<p>treverp, UCSC is actually my first choice. I don’t plan on going to UCSD at all, to be honest. I’ve only been waiting for admissions decision as sort of an early advisory system as to whether or not I’ll likely get into UCSC. It’s hands down one of the most beautiful campuses I’ve ever seen. I love the town, also. The people who live there are generally very nice. Things do move at a bit of a slower pace there, which can be good or bad based on what you’re looking for. I’ve lived in San Diego, and I’ve visited Santa Cruz tons of times, and I absolutely love SC compared to SD. </p>
<p>I’m a poli sci major, and even though UCSD’s poli sci dept. is considered better than UCSC’s, I’d still much rather go to UCSC. That’s how much better I like it there. But that’s just my opinion. You’ll have to check out both places before you can decide. </p>
<p>I’m looking forward to getting to UCSC. That is, unless I’m admitted to the School of General Studies at Columbia University in NY. In that case, all bets are off…</p>
<p>If you’re a confident, social, sexual outgoing person, prepare to feel like a fish out of water. People here generally tend to fall in three categories. (1) Nice, approachable people with the social skills of rocks and zero libido. (2) Close-minded, self-inflated egos who overcompensate for their lack of real confidence and value with arrogance and cliquishness. What diversity there is is totally diminished by cliques of clones. (3) People who are socially intelligent enough to recognize this disparity, and either transfer before their 2nd year or stick it out purely for the above-average academic education. </p>
<p>You have to put a LOT of effort and time into building an enjoyable social life. It doesn’t just “happen” because the social environment sucks hardcore. Having a car is almost essential if you’re gonna live on-campus and want to have fun. Social life gets a little better once you turn 21 cuz everyone goes to Pacific Beach on Thursdays. </p>
<p>ehhh I guess college is what you make of it? I missed out on the so called ‘college experience’, going to a ccc for 2 years but I have good friends who came dowm from uci, ucla, etc all the time and that was good. It seems like people are too into their studies at ucsd or just socially akward. I know everyone isn’t like that, but the majority seems to be. Hopefully I can find the genuinely good people since I will be with the humanities who are less involved than the pre meds :)</p>
<p>Living here, I have seen quite a bit of social life. The area of La Jolla is bustling with UCSD kids. When I go to the local Ralph’s and Chipotle, they are filled with UCSD kids. I see little kickbacks and parties going every weekend. </p>
<p>The social life at UCSD is just toned down. Students have to work really hard here to succeed. They can’t just get drunk all the time and be super social. UCSD is your type of school if your idea of a fun weekend is kicking back with a few friends and seeing a movie or something. Bigger parties seem reserved for the end of quarter. It will not be your kind of social scene if you get hammered every weekend and sometimes come to school hungover. For that kind of scene, head on over to STDSU.</p>
<p>well then it seems like the kind of school for me I could care less about partying, im just worried about meeting fun, outgoing people. Many of the complaints on the reviews is that the majority of students are introverted and keep to themselves. I mean talking to people isnt hard at all, but I really hope to meet some good people that I can call friends and mere acquaintances. Guess i’ll just have to wait and see. Just be my outgoing self and get people to open up :)</p>
<p>There’s a misunderstanding about UCSD’s social scene. People are getting “party scene” and “social scene” mixed up. UCSD doesn’t have a big party scene, but the social scene is what you make of it though. If you’re not afraid to introduce yourself to people and join some clubs, then you will be fine. The people who complain about UCSD not being social enough are probably commuters or they have never even made an effort to make friends.</p>
<p>I think it’s also kind of unfair because UCSD is located fairly close to SDSU, one of the biggest party schools in the US. No school can look social next to that!</p>
<p>Also, keep in mind that UCSD was being built around the time of the Berkeley riots and other college riots across the US. They wanted to ensure that there was not one central area where too many students could gather together and stir up trouble. This is a big reason why people feel that UCSD is anti-social. The campus is spread out with the Price Center being the only focal point.</p>
<p>That’s exactly descibes how community coleges are too. Some people fail to realize community colleges have clubs, ASGC, etc etc. For example, at our school we have a club called Circle K that does community service as well as social events. We got to interact with other Circle K clubs like SDSU and UCSD and did some events with them too. Got to really know the members in our club (well there was only around nine, but that’s not the point :P).</p>
<p>I bet UCSD has tons of clubs to join to interact and mingle with fellow UCSD students. I’ll probably join their Circle K and go check out what other things UCSD has to offer if I go to UCSD.</p>
<p>Onto another topic…I don’t get why they need us to send our high school transcripts if part of the IGETC certification REQUIRES you to show evidence of taking a foreign language at the community college or high school before it can be completed. Oh well…</p>
<p>sam, i think i may be a fish out of water at ucsd</p>
<p>its so hard to decide because ucsd has such an academic rep and ucsc has a bad rep (420).I am just thinking about what a potential employer will see.</p>
<p>Are they seriously trying to torture us? They released a big batch last week, and then they don’t release any for over a week.</p>
<p>I’m seriously considering not checking until October 15th. Seeing the same screen over and over again with no welcome is starting to get depressing.</p>
<p>today i got an email from the village urging me to apply for the waitlist but i cannot because i have no ucsd email.
has anyone received their ucsd email yet.</p>
<p>Yeah, I got the e-mail too. I like how they’re urging us to sign-up for the village waitlist even though we can’t since we don’t have our official campus e-mail yet.</p>
<p>^^ I agree with JuneBug… I’ve yet to see any attractive male at UCSD. Good thing I’m not looking =D
btw I havent gotten any emails about the village, any idea why?</p>
I could care less about partying, im just worried about meeting fun, outgoing people. Many of the complaints on the reviews is that the majority of students are introverted and keep to themselves. I mean talking to people isnt hard at all, but I really hope to meet some good people that I can call friends and mere acquaintances. Guess i’ll just have to wait and see. Just be my outgoing self and get people to open up :)</p>