Walk the campus, walk to Black’s Beach, to the glider port, and if you like Asian food go to Convoy and check out the crowds of students who go there to hang out, eat Ramen, Pho, drink boba and have dessert there.
Take a hike at Torrey Pines reserve.
Consider catching a Padres game, walk around Balboa Park, go to the beach at Pacific Beach and grab some fish tacos at Oscar’s. Or go to Old town San Diego, Hillcrest, Nothpark, or the Gaslamp District to eat and hangout.
San Diego is a fantastic place to go to school and to live. You can’t beat the weather, the food is delicious, and there’s so much to do!
And UCSD is not bad either!
UCI Is nice, too. Newport is nearby, Irvine has some very good Asian restaurants and Disneyland is nearby. But I don’t think Irvine has as much to do as San Diego. At UCI a car is very useful. At UCSD, it’s helpful but there’s the trolley that can take you to UTC and even downtown.
Hi, my daughter was lucky enough to have some friends accepted as well and are looking to be roommates. I think I understand the “shared PIN” concept but is there any insight if that changes the chance of getting something other than a triple (i.e. if they wanted to do a double and a single) or if they got a critical mass of participants to hold an entire apartment (7th college)?
Does anyone know if an accepted student can change majors (pre-commitment) from B.S. Econ to B.S. Business Econ? The applicant portal has a major change option, but the latter isn’t in the drop down. Yet, I wouldn’t think this is an entirely different ‘school’ or capped. Maybe I’m wrong…
Normally if the major is not Capped/Selective, the student should be able to change majors on the Triton Portal however a couple of students have commented that not all non-selective majors are found on the drop down. I would contact the Economics department and/or admissions and ask.
that’s exactly what we’ve noticed - econ/business are not in the ‘selective’ category, but they also aren’t in the drop-down selection menu. Will have S25 contact them, as you suggested - thx!
The PINs for housing selection only applied to current students, not incoming students. Incoming students can request specific roommate(s) (not sure if they can pick one or more). They will almost certainly be in a triple. As you may know, they will typically live with students from the same college.
She got lucky and had two very close friends get into the same college (seventh) as her. Since it’s apartment style dorms so they are excited it’ll be three classmates and three new people.
that is fortunate! I dormed (1st year) and lived in on-campus apt (2nd year) at 3rd (Marshall now) with a high-school friend. I’m not kidding - laying in our bunks at night he would talk (among many other normal college things) about his dreams of exploring space (was a physics major). He went on to get his PhD and is now a senior NASA scientist (I won’t disclose more, so as to protect confidentiality). It is so fascinating to know someone through the typical middle/high school experiences, then experience college with them, and then watch them achieve amazing professional accomplishments. There are pros and cons of rooming with existing friends vs new people, but my view is that it was nice having a few people that could be an immediate support for branching out together. My S25 was also accepted into 7th, BTW. Seriously considering but not decided yet.
This UCSD thread is so quiet relative to other UC threads (e.g. UCLA, UCSB, Berkeley) and I hope that is not foretelling / correlative to its reputation more broadly. Are there any topics on peoples’ minds? Personally, I am (genuinely) curious about reasons you (student) or your kids chose UCSD, particularly over other UC options? Asking because my son is deciding between UCSD and Cal (his only 2 UC acceptances) and is strongly leaning UCSD but never had that ‘aha’ with any school. If anyone else has or wants to pick UCSD over either Cal or UCLA (or others), would love to hear reasons. Or the contrary (but probably won’t find as many of those on this thread)
Bth S22 and S25 got into SD but chose not to attend. S22 has friends attending UCSD. They both have visited and stayed with friends at UCSD.
Comments: socially dead campus . Segregated by the colleges, makes university feel- difficult . Beach access is a misnomer.
No sports teams aka football
Great if you are pre-med or biological sciences/psychology.
thanks for responding- all good and valid points. Only one I disagree with is that beach access is a misnomer - during my time there I accessed dozens of spots from Northern Baja to Trestles, and we basically stepped out of our houses and onto the sand during off campus years in Del Mar and Solano. But for your average non-surfing beach goer on campus, I can see those points - walks to Blacks or Scripps/Shores are a trek. Still, the only thing closer is UCSB. Social life back then was good - centered around groups of friends with common interests/hobbies. I would imagine it’s still similar. Lack of sports is a definite downside - my S23 goes to Clemson and sports drives the social life.
hiii! i just got off the waitlist and i was just wondering, does anyone know when we get to create our tritonlink active thing? i saw that housing was due today, idk if that’s for waitlists, but im just wondering how long my ucsd email and tr link to be made
I loved UCSD when I attended there as did my future wife. I would not have changed a thing! Not sure what socially dead means, but I was never bored and occupied my time with hanging out with friends, going to different clubs and organizations, playing sports, eating at different restaurants throughout San Diego, going to concerts, games, etc. Poli Sci major and enjoyed my major. Not much studying, got into a good law school. If being social means going to frat parties and drinking, then there’s some of that at UCSD and more at SDSU or PB, but personally I don’t see that as being social. As for being a STEM school, that it is, but it has a great Social Science department as well. Top notch Poli Sci, Psych, Neuroscience, International Studies, Sociology, and English/Lit departments, too. It’s a great school in the perfect location. 75 degrees year round, La Jolla/University City community with relatively low crime, good local public transportation, great food and restaurants, Padres games to attend, and close enough to LA to visit on weekends.
I am also an alum, and completely echo this experience. Didn’t feel that it was dead at all- didn’t even know or have that context. Friends tended to center around like-minded activities, and in my case it was surfing. We had plenty of fun- whether outdoors, intramural/club sports, Padres/Chargers games, concerts/festivals (SunGod festival in my day was No Doubt, Blues Travelers, and some other now iconic bands) camping trips to Mexico (don’t do this anymore!), or hanging out with extended groups. I lived ON THE BEACH in Del Mar/Solano for 2 years - how do you beat that? Drinking (if that is what defines social) tended to occur in different settings other than Greek, which frankly I felt was differentiating in a positive way. I played catch up junior and senior year and got into med school after a “gap year” (back then it wasn’t such a positive term) and have had a successful career in biotech. My roommate is a head NASA scientist. Other roommates all now engineers. All sound professional? well back then we were normal college kids having a great time. I didn’t plan it this way and would have been happy wherever my son chose, but the fact that he independently came to the same conclusions and is attending this fall has me just a little bit excited
. Segregated by the colleges, makes university feel- difficult . Beach access is a misnomer.
