UCSD Colleges Ranked: What’s the best college?
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
- Comparing the residential building exteriors and graduation requirements for each college at UC San Diego, with an accuracy comparable to that of a Reddit comment.
64 Degrees strike: docs.google.com/document/d/1G...
Campus map: maps.ucsd.edu/ (other maps might not reflect recent changes; for example, Google Maps still shows new Sixth College as a parking lot)
0:00 Introduction
1:16 Revelle
1:53 Muir
2:24 Sixth
2:53 Marshall
3:18 ERC
3:53 Seventh
4:26 Warren
4:51 Conclusion, credits, outro
Music, in order of appearance:
- Take it Slow - SefChol
- Time to Spare - An Jone
- Broken - Patrick Patrikos
- Metamorphosis - Quincas Moreira
Sounds:
- Cowbell: freesound.org/people/GowlerMu...
Sources (yes, I did some cursory research):
- Revelle: revelle.ucsd.edu/about/histor...
- UCSD founders: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers...
- Muir: muir.ucsd.edu/about/index.html
- Muir environmentalist: muir.ucsd.edu/about/Muirandth...
- Sixth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_C...
- Marshall: marshall.ucsd.edu/about-us/in...
- ERC: roosevelt.ucsd.edu/about/hist...
- Seventh: seventh.ucsd.edu/about/index....
- Warren: warren.ucsd.edu/about/history...
- RIMAC: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIMAC
Images:
- Smiling face with tear emoji: twemoji.
- College logos and colours: brand.ucsd.edu/logos-and-bran...
- Relative college location map: triton.news/2018/11/hdh-unvei...
- Deaf icon: discord.com/
- Email by Anthony Jakubisin
- Maps: maps.ucsd.edu/
- Menu: hdh-web.ucsd.edu/dining/apps/...
- College ranking: admissions.ucsd.edu/why/colle...
- The Village logo: hdh.ucsd.edu/thevillage/ (archived 2016)
- College map: hdh.ucsd.edu/_docs/ucsdcampus...
- Admit students: www.lajollalight.com/news/sto...
- Housing crisis:
- triton.news/2021/10/ucsd-stud...
- www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...
- nationworldnews.com/due-to-ho...
- Strike: / 64_student_employees_a...
If you have a dream college, prepare to have that shattered! Remember to lower your expectations as you do for tests. Ultimately, it doesn’t really matter which university you go to. Your university will be a scam, yet it’ll become an unforgettable part of your life.
"the concrete floor here is made of concrete floor" LMAO SO TRUE THO
learned so much about concrete floors!
Thank you for the video! It's very informative.
I realized I had to rank the colleges quite late and this video helped a lot! Thank you
Don't worry, last year I only started filling out my application on the 27th :)
Second year ERC student here. Despite the somewhat infamous reputation of ERC's general education requirements (GE's), the Making of the Modern World (MMW) series is really the only notable feature. MWW, however, is a fairly unique animal - I don't think of it as a pure history course, but rather a cultures/global interactions series. The whole series is 5 classes, MMW 11 - 15, with the second two classes being worth 6 units (2 more units than standard). Note that the first three classes in the series MUST BE TAKEN SUCCESSIVELY, do not skip MMW 11,12, or 13 unless you want to wait a whole year for the class to be available again. There are several professors who teach the series and you are encouraged to jump between them, but it isn't unusual for students to pick their favorite prof and stick with them. If you enjoy, or have some talent for, writing then MWW will be an interesting challenge. If you absolutely despise writing or reading about historical cultures then maybe pick a different college.
Edit: Fixed some information that was out of date. Thanks Chang.
Oh Chang...ERC alumna here. MMW might be one of my fav experience at UCSD.
Sixth dorm is sooooo gooooood! I highly recommend sixth as your first( even though I am a warren student)
you're actually the goat bro. i'd give you so much money if i could wtf
Thanks dawg
So to sum up:
Revelle- GE's require one of each science. large windows, right next to academic buildings, Asian food, far away from everywhere. No one likes this place.
Muir- coffee shop, Hawaiian barbecue, vegan food, GE's aren't terrible, 20min of walking away from beach, near the middle of campus
Sixth- newest dorms, concrete floor is made of concrete floor, dining hall has five stations, GE's are easy
Marshall- dorms divided between residence halls and apartments, pizza, GE's are ok
ERC- Everyone hates their MMW writing course, international students and allegedly near the good parties, Latin American food, next to a gym, relatively far
Seventhy- far from everything, all dorms are apartments, sushi, GE"s are pretty good,
Warren- Dorms are far, Mongolian food, all food is halal, all the engineering buildings are there, so good for the engineering majors but not great for everyone else
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Hi, Sean. Great Video. My son got in UCSD Sixth college. Really liked your video. We also opted colleges randomly not knowing the details. We are much inclined to accept UCSD over some very good other collages he got in. The issue is he didn't got his major Computer Science, instead got it as undeclared. Is it possible for him to change the major to CS if he acquired the pre requisites and staying in sixth college, will in anyway help him in that?
howtotransfertocs.com/
re-watrching this 2 hours before the deadline because i forgot
who else procrastinating the application trying to figure out how to rank them???
me rn
Me this shi tiring
I’m in middle school I don’t know why I’m here
QUALITY
super helpful!!!
no it isn't
I’m a Junior Transfer in ERC and I definitely didn’t do my research on the colleges because after completing the transfer MMW series I have to say that these courses are some of the worst the school has to offer. In reality it’s a writing, history, and philosophy class all wrapped up in several useless readings and assignments. I definitely recommend people to consider a different college, even the dorms are the on the most north point of campus making everyday another speed run.
is it deadasss that bad? i thought it was just a random poll when applying and i ended up getting into erc…
@@oeowowowowiei6412 I genuinely don’t like the MMW courses at all, I think overall the college is fine but I think if you have better options available you should go with that. Now it isn’t so bad that you’re gonna drop out, it just feels like a waste of a class. If you’re a freshman you’ll be basically taking this course six times since UCSD is a quarter system. If you’re a transfer you’ll take it twice. I think ERC as a college is fine and you might enjoy the courses so I would go with whatever you think is right, plus if you’re a freshman you can possibly transfer colleges.
How does eighth look? It says that it inaugural in fall 2023 so I can't find anything about it online yet.
Also, do students usually choose colleges based on majors? (choose bio as my major)
i ranked them basically randomly on my application (i read the descriptions but that was about it) and im really regretting it lol
that's okay, that's what I did as well. do you remember what you put first?
you have untill the 31 to change it on ur portal
ucsd seems epic :o
I put Warren as my first choice because of a 5 minute Google search and i got in😭😭😭 can you please tell me more about it?
Man r/ucsd would love this video for prospective students LOL
Fall 2023 prospective student here, this ranking process is so overwhelming. I’m doing marine biology so which colleges would you recommend?
College ranking usually doesn't vary based on major. Sixth, Eighth, Seventh, and Muir are pretty good
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i ranked the colleges randomly and i got into ERC 😭 cus that was my first choice but i’m kind of regretting it now.. do u think i can change that or are we stuck with it???
I hear you can transfer colleges if you can show that you can graduate a year early with another college's GEs. It's pretty uncommon for people to switch colleges, though.
SAMEEEEE idk what do at this point
bro same 💀 almost convinced me to go to SDSU instead
same here ;-;
Same here, guess I’m gonna be a CS major in thurgood Marshall 😃… if only I put 6th one place higher on my list
u make this video the day I submitted it 😭
D: I procrastinated on the video expecting people to procrastinate on their college apps. I guess there are some downsides to being diligent
This doesn't really apply to transfers since they get their own housing right? And if you complete IGETC you shouldn't be taking much of the GE's when you get to ucsd ?
Yeah the GE requirements are a lot different for transfers; I think Revelle is the best for STEM majors followed by Muir based on what upperclassmen have said
Hello fellow transfer graduate here! The amount of GEs/lower division classes you will be taking as a transfer will depend on how many ucsd-required classes you weren't able to take at your CC - for example, some CCs don't offer a class or two especially if a lower div requirement from ucsd is super specific and exclusive. If you've completed all your IGETC requirements during your time in CC, you won't have to worry about re-taking them once you transfer to ucsd.
*However*, some colleges have GE requirements and tracks for transfers (i.e. Marshall has a writing course requirement for all students, etc. - not talking about DOC btw) that are specific and unavailable in CCs so those would be the GEs you will have to take at ucsd on top of your required major courses (lower and upper div courses). When in doubt, ask a department/college counselor. Let me know if you have other questions!
EIGHTH COLLEGE? Applicants are asked to rank eight colleges now, but Eighth hasn't even been founded yet. Here's a tentative summary of GEs according to its proposal: www.reddit.com/r/UCSD/comments/wgir9e/eighth_college_is_on_the_uc_app_so_heres_a/
@@some_name9306 It just means not as many students (will probably just affect riding second years) will not get a housing offer immediately. The new college is to decompress students in other colleges, so they aren't going to enroll unusually more students
UCSD moment 👀
Hi, I am a Data Science major joining this fall. I got into Revelle. Are GEs that bad? Some people tell me it's the worst out of all. Please help.
I also got into Revelle for this fall, I just accepted our fate as Inter-transferring to another college to UCSD still requires us to do 2 years of Humanites( arguably the worst part of revelle’s GEs) even so only ur best bet is to transfer to sixth after doing the ICT to transfer. Though I found a good perspective where people said humanities helped them especially for graduate school for a master or even PhD.
I got accepted into ucsd yesterday and im on the john muir campus and i ranked them completely randomly 💀 well, i did do a little bit of research during my application but it was a literal 5 min google search so of course I dont know that much about each… is muir a good choice?
Congrats on the acceptance, and Muir is really good!
GE-wise, their writing program is short but apparently quite rigorous. It's only 2 quarters long (other colleges are 3 or 5 quarters long), but the first one has 3 essays with increasing difficulty, and the second one has a 10-page research paper. Other than writing, the other GEs are very light compared to other colleges.
Dorm-wise, their exterior is kind of grey and depressing, but on the inside, I heard they're somewhat nice; they also have an ocean view. The dorms are among the oldest, but their apartment building is fairly new, if you get put in there. More importantly, Muir is basically at the center of campus, so you don't have to walk as far as others do to your classes.
@@seanthesheep thank you so much!
Muir is the most requested college for a reason. We chillin compared to the rest.
I'm a current Muir student and getting into the two required writing course is difficult but I liked it because once you finish those two writing courses you have more time to focus on other classes you want to take instead. And the writing courses weren't too bad if you have some background in AP English classes or just try. In addition, Muir's location is great in terms of its relative distance from everything including Sixth nicer restaurants while also being really close to the math, chemistry, and humanities building. Its also only 10 mins from the center hall and price center/library which is actually pretty great compared to colleges like Seventh. Honestly I was really happy with my choice and I'm sure you will come to like it too. Welcome to UCSD!
@@elizabethtamm3629 Omg tysm, thats great to hear!
What would be the best college for a CS Major?
Right now I have my top 3 is Sixth, Muir, and then Warren - is that good?
Those are good choices; Seventh and Eighth are also good
Which would be best for a communications major and for someone who is really sociable and looking forward to meeting new people?
It should be the same as for most majors: Sixth, Eighth, Seventh
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For chemistry as an international student, which ones are the top 3 best (also with the best food and dorms)
I would appreciate if you could share your opinion :)
College rankings don't change much per major. Sixth, Eighth, Seventh, and Muir are probably top 4
@@seanthesheep Thank you very much for replying!!! I appreciate it
I'm kind of late, but might as well ask anyways: Which one would you recommend for a psychplogy major?
For most majors, the order is the same. Sixth is probably the best
@@seanthesheep It's so cool that you still reply to comments 11 months later! Thank you so so much, that helped me a lot. I was stuck deciding between Muir and Sixth as number one because I'm very indecsive and I kept hearing good things about both :'D
@@glitterkiitty They both have light GEs and are in the middle of campus, so they're close to your classes. Muir has older dorms, and while their writing sequence is shorter, I've heard it's a lot more painful as well
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are you allowed to go to other college dining halls?
nope!
ok which college has good business major, good history classes (i love history) and has an ocean view!
Muir, Sixth, and Seventh have an ocean view; the other colleges' dorms aren't tall enough I think. I think ERC's GEs can include learning about history. I think Rady's School of Management is where the business economics major and business minor are, and it's between Seventh and ERC.
@@seanthesheep thank you i will definitely look into it, love the video 😊
@@seanthesheep i have been looking up about radys school of management and what college is that in? or is it it’s own little thing? nothing has been popping up about it since i have been trying to find out the requirements for it..
@@gissellemaravilla9553 I think Rady's School of Management is in Seventh College (it used to be in ERC before Seventh was founded). However, that doesn't mean you have to be a Seventh College student to take classes in the School of Management; a school or academic building being in a college just means that it's in the college's section of campus, and students can have classes that are in other colleges.
It's a bit confusing because colleges refer to both its GEs/dorms and also its section of campus, so we use it to both refer to the college itself and where something is
Hi, I'm applying as an international business major, which college would you recommend?
Sixth
what does ucsd stand for
Under construction, socially dead
@@seanthesheep 😂
What would you say is the best for public health major?
Sixth
what college would you suggest for psychology majors?
Sixth
I ranked them randomly.... I got into revelle and know nothing about it lol is it good??
Congratulations on your acceptance, but, uh, Revelle isn't that good.
GE-wise, Revelle perhaps has among the most GEs. They require you to take five quarters of natural sciences (including one of chem, phys, bio) I believe (I might be wrong here). They also have five quarters of writing classes (other colleges have two or three), and the writing classes aren't that easy either, including a five-page paper on the Bible. UCSD only lets you transfer colleges if you can show that it lets you graduate a year early, and most of these transfers are from Revelle apparently.
Their dorms are the oldest on campus, though their insides were renovated in 2014. Their apartments are new and have an ocean view. However, they're right next to the Eighth College construction, so it's quite noisy. They're also at the southwestern corner of campus, which is rather far.
Revelle is a bit better if you're a natural science major, and their GEs are pretty nice for transfers I think, but otherwise, it's not good.
@@seanthesheep Oh gosh 😅 Thanks for the info, I'm really gonna have to think about it now
@@emin9656 same. 🥺💀💀
What about the food at revelle? @seanthesheep
What do all the acronyms stand for again?
You can check the AA, which stands for acronyms and abbreviations! blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/blink/resources/aa.html
What would you say is the best for cognitive science major?
Probably Seventh
just don’t pick revelle .
Sixth is the best one. Don't pick any other one. It's far an away the best college.
what would you recomend for a transfer history major?
I would recommend you to switch majors
@@patricklee9814 yeah I’m dropping out to become an editor lol
Which is best for business major？or biology？
College rankings don't change much depending on the major. Sixth is probably best
business school and biology school respectively
Hi, I committed to UCSD under astrophysics but I’m in ERC. Will it be difficult to pursue a physics major?? I’m starting to worry now lol
I know people in EE in ERC. It's fine. You can go to plans.ucsd.edu/ to see what a suggested schedule for a physics major in ERC would look like
Oh my god, I was so happy I got into UCSD but I realized I'm in ERC........ I'm not interested in writing or history.... WHAT DO I DO!?
Unfortunately, you can only transfer between colleges if you can show that you can graduate a year early with another college's GEs, and this happens rarely. Not liking history and writing isn't a reason for switching a college, and you can't avoid MMW.
You could either avoid accepting UCSD's offer or just tolerate the five quarters of MMW
i ranked Marshall first because i like art and they had an art GE, really wishing i applied to Sixth now T-T
Marshall's not a bad college! Sure, their dorms and apartments may be old, but at least they're fairly close to the center of campus.
Also, Marshall's writing program is really nice because it has contract-based grading, where at the beginning of the quarter, you can write very easy requirements for an A as part of your contract, and then you just need to show improvement to get an A. In contrast, Sixth's writing sequence grades based on how good your essays are
@@seanthesheep that’s good to hear, thank you!!
@@seanthesheep that’s great news 😀, that makes me feel a little better for commuting such an atrocity as putting Marshall over Sixth as a CS major…. I really didn’t do my research
Sean's ranking but backward. Definitely not ERC first...
Okay so I committed to UCSD a couple days ago and now I’m terrified because I got Revelle and everyone keeps saying it’s so hard because of the HUM but I am a chemical engineering major so it’s like??
It'll be fine
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Which is best for a biology major?
Revelle is a bit better for bio majors I think but I would still recommend Muir/Sixth/Seventh
sixth
My poor son cant send his application for UCSD becasue doesnt know why have to choose a "college"
You can leave it as the default order if ranking it stresses him/you out too much
My son is attending Ucsd @ Muir he says sixth and Muir are good college
Your son wasn't going to get in anyway
is warren any good ??
Warren is an okay college.
Dorm-wise, it's pretty bad. The dorms are very old. The suites are pretty big, and the suite bathrooms are like public bathrooms with not that much privacy compared to other colleges. Warren itself is also very far from everyone else.
GE-wise, they're not bad, especially if you're an engineering major, in which case you have 6 fewer courses to take compared to non-engineering majors. Their writing sequence is also pretty nice; it's only two quarters long, and they have contract-based grading, so at the beginning of the quarter you can just put simple requirements for you to get an A, and then you just need to show improvement to get an A.
Because their GEs are very good for engineers, and all the engineering buildings are in Warren, Warren is pretty much entirely of engineering majors, so Warren has a stereotype of not taking showers and smelling
@@seanthesheep oh okay cuz i got accepted into warren but idk if i should dorm on campus or not😞 also in january ucsd emailed me saying to change my major bc it was impacted: Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering. So I changed it to History. Do you know anything about changing majors and how difficult that is? Thank you so much!
@@seanthesheep thanks for the info btw!!!
@@metalkent1460 Changing majors is very easy (just a single click of a button) and instant, with some caveats.
Popular majors (engineering, computer science, and biology) are capped, so they have an application process that usually involves first taking some screening courses, and only a number of people are let in.
Also, when you have a certain number of units (like junior/senior year), you'll have to submit a quarter-by-quarter plan if you want to switch majors
@@seanthesheep so would you recommend i still attend ucsd if i want to change my major to a capped one? they said i wouldnt be accepted had i stayed with mechanical 😞
Vanni kristiana...
8th college
www.reddit.com/r/UCSD/comments/wgir9e/eighth_college_is_on_the_uc_app_so_heres_a/
Conclusion: DEFINITELY NOT the correct ranking (by current UCSD student)
So what is the correct ranking?
Tell us ur ranking
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@@patricklee9814 mine are you/yours nice to meet it!
I accepted seventh college without truly looking into it. I’m a sociology major.. 🥲 any advice?!
Seventh College is a good college overall; it has very light GEs compared to other colleges. When you live on campus for the first year or two, you'll be far from the center of campus though, but at least you'll get an apartment, which has a kitchen
@@seanthesheep thank you for replying😊
Ahhhh. So nervous.. but hey! There’s a kitchen 😀 Ty again!
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