<p>Someone should; that's how we got the early word on UCD admissions.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, my parents are asian, and wouldn't look too fondly on me calling at 9:36 PM when I have homework to do T_T</p>
<p>Truthfully, I don't think anyone would be at the offices anyway.</p>
<p>Lol, this is the dumbest thing i’ve read. Those of you who are so bent over on confirming generalizations are clearly childish in thought still. Go where the campus, programs, environment suit you–not where you think some archetype of student goes. There are brilliant people at all of these schools. Everyone makes their decision differently. I know plenty of people who fit the “tried really hard not that brilliant” at UCLA and UCB. I mean, I don’t know about you but acing high school and getting a 4 or 5 on your AP exams doesn’t require that much.</p>
<p>Seriously. It will be boring if you just sit around and wait for everything to come to you. </p>
<p>If you wanna have fun, go out and look for things to do. And that doesn’t necessarily mean partying if that’s not what you like to do.</p>
<p>Sign up for a class at the crafts center. I do glassblowing and it’s really something to look forward to every week.</p>
<p>Take a Rec Class. Archery? Surfing? Sailing? Wanna learn? I’m taking archery and just joined the club. What a blast. I am loving it. </p>
<p>IM sports, if you are the sporty type :)</p>
<p>Participate in house activites… house meetings, get togethers, socials, programs, trips…</p>
<p>The beach is right there. How could life suck? I go fishing almost every thursdays and what a nice stress reliever. Try it. You’ll be hooked (no pun intended haha).</p>
<p>Join clubs, student council, committees, work… life is seriously what you make it. Everything is out there up for grabs–it’s up to you whether or not you actually take it.</p>
<p>^^^ FISHING!!! sweet. I have to do that when I get there.</p>
<p>@ Serena, When are the meetings for archery club? I know the vice president, but I still have no idea when they are!</p>
<p>As for what I do to keep busy, I go rock climbing about 2-3 times a week, and I try to go to the gym whenever the mood strikes me. If you have a car, there’s a limitless amount of things to do, but even if you’re limited to the campus, there’s still a swathe of things to do. Rec classes as Serena mentioned are awesome, and I’m planning on taking a surf class Fall quarter. I recently went mountain biking too in the Eucalyptus forest next to RIMAC. Trails varied in toughness, and it was definitely an eye opener for essentially my first time there! Just keep your eyes peeled! There’s a lot going on!</p>
<p>Also if you’re into a lot of outdoorsy stuff, Outback Adventures runs a lot of awesome trips during the weekends ranging from kayaking to rock climbing to backpacking. They’re also in the rec mag/rec site!</p>
<p>dcmoose, the meetings for archery club is basically mon wed fri from 3ish to 5 or 6, but you can come out any time and they’ll help you out. If you have never started, then the rec class for beginners archery is a real help. There are also practices saturday and sunday, but those times vary–talk to the vp and the club directly for those times :)</p>
<p>COOL I think I am going to take a surf class this coming fall, too! I just hope it fits with my schedule. I wanted to do that this quarter, but classes conflicted with the time 
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<p>dcmoose, where can you go rock climbing? Is it free to go and when can we go? how does it all work?</p>
<p>There’s a rock climbing gym that Outback Adventures runs at the Canyonview Pool place. Walk into the reception area, and it’ll be right on your left! It’s not free, but it’s definitely cheaper than any other place out there because it’s run totally by volunteers. So it’s $5 for an all-day pass, and climbing shoe and harness rentals cost $2 each. Pass by sometime between 4-10pm M-Th or 4-8pm Fridays!</p>
<p>I’m personally a big fan of bouldering problems, so I really don’t bother with the harness rentals. I actually got my own pair of climbing shoes and an all quarter pass, so I just go whenever I can! The first few times you probably will want to try top-roping problems out, so be sure to bring a friend. You’ll both have to get a quick rundown on belaying from the climbing gym staff, but then you can have at it! We generally have difficult problems, so don’t feel too disappointed if you can’t grind through a lot of them. And there’s always free climbing any which way if you want time to acclimate first!</p>
<p>I’ll see if I can make some of those archery meetings in the meantime…</p>
<p>Hope this helped though!</p>
<p>@ genxyboi20 I realize this post is from a long time ago but this is unbelievable… the waters of ignorance run so deep haha. I was accepted to Berkeley, UCLA, and Stanford. I ultimately chose San Diego for a few reasons but certainly not because I was rejected from other schools lol. If you must satisfy that curiosity of yours, I found an excellent internship (3 year program), education is great, weather and area are nice, I have some family in the SD area, etc. “They’re there because they couldn’t get in over there” is such a stupid remark, I can’t believe I’m even responding to it. One day you’ll be a lawyer or a doctor or something… and you’re insulting your own intelligence by stereotyping schools. It’s misguided info and completely superficial. You may have coworkers, even superiors one day who are UC San Diego alumni… seeing them as rejects is not only unfair but completely off kid. You must be a freshman or a nobody. Get your priorities straight bud… choose the school that fits your academic needs and quit bull$hitting. Keep it 100 my boy.</p>
<p>UCSD is a good school you fart gargle. As a student in their engineering department, I can tell it’s “intense” or “competitive” because it mainly recruits from low income areas into their STEM departments to give them social mobility. That’s why Washington monthly labeled it the #1 school in the nation. Believe it or not, those kids are harder workers than you.</p>
<p>I rejected UNC to go there and lots of my friends rejected Cal and Cornell to go there. “The not as smart kids who work hard collect at UCSD”. I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous in my life. You’re probably one of those kids that think Cal Poly is a good school. I hope you hit the real world hard</p>
This entire post is based off of stereotypes that can be very untrue! I know many people that go to UCSB, Davis, and UCSD over UCLA and Berkeley. Thus, going to these schools is not indicative of “how smart you are.” Additionally, just because you get accepted into an institution of higher learning doesn’t mean you are actually smart. I know a few idiots that go to UCLA right now…
@jackisawesome There’s no point necro-ing these old threads. UCSD has gotten loads better socially and academically, to the point that it’s only boring if you’re boring. There are tons of brilliant kids on campus and arguing with an eleven-year-old thread is a colossal waste of your time 
Haha @DoctorP sorry! Currently trying to decide between UCSB honors program and UCSD Revelle for psychology (BS). Has the social scene really gotten that much better, and it what way(s)? I love the academics at UCSD, just worried that I won’t have a good experience by rigorous courses and what I previously perceived as a lack of a social life.