Let me be the first to say: Summer Advising was AWESOME

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Davis
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<p>Wow, I could not have expected the treat I had in for me before the first day at SA. It was probably the most amazing experience I’ve had all year, second only to hs graduation.</p>

<p>It was flawlessly organized, kudos to the student advisors, very well carried out, and chock full of great opportunities to meet people, get acquainted with the campus, and apply for classes.</p>

<p>I had such an amazing time, from the bowling to the fight song to the night down in the town to the great food and lastly to the great friends I made. The ARC is simply breathtaking, the students are so very excited and spirited, the DC was a work of art, and the actual town is so classy and nice. I loved every moment, and I haven’t even seen the Mondavi Center and Shields library!</p>

<p>It was also great having a taste of what being with a roommate will be like, as well as actual dorm life. I couldnt help but grin in bed every time I heard students joking around and walking to their rooms at 3am in the morning. </p>

<p>Hmmm, what else, I cannot emphasize how well the whole thing was carried out, I could never have imagined students of any school carrying out such a difficult task, they basically did everything. I could not help but think how much the whole place felt like a private school.</p>

<p>My fellow students are awesome. They are all so outgoing and eager to meet everyone, I had no trouble making tons of acquaintences and a few solid friends. Everyone jumping around and cheering for eachother at the night of bowling was seriously a sight to see.</p>

<p>I was so amazed to feel the energy running through me when I was on campus, I totally didnt expect it. When the aggie pack put on the fight song and had us all chant it I felt like I was about to explode. I now know the full force of the Aggie spirit.</p>

<p>Anyway, Im very tired right now. I slept for three hours last night staying up with friends while figuring out my class schedule with late night shows playing in the background on the tv in my dorm’s lobby.</p>

<p>It was a great experience, I love Davis, I love my fellow students, and I cannot wait to start in the fall. </p>

<p>GO AGGIES!</p>

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<p>Sounds great. Looking forward to it. I have a couple of questions:</p>

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<li>Do you need a calculator for anything while there?</li>
<li>What makes me mad is that we can't look classes up using SISWEB to see if they are open and there status. The only thing we have is a open class list that does not even state the professors names.<br>
It seems like you wanted certain classes with certain professors and thats what I want too but how exactly were you able to look up the classes and see status's of each of them while at the orientation? Do they open the section of SISweb to have you register and view classes?</li>
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<p>Thanks
My orientation is not until Aug 14-16</p>

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<p>1. Do you need a calculator for anything while there?</p>

<p>Not sure about other majors, but for those in life sciences it isnt necessary at all even though they say its optional. I didnt touch it at all and I passed chem easily. Im guessing if your major is like mathematics or engineering you might need it if you take different placement exams.</p>

<p>2. What makes me mad is that we can't look classes up using SISWEB to see if they are open and there status. The only thing we have is a open class list that does not even state the professors names.
It seems like you wanted certain classes with certain professors and thats what I want too but how exactly were you able to look up the classes and see status's of each of them while at the orientation? Do they open the section of SISweb to have you register and view classes?</p>

<p>No, no, no, no dont even worry about that. Youre not really supposed to actually check profs and stuff before registration. What happens is when you get to SA they give you a welcome letter that has your registration date and time. You can not register or even open up the sisweb registration thing before that. When you come to SA you will have like 6 different advising sessions on classes, with vital information about how to actually choose a working schedule(which is a test in sanity in and of itself) and how to register for it. You really cannot do anything with prof names and stuff before that, you will even have some classes for which you dont know who teaches it while youre registering for them. Its all beautifully planned out and you shouldnt even be thinking about classes really before. I didnt and I got an amazing schedule for my interests. Just remember that the meat of SA is about registering for classes, and you really only have to choose two classes that you want, the other two are basically already chosen for you. So dont worry at all, its a very tedious and long process, and youre not supposed to know how to do anything at all before you start getting advising.</p>

<p>And btw, its fun choosing a schedule once you know how. Like I said, I stayed up 'til 3 in the morning with a group of friends hammering it out, and its an experience all by itself. </p>

<p>Cheers.</p>

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<p>Megathunder: My daughter shared your enthusiasm, and stayed up all the way until breakfast working on her schedule (as well as other global issues, I presume) with new friends. Loved everything, and also glad to have chosen Davis over SB :). Good luck to you.</p>

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<p>Thanks runningmom, I'm wondering where everyone else is that went to SA. I want to hear how their experience was..</p>

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<p>Well, I'm not going till the August 10-12 session and after reading megathunder's post, wow am I excited.</p>

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<p>Seems like a lot of the UCD class of 2009 is keeping in touch via Facebook.</p>

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<p>facebook??</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.thefacebook.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.thefacebook.com&lt;/a>
If you have your UCD e-mail address, you can join. People upload biographical information about themselves and their photos, and the point is for you to be able to get to know the faces of the people in your classes, or who share the same interests as you. It is very, VERY addictive... I actually had a professor offer to buy beer for people who would get off the facebook and get in the real world and meet people in real life. It's a good way to get to know your fellow schoolmates though.</p>

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<p>Yea, I never really got into it. I made an account but its just so hard to get the ball rolling. You have to individually send "friend requests" to people to communicate with them and stuff, right? And you cant communicate with people that arent your friends? Thats what makes it a pain in the ass to me. I wish it was like you just have to join this "ucdavis group" or whatever and be exposed to everybody in it.</p>

<p>Oh well, I make better friends in the real world anyway..</p>

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<p>There's a "Class of 2009" group with hundreds of people in it, maybe thats what you're looking for.</p>

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<p>where is that class of 2009??</p>

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<p><a href="http://ucdavis.thefacebook.com/group_profile.php?gid=4896%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ucdavis.thefacebook.com/group_profile.php?gid=4896&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>or</p>

<p>Go to groups->type in "2009" in the search, and it is the 2nd one down (with the seal, rather than the mustang)</p>

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<p>Ich Ein Davis Aggie... </p>

<p>Sounds cool! Yeah, Facebook can be addicting. Find people that seems cool and just send them an intro message and if they reply, well add them as a friend...usually they'll reciprocate and reply and then you got yourself a nice little message ball to go back and forth...course if they don't reply, or only add you as a friend...that's not ideal... but as other students have said... GO out , DO stuff and people will bump into you. Chances are some poor sap is in the same position as you. </p>

<p>Going up to Advising this weekend. Toodles everyone!</p>