<p>^Revelle doesn’t require as many social science courses as Warren for example.</p>
<p>i liked having the optional minor, so i could minor in japanese studies while doing a bioengineering major. yeah, you could do that with other colleges too and just declare it, but i enjoy the extra ge’s revelle has. I was one of those people who actually put revelle first, and am proud of the college that im in. My room frosh year was amazing, revelle dorm setups really are great for socializing. And if youre a science major, every chem class your first year you can roll out of bed and walk 60 seconds into york hall, which is pretty sweet. every class you take is downhill, so if youre late its not like a hard walk. The only library thats open 24/7 during finals is also about 60 seconds from the dorms. they have new apartments being built right next to the dorms, so by the time your a sophomore theyll probably be open, and then you dont have to dorm in 6th a mile and a half away. i wouldnt want to be in a different college.</p>
<p>happyhappy you sure are a downer for someone with that account name. I’d really like to meet you in person so i can give you a piece of my mind.
Okay, cutting through the canyon it’s 3-4 minutes. But It’s a freaking canyon, for goodness sakes.
And i’ve already stated that it’s APPARENTLY 10 minutes away and that i’ve never been there. I was only trying to compare it to Revelle’s dining hall, which is like a 20 second walk.</p>
<p>stop trippin’. peace.</p>
<p>^thank you</p>
<p>i wasn’t accepted for my major (bioengineering…) so i’m admitted as undeclared for revelle.
how easy is it to change that? i’m slightly annoyed because i don’t know if i’m going to be facing more difficulty now</p>
<p>@arriviste</p>
<p>Changing your major from undeclared is easy unless you’re trying to switch into an impacted major, which Bioengineering is. Your only hope would be to start taking the prerequisite classes for Bioengineering in addition to your college’s GEs and pull a 4.0 overall - but even that doesn’t guarantee you a spot. Check [this[/url</a>] out:</p>
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<p>And even after all of that, I’m pretty sure the only way someone can get into the impacted major is if somebody else drops out. :/</p>
<p>It’s possible, but it’s insanely difficult.</p>
<p>@eltagra,
I’m in the same position as arriviste because I really love UCSD but I wouldn’t want to have to major in anything but bioengineering. This is really a headache.
Do you have any advice? Should we just choose UCI or Berkeley instead?</p>
<p>@figuresk8ting</p>
<p>I didn’t have to deal with all this impacted major ******** so you might want to ignore what I say and get a second opinion, haha. But I would say if you want to take the risk, you could go to UCSD and complete the bio lower-division requirements and apply to get into bioengineering during your second year (I’m guessing it will take you longer than your freshman year to finish the requirements, but idk). In fall of your sophomore year, you could also apply to transfer to UCI or Berkeley as a backup plan (I’m guessing you already got accepted to those schools, so you’d probably have a fair chance at getting accepted as a transfer… but seriously, I have no clue). So then by your second year, if you get into UCSD’s bioengineering then you stick with that; and if you don’t, then you switch over to Berkeley or UCI.</p>
<p>However I have no clue if bioengineering is also an impacted major at Berkeley or UCI, or if they even accept transfer students into that major - you should check that out. If you truly can’t see yourself majoring in anything but bioengineering, you might just want to play it safe and go to whatever college has already guaranteed you a spot in that major. And then during your second year at that school, you could always try to transfer to UCSD - of course then you’re vying for one of just 200 spots…</p>
<p>Idk. If I were you, I’d probably go with the second option so you’re not stuck at a school you like with a major you hate.</p>
<p>Good luck with your decision.</p>
<p>what did you get into for uci and cal?</p>
<p>There are some benefits, but I’ll just tell you one:</p>
<p>UCSD has a lot of libraries, and the one at Revelle (CLICS) is open 24-7 the week before finals and the week of finals. At least you’ll have a place to study all day and night without walking a great distance!</p>
<p>I’m from Marshall, and around finals we always have to walk for 15 minutes at 3 in the morning to get back to our dorms.</p>
<p>dude Revelle is the best. hands down.</p>
<p>I just love it here. good reputation. smart/ awesome/ well rounded people. dining halls/store/lecture halls are super close. library opening 24 hours during finals week. roomy rooms. big closets. nice common room/louge in the floor.</p>
<p>i mean what else can you look for in a college? it basically provides everything for you and all you got to do is studying.</p>
<p>I was also wondering about Revelle. When ranking my colleges on my application i failed to research all of the colleges in depth, and now i am scared that i chose the wrong one. I am going in undeclared however i know that once i get there i am going to major in political science and go the pre-law way. All the GE’s make me nervous because although i am good at math, science is absouletly horrible and i don’t want to take Physics again:( What is the best college for a Political Science major? Is it Warren?</p>
<p>They have classes like biology and physics for non science majors that fulfill the requirement. Theyre seriously easy classes, and if you ever didnt know what was going on you could just ask anyone living around you because most likely theyll be a bio/science/eng major.</p>
<p>i got into revelle too lol
anyone looking into transfer housing ?</p>
<p>^ transfer housing is really nice and new, but it is verrry expensive, and pushed to the side of campus. A friend is paying something like 1600/mo for a single. I would consider apartments around the campus, a really nice master bedroom runs around 1000/mo, and a normal single runs 650 mo. </p>
<p>I dont know if money is an issue, but its a good place to save some. Ucsd also doesnt let transfers out of housing during an academic year, if you find later that you want to move.</p>
<p>where can i start looking? and do you know the names of any apartments on campus? thanks a lot</p>
<p>there are no other apartments on campus, those are the only housing on campus. other than that you are up to finding a place on your own. craigslist.org and other places. i would suggest looking ito the village for your first year, that is what i am doing. the most is 1500 for a single , average cost is 1400, but that includes a dining plan. this gets you food in dining halls AND at small shops around UCSD. its the easiest, and you can get fin aid for it.</p>
<p>to the OP</p>
<p>From my personal experience in revelle this first year, revelle isn’t made up of the smart people. Don’t worry, there are plenty of dumb people here too. The GEs are terrible though… but if you really want to change colleges, just prove to the administration that you can’t complete all the GEs and your major classes in 4 years. UCSD says you “can not” change colleges but that’s only because then there would be a storm of people headed to muir. </p>
<p>On the plus side, it is true that everything is really close to us. The dinning common, rogers place (grocery store kinda thing), library, gym, and classes. I could roll out of bed at 9:57 and get to class at york in literally 1 minute. Also, if you skateboard, or bike, revelle is at the top of a slight inclining hill. So you have a class that’s really far away? No problem, 5 minutes to get to the other side of campus = increased sleep. Getting back is bad, but that doesn’t matter, it just matters that you get to 8 am discussion on time. The dorms here are also rele big and the walls are rele thick (doors are not tho)</p>