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<p>actually a lot of people understand your situation, ni24045. ucsd didn't get a certain reputation for nothing. </p>
<p>i transferred to the school and i commute. if i were to live in the dorms i wouldn't want to be in this kind of environment. but if i was fresh out of high school and had to live on a campus ucsd wouldn't suit me.</p>
<p>oh and im a senior btw that should have graduated already</p>
<p>Dude you commute? maybe that's why you got such sour feelings towards sd</p>
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<p>actually i do not have sour feelings towards sd. i love sd. i even love ucsd. but it i were to live on a campus i wouldn't want to live on an island called ucsd. it seems like a deserted ghost town whenever i pass through campus at night.</p>
<p>"The grass is always greener on the other side"</p>
<p>Before over-reacting to your 'nothing to do' malaise, you might want to really think through just how much better (or not) it would really be at a place like UCLA. Movie theaters? There are plenty of them within walking distance or an easy shuttle ride around La Jolla Village Square and they're showing the same movies as those in Westwood. You can also grab a burrito there (easier than in Westwood which has a dearth of Mexican Restaurants) or go to BJ's - just like the one in Westwood. Think about what you'd actually do at a place like UCLA (or Cal or anywhere) that you couldn't or wouldn't do at UCSD. </p>
<p>Maybe you just have a bit of the college-reality blues if this is your first year. You may have built-up an idealistic image of the 'college experience' (whatever that is in your mind) and have a bit of a let-down when you discover it's not all one big party full of 'Friends' but rather, normal people like yourself taking classes, having to study to get decent grades, and having to make their own friends and make their own life. </p>
<p>If you're really into D1 sports teams and it'd make a big difference for you then maybe you're in the wrong place but you knew UCSD didn't have a football team when you went there. If they had one would you really go to most of the games? At UCLA many people don't - especially since the stadium is so far away from campus.</p>
<p>btw - The wealth in La Jolla pales compared to the wealth in Bel Air, Beverly Hills, and Brentwood and the cost of the UTC/La Jolla Village Square area really isn't that high relatively speaking - not nearly as high as Westwood.</p>
<p>^ post of the year</p>
<p>lol and think about it like this, as a college student you probably couldn't afford anything in those awesome Beverly Hills, Santa Monica stores.</p>
<p>well there are lots of rich college students too ya know</p>
<p>the movie theatres around ucsd aren't really theatres for young college people. the theatres in la jolla are full of rich old people and are far away that one needs a car. the atmosphere just isn't there.</p>
<p>"the movie theatres around ucsd aren't really theatres for young college people. the theatres in la jolla are full of rich old people and are far away that one needs a car. the atmosphere just isn't there."</p>
<p>What a bull **** post. AMC is right next to UCSD.</p>
<p>That shopping square place with chipotle and AMC and islands is full of college kids...</p>
<p>1) to the OP: where the heck would you get the idea that most people at ucsd did not have it as their first choice? are you saying that the majority of 28,000 people are unhappy with sd? Thats ridiculous; dont make such assumptions</p>
<p>2) Proton: dont be conceited. Just because people in la jolla are rich, it doesnt mean they give a hoot about how crappy your college experience is. They have much more important things to worry about than to basically make your college experience as boring as possible. If you cant find anything fun to do, Id suggest checking out what's going on OUTSIDE of Geisel</p>
<p>3) Just because ucsd doesnt have a football team, people believe it to be lacking in the social scene. This is a shallow view; ask anyone at any other university and youll find that aside from going to football games once a month, they do basically the same things that ucsd students do in their free time. </p>
<p>4) Maybe we dont have college town like some other colleges (if you think about it, though, most universities arent in college towns), but we have a freaking beach. Many of my friends are jealous that I get to go to a school near the beach, and Im sure many others friends are too. Perhaps proton would be more happier in a place located conveniently near a Chuck E. Cheese?</p>
<p>5) Again to proton: ucsd does have a lot of nerds, but so does every other good school. Like I said, go outside Geisel once in a while (and no, I dont mean to CLICS). If you dont have a life, it's not that hard to get one.</p>
<p>I'm not saying ucsd gives you the fairy-tale college experience. But who wants that? Its boring. Make your own college experience. Its not hard. I know many more people who like ucsd than those who dont.</p>
<p>bottom line is that ucsd blows... in a way.</p>
<p>it doesn't provide a fertile ground for happy social people</p>
<p>I'm a happy social person</p>
<p>Just to clarify something, I do not feel that UCSD is lacking in the social scene. I don't feel that UCSD's lack of a football team is the reason for it not being good. I just have a feeling that I would fit in better somewhere else, preferably somewhere more urban. I have visited UCLA and I feel that it is a perfect match for me. What's wrong with continuing to chase your dreams? I don't hate ucsd, and it is true that people have to make their own college experience. I just want to have the opportunity to try to make it to my dream school again. All I asked for was some advice, and yet most of the posters have turned this into a pointless debate about "college experiences." geez.</p>
<p>UCLA is awesome. but it is kind of hard to get into the school.</p>
<p>ho9w about sdsu... have you ever considered that school, ni24045</p>
<p>Well, what exactly appeals to you about UCLA? Maybe there are other colleges that would be a lot easier to get into, but still fit the criteria. I think for intraUC transfers, UCLA's admissions rate hovers at ~35%. Pretty decent, but it is a stronger pool.</p>
<p>chasing your dream school is one thing. but when you present the argument that "there's not much to do/it's boring/bad social life/nerdy students", then you're gonna encounter a lot of people who think you're wrong</p>
<p>UCSD is not as socially dead as I had thought it was, but at the same time, the fact that the campus is so isolated really decreases the social life. I don't think you can dispute that. It's not so much the student body cuz the ppl are cool to me...it's more so the fact you HAVE to have a car (or know the bus system well) to go anywhere offcampus...and at places like Berkeley and UCLA, you don't have to, and there's life right outside the campus, and esp. in Cal, the city IS the campus. and if you live offcampus, chances are you are 10-15 minutes away from campus; at cal the offcampus apartments in some cases are actually CLOSER to campus than the dorms. </p>
<p>and i applied to transfer out of UCSD as well (to cal) and in the small chance that i get in, it's still gonna be a tough choice cuz UCSD academics are VERY good and i'm very satisfied there, and I'm wondering if Cal is really that much better- because I've gotten pretty comfortable with life here, but I just feel it's a bit unfulfilled, but at the same time i don't know if that's a good enough reason to transfer. it's closer to home, i'm a norcal guy that likes norcal sports teams (warriors games are a bart ride away)...but academics will come first if i have to make that decision.</p>
<p>Lakers are better than the Warriors</p>
<p>^^i agree...</p>