<p>I'm getting ready to send in my UC application but I need advice on which of the six colleges in UCSD to pick! From everything I've seen online, Muir is the 'best' and Revelle is the 'worst.' That said, I can't really find any more specific information--can anyone weigh in?</p>
<p>I'm going to be an undeclared major in the arts/humanities. I'd rather be somewhere with not-too-strict GE's, especially in math/sciences. I also would love to be in a college with really good community spirit and a res hall that isn't too far out of the way of the center of campus! Also if anyone has any info on the stereotypes/cultures of each college, what students there are like, etc, that would be super helpful.</p>
<p>Muir is generally considered the “best” because they are thought to have the “easiest” GE’s (i.e. there aren’t that many GEs and they’re pretty flexible), and Revelle is generally considered the “worst” because they are thought to have the “hardest” GE’s (i.e. there are a lot of them and they are fairly inflexible).</p>
<p>The main differences between the colleges are the GEs, so I would recommend you take a look at all of the GEs. Location matters if you’re dorming in the college for your first or second year, but after that, it doesn’t really matter since most upperclassmen live off campus so I wouldn’t pick a college based mainly on that. Even if you’re planning on living on campus all four years, there’s no guarantee that you’ll be able to live in your college–some students get put in overflow housing in other colleges. Also, the “community spirit” in all of the colleges is pretty much the same. They don’t really have cultures or anything. It mostly just depends on who you happen to be living around or how your HA/RA is, and those things don’t depend on the college.</p>
<p>In terms of location, Muir and Marshall are the most centrally located, but if all of you’re classes happen to be in Warren Lecture Hall or something, then it won’t really matter. There are lecture halls in every college so sometimes you can have all of your classes all the way across campus, no matter what college you pick, and other times you can be right next door to all of your classes.</p>
<p>I think Muir would be a good choice for you since they are generally considered to have pretty easy GE’s, and it’s pretty centrally located. As far as math/science is concerned, you have to take one sequence (three courses) in a math or science subject but if math and science is not you’re favorite, you can take one of the sequences that are sciences for non-science majors, which are usually pretty easy. All of the GEs can be lower-division classes, which is nice because you can take easier classes in areas that you’re not particularly strong in.</p>