@Sammylynnm Thanks man that was so insightful. Others have mentioned the slight differences in colleges and although Marshall was my third choice and my GE’s might be harder, you mention it is only slightly harder therefore I am happy with that response. Your explanation was very beneficial: it was almost like having a first person experience, I’m looking forward to those private balconies. Although I am still undecided between CalPoly SLO or UCSD because I chose an engineering major. If I go to UCSD, I look forward to meeting you there!
I’m sure someone has asked this already but I didnt bother looking at the past posts- But is UCSD really as antisocial as everyone makes it out to be?
And also there are stories of people screwing over others to make the curve more favorable for them. I’m assuming these are just that, stories???
@ericbadmon ucsd is only socially dead if you’re socially dead
also havent heard of the latter but imo we have a pretty competitively collaborative environment at UCSD
@ucsdcompsci awesome man thanks for the reply. I consider SD my hometown although I’m currently in Irvine. SD is such a beautiful place and I really miss it. It’s just all this negative talk about SD I’ve been hearing makes me hesitant about the school
@ericbadmon yeah np! honestly it’s the people who are miserable here who are the most vocal about it, but they are also the ones who aren’t making that much of an effort to get to know people.
i do concede that it isn’t really a traditional college experience due to the lack of spirit (with no football games, pep rallies, etc), but looking past that there are many opportunities to be social as well as advance your academic and professional life.
As an Economics Major, what are the intern opportunities like before graduating and, likewise, job opportunities after graduating?
I would be matriculating with the same major if I choose to attend, but I’m worried about getting a decent business job post-graduation.
For financial aid, as an OOS student with a very low EFC (approx. 800), I currently have an unofficial financial aid as only 5,000. If I choose to attend, would this financial aid change? My EFC is very low and I am getting much more financial aid from private institutions (55-64k).
Also, do you know of anyone that has tried to transfer from UCSD to USC? If so, how did that work out?
Thank you!
@BeantownBoy take your private school offers for sure. The UC’s won’t be giving any substantial financial aid to OOS students
hi @ucsdcompsci, I had some questions about the Warren suites.
Are the suites co-ed or gender exclusive? I saw in the thread that 40% of warren’s dorms are singles, which is on the higher end for residential halls on campus. Are there other pros living in Warren like things nearby. Also are there any other gyms besides RIMAC and the main gym? I saw that they are all the way across Warren (RIP)
@UCbound2018 I’m sure @ucsdcompsci will be able to answer pros about Warren better, but as far as the dorms go, suites are single-gender but floors are coed. There are several rooms and a bathroom for each suite and several suites on each floor. Warren’s close to Price Center, Geisel, and the engineering buildings. It also has a miniature gym (Canyonview) by the swimming pools, which has limited equipment but also a rock climbing center. I didn’t find the walk/jog from Warren to RIMAC too bad, you just have to like hills or shuttles.
@UCbound2018 adding onto what @DoctorP said, you can also just skip the super daunting hill near the end of the walk from Warren to RIMAC by taking the elevator in the parking lot nearby LOL. RIMAC walk isn’t that bad though, it’s actually relatively quick compared to most other locations on campus.
Being close to the engineering buildings is a big pro, especially for CS majors, as many classes have you huddling in the labs as a work space. Food is pretty meh at Warren though, but Warren dorms and apartments also have more storage space than a lot of the other apartments on campus besides Sixth and MAYBE Marshall? though I’ve never been in a Marshall apartment before. Revelle is definitely on the lower-end of available cabinet and storage space. If you hate walking, the shuttle is also right there, but due to construction the current shuttle routes are awful and don’t even go across campus.
This pro is relatively dependent on which dorm you get assigned to, but I also got a nice canyon view out of my window 
Though on the flip side some people would get a view of the people walking outside right in front of your dorm lol. Hope you’re lucky!
Hello, @ucsdcompsci. I was admitted to UCSD CS CSE.
Do you know approximately what the past acceptance rates have been at UCSD for computer science, and the Jacob’s School of Engineering? Just curious.
BTW, thanks for taking the time to answer all these questions. Your answers to many of them have gotten me to strongly consider UCSD as home for the next four years.
@KES2022 I’m flattered!
I don’t have any rates, but if you want to do the math, then currently CSE dept is capped to admit ~200-250 freshmen per year.
Source: http://registrar.ucsd.edu/ver2/dservices/thirdweek/FA15/REGBDM03.FA15.PDF
There was actually a specific article that mentioned the number, but it’s been mysteriously scrubbed from the CSE news page… hmmmm.
Edit: Further numbers, the year that the PDF applied, there were over 8000 CSE applicants.
Allegedly, if the student was admitted sophomore standing, they were not recorded in those numbers in the PDF. It’s an assumption that there were ~200 sophomore standing CSE majors who were also admitted, so around ~400 CSE majors. But this was a theory someone on reddit posted.
It’s kind of a conspiracy!
Hope these aren’t repeats, but I have a few questions. Any comments on Sixth college? My S originally wanted Muir.
Did you find it hard to get the classes you wanted? Or does the registration process where you sign up for two classes and the have a second round for additional classes really help?
He was accepted into his alt. Major neurobiology. Does anyone have experience with that? Any research opportunities for undergrads?
Thanks for the other comments on the social aspects. The negative folks certainly seem vocal.
@lovespink While the location is out of the way and the food in the area isn’t too great, Sixth is one of the more highly social colleges – everyone in Sixth seems to know everyone else in Sixth. It’s the college that people make fun of for its abundance of raccoons, but of course it’s in good fun. I highly recommend attempting to get an apartment in Sixth as a freshman – it’s cheaper, one of the easier apartments to get into (many other colleges restrict apartments to sophomores+), and the utility of having a kitchen is great, especially when the food is meh. Also, a lot of freshmen inhabit the apartments anyway so there is no social worry. It’s a pretty good college for premeds too if your son is into that.
Many of my friends do not struggle to get their classes if they’ve amassed a decent amount of AP units. Sometimes however, the ones on the lower end of the unit spectrum have to settle for a less-than-optimal professor, but are still able to take the general class. So it’s possible to get the classes you want, but might be a little trickier to get your preferred professor depending on your unit count. The first/second pass system makes you really have to plan out which ones you think might run out of spots first, though.
Can’t speak for the major itself, but many of my bio-related major friends were easily able to find research or shadowing opportunities in their freshmen/sophomore years as long as they were proactive. Bio and chem professors are always looking for assistants for their research, and the proximity of the hospitals and med school allows for opportunities to shadow.
ucsdcmpsci - thank you for all the questions you have answered. Here is one more.
ECE Freshman road map has the following sequence.
Fall - math 18, ece 5 and ece 15.
Winter - math 20A, Chem 6A and ECE 25.
How difficult will it be to add a Warren college writing course to these.
I would like to get a feeling for the workload. I will nort take math 20A. It will be replaced by 20E.
Our school has a quarter system. So I am used to working under pressure.
Thanks again.
@ethanvi Fall is definitely doable with warren writing. Math 18 is fairly easy, and ECE 15 is programming introductions which shouldn’t be too difficult. ECE 5 does not seem too difficult either. None are weede classes.
Winter may be a biiit more difficult (MATH 20E is OK, but CHEM 6A might be hard in terms of tests depending on prof, though ECE 25 iirc isn’t a weeder class either), but you can always drop a class before the drop deadline with no repercussions if it becomes too overwhelming.
What is the vibe at Muir College like?
@mclmom Don’t really know how to answer this because there isn’t a definitive difference in “vibe” at each of the colleges except for Sixth which has a distinct social environment (and possibly Warren, which people consider more antisocial than most other colleges though I disagree), but Muir is very social and is very mixed in majors for possibly different perspectives.
I got in with clinical psychology and I was wondering my chances of changing to a capped major like human biology or neuro? Is it unlikely I would be able to since it’s such an impacted major?
@txvn12 While the major is impacted, the requirements for the major do not seem too difficult. There are more people trying to switch out of bio or neuro than switching in. In addition, you have your first 6 quarters to apply, though it looks like you can only apply after your freshman year from looking at the requirements unless you got credit for AP Bio/Chem/Calc to speed things up. You’re very likely to get in if you maintain a good GPA (above 3.3 maybe, but above 3.5~3.7 for a better chance).
Requirements are here: https://biology.ucsd.edu/education/undergrad/admission/capped-major.html#Non-Biology-Majors