Out of State & Overwhelmed

momosky
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:48:58 +0000

I consider applying early as in, not waiting till the start of the quarter to look for a job for that very quarter. I also didn’t know where to look for opportunities as a freshie and that really limited my job search. I now know that there are plenty of listings on port triton and just on flyers in all the buildings and I didn’t know that most summer internship apps are due winter quarter. I suppose if you’re already working you would know about that, but I definitely came into college very clueless haha!

I’m just a second year so I don’t think I’m qualified to answer your second question. Someone told me it’s just because of the day New Years ended up on this year, and hence we got an extra week. -shrug-

I didn’t need a car my first year. There were so many new places to explore as a freshman at walking/bussing distance, and I didn’t have an off campus internship, so it really didn’t matter. I found a friend with a car and that’s how we ventured off further. Friends are good.

I definitely wish I had my car 2nd year. Sometimes I do feel very limited about what I can do. For example, I couldn’t apply for several shadowing and volunteer opportunities because I can’t make the commute (about an hour by bus, but 15-20min by car). Ultimately, bringing a car has tradeoffs and I can only give you my experience of UCSD without a car.