ucsd social/party info

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>hey everyone,</p>

<p>i'm a ucsd freshman and i've seen a lot of questions about the social life at ucsd. i party pretty much every friday and sat, and can answer anyone's questions about social life, partying at sdsu, parties, frats, RSO's, etc. to the best of my knowledge.</p>

<p>This is what I have observed so far:</p>

<p>RSO's: Definately not as strict as sdsu, since i've never seen one there, but the rso's at ucsd are pretty laxed actually. i've been caught drinking 3 times and all let off, and my friend was caught smoking and made up a dumb excuse of burning weed incense and got off. the rso's were even quoted for saying as long you are not loud, they have no reason to investigate you for drinking, and my friends and i drink a lot in our room and have had only a few encounters with them when it was our fault (we left our door open). </p>

<p>sdsu: my twin bro goes to sdsu and i've partied there a few times. it's definately possible to party there and i've done i think 4 times, each time i've taken the bus and crashed at his place and bussed back the next day since i don't have a car. the parties are a lot harder to get into and you basically have to sneak into the good parties there, or go to a lesser known frat with a (not as good) party, which have way more guys than girls. the sdsu parties seem to serve mostly hard alcohol, while uc parties have a few kegs of beer. also, the sdsu parties usually have a dj with a dance floor inside, and people socializing on the outside. ucsd parties usually sometimes have dancing on the inside, but lots of beerpong outside and socializing both inside and outside the house. sdsu parties are almost always in frat row, while ucsd parties are house parties. sdsu parties also have strict doorman since everyone at sdsu wants to get into a party, while ucsd have usually no doormen and i've been able to walk into parties by the top frats with no problem.</p>

<p>parties: atleast 1 party every fri/sat night. i joined the sd board club and the surf club which each have a good amount of parties (especially the sd board club). also, open house parties come up on facebook and i usually snag a ride to one of those. the board club, plus surf club, plus open parties on facebook are enough to fill the weekends and so far there hasn't been a weekend-night without a party.</p>

<p>frats: i'm not in a frat, but my suitemate is and i plan on rushing one next quarter. the frats are much smaller compared to sdsu, and ucsd frats are about 60 men total. </p>

<p>cars: a car, or friend with car, is recommended for off-campus dining, concerts, house parties, etc. i dont have one, neither do my friends, and its been fine but taking the bus everywhere is a little annoying and frusterating at times.</p>

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<p>sry i made a typo about the RSO's: the RSO's are more strict than sdsu since i've never seen one at sdsu, but sdsu has tons of cops everywhere, especially on the weekends. the cops at sdsu are pretty much right off campus, though one time my bro was caught skateboarding and the cop on campus saw him but he ran off and got away.</p>

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<p>hey how do you like the board and surf clubs at ucsd. i live close by and walked the campus one day and talked with a guy from muir surf who talked about bonfires down at blacks. that doesn't sound too bad too me.</p>

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<p>UCSD is pathetic at social life when compared to other top UC or schools like Michigan.</p>

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<p>hey dmsurfr, i like both clubs a lot and am going on a snowboard trip with the snowboard club next weekend. they throw great parties, and all of the members are really chill. the surf club is cool too but isn't as active.</p>

<p>nextmikesays, maybe i understated ucsd parties? the parties are great and there obviously isn't as much parties to choose from as other party schools, but the parties are a lot of fun with plenty of alcohol. since i've been to sdsu parties (big party school), and ucsd parties, ucsd certainly isn't pathetic considering my bro (who goes to sdsu) and his friends (from sdsu) came to a ucsd party last night. it's not a pary school, but it definately won't let anyone down.</p>

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<p>The only way it becomes pathetic is if you let it get pathetic. If you're not satisfied with the social life at UCSD, it's nobody's fault but your own, thank you very much.</p>

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<p>Compare the social life at UCSD vs. UCLA vs. UCB and it's sad that both are significantly better. I can't believe how dead that campus is once it's dark and the fact that it's basically a commuter school since a majority of the students live all over the place. Porters Pub on campus barely has anyone in it and if you compare that to the Bear's Lair in Berkeley, you'd find a much different atmosphere. It's sad that your one good day aka Sungod is most colleges typical weekend.</p>

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<p>Social life @ UCSB >>> UCLA, UCB, and practically all colleges in California.</p>

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<p>yep in a way, it's what you make of it. but in general, UCSD can get pretty dull...but the reason Berkeley's pub is rockin' all the time is cuz they have D-1 sports. Our lack of D-1 sports really kills the social scene. But at least there's sungod to look forward to. the social life isn't lacking..if you want to party it's definitely doable. but if you don't that's even more doable.</p>

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<p>Social life only sucks here only if you have a negative attitude and don't try. I could potentially party 4 days a week if I wanted to.</p>

<p>btw, the boardclub lingerie club got broken up right when I got there :(</p>

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<p>This is interesting to note:
crime rate comparison website:
<a href="http://ope.ed.gov/security/Search.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ope.ed.gov/security/Search.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Under disciplinary action/judicial referal (arrests) the statistics were interesting
for 2005:
UCSD
drugs:117
alcohol:1237
UCSB
drugs:235
alcohol:1188
UCSC
drugs:605
alcohol:1257
UCD
drugs:26
alcohol:180
UCI
drugs:54
alcohol:227
UCLA
drugs:111
alcohol:742
CAL
drugs:96
alcohol:707</p>

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<p>Im really fond of this thread. I wanna bump it back <em>BUMP</em></p>

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<p>Seems like mxer210 is pretty much the coolest kid on the block eh?</p>

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<p>In my honest opinion. I think the kids that post of UCSD being boring are mostly nerds who are so bored cuz they expect parties to come to them and just go onto CC and complain about it.</p>

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<p>uh its pretty hard to find parties at UCSD. If you dont want to put up with the struggle of finding stuff to do over the weekend then I suggest you go somewhere else.</p>

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<p>Wait...don't we go to college for the education?? Naaah....that's blasphemous! :p</p>

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<p>^ Typical UCSD student, thinks college is a place you go to learn... that's balderdash!</p>

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<p>I'm paying through my ass for college...so I'm hoping the education outdoes the partying. But hey, I won't complain if I find myself drunk on the beach on a Saturday night.</p>

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<p>im going to go crazy for sure. Screw the stereotypes of UCSD. Im going to make my experience at UCSD whatever I want it to be.</p>

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<p>So are you inviting me to the kegger your throwing before the fall quarter?</p>