University of California-San Diego Top Questions

no black people

The amount of apathy among students and faculty towards social causes. The lack of diversity.

Professorship is research based, so there are some professors that are brilliant researchers, but aren't talented as lecturers, thus making learning somewhat difficult.

There's a lot of pressure to do well in classes. The atmosphere of UCSD is very academic based. That does not mean, however, that you should just get sucked into it all. After all, the whole collge experience is whatever you want to make out of it.

The lack of diversity

I don't feel that there is anything frustrating about my school

The lack of social life is almost unbearable when one first arrives on campus. For some of those on campus, who came to the school simply for academic (i.e., the sciences) pursuits, their personalities quickly adapted to the closed, almost stifling atmosphere on campus. However, for those of us who prefer to interact and become involved with others on a social and intellectual level beyond just the classroom and the monotony of school found that the social life we craved was horribly absent. Fraternities and sororities existed, but bound strictly by the administration and the inhibitive atmosphere bred here.

classes are huge and you have to learn to teach yourself the material. a lot of the buildings are ugly. a majority of students are anti-social and stressed about school

It is very competitive.

Not much social interaction. The six colleges system makes it hard to meet new people. There's no football team, so no football games. Also, not a lot of parties. If you go out of your way though, you can find something.