University of California-San Diego Top Questions

Knowledge about the school general education requirements of the various colleges within the school.

I wish I had known how little school spirit UCSD students possess, because it would be nice to have a little more of that.

Seek out your social life as soon as you get here. Don't wait for it to come to you.

about financial aid and grants

Wish I knew about the lack of a college town and sports atmosphere.

I wish I knew more about what my career path is.

The most important social day at UCSD is when all of the extracurricular groups are on Library Walk. If you want to have a social life and do things that you enjoy sign up for as many groups that you fancy, because you will get on their email lists and then you can decide which groups' events sound right for you. Don't be afraid of signing up for 20 or even 50 groups it will give you lots of options and be some of the best experiences in college.

I wish I had known that the campus is split into 6 colleges and each college has different curriculum.

That the school is heavily research based. About UC Santa Cruz

I wish I would have known that you have to go out and try to make friends, that not all professors are concerned about your learning, and that it was absolutely dead on weekends.