University of California-San Diego Top Questions

UCSD is composed of 6 colleges within the university. Any major can be in any college, but the college is like your home base on campus. Students live within their college, have activities within their given college, as well as have college specific advisors. Even once you move off campus, you still feel tied to your college. This helps create a small college feel while still having all the perks of a large university.

This school host many career competitive students, premeds, and such so there is a strong focus on biology and sciences. They are tough compared to other schools. Housing is expensive but somewhat worth it for the area. The area of San Diego is not very 18+friendly. only 21+. The school is just the righ t size and very safe. It is just as good as those big named schools without the big name.

It's located next to a beautiful coastline.

our school is unique that we have little colleges whithin the university that promotes diff. kinds of teaching.

It is huge...over 2,000 acres in land. Students have to plan classes accordingly...many times is hard to get from one end of the campus to another in 10 minutes, so a bike comes in handy. It is also divided into six colleges in order for students to feel a stronger sense of community. The architecture is unlike any other school...mostly abstract builindings that blend into the surroundings. The Giesel Library is unlike any other library...in the country!!! Seven floors high, resembling a spaceship...the Giesel library serves as the core of the campus.

UCSD offers many research/science related opportunities. Even though i am not of a science major, there are still opportunities to have a great education here.

If you don't dorm your first year, you are not living the college experience... If you want to make friends fast, get involved or dorm!

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In hot weather, some people really need to leave their clothing on. Like, really.

Overall a good school. Don't come here just because it was the best academic school you got into; a lot of bitter rejects come here just to bitch and no body likes them. Great weather all the time, and there is a lot of fun if you are the right kind of person.