<p>ucsd (like many other colleges), has its stereotypes. i've heard socially dead, gay embracing, etc. but i'm wondering how intense teh competition is @ ucsd. do people blatanly make it clear that their mind is focused on "winning?" do they try and screw you over academically (as i hear for cal)?</p>
<p>No and no.</p>
<p>i once told my Indian friend a wrong answer on the physics homework (i guessed and it was right)....he still hasn't forgiven me. </p>
<p>sorry bro</p>
<p>haha</p>
<p>but its chill no one really cares about competition</p>
<p>No people who try to screw you over from what I've seen.
Yes to a lot of fobby asian kids who cry over an A-.</p>
<p>neither. everyone is pretty helpful that i have come across and nobody screws you over. even asians.</p>
<p>So which one of these is actually true lol?</p>
<p>Surprisingly, even with all the pre-meds and the curve grading, no one is really competitive. Most people are kinda laid back most of the time. Although, I must second what Zidane says about the people who cry over getting an A-...</p>
<p>i think its more accurate to say that there are a pretty good amount of students (premeds, engineering, etc) that work very hard and spend lots of time studying. which can translate to making students competitive (within themselves) because they want the A grade. so its more like a good amount of motivated students making themselves the best they can be, but not going out of their way to screw people over, cus we're pretty laid back. </p>
<p>i dont know about fobs crying over A-...my friends get frustrated sometimes about a B+/A- and jokingly curse at the course/prof, but they get over it.</p>
<p>A-'s suck</p>
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<p>most of the people i met are laid back.</p>
<p>but i have met some of those competitive people you are talking about. they don't want to help you with anything. and even if you get as far as studying with them they won't share no answers or anything.</p>
<p>personally i despise those kinds of people.</p>
<p>but yeah, im sure you will cross paths with some people like this.</p>
<p>The competition is so bad that even when I was guaranteed an A in a class, I still studied all week for the final just to hurt other people's grades.</p>
<p>No, it's not competitive.</p>
<p>^LOL, well that's good to hear.</p>
<p>wow, great idea. thnx.</p>
<p>Slorg, LOL! i love your sarcasm.</p>
<p>You get some people like that, but from what I hear, it's way better than cal (not as many). People are more friendly about it.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I did hear that the sheer competition of UCSD is similar to cal and UCLA. I remember reading one person's account of transferring to cal cause the competition was the same here or there.</p>
<p>you get these kinda people anywhere!</p>
<p>The problem isn't competition, it's cheaters. Cheaters are the ones who drive the curve down.</p>
<p>I have to agree with you Slorg. There are so many ways to cheat in college and there are always people willing to do it. Suddenly people you know are dumber than you are getting A's. But I've only really noticed that in non math or science classes (you can't really cheat on a math test) and beginning programming classes.</p>
<p>Um. You can cheat in any class.</p>
<p>I'm irritated because my friend and his friends keep cheating on tests (including chemistry and math), and I wish they would just stop.</p>
<p>There were problems with cheating in my chem6bl class. Some of the most stupid people were getting near perfect scores on lab reports it was ridiculous...</p>