Out of State & Overwhelmed

momosky
Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:21:33 +0000

1) Not a lot of people switch out of the college they get into. However, don’t view it as the end of the world if you end up not liking Warren. You’ll typically make a lot of friends from all 6 colleges. The GEs aren’t too bad, and you can always move off campus or apply to live in ihouse or all campus (which is currently held in sixth).

2) Spring break is typically 1 week and winter break is 3 weeks (but we had 4 weeks this year). If you live in the res halls you aren’t allowed to stay there over spring break and will have to make other arrangements (flying home or staying with a friend).

3) We’re very much a walking campus. There is a bus that drives within the campus and several routes that go off campus. Bus routes are free within a 14mile radius - haha, I remember that from my orientation two years ago! A car is helpful to go downtown or to internships, but not necessary. I don’t own a car.

4) As an in state, I don’t know. I do live 8 hours away. It’s best to pack light (the essentials) and you can buy what you need once you’re down here.

5) Warren is quite far away from the center of campus. Pretty much, unless you live in Marshall or Muir you won’t be 5 minutes away from everything. At least the dining hall is in the area and close!

6) Most of the biology LDs are in Revelle, which is quite far from Warren. However, you will have classes all over campus anyway and where you live doesn’t matter <too> much in the end. I’ve had physics problem sessions in Pepper Canyon (near sixth), chemistry discussions in Warren Lecture Hall, and even my Marshall writing class was in Sixth college.</too>

7) I take the 30 down to the beach from a stop near Marshall, and it takes about 10-15 min. I don’t know about Warren, sorry, and the mentioned beach is the only one I go to :/

8) You will meet plenty of people from other colleges in your classes. Outside of class, you have to be willing to venture out and go to orgs, events, etc. I wouldn’t say Warren necessarily restricts you since everyone has to do this to meet people outside of their own college.

9) Kind of too broad for me.

10) Coming from a girl who lived on the first floor in the dorms and never locked anything the entire year, the school as a whole is pretty safe. Petty theft seems to be the most common (don’t do what I did in the dorms), esp from people leaving their things unattended. I’ve actually absentmindedly left my laptop at a dining hall for over an hour and when I finally remembered it was still sitting there. There’s a whole crime report for UCSD online, if you want to search it up. We have emergency call boxes around campus and a nightly escort service.

11) Classes are typically between 200-400. Seminars, honors classes, and certain professors have smaller class sizes (anywhere from 30 to 100).

12) Don’t know.

13) I think they typically discourage you from changing roommates unless the situation is bad or continues to be really bad. It’s not as simple as it sounds, since one of you has to move out and someone else has to move in. It’s definitely possible though.

14) Suites are single sex. The suite across the hall, above or below you can be (and typically is) opposite gendered.

15) Yes.

16) [url=http://wailua.ucsd.edu/studentorg/StudentOrgList.aspx]StudentOrgList[/url] Also be prepared/waiting for a spam of emails advertising activities, and a ton of flyers everywhere advertising orgs.

17) I don’t plan on studying abroad but I have one friend who went to France and really enjoyed it. I also have three friends going to Denmark, Australia and Taiwan this fall. They didn’t have trouble getting in and are really excited about it. I think it’s important to research specific programs (there are UC sponsored ones and private ones) to see what fits you. I know that there are a lot of programs!

18) There’s a job listings on port triton. I had difficulty getting a job my first year, but I didn’t 1) apply early and 2) apply broadly, which are major factors. If you want to do research eventually, it helps to get yourself established in a lab, even if you’re just hired to do the gruntwork at first.