<p>I'm stuck between Warren and Muir, like most people are. I'm planning to go into bioE, so most people would recommend Warren right off the bat. But disregarding my major choice (I was also thinking since Muir has the least GEs, I could simply take time to take more engineering classes anyway... but my logic could be flawed.)</p>
<p>So my question is... What is Muir like? I've heard great things about Warren, so I guess I'm narrowing it down now.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>PS, I know there's a lot of "which college is best" forums already, but I was just wondering about Muir in particular. Sorry if I crowded the forum still.</p>
<p>Well lets see. I’m a freshman in Muir right now and I have to say… I love it.</p>
<p>Muir is pretty social. We always have events going on, whether it is a house thing (every 2 floors are connected and are called a house) or a college thing. Also, the dorms are set up so that you have a lot of interactions with others.</p>
<p>Also, the HAs (house advisors) set up a lot of events to do since they are required by res life and most HAs go further than what is required and put in extra little events.</p>
<p>Each quarter there are several sports competitions between the houses that go on. Fall quarter is intertube water polo, winter is dodgeball, and I’m not sure what spring is but I think it might be basketball. You get the point though.</p>
<p>You probably already read about the GEs, so not much to say there on my part.</p>
<p>The only down side I see for next year is the construction that is going on for the new apartments that are being built. So far its kind of pain to have to walk around the tennis courts, but its still not to bad. Think of it this way. The apartments are being built for your year (since you’d be a sophomore fall of 2011, you’d be able to live in them).</p>
<p>In any case, thats all I can think of off right now. I’ll let you see what others say</p>
<p>Yeah I have to say, the only drawback of Muir right now is our lack of a dining hall and the annoying construction, but since you wont have to deal with most of that, it shouldnt be a problem.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, we have pretty big dorm rooms and if you’re on one of the upper floors of Tioga like me, you get a view everyone else is jealous of :)</p>
<p>Bio Engineering, eh? Well right off the bat I’ll tell you that BioEng is a HARD major, but if you’re committed to it, Warren is the right college. It has less GEs (FOR ENGINEERS) and their writing courses are an easier version of Muir’s. Plus, your dorms would be RIGHT next to the Engineering buildings.</p>
<p>Downside: CV has horrible dorm food and Warren is not as social as Muir in terms of RA activities.</p>
<p>I’m a Muir student and I can say I’m lovin’ it–minus the writing classes.</p>
<p>I dont get why everyone thinks the writing sequence is so bad?
I mean, sure its hard and hardly anyone gets an A, but to pull off a B+ is not hard at all granted you put in a little bit of work on each of your drafts.</p>
<p>In any case, for BioE, Vehement is right about warren having more appropriate GEs for engineering majors</p>
<p>So I’ve definitely heard that people in Muir tend to be more social, while people at Warren tend to be antisocial. But I’ve also heard some people in Muir in the triples complain about drunk roommates – does this happen often?</p>
<p>I guess it looks like if I’m going for BioE, Warren is the way to go. It is just a hard decision to make because I’m more of a people-person.</p>
<p>Also, I’ll have finished around 8 APs by the end of high school, which I guess means I can get credit for some GEs. Does this change the decision I have to make?</p>
<p>AP credit doesnt really change the decision you have to make. I was just saying that if you have a lot of AP credit, at muir you wont have to take as many extra classes b/c of them. I went in with a lot of AP credit and I’m pretty much done (with the exception of 1 class for a few GEs) with all the GEs for Muir.</p>
<p>In the end, how social and how your college experience is falls on you. It shouldnt really matter what college your in, if you’re outgoing and social, you’ll meet other social and outgoing people too.</p>
<p>About drunk roommates, a lot of people do drink, you’ll find that anywhere on campus. But if on your housing application say you want someone who doesnt drink, you shouldnt have that problem</p>
<p>I don’t think Warren is antisocial and the not all the food at CV sucks. There’s definitely good and bad food, it’s just knowing what to get. Same with the other dining halls. And I really don’t know where the antisocial thing comes from either. Sometimes I feel like I’m being the antisocial one and I’m not even really antisocial, so hey, if you pick Warren we can hang out. =)</p>
<p>i love how everyone bags on other colleges about how “antisocial” they are, and say that their own college is the most “social.” B U L L S H I T</p>
<p>how social each college is depends on YOU. it honestly isn’t hard to get involved and make friends and hang out in ANY of the six colleges, so stop spewing bs about whether warren is social or not. as a whole, ucsd is pretty antisocial. the weekends are basically dead, nothing happens on campus with the exception of a few certain weekends. the level of socialness doesn’t differ at any of the six colleges given that you give as much effort as you give when you masterbate.</p>
<p>Happy, though it seems like we’re bagging on the other colleges, we are only saying that in comparison, Muir is the more social of all of them (which, you must admit, is true)</p>
<p>no, i don’t have to admit it’s true because it simply is NOT true.</p>
<p>but to each their own, i guess. ucsd as a whole is antisocial, and if you think those little events here and there at muir are what makes it so much “social” compared to the other colleges, you need to reevaluate how you determine how “social” a college really is. whether you’re at sixth, or warren, or muir, you’re going to need to go off campus to find good parties or head over to sdsu. people “socialize” at every single college, so get off your little high horse and get a grip on reality.</p>
<p>I cant change your belief about the school and individual colleges, and there is a low chance you can change mine.</p>
<p>And I’m not on a high horse. I’m only relaying information that I myself have heard of from others, the general consensus of people on the forums, and from personal experience (I have six friends from high school attending ucsd, all in different colleges) and I have attended almost all the events thus far for each of the colleges and I only say what I say because I’ve seen the turnout for many of the Muir events to be higher.
If you have a problem with what I’m saying, then just voice your opinion and dont try to put others down by telling them to get off a high horse and get in tune with reality. You dont see me insulting your opinion (or anyone else’s if you want to take a look at my posting history)… do you?</p>
<p>Another thing, when I say social i dont just mean parties. I mean events that the colleges put on through Res Life. I whole-heartedly agree that when it comes to parties, UCSD is the University of California Socially Dead.</p>
<p>the only reason i’m attacking your opinion is because you are putting down 5 other colleges who have just as much social life as muir does. </p>
<p>and by the way, my high school sent 40 people to ucsd this year, and 36 the year before. i know multiple people in every single college, and basically EVERYONE says that their college is antisocial and basically blows. i’ve went to a few muir events this year, such as their welcome week events and halloween events, and they weren’t any better than any of the other 5 colleges. actually, marshall had the best dance and the halloween event at sixth was much better.</p>