<p>I’m hoping for the best…</p>
<p>One question (I don’t want to post elsewhere since I can stick it into this post), I heard that as an engineer my courses are pretty much set (other than my GEs) and that I don’t have too much freedom in selecting my classes. Is this true? (I’m under Aerospace engineering, which is impacted. )</p>
<p>^From what I just looked up, it’s very true. Take a look. The department is Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. Even though it says 2010, it won’t change much if at all.</p>
<p>[Four-Year</a> Plans](<a href=“http://sixth.ucsd.edu/academics/advising/fouryear-plans/index.html]Four-Year”>http://sixth.ucsd.edu/academics/advising/fouryear-plans/index.html)</p>
<p>Oh wow this is very useful. Thanks!</p>
<p>Will it be hard if I consider changing my major to mechanical (unlikely, but still…) from aerospace? Under my UC Application it was the same major.</p>
<p>yeah, if you specify it when the time comes. Go for a straight single (there are more singles then doubles in the apartments).</p>
<p>Go for the apartment. In college, you will learn to appreciate privacy. The whole “OH NO I’m not gonna meet people if I’m not in dorms” is over-hyped. I network and meet the most people in classes and misc events.</p>
<p>I’m currently a freshman living in the Sixth res halls with a triple. I must say, I got really lucky with my assignment. The three of us get along well and we have a very spacious room, despite it being a triple. (The room itself is no bigger than any of the other triples).</p>
<p>SOME ADVICE WHEN YOU GUYS MOVE IN! (I know it’s still really far away, but keep this stuff in mind when you do). On the day you all move into the res halls, you should get there early and wait for your roommates to get there! I’m being serious. Because once you are all there, you can decide how to arrange the furniture in your room. </p>
<p>OR JUST BE SMART IN HOW YOU DECIDE TO ARRANGE YOUR FURNITURE!</p>
<p>Right now, my room in my suite is luckiest because based on how we arranged the furniture, our room is the most spacious compared to the other triplets in the suite. The organization of your furniture CAN help how you feel in your room. If you push everything towards the walls and not let the beds, for example, stick out into the center of the room, you won’t feel cramped. Also keep in mind there aren’t a lot of outlets in the room, just enough for one a person, so make sure an outlet is around your desk area.</p>
<p>One room in my suite sucks because they didn’t care about the furniture placement at the beginning before they moved in all their stuff. Because of this, their window is half blocked by a dresser and one girl has no outlets at her desk (instead, it’s behind her bed lol). So, she has to plug an extension cord onto her roommate’s extension cord just to plug in her stuff.</p>
<p>Another thing, don’t bring too much stuff if you get assigned the loft (you have the loft if you get the C at the end of your room number, once it’s assigned). People with the loft don’t get the additional room under the bed or on top of the dresser, unless your roommates are up for sharing.</p>
<p>Hope you guys really go for UCSD =)</p>
<p>@LackingKnowledge</p>
<p>I’m not sure. Somebody probably have an answer for you shortly.</p>
<p>@noveltyaccount</p>
<p>I didn’t say you wouldn’t meet anybody in an apartment, I would just generally advise for the res halls since you probably will end up meeting more people that way.</p>
<p>I’m currently a first year at Sixth college, and I live in the reshalls. Personally, I love Sixth College. </p>
<p>The reshalls are not bad. Pretty much each building consists of two floors. Each floor is a different gender depending on the RA of each building. My RA is a girl, so the bottom floor is for girls and the top floor is for boys. There are two suites on each floor, and five bedrooms surrounding each suite’s common room. Each floor has its own bathroom: 4 showers, 4 sinks, and 3 bathroom stalls. Dont worry. Everyone has different schedules, so 4 showers for 24 people is perfectly okay. The top floor has a study room, and the bottom room has a kitchen; everyone in the building has access to the study room and kitchen. The study room is a nice place to get away from your desk and study, but beware! a lot of people like to use the study room, so there may be people socializing. The kitchen is also a nice, quiet place to study. The kitchen only has a sink, microwave, toaster, and tables. A majority of the rooms in each suite are triples. Sometimes there is on double or one single per suite; it depends on the building. The walls are thin, so you can hear what is going on in the common room.</p>
<p>I think your living experience also depends a lot on your roommates/ suitemates. We are all best friends in our suite, so that’s why I am having a blast in the reshalls. I live in a triple, and my two roommates are so nice. I don’t feel crowded with my two other roommates, and once I settled in, the room was a lot bigger than I expected it to be. We each have a bed, desk, and closet. They are definitely bigger than Warren’s reshalls. </p>
<p>The definite perk about living in a residential hall is meeting a lot of people. I know people living in the apartments, and they started out only knowing their apartment roommates since the apartments are meant for second years. By the end of fall quarter, you know everyone in your building and its easy to make friends because everyone is in the same boat as you. The worst part of living in camp snoopy is that it is so far from the foodworx and other dining places. </p>
<p>At first I felt like you guys thinking greaatt… i’m at sixth, but after winning unolympics, I had a new respect for sixth college. The college is young, and there is nothing bad about it. The GE requirements aren’t that bad. One year of CAT is a lot better than 2 years of MMW at ERC or humanities series at revelle. </p>
<p>CAT is the writing program at sixth, and I’m not going to lie, it’s boring. The theme of culture, art, and technology won’t hurt your major or anything. It’s just a theme to base your writing around. When signing up for CAT 1, I would go to the cat webpage, and research which CAT 1 class sounds the most interesting because the theme of the class is crucial, or else you’re stuck learning about a topic for 10 weeks that is completely boring. Another class first year sixth students have to take is CSE 3. That class is a joke. Pretty much you play with a program that makes virtual worlds. Just do the reading, and you’ll be fine. </p>
<p>Other than that, Sixth College is great! Make the most out of your first year because this will be the one year where you’ll be living with a bunch of people around the same age as you.</p>
<p>seriously its not that bad. i heard all this same stuff last year when i first heard i got into sixth. i know they LOOK ugly from the outside but when your exhausted from a long day of class and whatnot all that matters is that your bed is comfortable and you live with people you like. you will have fun if you are a friendly person and meet others. I know people in muir and erc and whatnot which have the “best” dorms or whatever and they are miserable. same in all colleges. trust me when you get here the LAST thing you will be worried about is your dorm looking ugly. oh and i like my dorm in sixth a lot if i didnt make that clear lol.</p>
<p>Haha, that’s good to know :). </p>
<p>I saw the housing plans for the res halls at ucsd, and they do not show any singles, only doubles. So is there actually a single room at a res hall? Or no?</p>
<p>theyre are a couple of singles. I heard thats there’s only like 8 total. (i know because i somehow got lucky enough to have one) but clearly their suuuuper rare and there’s a very good chance you could apply for the single and it’s not available so they throw you in the triple so keep that in mind.</p>
<p>@LackingKnowledge: Since you turned in your housing contract the moment you got your acceptance, I’d say you have a good chance at getting an apartment. I submitted my housing contract on the 2nd or 3rd day after acceptance, and I got into an apartment. That was last year, and nothing is guaranteed, but I’d say you have a good chance.</p>
<p>Is everyone in Sixth College artsy? Because I’m not very artsy at all and I think Sixth is a more liberal arts type of college? And how far is it from the beach? It seems pretty far from the maps 
I’m in for undeclared but I hope to go into some type of bio major. I’ve been hearing that the dorms are not the best either? Does anyone happen to have a picture of one? :)</p>
<p>There are a lot of other science/ engineering majors at sixth (Im a bio major) so dont worry about that. Though I must say the “artsy” majors are REALLY nice people. (Generalization, I know)
In terms of location, Sixth is FURTHER from the beach than the other colleges, but very close still, especially if you have a bike. I dont know about the res halls, but the sixth college apartments are very nice and roomy.</p>
<p>there honestly isn’t that big of a difference between the students/life in sixth and other colleges. all the differences/advantages/disadvantages you hear about every college are way overblown.</p>
<p>@navyFIELD</p>
<p>I am going to transfer to UCSD this fall as pharm chem major, any suggestion about the classes for the first quarter. for example, when we can register classes, how do I know what classes I need to take and any particular easier professors you can recommend? </p>
<p>one more question, I am assuming that as a transfer student I will be assigned to The Village res hall right?</p>
<p>@ TINOTINO, I’m not familiar with the major or transfering, you should direct that question to your college counselor. You might already have credit for some classes.
As for housing:
[UC</a> San Diego Housing - The Village at Torrey Pines](<a href=“http://hdh.ucsd.edu/thevillage/]UC”>http://hdh.ucsd.edu/thevillage/)
So yes, I think you will be at The Village.</p>
<p>@navy</p>
<p>Do you get along with your apartment mates? or do you keep to yourself?</p>
<p>I get along with my suitemates well. We aren’t close friends or anything, but we talk every now and then.</p>
<p>i got into sixth as well! 
do the rooms come with mini fridges or microwaves?
and is there is free wifi/cable?</p>