<p>hey there guys!</p>
<p>i got admitted into sixth college as a mechanical engineering major, but i plan on switching out of it for something else, potentially.</p>
<p>i know sixth has its downsides and upsides, one of them being that only eight percent of the UCSD undergrads live there. what i’m wondering is whether the colleges themselves are really connected socially. will you have friends in different colleges, and will you have the chance to interact with other colleges? i guess this question can be answered by determining how outgoing you are, but do you find kids who aren’t in, say, Sixth College, socializing AT sixth college? </p>
<p>yeah. i can expand what i’m trying to get at if this question isn’t understandable, but hopefully it is. =). </p>
<p>-ben</p>
<p>Ben,
Though you live with the sixth college kids, you will have your classes with everyone. There will also be opportunities through clubs and other activities to meet people outside of your college. The colleges have inter-collegiate competitions where you will all be together as well. As long as you put out some effort, you should be fine.</p>
<p>oh. i was under the impression that the GE courses that you take in your college would be limited only to that college. but then again, thinking about it, it would take a ton of classrooms to do something like that. </p>
<p>that’s reassuring to know that, though. i’m pretty outgoing, so i can certainly make an effort, especially if there’s a common class that i’m in with another person. i’m not too good at walking up to random strangers and making friends though.<br>
-ben</p>
<p>the colleges really aren’t that far apart anyway. i was concerned about this too, before, since two of my good friends were also admitted and we’re all in different colleges - revelle, marshall, sixth - but after being there for admit day today i’m certain that it will be easy to meet and stay friends with kids in other colleges.</p>