<p>Fire away at dem questions~</p>
<p>Compared to CC are there more people at UCSD that are fond of eating sharks?</p>
<p>What major are you? Does it matter which one of the six colleges you go to? How is the social circle there ( was it difficult to transition)?</p>
<p>@evitty. There are plenty more shark eaters here compared to CCs. </p>
<p>Econ Major. It doesn’t matter what college you are because all transfers live together at the village. General education wise, Revelle and ERC eats away souls. For social circles: you have to join orgs/clubs, Or else you’ll just be chilling and have a lot of free time on your hands unless your busy with school. If you need suggestions, scope out Lambda ma nigguh.</p>
<p>Where did you end up living? Do all transfers have to live at the village? Also, did you finish your general education reqs before transferring? Are transfers still required to take any GE classes for separate colleges even if we finished our GE reqs at the school before transferring?
Overall how was UCSD compared to wherever you came from? Did you like the scenery to begin with?</p>
<p>I live at the village. All transfers live at the villages (well everyone i know) I finished my ge before transfering. Transfers are required to take Upper div ge for their colleges. UCSD is a commuter school. So if you do choose to live offcampus be ready to sit through 2 hours of traffic and go through another hour of finding parking. THE campus iS HUGE, so i shuttle instead of walk. I enjoy the scenery behind UCSD, chill vibe, friendly people, lots of new facilities. I always thought i would visit the beach everyday, but ain’t nobody got time for dat. Everyone is always busy with schoollllllll.</p>
<p>Hey thanks,</p>
<p>Couple questions regarding the Village. How hard is it to get a super single? Do they come unfurnished? Are the walls thin? I’m an older student, and considering the price of the surrounding areas, I would consider the Village if I could have my own place (no communal anything) and if there wasn’t too much noise. I’m petitioning for grad housing like the Coast Apartments so I can be around people at least a little closer to my age, but from what I’ve read, those are already hard to get into for grad students.</p>
<p>its pretty competitive to get a single. 2nd year villagers get priority then the rest. It all depends on your registration date, if you dont get it then you can waitlist for one. Basic furnishing is provided. Such as bed, table, closest, and table. Living room and kitchen too. Walls aren’t too thin. so it can be quiet, just depends on where you live.</p>
<p>Cheers. Think the furnishings are a dealbreaker. Would rather pay more and make the place my own with my stuff.</p>
<p>Did you transfer from cc in 2 years? How many total years do you plan on being at SD? </p>
<p>I have heard internship opportunities/ recruitment is limited out there, is this true? Any personal experience with such a thing ?</p>
<p>How competitive are the classes? Especially econ. I keep hearing that SD is very cut-throat.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to hijack your thread lol, but just to expand on a few things here…</p>
<p>Not all transfers live at the village, although most do their first year, but i know a decent number move off campus their second year. A lot of us and a huge number of other students live off campus in the area directly surrounding UCSD, University City. People tend to rent multiple bedroom apartments and split the cost of rent, so it can often be cheaper than living on campus and even better is that you get your own room. As far as commuting if you live directly around campus in University City there are free shuttles that go around every 10-15 mins during the day that make it really easy to get to campus. Further, it makes it so you don’t have to pay 100+ for a parking permit. UCSD students also get free rides on select MTS bus routes, the city run bus service. If you live a little farther from campus there are bus routes you can get on for free to get to UCSD, but I’m not sure what the commute is like on the city buses.</p>
<p>So just thought I’d add that. Otherwise, keep going ieatsharks you’re doing great lol.</p>
<p>How is the traffic early morning (6 AM-7 AM) to get to San Diego to UCSD?</p>
<p>@siqness. I transfered in 2 years. I plan on staying at UCSD for 2 years (including this year). Internships aren’t limited but there are definitely less opportunities compared to LA or Orange County area. It really just depends on what type of internship your trying to get into.
@emprex. It is really competitive in the econ field, some midterm averages range from 40 to 50%. So… upper division classes require work.
@diplapidatedmind thx for the clarification!
@dannysan34 traffic isn’t too bad that early. parking is bad sometimes though</p>
<p>Ieatsharks,</p>
<p>I am an Econ major who plans to transfer to UCSD this Fall, I’m ecstatic you made this thread. I am worried about the courseload and the difficulty of the classes. I am unfamiliar with the quarter system, but is it still recommended to take at least twelve units per quarter? Are the people in the Econ major friendly? I heard rumors that some people won’t even share notes. Also, how intensive are the summer classes? I am missing Calc III which is a prereq to pretty much everything econ related and was hoping to take it this summer.</p>
<p>I’m also missing calc but I plan on taking the missing calc in the fall w/ one of the upper division GE classes and an accounting class. I’m strongly considering minoring in accounting. I’ve heard the econ program is brutal because there are a bunch of UD classes. Not to mention, 3 quarters of econometrics. I think it’s 13 total classes in econ alone.</p>
<p>So I don’t know what I was thinking, but when I applied to UCSD (TAG applicant; accepted in March) I selected Revelle as my college of choice. Now that I’ve been paying more attention I feel like I’ll be there forever trying to finish all the GE! </p>
<p>Is a lot of the Revelle GE covered by IGETC or am I screwed for the next three years? haha</p>
<p>I’m sure IGETC covers most but you’ll probably have to take a few. I’m in Muir and I have to take 2 UD electives. It works out okay because I needed to take something anyways in order to be full time my first quarter.</p>
<p>@zomgrad I was curious about that as well:</p>
<p>[Transfer</a> Students IGETC/TAG](<a href=“http://revelle.ucsd.edu/academics/grad-requirements/igetc-tag.html]Transfer”>http://revelle.ucsd.edu/academics/grad-requirements/igetc-tag.html)</p>
<p>Is it true that the campus is empty during weekends?</p>
<p>hey i think it’s awesome that you’re doing this. i wish more transferred students would make forums for each UC to share their transitional stories. i went to UCSD for a quarter and went to several lambda parties haha SD is definitely not lacking in a social life as long as people put themselves out there although the workload is killer. hopefully irvine/sb/la forums can be made similar to this one!</p>