<p>Hi everyone! I know it's a hectic time for you right now, and you probably have no idea which college is the best fit for you. Therefore, I would love to answer any questions you may have!</p>
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<li>Disclaimer: I am only a freshman and therefore do not know as much about this school as several others who frequently post on this board. Also, my opinion is obviously not representative of every person who attends UCSD.</li>
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<p>Finally, I would like to say to everyone who was not accepted to UCSD that regardless of where you go to college, if you have the drive and you make the effort to educate yourself, build your social skills and think unconventionally you can be successful. I know tons of people who were initially uncertain about attending the college they decided on. However, I assure you that almost all of them are having a great time.</p>
<p>^That it’s awesome because I’ll be an RA there. But honestly, there are people of all types in every college. I haven’t seen any one single stereotype that applies to a certain college.</p>
<p>My Pam shows there they will give me a UCSD Grant. The grant gives me $13,681. What is the grant? Is it renewable every year? or is like the UCLA grant i receive that is only for first year freshman?</p>
<p>I’m a current freshman at Revelle but I have some close friends in sixth college and I’ve been there a few times. Sixth college’s writing GE is CAT (culture/art/technology) and you have to take some programming classes I believe. They should be easy though.</p>
<p>I live in Revelle which have the worst dorms on campus, and Sixth’s dorms are pretty nice IMO.</p>
<p>The weather recently has not been too good, it’s been pretty cold but most of the time it is pretty nice, 70’s-80’s</p>
<p>edit: for Revelle students: some of the dorm buildings just got renovated and they are really nice. but the two big dorm complexes, Argo and Blake, are really old and worn down. My first impression of Argo was that it smelled like sewer water and was as dirty as a jail cell.
However, Revelle is building brand new apartments which will be done by the time I move into them next year.</p>
<p>@Redsoxrbest I’m in John Muir college. However, I know people in all the colleges so I can answer any questions you have about other colleges to the best of my knowledge.</p>
<p>@Adamantoise It isn’t a party school like SDSU, but there’s definitely social interaction going on. I’m personally not too big on the party scene, but I spend hours every day attending club meetings and socializing with people who live in my building. However, if you’re looking for a party scene many of my suitemates joined frats and sororities and go to events several times a week. Also, many people go to their friends’ parties on weekends and get drunk randomly. Basically, if you’re a social person you will find social events. That being said, like any other college there are some people who seclude themselves, don’t make an effort to socialize and are therefore pretty lonely. You can avoid that by taking the initiative to talk to people in your classes and by joining organizations. </p>
<p>@MarinaAZN Warren is generally known as the college of engineers. The GE’s aren’t too bad, the dorm arrangement is pretty cozy (in each complex there are a bunch of rooms and in the middle is sizable living room with couches and a tv), and the people I personally know from there are pretty smart and easygoing. If $KingsElite$ is willing to tell you more I think you’d benefit more from him/her than me. </p>
<p>@UC123cali I honestly know nothing about how financial aid works. I recommend you call up the school and discuss the matter with them.</p>
<p>@WorriedJrGirl Same answer as above. I’m sorry. </p>
<p>@physex Admittedly Sixth is pretty far from many areas in campus, so a bike or skateboard might be useful. The dorms look a bit like lodges, which I actually think is pretty cool. I’ve never actually been inside, so I recommend you go during Admit Day and check it out. The weather isn’t too bad, but it isn’t as amazing as people told me it was going to be. But then again, I asked a few San Diego and La Jolla natives and they told me the weather has been unusual lately.</p>
<p>The weather is essentially perfect on most days. People think that 50 degrees is cold. Enough said.</p>
<p>@justmyview and MarinaAZN</p>
<p>Well ok to add more, the housing is nice, the food is fine, the location isn’t perfect but no college is next to EVERYTHING of course. There are a lot of engineering majors, but there’s plenty of non-engineering majors too (I’m a bio major). Honestly, there aren’t too many differences between the colleges other than GEs in my opinion. It’s UCSD. Your experience at one college probably wouldn’t be drastically different than your experience at another one compared to the differences of a completely different university.</p>
<p>My Pam shows there they will give me a UCSD Grant. The grant gives me $13,681. What is the grant? Is it renewable every year? or is like the UCLA grant i receive that is only for first year freshman?</p>
<p>How difficult is it to change majors. My daughter was admitted under economics. What if she doesn’t like it (I hate how you have to choose a major…what does a 17 year old know what they want to major in).</p>
<p>^Assuming it’s not something in biology or certain engineering majors (because they’re impacted), it’s as easy as going online and clicking a button.</p>
<p>How is the Physiology and Neuroscience major? Are the classes difficult? I was also admitted to Sixth College under that major. What are the GE’s for Sixth?</p>
<p>@ccmom It should not be too difficult for your daughter to switch majors. It will only be difficult if she wants to switch into an impacted major such as one in the biology or engineering department. However, even then it’s possible if she meets the GPA requirement to switch in after 2 years.</p>
<p>@nicolee022 As a freshman who interacts mainly with other freshmen I can’t give you an accurate idea of how difficult that major can be. My friends who declared that major are currently not struggling too much, but from what I’ve heard neuroscience is no walk in the park. Sixth’s writing program is not too bad. From what I gather, the GE’s aren’t the worst, but they aren’t the best.</p>
<p>^As far as it being difficult to get the classes you want or actually registering for them? The registration part is easy. You type in the class and click on it to register. They even have a class planner tool so you can play around with the classes you want to take and it will show them on a weekly calender.</p>
<p>@physex I personally have a decent registration time because I came in with a lot of units, so I generally end up with good professors, not lousy ones. However, some people have trouble getting the profs they want. However, the bright side for them is that the curve for that class is likely going to be in their favor if they make an extra effort to learn the material. If you get a bad prof for a lower division class with many students, a very smart thing to do is to attend another teacher’s lectures and then take your teacher’s tests. Furthermore, since many profs podcast and post powerpoints online, you can listen to the lectures of good profs without having to attend their classes.</p>
<p>The lack of personal attention is also greatly exaggerated. UCSD offers free tutoring for math and the science at a center called OASIS. Also, each teacher has office hours once or twice a week, and your TA will have office hours once a week as well. Finally, there’s a calculus and chemistry tutoring lab available on weekdays if you need more help.</p>
I live in LA and the only thing i hate about the weather in LA are the days in summer when it gets 90+ degrees</p>