<p>Hey guys! I was accepted to Thurgood Marshall College and I'm an electrical engineering major.</p>
<p>I heard that most people consider Warren to be the best college for engineers, so I wanted to know what it's like at Marshall. It would be nice if someone can tell me the pros and cons of Marshall for engineers.</p>
<p>And why is it that most people with poli/sci and econ majors are in Marshall? (just what I've heard)</p>
<p>Also, I never really understood the point of UCSD's 6 different colleges. Do the students mostly hang out with people from their own college?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>The only difference between the colleges are GEs, dorms, and location. I think the reasoning behind the colleges is mainly to have a smaller home within the school, and that each college has a different “philosophy” in terms of learning. There are some inter-college competitions, and the graduations are college-specific (although you can go to another college’s graduation, I think, if you want to). Other than that, there’s not that much of a difference between any of the colleges, and you can certainly have friends from any college. All of the classes have students from every college (except the writing courses), and all majors are represented in every college. I certainly had friends in every college, although in the beginning it’s common to mostly have friends in your own college just because most of the students in your dorm first year will be in your college.</p>
<p>Warren is commonly said to have a lot of engineers, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s best for engineers. Most of it is reputation that Warren “has all of the engineers,” and some of it is that Warren offers a slightly shorter set of GEs for engineering majors. The engineering school (in terms of the physical location) is also in Warren, so if you have to use their computer labs or whatever, then you’re closer if you live in the Warren dorms (although I doubt this matters to any significant degree–students take classes all over campus–and it doesn’t matter at all after first or second year).</p>