University of California-Davis Top Questions

Off campus housing is expensive and on campus housing is limited.

UC Davis does not provide enough housing for all of its undergraduate students. In fact, only first-year and transfer students are guaranteed on-campus housing, which, from experience, makes freshman year rather stressful with the hovering responsibility of having to find a place to live before the upcoming fall. One benefit of this situation, however, is the responsibility and independence that one gains in having to search for their own place to live. And there are plentiful resources on-campus to help guide and inform students during this process.

I don't really like how most of the students I met in my freshman year thinks that they were better than everyone else, even though they didn't study at all and don't have good GPAs. However, as I grew older, I was able to meet more people who actually studied and did not act like they were the best.

The pungent smell of cow dung penetrates every aspect of daily Davis life. However, the students eventually grow past this and come to recognize the cow as an integral aspect of the Davis community and lifestyle - a school-wide symbol of pride.

Parking! It is made for students who live in Davis and in the dorms.

The worst thing about my school is the odor. Freshmen dorm is just right across the street from where the cows live. The smell of cows and their food is everywhere.

The worse thing about my school sometimes is it's size. I prefer not to ride my bike sometimes and woulc much rather walk to class. But if there is a 10 min space between and my next class is across campus, I definitely would not get there on time. Sometimes there is too much bike traffic.

The bike traffic

The UC Fee hike by 32{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} next quarter that many students can no longer afford it.

The classes are very big (some can be up to 400 students) so most of the time the professor will have no idea who you are. You have to make a huge effort to get to know them, by asking questions in class, going to office hours and emailing them if you want a chance at them ever writing a letter of recommendation or anything.

The size of the campus can be overwhelming. There are a lot of buildings and a lot of students around, especially when classes get out. However, people are always willing to help you find where you need to go. As long as you have some experience riding a bike, you can get around campus easily. Buses come frequently to take you around downtown Davis, or to residential areas that surround the campus.

Nothing really bad. It's just a very competitive school that everyone needs to be focus.

The lack of diversity among the student population in terms of race, and unyielding budget cuts against students rather than on the upper echelons of the faculty.

The worst thing about my school is that sometimes it seems hard to stand out academically because the class sizes are so large and the professors just do not have time to remember every single student.

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Davis is a great place for students to really focus on their academics, meet new people, and be calm and peaceful underneath the many trees, on top of the luscious green grass. However, the worst part about it must be that it is in the middle of nowhere, with virtually no shopping centers, clubs, or places where typical youngsters would like to go. The closest REAL restaurants and stores/malls are about a 20 minute drive away, and it tends to make Davis students rather bored. However, Davis is starting to get more stores and is trying to get better! :)

I honestly feel that if I there isn't anything that was horrible enough for me to talk about UC Davis. I truly enjoyed my entire here. And I had a very varied experience, a Division 1 athlete and captain, student, internship with sports marketing and part time job (the internship wasn't paid). It anything, the worst thing about Davis is that it doesn't get the full recognition it deserves. Only in select areas (engineering, veterinary medicine and viniculture)

The fact that some professors are required to teach as part of their job as a researcher. When this happens it is obvious that they don't want to be teaching and as a result, it's my education that suffers.

I really can not say anything bad about this school. I was very greatful to be accepted.

There really isn't anything that is terrible at UC Davis, except for maybe the amount of help found at the pre-health advising department.