Eugenia
six colleges create smaller communities
Carol
The best thing about this school is the large campus and its variety of communities that allows freshmen to get easily plugged in. This shows the diversity in the amount of groups there are on campus. Another great thing is the relative closeness to the beaches and downtown shopping malls. The dorms and apartments are also relatively nice and roomy.
connie
quality of classes and the campus enviorment.
Miles
The surrounding areas and geography. It is very pretty and it is easy to get lost arround campus to go take a break.
Matt
The serious atmosphere and the focus on academics and research. We don't have many sports teams, so a good deal of the funding goes toward useful endeavors.
Tithi
The best thing about my school is that it offers a lot of science orientated classes for science major.
Joy
It's location and atmosphere. It is a very safe school and the people are friendly. It is also very laid back and you can easily walk to the beach.
Kelly
The best thing about UCSD is its professors. The majority of them are enthusiastic about their courses and really want to help students learn. The courses may be hard, but they are definitely rewarding in the end. Overall, the academics here are top notch.
Ashley
My group of friends I made. My college experience wouldn't have been the same without them.
Ariel
While offering a top education, the environment is more laid-back, and people are very friendly and eager to help. It is right by the ocean and sunny most days, so it's a lot harder to be stressed out in such a beautiful location.
Jon
The best thing, almost brought upon by the difficulties of the lack of social life, is that 'birds of a feather flock together': social, affable groups tend to work together and coalesce in order to make life that much more interesting for the students that actively engage them. The bonds forged by these groups allow for further personal and intellectual growth, as well as a more intimate social aspect that, while not absent at other schools, is more fine-tuned and unique at UCSD due to the feeling of anti-social administration policies and the need to grow beyond them.
Leila
Lots of labs and classes specific to what you what to learn, they make you really think
Linda
The quality of the math professors because they teach in the same way that my high school math teacher taught me.
Qays
Our school has a great curriculum. We are ranked among the top engineering campuses in the nation (top 20). The college system also helps by giving the feel of a smaller school within a huge university.
Rebecca
My degree will be more valuable than some other schools'