<p>Hey, I'm currently a UBC student and I just got in as a junior transfer to UCSD.</p>
<p>I have a few questions: What is the social/college life like for transfers at UCSD? Are they isolated in the village with all of the other transfer students?
What is UCSD's academic reputation vs. UBC? I am an econ major.
What is the work load like?
Is UCSD a residential campus or more like a commuter campus because many people live off campus?
Any other comments comparing the two schools, or about UCSD would be appreciated in general.
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<p>Transfer community is pretty cool. The Village is really nice. I have a few friends who transferred/live in Village and they love it.</p>
<p>UCSD is mostly commuter I feel since most people are off-campus/go home for weekends. But its a huge college, there are still plenty people on campus.</p>
<p>How “commuter” is it? I currently go to a school where literally 15% of students live on campus, often far away, and campus is a ghost town after classes and on weekends.
There is not a lot to do on campus either. I also go to a very large university, 50,000 students, and I’m worried that UCSD is a similar atmosphere.
Its been hard to meet people here because it is such a large commuter atmosphere, and most people form friends before coming, or during their first year.
Can you possibly compare UCSD?</p>
<p>UCSD has 20,000 undergrads and I would say about half live on campus. You’ll probably see a few groups of people walking around campus at night, probably going to PC or a dining hall. There are almost no people around on weekends, most people are either hanging out at friends’ places or studying. However, sometimes there are dances or events, so more people are out on those days.</p>
<p>Straight up commuter students seem to have problems finding the the strong friendships they’re looking for. If you really want to live in an environment that’s conducive to “friend-making” I’d recommend living on campus in transfer housing (the Village). It consists of 2 giant towers and people there form friendships quickly because nobody knows anybody. Also, I strongly recommend you join a frat or school org. So many people I know have met several friends this way.</p>
<p>OK, cool, thanks for giving me some info about the way things are. I am just trying to figure out if transferring will be a change of environment or if it will be the same.
I was planning on living in the village anyway, and I do know what you mean about student clubs, etc. I have joined several here but not found much in common with many people here.
Thanks for the info, and if anyone else on here would like to post on here about how the transfer environment or general environment at UCSD that would be super helpful :)</p>