University of California-Davis Top Questions

Only that there isn't much to do for fun, and good food is hard to come by. In order to find fun or good food, one needs a car, which not everyone has. It makes it difficult for those outside of a fraternity or club to have a social life. Other than that, it's pretty safe, we still party but not too much, and it is a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

large class size, hard to get individual attention from certain professors

It is very easy to be trapped in the "Davis bubble". You can easily forget sometimes that there are other places in the world because it is so easy to be absorbed by how awesome it is and how much it provides. HOwever, this is negated usually by the presence of two large cities in the vicinity: Sacramento and the Bay Area.

The classes for Design are so impacted....i won't be able to graduate on time....ill be there another quarter or two, and I've already spent the last two summers catching up on classes i need. I don't want to spend any more money. I already work 25 hours a week plus classes, I'd rather focus on school than whether or not I will be able to pay rent. If the classes werent so impacted I wouldnt have had to pay extra to take summer classes and thus wouldnt be as worried about my finances.

i can't think of anything.

The worst thing might be the best thing for some. The campus ist he largest UC school. It makes it tough for people to get to class withoutg having to bike for 10 minutes. However, public transportation and the lack of traffic make it easy to get around.

I would have liked to see a greater variety of career fairs throughout the year

The lack of racial diversity because I'm of African-American and Jamaican descent and there aren't alot of people that relate to the things I have been through as a "black" person therefore they don't know how to act about certain things.

The small town aspect is nice but can loose its appeal after some time. One may find themselves reaching out to house parties as a way to deal with boredom. However, an equal amount find themselves turning to outdoor/extracurricular activities.

weather is the worst becuase it always change between the day and night even noontime so it is really easy to get sick here

The fact that there are quite a few people who brag about going out to parties all the time and drinking. Some people drink way too much. I have never drank before and never will so it bothers me knowing that everyone, including my friends, are drinkers.

Some professors, especially in general lower division math and science classes are only employed for their research rather than there teaching abilities, which hurts the students academically.

The cost of education.

Since i have just transfered from a small schoolto a big enviroment, everything is totally different and very difficult to me. It's hard to make friend in here because everyone in here tends to know each other since 1st year. No one really cares about talks to new transfer student much, so it's hard fro me to get to learn about my school. It's really hard to contact to peer advisor. When I need help, falcuty keep guiding me from this building to another building on the campus which i haven't known around yet!

not enough places to study

nothing

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The wost thing about UC Davis is the occasional discussion group with a non-english speaking TA. There are a lot of GREAT TA's, but there are some that speak little to no english, making it very difficult to utilize them for help in a class. The TA for my math class could not count past 10 in english, which is why I found her minimally helpful in advancing my understanding of the class.

The only problem at Davis is that there is not much to do once class is done, socially I mean. One can always study, however, for breaks, there is a very limited amount of things a student can do localy.

The fact that it is hard to change your major and that many majors are so impacted it is hard to get classes that you need for those majors.