<p>Which college would you recommend for majoring in cognitive science?</p>
<p>all colleges do all majors. my friend [freshman as am i] is in revelle and he is doing the cog. science thing…
but what else are you interested in besides cog. science [not major wise, but generally speaking].
For example, if you love history and culture and traditions and encounters and all that “stuff” then ERC would be a great college for you… </p>
<p>Muir is overall the best cuz it has the least amount of GE’s, and ERC has the best dorms [so i have heard]… but go on their respective sites
look around and see if you are interested in a unique GE that each college offers. [they are all different]… im sure there are many students here who will give you opinions, but you should do some research too along side their opinions.</p>
<p>As for me, I belong to the ERC family, and well I just love it so far. Beautiful dorms, beautiful college, peace atmosphere, Green Green Green, smiles, Cafe Ventana- yummy.
of course we are forced [i use this term heavily as i hate history] to take MMW, which is in the long run a great course.</p>
<p>I dont know how biased the other responses will be, but im extremely bias :P</p>
<p>Most people want to aim for Muir. They have lowest amount of GE’s, which means you’ll be graduating earlier, or taking fewer classes per quarter. They also got new apartments, which look really nice. Muir has the best location to get around campus and 2 required writing courses. Pines is expensive for decent food.</p>
<p>Warren also has 2 quarters of writing, but I heard they also have 2 upper division writing courses too. They have a terrible location, being in one of the corners of the college. (Actually, they’re all in corners, except Muir.) Canyon Vista isn’t bad, but cheaper than Pines. The apartments are pretty good, just terrible location.</p>
<p>Revelle and ERC have 5 writing courses each. Revelle has mostly science GE’s which overlap with lower-division science courses required for science majors. Revelle also has new apartments. ERC’s apartments have paper thin walls. That’s all I know about both of these colleges. And I know nothing about 6th.</p>
<p>Personally, I don’t think quality of apartments/dorms makes or breaks colleges to apply to. You’re only going to be there 1 or 2 years, while GE’s affect all of your college courses.</p>
<p>Major doesn’t really matter what college you choose. There’s a lot of different majors in all the colleges! But, I’m guessing what you want is the easiest GEs and prime location.</p>
<p>The vast majority of people put Muir as their first choice because they have easier GEs and (from my prospective) is in the center of everything. The rooms are extremely roomy but in my opinion, the exterior is super ugly. Pines (dining hall) is pretty good and I usually grab dinner when I’m on my way back from York Hall (which is basically far from every college unless you go to Revelle). Muir has more of the outdoorsy feel, if you’re enter it.</p>
<p>Muir was my first choice when I applied to UCSD, but I was placed in Warren. At first I was bummed out about being placed into the “engineering school,” but I really love it here. Yes, it’s a bit further from everything but we all need a way to get rid of that freshman 15 
On the flip side, we’re actually pretty close to Price Center and Center Hall, as well as the Warren Lecture Hall (you’re bound to have a couple of classes there). As for the dorms, I REALLY love it. A lot of people say the suites feel small but i think it’s a lot homier than the dorms at other colleges. The exterior is gorgeous in my opinion. Canyon Vista has its on and off days but the food isn’t as bad as everyone makes it. As for GEs, Warren is quite easy as well. There’s 2 required writing classes, then 2 other classes that follow it.</p>
<p>I don’t really know much about the other colleges but Revelle is considered to be the hardcore science/pre-med college. If you’re looking into pre-med, their extensive GEs can be taken care of pretty easily. The dorms are pretty old, but they just got some pretty nice apartments. Sixth is known as “Camp Snoopy” and whenever I go there, I feel like I’m going to camp again. It’s kind of separated from the rest of the school like Warren. Marshall is closest to Black Beach (the nudist beach) and I personally think that their dorms are kind of ugly. OVT is just a bit overpriced but the food is pretty good. GEs are ok and in the middle of everything. ERC - harcore writing. Nice dorms but the common area is like a long walkway and I just feel kind of awkward there. But they have really nice rooms with big windows. Sadly, they have horrible walls. you can hear everything that is going on. The GEs are killer unless you’re into that sort of stuff. I actually really like Cafe V. The feel of the dining hall is pretty nice and the food is ok.</p>
<p>i like marshall. the writing GE for marshall is called DOC, and i would say it’s like history+english. i found it quite enjoyable. you have 3 qaurters of that.
i didnt particularly like the residence halls/dorms…they were very socializing-friendly? although i suppose the argument for that is, if you want to socialize then put forth the effort. the apartments are ehhh, but you dont want to choose to live in them until your second year (choose res halls for first year).</p>
<p>i think the GE’s are ok though. we’re right next to rimac (the gym), so that’s a plus.
we’re also kind of near the Village Marketplace (which you spend your dining dollars, like at OVT or Goody’s, except the village marketplace is considerably larger).</p>
<p>^^ I didn’t choose Muir because even though they have the fewest GEs, most of them are liberal arts. I am very much a science person and I did my fine arts GE for Marshall and was very, very uninterested >__< Marshall apartments aren’t that bad either…the lowers look a little ugly but our location is amazing (right next to center of campus).</p>
<p>I know cogsci majors in every college…there’s really no “best” college 
choose what fits you best, and look at the location, the dorms, the GEs…</p>
<p>Thank you so much for all the posts; I couldn’t have gotten any info about location/environment from the brochures on the ucsd website! I have a pretty good idea on the order of my preference, but I have a few more questions before I can decide for sure. For Revelle, can the social science requirement “in American Cultures” be law? Is law considered a social science? If so, are there law classes? For Roosevelt, what are ‘Quantitative Methods’ classes? For Marshall, can my humanities requirement be fulfilled with law? For Warren, can you minor in law?</p>
<p>…I’m planning on law school after majoring in cognitive science, if you were wondering why I had so many questions about law. Thank you again!</p>
<p>In respect to academics/GE’s, my order is 1) Revelle 2) Muir 3) Marshall 4) Warren 5) Roosevelt 6) Sixth…but how’s the student life/environment of each? I would love to be at one where they throw some type of dance or put on a theatre performance or bring a band every month or so.</p>
<p>You’re not going to find any college at ucsd that puts on performances or dances every month- try once a year. Each college at UCSD is required to put on a concert one a year and each college puts on a dance (usually during welcome week). I’m in ERC. It’s pretty social because there is a little green in the middle of the dorms and apts. People go there to chill, tan, play frisbee, and there are a lot of events there during welcome week. ERC is also home of Ihouse and those guys know how to party. Muir only has two freshmen dorms so it’s easier to meet people. The RA’s also put on a lot of floor activities (so I’ve heard). Everyone in 6th and Warren seems to know each other. As far as Revelle goes I’ve heard it’s more of a study environment. Of course I’m obligated to say that college is what you make of it. You can be social and have fun at any college.</p>
<p>I might switch up Muir and Revelle because I’m not interested in surrounding myself with hardcore pre-med kids, who are insanely focused on schoolwork haha + on the UCSD website, muir does have the best rep for hosting/planning fun activities…ERC does sound pretty nice, but so many GE’s! </p>
<p>Can anyone answer my prior questions?</p>
<p>To answer your questions: For Revelle, can the social science requirement “in American Cultures” be law? Is law considered a social science? If so, are there law classes? For Roosevelt, what are ‘Quantitative Methods’ classes? For Marshall, can my humanities requirement be fulfilled with law? For Warren, can you minor in law?</p>
<p>I don’t know what “law” you are talking about. I’m in ERC and Quantitative Methods is a fancy way of saying math and logic questions. You have to take 2 courses however since you are a cogs major you have to take either math 10a-c for a BA or math 20a-c for a BS. </p>
<p>Just so you know UCSD does not have a law school. The only law classes their are, are upper div polisci classes. I believe a few classes are offered at CA Western School of Law. You can take those when you are junior standing (90 units). Each college should have a list of classes that fulfill their indv ge requirements- just google “muir ge’s” etc.</p>
<p>“Each college should have a list of classes that fulfill their individual ge requirements” - I didn’t realize that; I thought you could choose any course that was a humanities course, or natural science course, and so forth. Thank you.</p>
<p>Please do yourself a favor and avoid ERC. The GEs do not in any way justify the prettiness of ERC dorms. </p>
<p>The ranking that I would suggest:
- Muir
- Marshall
- Warren
4-5) Revelle/Sixth - ERC</p>
<p>You can’t go wrong with Muir, Marshall or Warren. I do suggest that you do your research (on GEs, social life, dorms) and rank as you like, but if you roughly follow my ranking you can’t go wrong.</p>
<p>I’m in ERC and I love it- not just because of the dorms. Personally, I think the dorms are the worst part of ERC because the walls are soooo thin it feels like you have no privacy. However, I love the GE’s at UCSD. I feel like I’ve learned so much more through the regional specialization and mmw ge’s. MMW will help you tremendously in your upper division classes as well as just broaden your horizon. My biggest problem with people that come to UCSD is that they feel like GE’s are torture. I feel like ERC is one of the best colleges to really learn something. You shouldn’t just want to learn about one subject for the next four years in my opinion. Also I feel like ERC is one of the most social and most involved colleges on campus.</p>
<p>Just be warned you do not always get your first (or second or third) choice of colleges. Sometimes you just have to roll with what you got.</p>
<p>it’s quite funny to see the contrast of ERC kids declaring their undying love for it and everybody else hating on it.</p>
<p>My friend is in Revelle and he’s also in Cog Sci and he loves the combination. Loads of classes overlap ( GEs and major requirments) so you dont have to take as many. Although the cafeteria may be bad, Roger’s place and market is awesome and we have the best location on campus( second years get ocean view apartments). GO REVELLE!!!</p>
<p>MARSHALL!!! <3</p>
<p>As for me, my first choice was Marshall, and at first I was disappointed, most likely because it was really awkward/hard making friends in the beginning. But now that I’m involved, I love marshall! But, really! You should research a bit and see which college fits you-that’s what I did… here’s a good website: [The</a> Undergraduate College System](<a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/colleges/index.html]The”>UC San Diego - Compass) hope this helps! :D</p>
<p>It seems like no one is recommending sixth at all O-o</p>