<p>Um, I chose UCSD for its highly ranked programs for my major and I still have alot of fun. In my mind its really what you make of it but thats just me.</p>
<p>Its not like UCSB = Guarenteed Fun
Same thing goes. Its not like UCSD = Guarenteed Bored</p>
<p>I don't know I heard theres some kind of massive outbreak of STDs over at UCSB and SDSU, I wouldn't wanna touch any of that. UCSD for the win.</p>
<p>kkiiji, UCSB and SDSU mainly got that reputation from stupid magazines like Playboy. =P</p>
<p>I've never read a playboy so I wouldn't know about the factual validity of its claims, but yeah better safe than sorry.</p>
<p>UCSD is UCLA,Cal's backup school.. i agree.. but SD is getting better i guess..</p>
<p>lol thanks for that input of genius.. not everyone just attends the highest ranked school they can.... especially when all three are highly ranked.</p>
<p>I get really tired of people saying UCSD is "boring". Hey kids -- only boring people are bored. No, San Diego is not Los Angeles. Yes, La Jolla sucks. The solution? Find some interesting people, go watch the sunset over the ocean, host a party, turn on some music, JOIN something like intramural sports, a frat/sorority, mock trial, Amnesty International... the opportunities for "fun" are only as limited as you make them.</p>
<p>kkijji, I don't think anyone reads Playboy. They've all gone blind.</p>
<p>Torrancecali - really depends on your major. I know a bunch of bioengineerings from 08, and one of them turned down JHU and even CAL for UCSD.</p>
<p>ElizabethJackson - really, it looks like the people i know (who i have on my facebook) are partying more at UCSD than at either Cal or LA. My friends at Cal do party, but they realize they cant party 24/7 because their grades are slipping.</p>
<p>And lastly, its really just location. Berkeley is just a college town, and I haven't been to LA. But SD, obviously is not as grimy and city like as Cal, but like others have said, its open, relaxed, chill, next to the beach.</p>
<p>You think anyone would join up if I start some kind of kinky sex club at UCSD? That'll be sure to spice up the school atmosphere. </p>
<p>Tritons Swingers' club FTW</p>
<p>I only swing when Big Band is involved teehe</p>
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<li>I think the college system is great. I've always been a fan of it. All of the UCs with the exception of Merced are huge and it makes you feel like just a number. But I think the college system gives the university a more personal feel and sort of a sense of identity to each student.</li>
<li>UCSD has always been my first choice. I would definitely choose UCSD over LA. Over Cal, ehhh...depends. But I think UCSD is a great school, not one for rejects.</li>
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<p>@Torrance: </p>
<p>Don't you go to USC? The school for people with more money than sense?</p>
<p>One of the things I personally hate about UCSD, and what I'm guessing makes it such a drag for a lot of people, is the quarter system. There's said to not be much difference between UCs regarding workload, but on the quarter system, they demand you get it done sooner. That means more time speant doing work than with fellow students. You only get a break from the madness during vacations, but just about everybody leaves at that time. I lived here for almost the entirety of Winter break, and it's like a ghost town; I practically starved because all the stores here closed. For UCSD to actually be a "fun" school, they'd need to allow students more free time to themselves during the period that they're actually on campus.</p>
<p>From what I've seen, UCSD is a bunch of zero-tolerance *******s about things like underage drinking and file-sharing, but the real problem with their liveliness is their club scene. You can meet new people if there's a club you like, but you can't start your own unless you have three other friends interested already, so this naturally contributes to there not being that many clubs here. They also do not let you ADVERTISE a proposed club in order to gain other interested people, so if you weren't already lucky enough to have accidentally met people of similar interests, you're screwed.</p>
<p>Basically, I'd say UCSD is a great school, but little else. If you've already had friends and fun for most of your life, you might be up to the challenge of sacrificing those things for two years. If you have friends that want to attend UCSD along with you, all the better, as they can keep you company and start a club if you all enjoy the same thing, and the bunch of you can take a nice trip on vacation. However, I would strongly advise you not to go here if your aim is to meet new people, because that sort of thing will not happen here. I myself grately regret choosing UCSD, though I'm not sure the potheaded buffoons of Santa Cruz would have been a better choice.</p>
<p>See my post about their "club advertising" policy for the rebuttal to your little claim.</p>
<p>"However, I would strongly advise you not to go here if your aim is to meet new people, because that sort of thing will not happen here."</p>
<p>I like how because it doesn't happen for you it won't happen for anyone. Maybe if you didn't spend your free time building legos you would meet some friends. </p>
<p>"I myself grately regret choosing UCSD, though I'm not sure the potheaded buffoons of Santa Cruz would have been a better choice."</p>
<p>You would have been no better here in santa cruz... us buffoons would have known what a loser you are too.</p>
<p>Whoswithwhatnow has got a point... It's all about the effort you put into your social scene. Parties and friends will NEVER just come to you.</p>
<p>This only goes to show what a judgemental person you are. I don't spend ANY time building with Legos now that I am on campus, and what reason do you cite to claim I'm a loser?</p>
<p>I don't like parties. I will go to other people, but only around specific interests. So yeah, maybe it isn't that UCSD is antisocial so much as I am. Still, I am dissapointed.</p>
<p>You made blanket insult about everyone in Santa Cruz yet you call whoswithwhatnow judgmental? You're right UCSD isn't so much the problem as you are.</p>
<p>Fairfield,</p>
<p>I don't know whether to think of you as an ungrateful complainer or to feel sorry for you. I think you're somebody who was once popular in high school or at least had many friends and had to start back over once college started, and became disillusioned.</p>
<p>As for the quarter system being too hard and not having enough time to spend with friends I think that is bull. Spending time on schoolwork is nothing new and should not be used as an excuse to not have friends. Many people here work hard but still have enough time to socialize with others. The fact that we have less lecture time would make up for any potential extra studying we have to do, so in the end it's really how you manage your time. And is it really all that different from any other system? It's not as if students at those other universities don't work hard.</p>
<p>With hundreds of clubs/sports teams on campus how is it possible to not find something you're interested in? Finding three other people to start your own club is not difficult if you know how to make connections-- in fact I know somebody who asked for interested people on Facebook and she got more than enough responses.</p>
<p>As for the lameness that is La Jolla, I kind of agree but things are alright whenever I take the bus or have friends drive me around San Diego. But that aspect should not be blamed on the university, but the city itself and students who only came to UCSD for the name and not realizing how lame La Jolla was to begin with. (for those who care anyways)</p>
<p>Might I ask what club you wanted to start with your "specific interest" that is apparently the cause of much of your grief?</p>