Questions? Ask a 4th Year Warren Student

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<p>Attn all incoming Warren Students –</p>

<p>Know the information in the Warren Academic Advising Handbook. This is important for when you plan your classes: <a href=“http://warren.ucsd.edu/_files/academic-forms/advising_handbook.pdf[/url]”>http://warren.ucsd.edu/_files/academic-forms/advising_handbook.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Example #1 (Major and GE):
You are a chemistry student that has to take MATH 20A and MATH 20B for your major, and you have passed out of MATH 20A with AP credit.</p>

<p>In Warren, you need 2 classes to satisfy the Formal Skills requirement. Two of the possible classes you can take to satisfy this requirement are MATH 20A and MATH 20B.</p>

<p>By passing out of MATH 20A, you fulfill BOTH your major requirement and the first Formal Skills requirement.
By taking MATH 20B, you fulfill BOTH your major requirement and your second, and last, Formal Skills requirement.</p>

<p>Example #2 (GE and GE):
If you have chosen a Program of Concentration (PofC) under Social Sciences or Humanities, you may take 1 class that will fulfill BOTH one of the classes required for your PofC and the 1 class needed for the Cultural Diversity GE.</p>

<p>Don’t take extra classes when you don’t have to!!! When you notice overlaps among your major requirements, GE requirements, AP credits, and community college credits, see if you can knock 2 birds out with 1 stone!</p>

<p>If you have taken community college classes during high school, check out [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“Welcome to ASSIST”>Welcome to ASSIST) to see if they can also pass you out of classes at UCSD. This website is also useful if you want to save some lower division classes for the summer and want to take them at your local college instead of at UCSD.</p>

<p>You can end up lightening your load of classes for the next 4 years, graduate in 3 years, or take other classes that you are interested in but would have otherwise not been able to make room for if you had not done some careful coursework planning.</p>

<p>Lastly, there will be a course planning session during orientation to help you out with this, but you can check out the handbook before then, and if any questions arise, you can save them for that session.</p>

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<p>Ok, Cali45, but say I can only find one other person I would want to room with, how would we end up with the people in the other room? (for apartments, I’m a 1st year right now)</p>

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<p>$KingsElite$ –</p>

<p>Housing will match you up with another 2 or 3 people to fill up your apartment. When I signed up for apartments, I only registered myself and my roommate. My apartmentmates I ended up living with had only registered themselves. I don’t remember if I had to retake the living habits survey thingy, but maybe Housing keeps the ones we filled out when we entered UCSD and uses those to match people up.</p>

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<p>Cali45 - THANK YOU SO MUCH. Really, you provided me with pretty much everything I’ve been wanting to know. That was the most in-depth answer I could have received, and it will definitely help out my decision when I go to UCSD Admit Day (hope to find something about pharmacy!). If I decide to attend UCSD, I will be sure to contact you. I will also have many questions, so I truly hope you will not mind answering them! Thank you again :)</p>

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<p>maylix –</p>

<p>I’m happy to help! :slight_smile: Definitely visit the student org. section during Admit Day. I’m 99.9% sure that PPS will have a booth. Good luck on your decisions!</p>

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<p>How does one join the newspaper staff at UCSD?</p>

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<p>Hi cali45. I’m seriously nervous about UCSD even though UCSD has been my dream school ever since I was a freshman in high school. I got into Warren for mechanical engineer, but I have no engineering background whatsoever. I also heard that the UCSD engineering program is top 10 in nationwide. I’m glad that I got accepted but I’m afraid that I got accepted by luck. My gpa is 3.96 but my SAT is 1800. My SAT II math is 750 and SAT II chemistry is 720. I’m pretty sure that my status is heavily low for UCSD. That is why I still did not enroll to UCSD yet because I’m afraid that the engineering program will be too difficult for me. In the other hand, I got into UCI and I am more comfortable with that school; however, the engineering program there is far worse than that in UCSD. I also have a D in Calc AP right now and I believe that it is quite impossible to get a C in second semester. Will I be revoked because of that one D? sorry that I’m writing so much. It’s just that I couldn’t sleep or relax because of all this college stuff. Some people say that I can still get into UCI if I have one D. That is why I might go to UCI just in case UCSD revoke me cuz of that one D. please help me. what should I do? I also heard that UCSD is extremely difficult and people do not sleep much often and there is no social life. With my low status, how on earth am I going to face the classes in UCSD? sorry that I wrote so many questions. I hope these questions don’t take too much of your time.</p>

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<p>^^ i’m also heard UCSD is extremely difficult XD</p>

<p>cali45, do you know anyone in the Skaggs Pharmacy School’s 7-year program at UCSD? About how many UCSD undergraduates are involved in the 7-year program? I know they take 60 graduates every year… just wanted to gauge my chances of getting into the 7-year program if i go to UCSD and pursue pharmacy…</p>

<p>(i just visited UCSD’s PPS site and saw you guys are going to UCSF’s pharmacy info day! i’m going too! i’m so excited! =))</p>

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<p>You WILL get rescinded unless you raise that D! They are rules for a reason… there have been lots of people on these boards to share either their own stories or stories about friends who have gotten rescinded for grades. Good luck</p>

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<p>cali45,</p>

<p>if I’m a Pharmacological Chem major at Warren, can I fulfill 2 programs of concentration by minoring in both English and French Literature?
I’m gonna be a freshman btw</p>

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<p>orangeicecream – </p>

<p>Here’s the “Job” page of the UCSD Guardian with the details: [The</a> Guardian| Jobs](<a href=“http://www.ucsdguardian.org/jobs/]The”>Jobs are priority to CA – The UCSD Guardian)</p>

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<p>hkimmok –</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure the admissions did not accidentally toss your application into the acceptance pile. =P If the admissions officers believes that you can handle the major, you have to trust in yourself as well. Nevertheless, never underestimate your courses, especially when you start your upper division classes.</p>

<p>RAISE THAT D UP! Talk to your teacher and your school’s college advisor to see what you can do. I’m pretty sure UCSD and UCI have the same policy. For the people who got into UCI with a D, they must’ve had honestly awesome reason? But don’t count on that, and try to raise your grade!</p>

<p>No sleep AND no social life? That’s rough… One of my mechanical engineer friends got 7 - 8 hours of sleep on most nights and still did well in his classes. And I know plenty of engineers who have a social life. Of course some of them did not do as well academically as others, but time management is important. Get your work done early. If you know you have some exciting activities to attend, make sure you get a certain amount of studying in beforehand. Naturally everyone slacks off and procrastinates here and there, and while UCSD can be difficult, it is not impossible.</p>

<p>There’s a common theory that in college, you can only have 2 out of the following 3: sleep, social life, and grades. Personally, I think I mostly favored the last two, but I still got enough sleep each night and even enough time for nap every now and then.</p>

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<p>sweetdreamzzz –</p>

<p>According to this document, <a href=“http://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/ExperientialEducation/Notes_061309_PC.pdf[/url]”>http://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/ExperientialEducation/Notes_061309_PC.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
Skaggs only accepted 2 students into the 7-year program for the Skaggs class of 2013. </p>

<p>Most people take the traditional route of 4 years college + 4 years pharm school (…or 3 years pharm school if the school uses an accelerated program), so don’t worry if you don’t get accepted into the BS/PharmD program. Good luck! </p>

<p>As of right now, I believe there are over 30 UCSD students registered for the UCSF info day, so you’re bound to meet some of us. I will not be attending since I’ve already applied this cycle, but I think Joel, the UCSF admissions director, will be presenting. He’s very informational, but even if he’s not the one there, I’m sure you’ll learn a lot. Have fun!</p>

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<p>92jjxx –</p>

<p>There are 3 divisions in which UCSD categorizes majors, minors, and PofC’s:

  1. Humanities and Fine Arts
  2. Natural Sciences, Math, and Engineering
  3. Social Sciences</p>

<p>Your major will fall into one division. One of the PofC’s has to be in the second division, and the other has to be in the third division. Minors follow the same policy as PofC’s.</p>

<p>As a Pharm chem student, your major falls into division 2. Both French lit and History fall into division 1, so this doesn’t work. Your other minor or PofC has to be from division 3. </p>

<p>Source: <a href=“http://warren.ucsd.edu/_files/academic-forms/advising_handbook.pdf[/url]”>http://warren.ucsd.edu/_files/academic-forms/advising_handbook.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
Page 9: First paragraph under Department Minor
Page 10: Helpful PofC table</p>

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<p>How many are generally accepted into the Human Biology major and is this major fine for Pre-Med or Pre-Pharm</p>

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<p>Chunky – </p>

<p>I can not say for Human Bio specifically, but according to the Biology Department homepage, there are about ~5,625 biology majors overall. That number consists of students in their 1st through 5th year and maybe 1 or 2 6th years. </p>

<p>The major is fine for both Pre-Med and Pre-Pharm.</p>

<p>Source: [Biological</a> Sciences Division Factsheet](<a href=“School Factsheet”>School Factsheet)</p>

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<p>cali45 –</p>

<p>Can I take an Economics class this summer at a CC to fulfill one of my major requirements? Are the credits transferrable, if it says so on assist.org?</p>

<p>As someone from the Bay Area who has never been to Socal, I’m also wondering if UCSD takes any careful measures to deal with potential earthquakes. Are the dorms and classrooms stable enough to withstand one? How old are the buildings, generally speaking?</p>

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<p>Cali45: </p>

<p>I was admitted to Warren as a Computer Science major. I sleep 5 and half hours a day, can cook food other than ramen, and dabble in social interaction. How can I make the most of my college experience at UCSD?</p>

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<p>92jjxx –</p>

<p>If assist.org says it’s fine, it should be. I’ve transferred an Econ class over, too.</p>

<p>Living in CA, you should know that we have strict building codes, especially since we live in earthquake country. The earthquake yesterday felt like a 4 or 5, and it went on for a good 40 seconds or so. There were no reported structural damages. </p>

<p>Also, just 2-3 years ago, UCSD did some construction on the Geisel library building for earthquake safety. I was in this building yesterday during the quake, and hid under the library’s sturdy tables. Around the same time, the VA hospital was also retrofitted. UCSD was established in 1959, so the oldest buildings are around 40 years. The lecture, lab, and administrative buildings in Revelle college are older, but I still trust them to not completely pancake. </p>

<p>As for the Big One, no matter which city you’re in, there’s going to be major damage. So, just be prepared, and don’t worry too much about it.</p>

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<p>kewlosaurusrex –</p>

<p>The answer to your question would really depend on your interests. I made the most of my time at UCSD by being involved, meeting a variety of new people, and engaging in new experiences - even ones I didn’t think I would enjoy as much. While some of these situations did not happen on campus and were not UCSD affiliated, I still consider them a part of my college experience. So, open yourself up to new ideas, meet new people, try new things, and remember, you are in control of your experience and how you respond to the situations around you. Have fun!</p>