Do you think I would fit in at UCSD???

Forti
Sun, 17 May 2009 13:56:01 +0000

As I am still in the midst of deciding between colleges, I just wanted to see if you guys could give me some feedback.

So about myself: I got into Warren Bioengineering from out of state, but theres a 75% chance I will switch out. I’m interested in Cognitive Science, Music, and other technology fields. The problem is that I’m still undecided. My main goal in college is to find a passion that I would like to pursue and still maintain high ambitions. At UCSD, I’d also like to have some social life, but frats are just not my type. I’d also like to do research my freshman year (hopefully as work-study), maintain at least a 3.5-6 GPA, and talk to a lot of professors about their fields. And finally, I’d like to sleep around 6 to 7 hours a day.

I think that taking the intiative to do stuff would not be a problem for me.

So here are my questions…

Is doing all of this possible at UCSD? I heard that you can only do 2 of the 4 things: study, party, research, sleep.

Would I fit in at UCSD?

Do you think UCSD’s academic system would work for/against me (I’m really entering as undecided and want to sample some courses)? I heard that the quarter system goes by so fast that you really don’t have the time to “consider.”

I’m also considering Notre Dame (I asked them for an extension) and perhaps Washington University at St Louis… what do you think about these schools?

Thanks for your imput!