<p>Hi, Can anyone describe Warren college to me please. how are the classes,dorms, and social experience?</p>
<p>Warren has the typical stereotype of being full of engineers, but the last few years we’ve been one of the colleges with the most spirit. (Winning spirit night last year, winning triton jam this year, etc)</p>
<p>The freshmen dorms are 4 singles, 2 doubles per dorm. Apartments are all doubles. I would say they’re average compared to dorms at other UCSD colleges, but definitely not bad at all.</p>
<p>The only warren specific classes are Warren Writing 10A/B and Phil/Poli 27 and 28. Like most of the other colleges, the writing programs are terrible but at least Warren’s is only two classes.</p>
<p>Andrew, can you elaborate a bit more? You say it has the typical stereotype of being full of engineers (which usually means fairly antisocial/pretty nerdy/mostly males), but it also has a ton of spirit. Would you say then that the culture is not antisocial at all? What do you think the male/female ratio is? </p>
<p>I didn’t know much about Warren and put it as my 2nd option behind Muir (I applied as an Econ. major).</p>
<p>First off, welcome to UCSD, specifically Warren!
As far as freshman dorms go, it’s a suite of 6 rooms with 4 singles and 2 doubles (but some remain triples). The rooms are pretty spacey and the suite layout lets you bond with those living with you. As far as restrooms go, it’s 2 bathroom stalls and two shower areas with cubbies to store your stuff. It’s pretty clean considering how there’s only 7-10 sharing a restroom and housing comes in every other day to clean. In terms of location, I think that Warren is the most convenient in terms of how close it is to Price Center and WLH. For far places like Revelle, you can take the shuttle.<br>
Warren doesn’t have that many GEs and is particularly nice to engineers. We have 4 required writing courses, which is a lot easier than some of the other colleges. You’re also required to take Programs of Concentration, or Areas of Concentration if you’re an engineer. I’m not going to go into detail on this because they’ll talk about this later but it’s basically 3-6 classes from a different field that you have to take. The two programs of concentration must be from different branches of knowledge. It’s really easy to get minors with this setup.
It’s definitely easy to get involved at Warren. There’s WCSC, our own student body, COWS (spirit at Warren), WAVE (volunteering), PAWS (they put on activities every Tuesday). You’ll be able to find your niche here! We are definitely one of the most spirited colleges on campus! We had the highest turnout for the D1 Referendum and placed second for spirit rally (with highest participation at Triton Jam).</p>
<p>There is a stereotype that Warren is full of engineers, mostly because Warren is right next to the School of Engineering and because it has the easiest GEs for UCSD engineers. There are definitely A LOT of engineers at Warren (in my suite, it’s 6/8 engineers with us two being bio majors) but that does not mean that they are antisocial or nerdy. I’m not going to lie, there are a few like what you described as the stereotypical engineer but it’s basically what they say about UCSD in general. Most of the engineers are actually pretty cool and a stereotype is often times false. Engineers are people too and they can have spirit just like anyone else. As far as male/female ratio goes, it’s pretty even. Well, unless you’re majoring in structural engineering or aerospace engineering, where there’s a limited amount of females.</p>
<p>@fastsauce
Well most people would automatically think of engineers as being nerdy and mainly guys, but I don’t think thats really true. We’re definitely not anti-social based on our performances in spirit events and such. I would say it’s about a 60/40 guy/girl ratio or less since i’m sure the admissions officers would try to even it out a bit. In the end, I don’t think I have ever heard someone say they weren’t in Warren.</p>
<p>One of the pros of being at warren is that we’re off to the side of campus so typically you’ll only see warren students in warren. People on the forums here tend to say all the Warren people (as well as Sixth) know each other since we’re off to the side of campus. I would agree with this claim a bit. Even if I don’t know someone i see personally, I know they’re from Warren :P</p>
<p>I would disagree with valerie’s opinion about how it’s at the most convenient location though. But walking is good for your health and not getting freshmen 15 :)</p>
<p>i was wondering if you guys can also elaborate on sixth college please (:</p>
<p>I got accepted for computer science at John Muir! As regents I got first choice, I picked it because it seems easiest and I’m in the engineering school. What makes Warren better in GE’s than Muir, and are there still plenty of engineers in Muir that I could work/ask questions/collaborate with?</p>
<p>@collegefreak
Can’t say too much about sixth since i’m not from there. They also have a smaller community since they’re off to the side with warren as well so many times people from sixth will know people from warren. They have dorms known as “camp snoopy” because they have a log cabin type of feel. (Decide for yourself if you like that) GE’s are average in my opinion compared to the rest.</p>
<p>@ElaVirginia
The only reason warren is TYPICALLY better than Muir for engineers is fewer GE requirements. Once again, i can’t stress the word “typically.” Some people will tend to have different AP credit that may satisfy GE requirements for one college and not another. The only downside is that there are less people taking similar engineering classes (Phys, Chem, MAE, etc) in Muir than Warren but you should still be able to know several people in those classes. UCSD is a big school, you’re bound to find people in all categories no matter what college you’re in.</p>
<p>EllaVirginia: There’s plenty of engineers at Muir! You’ll definitely find one in Muir with who you can talk to, like AndrewL said. But just keep in mind that the colleges are not all separate, you will meet lots of people with the same major from different colleges so you never have to really worry about being alone. And Muir is amazing as far as location goes. It’s basically the middle point and personally I think Muir’s dinning hall, Pines, is amazing in every way possible.</p>
<p>About Sixth: I’ve personally never gone to Sixth that much (or visited their dorms for the matter) but in terms of location, it’s pretty close to Warren. You’re pretty much separated from the rest of the campus like Warren. I don’t think Sixth has an official dinning hall but it has FoodWorx and a market. Foodworx basically sells individual pizzas and deli food. The pizza’s pretty good but I would imagine that that gets pretty old pretty quickly. The thing about Sixth is that your dorms are known as “Campy Snoopy” for a reason. Everything’s kind of a camp. I’ve heard that it’s 20 people sharing a restroom but I may be mistaken. As far as GEs go, it’s definitely not the hardest but it’s not the easiest either.</p>
<p>wooo i love warren! we’re the besssttt! But no you should not worry about engineers being nerdy and anti-social, its really the crowd you hang with, there are going to be anti social people all over campus but i think the general student body is pretty social. i mean i’m a second year and im still having a blast like im a freshman</p>
<p>Can someone please explain about the requirements @warren for engineering. The ProfC requirement in particular? So engineers cannot take credit for AP Math/Physics for this? What about APUSH and AP Human Geo?</p>
<p>What about Foreign Language?</p>
<p>Thanks, really confused about this.</p>
<p>Engineers dont need to take PofC’s, but Area studies. It’s similar to PofC’s in a way, but it is 3 classes (2 upper, 1 lower) instead of 6 (3 lower 3 upper).</p>
<p>There are three different concentrations. Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences/Math. As an engineer, you’ll be taking most of your classes under Natural Sciences/Math. Your area studies then require you to take 3 classes in the Humanities department, and 3 in the Social Sciences section.</p>
<p><a href=“http://warren.ucsd.edu/_files/academic-forms/advising_guide.pdf[/url]”>http://warren.ucsd.edu/_files/academic-forms/advising_guide.pdf</a></p>
<p>Read this to find all the little details about your requirements. There are multiple subtleties that you might find very helpful that many people don’t understand.</p>