This video is the best about UCSD imo so thank yo so much for this video:). I just have one question, and that is how much time did you spend studying in general? I’m just afraid that the classes are going to be hard and I’ll spend too much time trying to keep my GPA up for grad school lol.
Thank you very much for the kind words! Honestly I spent a ton of time studying. That's why I think it's really important to have some extra-curricular activities to force you to be efficient with your time and force you to explore San Diego. I had spent a lot of time studying in high school too but the difference for me was it was harder to get good grades in college and you'll definitely want to keep your GPA up if you want to go to grad school, especially if you're trying to go straight in after undergrad. It also depends on your major and your course load for a specific quarter. I really tried to balance my schedules out but some were definitely harder than others.
Subscribed! Just got in for comp sci as a transfer student (Revelle) and I'm just hoping they let all my courses transfer so that I only have 2 years left. Looking forward to the rest of your videos!
Congratulations on being accepted! In my experience it can be difficult to graduate on time as a transfer student. Especially since Revelle has the most GEs of all the colleges. My roommate was a transfer student in sixth college and I'd say he basically had to start out about 2 quarters behind people who came in as first years based on the classes he had to start out with. He took massive course loads to catch up but he still had to stay an extra quarter. Hopefully you have better luck with transferring credit. Thanks for watching!
@@MichaelMyers101 Thank you so much! ^^ I'm just waiting until July to finally speak to a counselor who will let me know what classes will transfer, and hopefully I'll only need to take chem as my last GE. Crossing my fingers lol. Warren was my main choice so maybe I can try changing colleges if Revelle requires too much of me?
@@AM-br8bg Warren would be pretty good for you since you're an engineer. Muir and Seventh College's GEs are even easier than Warren's engineering GEs though I think.
Thank you for sharing your experiences in UCSD. I got accepted as a 2020 transfer for Mathematical - Computer Science. What kind of resources or centers I can seek out or reach out for helping me with my major in UCSD? I know that CS major is difficult. Would you please share some tips and strategies to succeed in your major? Is it easy to get an internship? How can I get an internship? In general, what other information would you give me to succeed in UCSD?
Congratulations on you acceptance! You can reach out to advisors in your college and the math department to help you come up with a plan of what classes to take. In your computer science classes there are usually undergrad tutors or grad student TAs who have certain times each week to help students with homework questions. I'm not an expert on the math department but I would say for your CS classes make sure to work in the CS dungeons so you can meet other students and get help. It gets easier and easier to get an internship as you get farther into school so just keep working at it. I'm planning on making (a) video(s) closer to the start of school that will talk about all my advice and tips for CS and for UCSD in general.
Hey!! I loved your video!! I recently got into UCSD Warren college as well, just wondering if you could possibly share your opinion or some of your experiences at Warren!! Thanks!!
Hi Ryan! Congratulations on your acceptance! Thanks for supporting the video! I think Warren is pretty good. I think the dorms are probably better in some colleges like ERC but they aren't as bad as others like Revelle. If you're an engineer Warren is nice because you're around a lot of other engineers, you get easier GEs than other Warren students like I mentioned in the video, and the school of engineering is located in Warren so you won't have to walk far to labs. Again, there are other colleges with harder and easier GEs though. Unfortunately, Warren had one of the worst dinning halls imo, at least when I was there so you'll have to walk farther to get better food. Good luck and have fun at UCSD!
@@ryanxu8149 That's a fair question haha. No you can't see the ocean from Warren. You would probably only have a chance at Revelle, Muir, Marshall, Roosevelt, and maybe Seventh College depending on where it is. Warren and Sixth College are both on the opposite side of campus from the beach. There aren't many good views of the ocean on campus. Even Ocean View Terrace only had a tiny sliver of the ocean in view. You don't have to walk very far from campus to get a great view though.
I just got accepted as a transfer for data science. Do you know if it's possible to switch colleges? I only got into my 3rd choice, but the GE requirements mean that even in the best case it would add a full quarter to the 2 years I'd otherwise need to graduate. Unfortunately cannot afford to stay an extra quarter as I'm OOS with no financial aid :(
I've read that you can switch colleges but you may have to meet some criteria and also prove that switching will allow you to graduate a certain amount of time earlier. It sounds like switching may work in your case. You'll have to talk to your college advisor to be sure of all the requirements though.
When I was at UCSD most students walked but some did ride bikes or longboards. I always just walked when I was there so I don't think you would need a bike. However, I know they've added specific bike paths in recent years so it may be more worth it now. There's some deals and information you can read about here transportation.ucsd.edu/alternatives/cycling/
Hi, thank you for the video! I was wondering if you had heard anything about the music classes/film/theatre classes at UCSD? I've been thinking about attending a college where non majors are able to study music to a degree. Please and thank you!
I didn't hear much about the film and theater classes but I took two music classes myself, one about Jewish folk music and another about the blues. They both counted as part of my GEs. I know another really popular music class that a lot of people took was gospel choir. It had one of the top 5 rated teachers in the country on ratemyprofessor. I also had a friend who minored in ICAM where you combine computers and art.
I got accepted as a human bio major at Muir and I was wondering if you have any tips on how to organize your schedule / time to stay on top of your academics.
I'll probably make at least one video talking about some of my tips as we get closer to the start of the next school year. The biggest tip I can give you though is to find the right balance between your academics and extracurriculars. If you don't put enough time into extracurriculars you'll tend to get lazy with your academics because of all the spare time you have and you won't have much on your resume besides your classes. If you put too much time into extracurriculars they'll start to cut into your study/sleep time which will also hurt your grades. I think the biggest challenge and key to success in college is finding the perfect balance between the two that works for you.
I got accepted and had my major set for computer science in my UC application, but it said that I was an undeclared major when I actually got accepted. Does that mean I didn't get admitted to the computer science major? Also would I have to attempt to transfer into it then because like you said, I've heard it's really hard to do.
Hi Cole, I looked into this and it seems like that means you didn't get accepted into your top choices of engineering majors because they only admit a certain number of people but you will be able to apply to an engineering major after a certain amount of time at UCSD. You can see the FAQs here jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/assets/includes/academic/docs/Capped_Majors_FAQ.pdf
If i got accepted to UCSD as Undeclared for Physical Science what would be the factors that I should consider when attempting to declare a capped major? lets say for engineering or math? Would it even be worth it to attempt to apply to an engineering since I can only apply to a single one?
From what I remember, GPA and the number of people trying to transfer into a major were the main deciding factors for whether someone got into computer science. I believe it's also the same with other majors. You'll have to try to get an idea of your chances of being able to transfer based on your GPA and then decide if you want to try taking some classes for the major you want to be in. You can probably get help from the counselors with figuring out your chances to see whether it's worth applying. I found this page that talks about transferring into an engineering major jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/assets/includes/academic/docs/Capped_Majors_FAQ.pdf
I’m not sure if the stats have changed since I went to UCSD but when I was there he would have a 55% chance to graduate as an engineer. The other 45% ended up switching to non engineering majors and graduating with those.
@@jingyak7 it might but non engineering majors usually have a shorter list of required classes so it may not take longer to graduate. For example I think computer science had around 33 required classes but communications had 13.
thanks for this video! i am a hs junior and i’m thinking of applying to a few uc’s, but i’m leaning towards uc santa barbara and uc san diego. i’d love to hear you compare uc san diego to all the other uc’s and hear any tips for applying! thanks!
Hello! Thanks for watching and good luck with your applications! Personally, I'm not too knowledgeable about the other UCs. I've never even been to the others except for LA and Berkeley. If you haven't seen this video it does a great job of comparing the cultures of all the UCs ruclips.net/video/int3lFioTtU/видео.html. As you probably picked up on in my video and as you'll see in the video I linked, UCSD students are really serious about academics and usually don't do much partying. When I was in school, UCSB was kind of known as the opposite within the UC system. They were well known for parties and had a crazy Halloween party my first year of college which had to be shut down by police with horses and swat teams I believe. They were also ranked as the second best party school in the country at that time. Things may have changed since then though. I know a ton of regulations have been added to basically shut down the Halloween party. My friends who attended have also told me you're able to avoid the parties if you choose to or at least during the times you need to study hard.
You'd be surprised haha! I'm in the DC area now and the humidity in SD is usually as high or higher than DC. You just don't notice it as much most of the time because the temperature in SD doesn't get as hot as DC.
Check out part 2 here: ruclips.net/video/oshccca-JdM/видео.html
This helped me a whole LOT, thank you kindly for the information! I got accepted as a 2020 transfer for political science. Go Tritons!
Thank you for the kind words! I'm so glad it helped! Congratulations on your acceptance and good luck!
This video is the best about UCSD imo so thank yo so much for this video:). I just have one question, and that is how much time did you spend studying in general? I’m just afraid that the classes are going to be hard and I’ll spend too much time trying to keep my GPA up for grad school lol.
Thank you very much for the kind words! Honestly I spent a ton of time studying. That's why I think it's really important to have some extra-curricular activities to force you to be efficient with your time and force you to explore San Diego. I had spent a lot of time studying in high school too but the difference for me was it was harder to get good grades in college and you'll definitely want to keep your GPA up if you want to go to grad school, especially if you're trying to go straight in after undergrad. It also depends on your major and your course load for a specific quarter. I really tried to balance my schedules out but some were definitely harder than others.
Subscribed! Just got in for comp sci as a transfer student (Revelle) and I'm just hoping they let all my courses transfer so that I only have 2 years left. Looking forward to the rest of your videos!
Congratulations on being accepted! In my experience it can be difficult to graduate on time as a transfer student. Especially since Revelle has the most GEs of all the colleges. My roommate was a transfer student in sixth college and I'd say he basically had to start out about 2 quarters behind people who came in as first years based on the classes he had to start out with. He took massive course loads to catch up but he still had to stay an extra quarter. Hopefully you have better luck with transferring credit. Thanks for watching!
@@MichaelMyers101 Thank you so much! ^^ I'm just waiting until July to finally speak to a counselor who will let me know what classes will transfer, and hopefully I'll only need to take chem as my last GE. Crossing my fingers lol. Warren was my main choice so maybe I can try changing colleges if Revelle requires too much of me?
@@AM-br8bg Warren would be pretty good for you since you're an engineer. Muir and Seventh College's GEs are even easier than Warren's engineering GEs though I think.
May i know how did u manage to finish courses early
Amazing video, thank you!!! I like that u don't seem too biased and emphasize that everything is just ur experience
Tommy Ruppert that was my goal! Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad the video was helpful.
Very helpful man. Thanks for going into such detail.
Thanks for the kind words! I'm so glad it was helpful!
very well put together video, thank you
Ezana Daniel Thanks for the kind words!
Thank you for sharing your experiences in UCSD. I got accepted as a 2020 transfer for Mathematical - Computer Science. What kind of resources or centers I can seek out or reach out for helping me with my major in UCSD? I know that CS major is difficult. Would you please share some tips and strategies to succeed in your major? Is it easy to get an internship? How can I get an internship? In general, what other information would you give me to succeed in UCSD?
Congratulations on you acceptance! You can reach out to advisors in your college and the math department to help you come up with a plan of what classes to take. In your computer science classes there are usually undergrad tutors or grad student TAs who have certain times each week to help students with homework questions. I'm not an expert on the math department but I would say for your CS classes make sure to work in the CS dungeons so you can meet other students and get help. It gets easier and easier to get an internship as you get farther into school so just keep working at it. I'm planning on making (a) video(s) closer to the start of school that will talk about all my advice and tips for CS and for UCSD in general.
I'm going to be a poli sci major in Marshall, thanks for the video it made me feel good about my choice!
I'm glad this video helped you! Congratulations on your acceptance!
Hey!! I loved your video!! I recently got into UCSD Warren college as well, just wondering if you could possibly share your opinion or some of your experiences at Warren!! Thanks!!
Hi Ryan! Congratulations on your acceptance! Thanks for supporting the video! I think Warren is pretty good. I think the dorms are probably better in some colleges like ERC but they aren't as bad as others like Revelle. If you're an engineer Warren is nice because you're around a lot of other engineers, you get easier GEs than other Warren students like I mentioned in the video, and the school of engineering is located in Warren so you won't have to walk far to labs. Again, there are other colleges with harder and easier GEs though. Unfortunately, Warren had one of the worst dinning halls imo, at least when I was there so you'll have to walk farther to get better food. Good luck and have fun at UCSD!
@@MichaelMyers101 Thank you soo much!! lmao, this might be a rather unimportant question, but can you see the ocean from Warren college?
@@ryanxu8149 That's a fair question haha. No you can't see the ocean from Warren. You would probably only have a chance at Revelle, Muir, Marshall, Roosevelt, and maybe Seventh College depending on where it is. Warren and Sixth College are both on the opposite side of campus from the beach. There aren't many good views of the ocean on campus. Even Ocean View Terrace only had a tiny sliver of the ocean in view. You don't have to walk very far from campus to get a great view though.
I just got accepted as a transfer for data science. Do you know if it's possible to switch colleges? I only got into my 3rd choice, but the GE requirements mean that even in the best case it would add a full quarter to the 2 years I'd otherwise need to graduate. Unfortunately cannot afford to stay an extra quarter as I'm OOS with no financial aid :(
I've read that you can switch colleges but you may have to meet some criteria and also prove that switching will allow you to graduate a certain amount of time earlier. It sounds like switching may work in your case. You'll have to talk to your college advisor to be sure of all the requirements though.
MichaelMyers101 I’ll try and contact my college. Want to confirm that before I decide to SIR or not
@@nghtrydrmusic ya I think that's a good idea. Good luck in college!
As a transfer, data science should be more than 2 years already. I believe it's a 8 quarter plan to progress in the sequences.
I recently committed to UCSD. I was planning on getting a bike but I know you said that it’s not that popular. Would you still recommend getting one?
When I was at UCSD most students walked but some did ride bikes or longboards. I always just walked when I was there so I don't think you would need a bike. However, I know they've added specific bike paths in recent years so it may be more worth it now. There's some deals and information you can read about here transportation.ucsd.edu/alternatives/cycling/
Thank you
@@anabelarreguin5332 No problem!
Get an electric skateboard if u can afford it. Best purchase Ive ever made.
Hi, thank you for the video! I was wondering if you had heard anything about the music classes/film/theatre classes at UCSD? I've been thinking about attending a college where non majors are able to study music to a degree. Please and thank you!
I didn't hear much about the film and theater classes but I took two music classes myself, one about Jewish folk music and another about the blues. They both counted as part of my GEs. I know another really popular music class that a lot of people took was gospel choir. It had one of the top 5 rated teachers in the country on ratemyprofessor. I also had a friend who minored in ICAM where you combine computers and art.
@@MichaelMyers101 Thank you, I'll put your words to my college descision list . Have a good day!
@@samtasticpanda9914 You're welcome! Glad I could help!
Hopefully this will help prospective UCSD students in making a well-informed decision. Go Tritons.
Thanks for the support from The Legendary John Wang!
I got accepted as a human bio major at Muir and I was wondering if you have any tips on how to organize your schedule / time to stay on top of your academics.
I'll probably make at least one video talking about some of my tips as we get closer to the start of the next school year. The biggest tip I can give you though is to find the right balance between your academics and extracurriculars. If you don't put enough time into extracurriculars you'll tend to get lazy with your academics because of all the spare time you have and you won't have much on your resume besides your classes. If you put too much time into extracurriculars they'll start to cut into your study/sleep time which will also hurt your grades. I think the biggest challenge and key to success in college is finding the perfect balance between the two that works for you.
I got accepted and had my major set for computer science in my UC application, but it said that I was an undeclared major when I actually got accepted. Does that mean I didn't get admitted to the computer science major? Also would I have to attempt to transfer into it then because like you said, I've heard it's really hard to do.
Hi Cole, I looked into this and it seems like that means you didn't get accepted into your top choices of engineering majors because they only admit a certain number of people but you will be able to apply to an engineering major after a certain amount of time at UCSD. You can see the FAQs here jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/assets/includes/academic/docs/Capped_Majors_FAQ.pdf
Its awesome video. One question: can student stay on capmus for all four years, if he wish?
When I attended you were guaranteed on campus housing for all four years but I’m not sure if that’s still the case.
Wow... why were all of the cons actually pros for me?
Sounds like UCSD might be perfect for you haha
If i got accepted to UCSD as Undeclared for Physical Science what would be the factors that I should consider when attempting to declare a capped major? lets say for engineering or math? Would it even be worth it to attempt to apply to an engineering since I can only apply to a single one?
From what I remember, GPA and the number of people trying to transfer into a major were the main deciding factors for whether someone got into computer science. I believe it's also the same with other majors. You'll have to try to get an idea of your chances of being able to transfer based on your GPA and then decide if you want to try taking some classes for the major you want to be in. You can probably get help from the counselors with figuring out your chances to see whether it's worth applying. I found this page that talks about transferring into an engineering major jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/assets/includes/academic/docs/Capped_Majors_FAQ.pdf
This is funny. Like it!
Terence Chau Thanks for watching!
You gets me worried. My son is going to study Aerospace engineering this year. Is that means he will not graduated?
I’m not sure if the stats have changed since I went to UCSD but when I was there he would have a 55% chance to graduate as an engineer. The other 45% ended up switching to non engineering majors and graduating with those.
@@MichaelMyers101 , thanks! By charging major, does it take extra years to gratulate?
@@jingyak7 it might but non engineering majors usually have a shorter list of required classes so it may not take longer to graduate. For example I think computer science had around 33 required classes but communications had 13.
@@MichaelMyers101 thx!!!
thanks for this video! i am a hs junior and i’m thinking of applying to a few uc’s, but i’m leaning towards uc santa barbara and uc san diego. i’d love to hear you compare uc san diego to all the other uc’s and hear any tips for applying! thanks!
Hello! Thanks for watching and good luck with your applications! Personally, I'm not too knowledgeable about the other UCs. I've never even been to the others except for LA and Berkeley. If you haven't seen this video it does a great job of comparing the cultures of all the UCs ruclips.net/video/int3lFioTtU/видео.html. As you probably picked up on in my video and as you'll see in the video I linked, UCSD students are really serious about academics and usually don't do much partying. When I was in school, UCSB was kind of known as the opposite within the UC system. They were well known for parties and had a crazy Halloween party my first year of college which had to be shut down by police with horses and swat teams I believe. They were also ranked as the second best party school in the country at that time. Things may have changed since then though. I know a ton of regulations have been added to basically shut down the Halloween party. My friends who attended have also told me you're able to avoid the parties if you choose to or at least during the times you need to study hard.
Humid?? I'm from DC that ain't gonna be a problem
You'd be surprised haha! I'm in the DC area now and the humidity in SD is usually as high or higher than DC. You just don't notice it as much most of the time because the temperature in SD doesn't get as hot as DC.
just got in less gooo
Congratulations! Hopefully this video will help you decide if UCSD is best for you!
the content is great! but gosh u move yo camera so fast gets me dizzy!!!
BAD LOOKING PEOPLE??? LOL!!!!
I disagreed but a lot of people definitely thought so haha