<p>I'm looking to apply to UCSD this fall along with several other UC's.
so, I'm wondering if the different UCSD schools have different specialties, such as math, science, english, and whatnot, or is there any real difference? I'm looking for an english/history type thing</p>
<p>the six colleges determine what kind of GEs you will be taking and where you will be dorming so they really don't correlate with majors. but english and history majors usually stay away from revelle and sixth college because of their heavier math and science requirements.</p>
<p>from what I know:</p>
<p>Revelle: popular among science/math oriented majors
ERC: nicest dorms...
Marshall: not sure, but I heard it's very popular among poli sci majors.
Warren: very popular among engineers
Muir: easiest GE's... which would make it the most popular college on campus.
Sixth: i have no idea what they're about.. all i know is that their nickname is camp snoopy because of their dorms.</p>
<p>so ERC, Marshall or Muir would be the preferable choices? (and i just got my ap scores on eng lang and ush - 5's) woot</p>
<p>Ah grats on looking up the colleges before you apply and for having such a head start :)</p>
<p>Revelle has the hardest GEs but most people that go into the natural sciences like to choose it anyway, I guess just to be among similar people or to boost their own egos, knowing that they are in one of the harder colleges GE-wise. Revelle is the oldest college which means that while they do have more traditions than the others, they also have the oldest dorms. Most of what I have heard about Revelle dorms has not been very good.</p>
<p>Muir is, GE-wise, like what chemical_relapse said, the easiest. If you know for sure what you want to do in college, or have a very good idea of your pool of options, Muir would be an excellent choice for you. The location is also fantastic, as the dorms are right next to the Price Center where most everything is. In my opinion though, the dorms themselves look like prisons which was a huge downer for me.</p>
<p>Marshall is.. mm I haven't heard/read much about Marshall but it has OVT which is the only dining hall open past 8 PM on campus, and it's right next to ERC which has Ventanas, definitely one of the better dining halls. Plus, you get to be close to the RIMAC, which is the huuge new gym.</p>
<p>Warren is kind of known to be kind of boring since most of the engineers head that way (easier GEs for engineers and it is located right next to the Jacobs School of Engineering). Mm. Not much else about Warren-- it has a decent location also though :)</p>
<p>I think ERC is the best fit for you. Think of ERC as the Revelle eqivalent of the humanities and the social sciences, with GEs that are way more relaxed. The GEs and MMW (which everyone complains about but I think would be really fun for you since you're looking into English/history) will help you to really explore both of the disciplines I mentioned. ERC allows their non-science majors to take really fun math/science classes like.. code breaking or philosophy instead of calculus and oceanography or human physiology (for non-science majors, so way easier) instead of natural sciences. Plus there's Ventanas and OVT which I mentioned with Marshall and!! The super nice NEW dorms and bathrooms are always great to have.</p>
<p>Sixth.. uh.. I just won't talk about Sixth.</p>
<p>Anyway, I would recommend ERC or Muir for you, depending on how well you know what you want to do and how well you could structure your own education :) Sorry I wrote so much aaand if you have any more questions feel free to reply to this thread again :D</p>
<p>pick muir!</p>
<p>i wished i had this info before i applied. now im stuck at revelle with my major being aerospace engineering guess ill graduate in 5+ years or i wont graduate at all</p>
<p>what's wrong with sixth?
i'm in it, but i dont like math/science</p>
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<p>Haha, at least you'll have a social life. I'm in "boring" Warren haha.</p>
<p>Revelle does not have a social life. I am also fully convinced that Revelle has the most strict RAs and RSOs...</p>
<p>yea thats why im going to head north from revelle during the weekends hahahaha</p>
<p>Well the biggest thing about Sixth College is that it is very new. Thus, it is (in my very humble opinion) underfunded and underdeveloped. And, as a plus, it doesn't even have the newest dorms, just ERC's old dorms. It's not called Camp Snoopy for no reason-- it's totally secluded from the rest of the campus (it's actually really in the middle of what strongly resembles a forrest) and while some may be into the whole campground thing, others aren't really a fan of that or the bugs that come with it.</p>
<p>Still, it is the smallest college by far so there may be the sense of tight-knit comradery.</p>
<p>When I was telling a friend about a classmate that was in Sixth, he said "wow, that means she like barely got in". Of course, that's just one person, so take from it what you will :) In the end, all the colleges have their own pros and cons.</p>
<p>Thanks very much for your thourough feedback jm, you seem to be very knowledgeable on the topic. What is your opinion on the strenghts of UCLA and UCSD in the areas of English and History?</p>
<p>The only real differences are required classes and dorms.</p>
<p>Muir and Warren are the easiest.</p>
<p>ERC has the nicest dorms.</p>
<p>Revelle is for people who were uninformed when they applied.</p>
<p>Marshall and Sixth are somewhere in between.</p>
<p>lol Slorg XD</p>
<p>Anyway!! Mm specifically for those majors and especially for English, UCLA is definitely the better choice academically speaking. History is actually pretty debatable because UCSD's social sciences department is nothing to be joked about. </p>
<p>But in the end, it's more than just a statistic that the average undergraduate student changes his major 2.5~3 times-- you should choose the campus and environment you feel most comfortable at. And definitely consider finances regardless of how well off you think you are since you never know what could happen. Plus, if you plan to go to graduate school, it's not really as important where you go for your undergraduate degree and how strong that school is in your discipline/department. Not as important as everyone in the world would have you believe anyway.</p>
<p>are you implying that UCSD has a nicer campus?</p>
<p>Oh, not in any way-- it was just what was better for me :) What I mean is since you're probably near both campuses, you should check out both and find out which campus works better for you. (Also consider financial aid packages!)</p>
<p>financial aid will be important for me, but I really on't know much about the process. oes one school have a significantly better financial aid program?</p>
<p>no (its all the same)</p>
<p>whats the most common for pre-med kids</p>