University of California-San Diego Top Questions

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