Accepted, bunch of questions

abc002
Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:17:15 +0000

So I just graduated fall 2012 to answer your question about the greek system at UCSD, I was a SigEp, Sigma Phi Epsilon. We do have a decent greek system. It’s not your typical greek system because there is no frat row, so frat houses end up being a house where 5 or 6 members live. My suggestion is to no worry about reputation or which is top house, just go out, meet the guys and find the best fit for yourself. You can go ahead and end up in the top house, but if you don’t get along with the guys its absolutely pointless. Like anything the greek system is what you make out of it. You’ll have your parties, semi-formals, formals, and exchanges with the sororities just like any other college you just don’t have a frat row. It’s a great place to meet people but again just go out to the rush events and meet new people. OH and even if you aren’t interested in a particular frat, just go to their event because most give out free food so you get 1 week really of free dinners.

Driving to school blows, to be honest with you. Parking at Hopkins, Pangea, or Muir lots are pretty much your only options in the heart of campus and those fill up quickly usually by 8am. Some people will park off campus at Ralphs, Doyle Park, and take the bus to campus. For me the best was parking at Regents parking lot and shuttling to Price Center, takes about 10 minutes or a 20 minute walk.

Finally, if you dont live in the dorms its pretty hard to meet people your freshman year. Since you do live near campus you might have more friends that are going to UCSD living in the dorms and can meet people that way. However, from my experience its hard for commuters to meet people especially in the dorms because most people will wonder why a random person who doesn’t live in their dorm is in their dorm. Best suggestion to you would be go to ALL welcome week events, and again even if you don’t plan on joining a frat, rushing their events will help you build a better network of people. It doesn’t have to be a frat either, the clubs on campus will work just as well, its just my experience was in the greek system.