<p>I was accepted yesterday to Muir College of UCSD as a psychology major.
UCSD is my first choice college, and Muir was my first choice as well!</p>
<p>Who else was admitted to the Muir college? Anyone attending UCSD 100%?</p>
<p>I thought we could use this thread to talk see what other students that have been admitted were thinking, and talk about any questions we may have.</p>
<p>I'm so excited for UCSD! Congrats to those who made it!
Perhaps I may even meet some of you :)</p>
<p>My daughter got into Muir for psychology as well. She is torn between UCSD and Cal Poly SLO and we will be going to Triton Day to look at Muir. Her main concerns are the fact that Psych at SD requires math classes that the others don’t and that her AP calculus score is not enough to get rid of that requirement. Also, she is concerned about the triple rooms that Muir has and wants to see how small they are. If you have talked to anyone in the psych program about how difficult it is, let me know.</p>
<p>@Smother congrats to your daughter! Yes I am concerned about the triples, as well! I don’t want a single because I would like the experience of having a roommate, but I’m worried about the spacing for 3 people in one room. </p>
<p>I will ask a friend who goes to UCSD about the psychology program! </p>
<p>And will YOU let me know about the triple rooms? I unfortunately can’t make it to Triton day :(</p>
<p>I was accepted to Muir for Physiology & Neuroscience.
I most likely won’t attend UCSD, however. I was accepted to UCSB and I really love it there. I might decide to visit SD, but I’m quite hesitant on it since I’m pretty set on SB.</p>
<p>Accepted for biology. I like the school, but not the social aspect. I like…fun. If I get in, which I really hope for, UCLA will be my school instead. We will see.</p>
<p>Pretty much everything about SB appeals to me. Its location, resources, academics, dorms, everything. When I visited, it just felt right; I didn’t even want to leave. Everybody that I know that goes there loves it. I just feel like I can go there, love it, and come out successful. I couldn’t help but feel regret if I chose another school, because deep down, I will always love UCSB. </p>
<p>My son was accepted to Muir. I don’t know if he chose a major. Do you have to choose now?He is from Massachusetts and has not really visited the school. We drove through last summer. There were no students,and we could not get a feeling for the place. Could somebody give me an overview of Muir on things like the rooming situation, the location ,the general vibe etc.I get the feeling it is regarded as a popular choice.He keeps hearing about the lack of social life and is concerned. He is waiting to hear from UCSB and UCLA’ He has been accepted at U. Miami with a very large scholarship. He loved it there. If he seriously considers UCSD, we will go back out there to look at it in depth. Thanks in advance for any feedback. We are kind of in the dark about Muir.</p>
<p>My son was accepted to Muir in Molecular Biology. We’re from NJ and haven’t had a chance to visit. It’s a big expense so I’m not sure if we’ll make it for Triton Day. Waiting for some other decisions in the next 2 weeks, so it will be a last minute trip. S is excited about the biology program at UCSD. I’d also love to hear more about Muir like @mauswa. Thanks!</p>
<p>I will write a post about Muir in detail after Triton Day. From what I’ve read, it is the most social college. My main concern is the size of the triples. It seems like most of the UCs are using triples now except UC Irvine. If anyone is looking there, they have doubles and they are quite big compared to all the other schools we have seen. My daughter didn’t like the campus as much. It was about 100 degrees when we took the tour and there was no shade. It was the same when we went to SD but there were lots of trees so it was much more bearable.</p>
<p>Congrats to all of you! My DS was accepted to Muir, too. His major is Aerospace Engineering and he wishes he had ranked Warren first since that seems to be where most of the engineering students are housed. I think he said Warren has 9 required courses vs Muir’s 12 so now he was told he might take more than 4 years to graduate-yikes! Hopefully, he will get credit for some AP classes to keep him on track but he said something about it being tricky since the required courses are all in sequence. If anyone can comment on that, I’d appreciate it.</p>
<p>Other people who knew about UCSD, visited or attended as students, told him to pick Muir over all the rest because of several factors. First, the ocean view from Tioga but only 2nd years get those. It gives you something to look forward to-lol! I doubt that my DS really cared about that part anyway but most of all, he was told that Muir was set up in such a way to be the most social dorms and it would be easiest to make new friends. I don’t know if that’s true but it sounds good! They said it’s the best location of all colleges and has the best dining. He was also told that Muir does the most social events so that sounded really fun, too! They also told him that if he did pick Warren and ever wanted to move to the apts, he could never get a single room there and that does look to be true when I looked at the floor plans. I imagine by the time you are in 3rd year, if you don’t move off campus, you would want a single room. The trade off though looks like there are no doubles for freshman, only triples? True? Well, I know my DS will make the best of whatever comes and I’m sure you will all have an amazing college experience if you decide to go to UCSD!</p>
<p>We are going to visit for Triton day so for those of you who can’t make it, I’ll take lots of pictures. I hope I can take some of a triple and really get a feel for how big it is. DS doesn’t care but I will look at closet space, and all the things that the moms care about including the bathroom situation and report back. Let me know if there is anything you want me to specifically ask and I’ll be happy to find out for you.</p>
<p>i was admitted as well for cognitive science. I’m not too sure about ucsd because i heard there aren’t many parties… does anyone have any insight on this???</p>
<p>@TheSolution I hope you love where you ultimately go I wish you the best!</p>
<p>@Mwm013 @fashion2345 and ** EVERYONE CONCERNED WITH THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF UCSD **</p>
<p>I have a friend who is currently a juinor at UCSD. She has enlightened me about the social life at UCSD. She is part of a sorority, so of course she has a vibrant social life. But ** to those who are NOT interested in going greek:** She says that she has many friends who are not part of the greek life, but have a lot of friends and go party every weekend. She says that her non-greek friends have many friends and have fun all the time…</p>
<p>I know this has been said over and over again, but it’s true! It depends on how extroverted you can force yourself to be and how well you make friends and get involved.</p>
<p>@mauswa: “My son was accepted to Muir. I don’t know if he chose a major. Do you have to choose now?He is from Massachusetts and has not really visited the school. We drove through last summer. There were no students,and we could not get a feeling for the place. Could somebody give me an overview of Muir on things like the rooming situation, the location ,the general vibe etc.I get the feeling it is regarded as a popular choice.He keeps hearing about the lack of social life and is concerned. He is waiting to hear from UCSB and UCLA’ He has been accepted at U. Miami with a very large scholarship. He loved it there. If he seriously considers UCSD, we will go back out there to look at it in depth. Thanks in advance for any feedback. We are kind of in the dark about Muir.”</p>
<p>No, your son doesn’t need to pick his major his freshman year.</p>
<p>I went to go visit (to visit it is only a 2 hour drive for me), and I absolutely loved it! It was a relaxed environment. </p>
<p>Muir is known to have the least GE’s of the 6 colleges of UCSD, with only 14. You can see my previous post concerning the social life at UCSD.</p>
<p>Muir actually has 14 GE’s, and Warren has 9 for Engineering majors, or 18 GE’s for non-engineering majors.</p>
<p>But your son shoulden’t worry, 14GE’s is considered easy! In fact, Muir is the most “popular” college because students choose Muir because of its few GE requirements. Your son shouldn’t worry about graduating in 4 years too much, as long as he stays on track. I believe Revelle has 22 GE’s… Muir has it easy compared to students of Revelle!</p>
<p>Thank you. This lessens my concern a bit, and yes I do plan on joining a frat. However, one sticking point for me that still puts UCLA above UCSD for me is its sports program. I am an avid sports fan, played until I got injured, love football and baseball and soccer. They have the baseball and soccer, but the main pull- football- just isn’t there. Otherwise I would accept my offer for UCSD in a heartbeat.</p>
I wish you the best!</p>