<p>I got into sixth, and not to disrespect the college, I really just don't click with it. Furthermore, Thurgood Marshall is the place where I want to be. Most of the GE's required are classes I was planning on taking anyway, I have NO interest in art or technology. I really want to switch. If I can't, there is a very big chance I will not attend UCSD. My reasons for switching are not petty; I don't care about the food, dorms, or distance. All I want is to be able to pursue my passions, and that would be most effective at a different college. Please let me know what I can do, or if there is any hope for me, to switch colleges.</p>
<p>Yea…that’s not going to happen. And because you can’t “pursue your passions” in Sixth college because its so extremely different and you totally won’t have the option to take the exact same classes as everyone else on campus? How do you even know that you don’t “click” with it? And YES your reasons for wanting to switch are indeed petty. The only real difference between the two is their writing requirement, both of which are 3 quarters. And it’s absolutely fine that you won’t attend in the fall, in fact just do UCSD a favor and don’t even consider it, you know there are a ton of people who would have killed to get into any college at UCSD. I’m sure UCSD has more important problems to deal with then trying to get you personally to attend UCSD.</p>
<p>no need to be rude. not that i need to defend myself to you, but yes i’d rather go to UCLA than UCSD Sixth. But UCSD thurgood is competitive with UCLA in my opinion.</p>
<p>No, you have to attend UCSD for at least 3 quarters before switching. From what I’ve heard though, the writing sequence isn’t like some fine arts bull$hit, it’s just writing. Just like a freshman writing class you’d take at any other school. The description is misleading.</p>
<p>ETA: no offense to fine arts majors. Just not what this particular poster is interested in.</p>
<p>Once again the only difference between “UCSD Sixth” and “UCSD Marshall” is the writing sequence. I don’t even understand your logic behind this, UCLA = “UCSD Marshall” > “UCSD Sixth”, all because of a writing sequence. I don’t think you should be basing your decision on coming here solely on which college your in, especially since neither of them are bad, but if it’s really that much of make or break situation good luck.</p>
<p>let me try and get you to understand. Sixth’s GE’s require 2 years of “art making,” “technology innovation” and a lot about different cultures and art. none of which , i am interested in learning. and i would hate being “forced” to learn just cause of GE requirements. </p>
<p>marshall - bio, physics, chem - all things i’m going to take. I like ALL of their options for their GE requirements. A 3-quarter (1-year) core sequence called Dimensions of Culture (DOC) which explores the American experience through the complex and controversial issues regarding the social and political implications of inequality and the asymmetries of power associated with historical and contemporary racial, ethnic, gender, and class hierarchies. Dimensions of Culture includes instruction in university-level writing — SOMETHING I REALLY WANT TO TAKE. I would actually ENJOY this writing class. </p>
<p>at UCLA, GE’s are across the board. no differences between me and the next person. plus it’s a better school in my opinion. BUT - that being said… I would really enjoy learning and at marshall, and those requirements wouldn’t seem constricting like sixth’s do.</p>
<p>basically what i’m trying to say is that i would enjoy being in marshall because of the public service emphasis, and their GE requirements, then I would enjoy UCLA, then comes Sixth.</p>
<p>make sense? </p>
<p>see the difference?</p>
<p>Okay, once again, I don’t think that Sixth requires you to take “art making” for two years! Can someone clarify this? CAT is just a writing class where you write papers. I’m not sure how to make this more clear. </p>
<p>The technology class is CSE 3 which is basic computer programming, I took it and I’m not even in 6th, it’s super interesting. </p>
<p>Sorry that the other poster was rude to you but it’s unnecessary to come on our board saying UCLA is better than we are - if you feel that way then go there and stop posting here. We don’t really care.</p>
<p>You don’t have to take two years of art making, you have to take two courses = two quarters tops.</p>
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<p>You realize that’s like, the whole point of GEs in the first place, right? So you don’t go to college and only come out knowing what your major requires, but instead have been able to explore areas outside of your major. It’s important to get a well-rounded education.</p>
<p>And for Marshall’s GEs: “A course that could be used to satisfy the student’s major may not be used to satisfy this breadth requirement.” I hope you’re aware that even though you may like the science courses, they don’t count towards your science major requirements.</p>
<p>And honestly, there have been plenty of science majors interested in only science who were placed in Sixth before you, and there will be plenty more after you. They deal. Having to take a few extra courses that you don’t like seriously will not affect your ability to “pursue your passions.” Keep in mind that until you reach upper-division classes, there’s no way you’ll be able to fill up your whole quarter schedule with only major requirements. Taking GE classes will not inconvenience you in any way - you will never have to drop out of a science course in order to take a GE.</p>
<p>You’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Dude, my twin brother is in Marshall and I’m in Sixth. We have been taking the same exact classes this whole year lol. Same classes, different GE label. The only thing I have to do more than him is take 2 quarters of Art-making classes, which should be pretty interesting from what I heard. Also, CAT offers different “tracks” for each level 1,2, and 3 (you can take 3 P/NP btw). Basically, there’s diversity in what you’ll be focusing on in each cat class. For CAT 2 a student could go into popular culture/art, medical ethics, or the laws of man vs the laws of nature (or something like that).</p>
<p>The colleges are really not all that different. The thing to pay attention to is what GE labels classes are sorted into. You’ll notice people from all six colleges taking the same “Sixth GE” course.</p>
<p>As for UCLA vs UCSD, see what major you’re going into, weigh the benefits of area, “things” to do, etc.</p>
<p>If you’re a Bio-anything major (biology, engineering, chem, …biophysics) UCSD is probably better than LA in that area… and very comparable in engineering disciplines (but just waaaay better in Bioengineering)</p>
<p>BTW, if you actually look at the GE’s you’ll see that Chem, Physics, Bio, Math satisfy requirements… just as in any other college</p>
<p>the point of the different colleges is really just to spread out all the students into different GE classes… as stated above, the classes are near exact, they just have different BS titles. </p>
<p>the school has 22,000 students, they have to have a system to spread out all students into GE’s that they all need… its actually quite a good system. </p>
<p>ps i COMPLETELY agree with one poster above. do you realize you will be living here (granted you accept) for four+ years? you will be taking tons of classes per your major, and learning about the same things over and over, deeper and deeper in detail… you will be THANKING GOD someone “forced” you to take some diverse classes. </p>
<p>you need to learn all sorts of stuff in college, not just your major, in order to become a diverse product to put on the job market, and to keep you from going crazy learning while learning only about bio and physics.</p>
<p>I pretty much agree with everything said. But if you REALLY just don’t want to take Sixth’s GEs then ok I guess, we can’t stop you. I think it’s silly, but it’s your decision. But yeah, you won’t be able to change before you attend, sorry.</p>
<p>thanks for all your help guys! i’m going to be a psych major, so i think i’m sticking with UCSD. i didn’t mean any disrespect to UCSD vs UCLA or any of that bull. I guess i just let the “name” of the Ge’s mess with me</p>
<p>Hmmmm, after reading this I feel much better about sixth college.</p>
<p>“If you’re a Bio-anything major (biology, engineering, chem, …biophysics) UCSD is probably better than LA in that area… and very comparable in engineering disciplines”
This makes me feel even better!</p>