In the end, the BSU demands were met and the school is in the process of implementing them, including building a resource center for Chicano/a and African Americans and matching funds for the Student Promoted Access Center for Education and Service. </p>
<p>If you ever feel “out of place” then I would recommend that you find people who are understanding of this situation by going to these welcome spaces:<br>
Taking an Ethnic Studies Course here.
Join BSU and other SAAC organizations
Get involved with OASIS (office of academic support and institutional services - Summer Bridge, ATP, etc)
Go to the Cross Cultural Center
Be apart of SPACES (holds the annual Overnight Program) </p>
<p>ive talked to people who are going to ucsd…i know a few who really hate it(same situation im in) and a few that did but they were not in the same situation i am…and im wondering what is going to make my experience different from those who were in the same situation i am</p>
<p>Yeah I should also add that I disagree with hormones. You know what maiken1993, I understand where you’re coming from and you have a very valid point. I personally don’t feel like UCSD is an uninviting place and I know there are a lot of great people there. I hope you make the right decision. I will say this though, if you do pick UCSD, and if you’re ever looking for somebody to hang out with, hit me up.</p>
<p>I’m also going to contribute a large “what the ****?!” to Hormone’s post. You must have some amazing skills of perception if you can tell all of that and not even attend the school yet. You remind me of those fortune tellers that tell you how many kids you’re going to have and how long your life will be from the lines on your hand.</p>
<p>Hi, I’m gonna be Electrical Engineeing major but i want to switch to Biology, and I know that for EE you need the Phys 2 series, but for Bio you can take the Phys 1 series. I dont want to jeopardize my GPA by taking the phys 2 series, which would make it harder for me to get into Biology. So I’d like to know how hard is the Phys 2 series compared to the phys 1 series. Like what do most people think of it, ie. how many hours studying 2 series compared to 1 series. And also how is the grade distribution in the Phys 2 Series, are there only a few A’s?</p>
<p>IMO, you should take the 2 series because biology is impacted, and if you don’t get in, you’ll at least have your EE major to fall back on. Another thing people do is switch to a non-impacted biology major (eg. biochemistry in the chem department or bioinformatics in the bioE, CSE, or chem departments), and they require the 2 series as well. </p>
<p>As far as grade distributions go, professors usually grade on a curve, which means the average is set to a B-, 1 standard deviation is an A-, 1 standard deviation below is a C-. This would mean that ~16% of students get some kind of A. This is how nearly EVERY UCSD professor grades, so that’s what the distributions will always look like if you ask for them. However, if you take Sharma for 2A, he grades on a straight scale (ie. 70% is an A-, 75% is an A, 85% is an A+), so for him you just do as well as you can and you’ll get the grade you deserve. </p>
<p>As far as studying goes, for both classes I’d imagine that going to lecture and working hard on the homework problems should get you the grade you want (although honestly I didn’t really do either for 2A and 2C and didn’t do too terribly). </p>
<p>Also, why do you want to switch from EE to bio? From what I know, it’s usually the other way around.</p>
<p>thanks for the reply how did u feel about taking phys 2 series? how long did u study and stuff?</p>
<p>haha really? ppl want to switch from bio to engineering?? well i really dont know if im gonna like EE or not, i just put that on my app as my 1st choice, and put bio as my 2nd, and i just got accepted into EE. i really have no clue wat EE is about and stuff, even tho i did research on it. so thats why im leaning more towards the bio major. and also i hear from ppl that EE is a really hard major, and that if u take it it’ll take time from ur social life (ie. the labs and studying), is it true?</p>
<p>i feel like if i take the 2 series and get a bad grade, then it’ll be impossible to get into the bio major so you’d advise me to take the 2 series anyways?
oh and also do u know how many ppl ucsd actually accepts into the impacted bio majors?</p>
<p>I always hear that people switch from Bio to EE or CS once they find out that there are no jobs in Bio (unless you want to go to medical school). Are you aiming for medical school, or do you just like the subject? </p>
<p>And yeah, I have friends who are doing engineering physics (which is the same thing as EE), and they definitely don’t find it easy. I actually have yet to hear anything good about UCSD’s EE department. Designing and building circuits is very cool though, so I’d give the major a chance if I were you. I actually kind of wish I was in computer engineering. </p>
<p>As for the 2 series, I took both AP Physics C exams and got a 4 on mechanics and 5 on E/M, so I placed out of 2B but not 2A. Since 2A was basically review, I didn’t really need to study a whole lot to do well. For 2C though (and all of 1st year spring quarter), I slacked off a lot. I only went to about a third of the lectures and one of the discussions, and I stopped doing homework towards the end of the quarter, so I didn’t do nearly as well as I should have (B+). I hear 2B is a killer though, depending on your professor. I remember one of my friends mentioning that the average on an MC quiz was worse than random guessing. </p>
<p>So yeah, the 2 series isn’t particularly easy. However, if you’re sure you don’t want to do EE, then yeah you could take the 1 series. But a couple of EE classes require 2B as a prerequisite, so decide quickly. Also, if you don’t get into bio, what major will you choose? </p>
<p>And no, I don’t know how many people the bio department accepts.</p>
<p>To anyone who wants to criticize UCSD (or any UC, for that matter) for lacking diversity: affirmative action is illegal in public Universities. UCSD is not going to pick the 3.2, 1700 SAT African American over the 4.3, 2350 SAT Asian student just to accomplish “diversity”. Not trying to be racist here, but Asians work a lot harder than most other races, and it shows in the UC system. P.S. this is coming from a non Asian prospective UCSD student.</p>
<p>Edit: I would also like to add that the average Latino ACT acceptance score was like a 26. It’s a 30.25 for white acceptees.</p>
<p>^Thank youuuuuuu - not racist, but I don’t think anyone should be treated better because of their skin color just like no one should be treated worse because of their skin color. It’s not like you can choose.</p>
<p>Hm, going to be a freshmen in the fall so I was wondering, I do want to get GEs out of the way and all, but I want to double major. Would it be too crazy to take 5 courses in a quarter? I know most people take 4 and I want to take 4 but just asking. I’m in Sixth so my classes for first quarter are probably going to be math, physics, cat1, and cse3. If i added say like a dance/theatre or art class in there would it be too much?</p>
<p>Are we to send in the AP scores that we selfreported on our application or do we send in even the ones we took this year? Because the ones we took this year won’t be available until after the July 15th deadline. And I haven’t sent my Calculus score yet (took that last year so the score’s already official but I just need to call on July 1st to get them to send those in) but I checked off the option that said I’d taken/expect to take the Calculus test and have gotten a 2 or higher. It’s self reported but it hasn’t been officially sent</p>
<p>Is there any sort of a Business major for undergraduates? I looked at the list of majors and “Management Sciences” seems like the closest thing. Also, if one was to go into architecture, would structural engineering be the major? Sorry, I know I’m ill informed :P</p>
<p>There is no business major, unfortunately. Management Science is closer to math and econ than Business. But you can take individual business classes at the Rady School of Management (UCSD’s graduate business school).</p>
how did u feel about taking phys 2 series? how long did u study and stuff?</p>
so you’d advise me to take the 2 series anyways?