<p>As I am still in the midst of deciding between colleges, I just wanted to see if you guys could give me some feedback.</p>
<p>So about myself: I got into Warren Bioengineering from out of state, but theres a 75% chance I will switch out. I'm interested in Cognitive Science, Music, and other technology fields. The problem is that I'm still undecided. My main goal in college is to find a passion that I would like to pursue and still maintain high ambitions. At UCSD, I'd also like to have some social life, but frats are just not my type. I'd also like to do research my freshman year (hopefully as work-study), maintain at least a 3.5-6 GPA, and talk to a lot of professors about their fields. And finally, I'd like to sleep around 6 to 7 hours a day. </p>
<p>I think that taking the intiative to do stuff would not be a problem for me.</p>
<p>So here are my questions...</p>
<p>Is doing all of this possible at UCSD? I heard that you can only do 2 of the 4 things: study, party, research, sleep. </p>
<p>Would I fit in at UCSD?</p>
<p>Do you think UCSD's academic system would work for/against me (I'm really entering as undecided and want to sample some courses)? I heard that the quarter system goes by so fast that you really don't have the time to "consider." </p>
<p>I'm also considering Notre Dame (I asked them for an extension) and perhaps Washington University at St Louis... what do you think about these schools? </p>
<p>maybe as you move into upper division courses it becomes more difficult to study, party, research and sleep, but i haven’t had any trouble at all. instead of researching, i intern 10 hours a week. i go clubbing at least once a week, and party with my friends on weekends. i also joined a club, which i fully recommend. i average about 6 hours of sleep on weekdays, and probably 10 on weekends, and i have well above a 3.5 gpa. i really haven’t had that much trouble academically, despite the quarter system.</p>
<p>i would probably choose notre dam though. if i could choose again, i’d choose private over public.</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone could tell you if you would be a good fit. College experiences are what you make of them. I’m sure someone could do all 4 things, study, party research and sleep. It’s just the experience that you make of it.</p>
<p>Go to whatever University excites you the most. For me, that was UCSD, and I’m going there starting this summer :D</p>
<p>Alot of your concerns revolve around stereotypes… Why even listen to those. There are some people who can do Varsity sports, pre-med, sleep, party, join frats etc and there are some people incapable of doing ANYTHING… You seriously can do anything you set your mind to here.</p>
<p>“Is doing all of this possible at UCSD? I heard that you can only do 2 of the 4 things: study, party, research, sleep.”</p>
<p>You can do all four.</p>
<p>“Would I fit in at UCSD?”</p>
<p>I have no idea. It’s not like there’s one homogenous UCSD culture, anyway.</p>
<p>“Do you think UCSD’s academic system would work for/against me (I’m really entering as undecided and want to sample some courses)? I heard that the quarter system goes by so fast that you really don’t have the time to “consider.””</p>
<p>No idea, but I would figure the quarter system is better since you get to take classes more frequently and commit to less at one time.</p>
<p>“I’m also considering Notre Dame (I asked them for an extension) and perhaps Washington University at St Louis… what do you think about these schools?”</p>
<p>UCSD is rather expensive if you’re from out of state… I doubt that extra expense is worth it, honestly.</p>
<p>good thing about Warren is that there aren’t as many GE’s so you have time to try and sample classes (especially since u say u are probably switching out of bio engineering)</p>
<p>Bump! I think I’m going to UCSD, but it seems like I need a final kicker as I am still in doubt. So I found out a few days ago that I can pay in-state all 4 years at UCSD because of the resident transfer process. At the privates, I will have to take out around $3500-5000 in loans each year. </p>
<p>I honestly don’t think that the community feeling/school pride is an issue at all at colleges. I mean, as long as you have some really caring friends and connections… I think $17500 for community/school pride and a private education is not worth it (especially when I want to go to graduate school). </p>
<p>Can anyone describe to my why many people (especially engineering) don’t graduate within 4 years? There’s obviously the socio-economic factors, but I heard that it’s hard nonetheless. I don’t think dropping classes is a problem as long as I’m motivated, positive, and around the top 15% to begin with. What do you think about this?</p>
<p>Engineers don’t graduate in 4 years because many of the engineering courses require ridiculous amount of pre-requisites.</p>
<p>I’m coming from a community college system, but I’ve had 3 semesters of calculus, 1 semester of differential equations and 1 semester of linear algebra. I still have to take mathematical physics once at UCSD.</p>
<p>I’ve taken 3 semesters of calculus based physics, and 2 semester of chemistry. </p>
<p>That’s about a year worth of school right there, and we haven’t taken <em>1</em> engineering course yet.</p>
<p>When I called a residence deputy a few weeks ago, he said that I can switch my residency status from out-of-state to in-state by doing a couple of things over the summer. Personally, I’m from out-of-state, but my dad works in California and has been living there for around a year. The deputy said that I can obtain residency if I move to CA before I’m 18 (and establish an intent, I guess). Thus, my dad can “transfer” his residency status to mine (he won’t lose his resident status, though). I hope this helps, and here’s the link if you need more info: </p>
<p>Let me tell you something. I was a first year Bioengineer at UCSD in Warren last year. I was a part of the Honors program and lived in the Honors suite.
My GPA at the end of this year is a 3.8. I am doing research with two separate labs. I was on the board for the Biomedical Engineering society. I have an internship over the summer. I partied A LOT. (I-House ftw btw ). Slept a hell of a lot. In class and out of class. Played a lot of videogames haha. And have a girlfriend who lives in ERC for the last 8 months.
So yea, you will be fine :)</p>
). Slept a hell of a lot. In class and out of class. Played a lot of videogames haha. And have a girlfriend who lives in ERC for the last 8 months.