University of California-San Diego Top Questions

not really. being on the quarter system can actually be more stressful because three weeks in you start midterms and they don't really end until finals begin.

I believe that 95{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the stereotypes are true!

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No they aren't. There are those people who only care about their schoolwork, but I would say that the majority of students realize the importance of social, personal, and professional development in addition to academic development. Seven percent of the student population affiliate with a fraternity or sorority, and many others are part of the many other non-Greek student organizations.

It all depends! Yes there are plenty of people that go home on weekends and sit in their room their entire day, but there of plenty of people that love to hang out, have fun, and do whatever. As long as you find the right group of people, its anything but boring.

These stereotypes are not entirely accurate. UCSD is located in a beach town, so that means you'll see lots of surfers and laid-back people. As long as you take the bus or drive a car, you can easily find fun hangouts in downtown, Pacific Beach, and more. The community of snobby old rich people shouldn't bother you too much, but you'll notice its influence on many places. There are lots of pretty girls and good-looking guys. No, I wouldn't say that I have "triton eye" and that my standards are lowered. UCSD has nerds, if you consider people who study to be "nerds". Realistically, one has to study for midterms and finals. UCSD has an overwhelming number of Asians, but not as heavy as UC Irvine. Many of them are not nerds, but you'll find a few that will reinforce that stereotype.

Not really. Sometimes thay are though.

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I don?t believe that there stereotypes are accurate. You can claim that any UC school is too studious and since UCSD does have a prominent science department, many students here are science majors which tends to lead to a studious atmosphere. As a second year student at UCSD, I happen to think that UCSD has an exciting social life, you just have to active pursue it. At other schools there are parties happening all around, at UCSD you might have to go in search of a party but you will find one. You are what you make of your college experience and I think if you come to UCSD with the mindset that you?re not going to have a good time and you won?t find things to do, then that is exactly what will happen to you.

Although there are certainly some students that fit the stereotypes of our school, I would argue that they are mostly untrue.

I think the people are really friendly, and that the school offers a lot of activities that more people should take advantage of instead of complaining. It's true our spirit is low because all of our sports teams are D2.

See above.

Pretty much except there are lots of parties so it's not totally socially dead.

nope

I think we party just as hard as we study. Of course we have our nerdy, socially awkward students, but what college doesn't?

No, if you find the right people to be with, the experience is extremely fun. As for girls, it's a lie. There are a lot of cute girls here, although there more "meh" girls than good looking ones, there are plenty of them to go around.

I feel like they are; I lived in the dorms freshman year so I definitely had social outlets but my sophomore year I joined a sorority and I'm glad that I did! For the most part, the people I know who aren't involved with a sport, a club, greek life, whatever, don't seem to be as active on campus. Also, there are a lot of people who work very hard academically. That's not to say that they can't have fun, but there's definitely a more academic feel to the campus. It's not overwhelming by any means, not like being at UCLA or someplace, but it's there. I just wish we could have both the social and the academics.

UCSD being a nerd school is pretty accurate, but we do have our party moments. And I'm still undecided about UCSD beer goggles because I think there's a few good catches among the crowd.

mostly, but it's not like the ucsd campus is dead when it comes to parties and such. greek life has its big parties and gatherings every once in awhile each quarter, just so that ucsd has its liveliness brought to them. plus, the associated student body is always planning something happening on campus each quarter - aka fallfest, winterfest, etc.

nope! UCSD parties... but not really.. hahaha