<p>So far I'm hearing a lot of mixed reviews. Honestly, I had no idea what any of the colleges to pick from and I ended up with this one. Can anyone please provide their view of it? Such as housing, GE's, etc?</p>
<p>yeah! i got this one also, and im also curious…</p>
<p>So far it seems a lot of people were accepted under this college. What major did you apply as??</p>
<p>I got into engineering but at Reville, not warren.</p>
<p>Is that really bad?</p>
<p>i got into revelle as general biology major…however, this was my second choice, i really wanted muir…sigh</p>
<p>@e5volcano</p>
<p>Honestly, it could be. 
It’s just a lot of GEs.</p>
<p>it shouldn’t be too bad, but it’s possible to transfer if you make a good case to your college advisors. </p>
<p>Revelle vs. Warren GE’s:
HUM is an ugly 5-quarter sequence (Warren has Warren Writing & Ethics, 4 quarters total, though the two sequences are totally different)
The calculus and natural science requirements would overlap with requirements for most engineering majors. And York Hall’s close by.
Area of Focus (3 classes)
American Cultures course (1)… is also something warren students need to complete anyhow.
Social Science (2)
Fine Arts (1)
Language requirement… not sure how many courses you need, but some students can waive this with SAT/AP tests. my language credits aren’t helping me with warren ge’s.</p>
<p>In the best case scenario, I think Revelle GE’s would only require a couple more courses than Warren GE’s for even an engineering major. Hopefully it won’t be too much extra GE’s on you. It’s the mix of classes that is different. For Warren, you can pick 2 area studies from a wide range of fields, 3 classes each, but 4/6 classes have to be upper division. And we study different things in writing classes. Revelle students have the pride of enduring HUM, but Warren Writing & Ethics is no walk in the park either.</p>
<p>& one brighter thing for Revelle:
Supposedly starting next year, 2nd years have brand new apartments to look forward to! For first years, the fleets have been renovated this year, so not too bad for housing unless you’re in Argo/Blake… but there will be the option of the new apartments in your 2nd year!</p>
<p>^That’s true, and it will also depend on how many of those classes you’re exempt from with your AP/IB credits.</p>
<p>Hey, I got into Revelle College as well. I don’t mind the workload but I’m wondering if its manageable. When people say its difficult, do they mean that the courses are extremely difficult to pass or is it difficult just because there are too many classes to take? I am still deciding whether or not to attend UCSD because of this factor…</p>
<p>think about it: the only revelle-specific classes are humanities. and you can do 4/5 at a CC. so what you’re talking about is 3 classes out of the ~48 that you’re going to take during your college career. </p>
<p>every other non-hum class is open to every college, so revelle alone has very little to do with how difficult the classes are.</p>
<p>To be honest, I don’t mind the humanities. I enjoy them and usually do well in them. Which makes me nervous about the other GEs such as calculus since engineering is not what I’m majoring in. When determining which college I wanted I did so with little knowledge. Oh well.</p>
<p>Ok, my biggest problem with Revelle is that it gives me practically no credits for all of the AP classes I have taken (and I’ve taken a lot) do high scores on english APs truly buy students nothing at UCSD? And how hard are the foreign language requirements? I didn’t take AP Spanish for a reason…</p>
<p>The AP credit system isn’t specific to Revelle, it’s a campus-wide thing: [Advanced</a> Placement Credit](<a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/catalog/front/APCredit.html]Advanced”>http://www.ucsd.edu/catalog/front/APCredit.html)</p>
<p>Also: you don’t get credit for merely taking AP classes. You get credit for PASSING AP exams with good scores. And even if you don’t get out of a class, you still get credits that put you ahead of your peers, garnering you earlier registration slots in the future.</p>
<p>(If you got a 4/5 in AP Spanish, you’re done with the requirement. If you got a 3, you need to take one quarter that basically repeats AP material. If you got anything lower than that, you shouldn’t be complaining.)</p>
<p>AP English gives you two area of focus courses. Humanities requirement changed YOU have to take 3/5 courses at UCSD (HUM1 and HUM2 and ONE of HUM3, 4, 5).</p>
<p>A breathe of assurance that it is manageable: </p>
<p>I got a 4.0 fall quarter </p>
<p>On the bad side:
Hum destroyed my pristine GPA. dropped .3 points</p>
<p>People think that getting accepted into Revelle means you are taking different classes from the rest of the 5 other colleges. WRONG you are taking the same classes for your major and the classes you will see have all 6 college students. The only class that is all Revelle is the Humanities sequence. If you aren’t a science person they have nonscience major courses like the easy blow off Human Nutrition BILD 22, and CHEM 11, 12, 13. The thing is the only thing you need to be remotely concerned about is HUM and protecting you GPA. Take majority of your GEs pass or not pass (these are the best) You got 25 percent of all your classes Pass or not Pass. But for your major classes they must be taken for a letter grade.</p>
<p>The calculus 10 series is for people that aren’t engineering majors. </p>
<p>THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS COLLEGE: </p>
<p>YOU HAVE SIX COLLEGES
THOSE SIX COLLEGES HAVE THEIR OWN COUNSELORS
THEIR OWN PROVOST
THEIR OWN ADMINISTRATION </p>
<p>it’s very personal the way the college are organized did I MENTION six college councils
a campus college council. That’s a lot of leadership opportunities just saying</p>
<p>Credits will be added to your cumulative credit count. Your ap scores are basically blank classes that you took. it gives you credits that don’t add or take away from your GPA</p>
<p>FYI I have receive a five on each of the five Ap tests I’ve already taken. My biggest problem is that the AP credits can’t count for the humanities requirement. Can engineering students use physics AP and Calc AP test scores to get out of classes? Some colleges make engineers retake basic physics regardless of AP test scores.</p>
<p>Congrats on getting 5s on each exam, but the AP policy isn’t designed to get you out of everything. In comparing several AP classes and their UCSD-level equivalents, I’ve noticed that the UCSD version covers more stuff more extensively than the high school one. The 3 humanities requirement isn’t nearly as bad as the 6-quarter MMW sequence that ERC students have no choice but to complete in full. </p>
<p>It doesn’t matter what major you are, those AP conversions apply to everyone. If, however, your major requires something like the physics 4 series and your AP scores only exempt you from physics 2 classes, then you’re still required to take them at UCSD.</p>
<p>(And some schools are super-picky about AP class conversions, have you seen this? [MIT</a> Transfer Students: Advanced Placement (AP) & International Exam Credit](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/transfer/credit/ap.html]MIT”>http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/transfer/credit/ap.html))</p>