<p>^Ahhhh the interviews are IMPOSSIBLE. I tried, and failed. hahahaha</p>
<p>What do they do? Ask you questions about the school?</p>
<p>It’s a group interview and they ask you questions about theoretical tour situations. Ie, “how would you give a tour to elementary age children?” Annoying parents - “Do students have sex/do drugs on campus?” “I heard UCSD has no social life.” “What about Compton Cookout?” I can’t remember what else they asked but it was truly miserable.</p>
<p>Oh, that’s how it was when I applied to be a camp counselor. One of the questions was what should you do if a camper has a crush on you… haha.</p>
<p>I really wanted/want to be a tour guide… I knew the answer to just about every question asked on the tour I took. The ones I didn’t know, my tour guide didn’t know either. Oh well, I guess I can drive shuttles or something :p</p>
<p>Hahahahaha you should apply for sure this fall! You’ve got nothing to lose?</p>
<p>I applied to be a tour guide and I didn’t get the job. I thought I would be perfect for it because I love helping people with that kind of stuff, but yeah. I agree with ucsandiego915, you literally get asked two random questions and that’s it. I don’t know how they can hire people just based off of that.</p>
<p>I definitely want to apply 
but it doesn’t sound likely haha.</p>
<p>i got accepted into both ucsd and ucsb so now im deciding which one. so here are my questions</p>
<ol>
<li>why did you choose san diego? what did they offer to you that made it the right school?</li>
<li>how is your literature department and journalism team?</li>
<li>how is your graduate program? is it very competitive </li>
</ol>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I’m not really sure where to ask this question. But uhm, how exactly do class schedules work in college? My substitute teacher was telling my class about 12 units to be considered a full time student. And then he said as freshmen, we should take this many classes during the semester and then this many during the summer so that the work load doesn’t seem as… daunting or something. But he went to SDSU, and I’m not sure if that would be different going into UCSD.
I’m just really lost on how this whole scheduling thing works. My teacher said that the way he scheduled his classes, he was able to have a four-day weekend every weekend.</p>
<p>^Most students take 4 classes a quarter which is totally reasonable. As far as when in the week you have your classes, it’s really not that big of an issue (even though I spend ridiculous amounts of time trying to make my schedule perfect). I will say that having four-day weekends won’t be too likely considering many classes are on MWF. When the time to sign up for classes rolls around, we can help you out with scheduling.</p>
<p>Just to add onto what KingsElite said, while most students take 4 classes per quarter, it’s totally fine if you decide to take 3 classes for a quarter. If, for example, you’re taking a very difficult course such as Organic Chemistry, or if you’re particularly busy for a given quarter, it might be better to just opt for 3 classes instead of 4, so your GPA doesn’t suffer.</p>
<p>Also, whether you take 3 or 4 classes can depend on your major, and what GEs/classes you have left to take. My friend is a Computer Sci. major who can take 3 classes/quarter and graduate on time. I’m a Chemistry major, and I might not be able to graduate in 4 years by taking 4 classes/quarter (this is without summer classes included).</p>
<p>And a final note: I wouldn’t recommend 4-day weekends. One of my roommates actually has Friday and Monday completely free, but he has 8 straight hours of class on Thursday, and a similarly hellish schedule on Tues and Wed. You might also be tempted to procrastinate more, since you have four days to do stuff.
It’s a lot better to just have classes everyday and have them end at noon, or something to that extent.</p>
<p>^Or if you’re crazy like me you can take ochem with four other classes and a lab while being in the Pepband, taking a martial arts class and doing IM volleyball.</p>
<p>3.79 transfer from community college - chance of getting in as a BIOENGINEERING major?</p>
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<p>I can. The job is low-supply/high-demand and everyone who wants it most likely are good at helping people and whatnot. The biggest liability on the job, however, is not being able to think on your feet and answer creatively to awkward questions. Campus guides are many prospective students’ and parents’ first impression on the school, so people who can ad-lib and pretty much “BS” on the spot will get highest consideration since that’s what the job entails.</p>
<p>^Fair enough. I mean, I understand why they didn’t hire me, but I just feel like given the chance they would have seen how I could have been a good tour guide. I got a job as an RA though so no complaints. :)</p>
<p>How many tour guides work at UCSD?</p>
<p>Hey I was wondering if anyone could tell me about the one quarter exchange program with Dartmouth, I saw it online and thought it would something cool to do but it said its connected to Muir, does that mean only Muir Kids can go? If so, do the other schools have something similar?</p>
<p>^I think Muir students get priority but anybody can go.</p>
<p>Is there anyway to be social and not join a sorority? I don’t know if i’d want that right away with balancing the whole new class/environment thing!?</p>
<p>^Yeah. There are plenty of clubs on campus.</p>
<p>@smileycannee</p>
<p>My roommate is a tour guide and his estimate was 63.</p>