UC San Diego

Hello, this is Brenna! After the UC San Diego session in the Career Center, I can give some insight about the university based on the questions I asked. I'll try to provide information that isn't exactly stated on their website.

• For their arts program, they do not require a portfolio or live performance with the regular admissions process. I found this odd because I assumed you'd want to see if someone has artistic talent before you admit them, but they are different in that sense. If someone is doing poorly artistically, even if admitted, they'll get the hint eventually, as well as a suggestion to switch majors.
• They do not have a business major (closest would be Management Science).
• The difference between a UC and CSU is that a UC is more theoretical than technical. An example given was that while UCSD students will come up with an idea and how it will work, someone from a CSU will be the one to design and create this idea into a "real thing". 
• Very big campus!
• There are six colleges in UCSD, each catering to diverse ambitions with different requirements in each. They said no one college is more popular than the others (even though I've heard Muir is most popular). And though it is possible to switch colleges, it is very difficult.

Here are their six colleges within the university:

• Earl Warren: "Toward a life in balance"
• Eleanor Roosevelt: "Developing global citizens through scholarship, leadership and service"
• John Muir: "Celebrating the independent spirit"
• Revelle: "Purpose, truth, vision"
• Sixth (creative name): "Preparing effective citizens for the 21st century"
• Thurgood Marshall: "Developing the scholar and citizen"

I gathered some student opinions on the different colleges. Though keep in mind these are opinions by some, not everyone.
Earl Warren:

• Cramped dorm rooms.
• Where all the engineering majors lean towards.

Eleanor Roosevelt:

• Inflexible GEs.
• Nicest looking dorm (clean, new, and around a grass field).

John Muir:

• Popular because of its GE requirements, but you have to take them in sequence.
• Nice view of the beach from the dorms, but the dorms look like prisons.
• Best "college-dorm feel" because of the social environment.
• Closest to Price Center (student center).
• More flexible GEs.

Revelle:

• Very close to York Hall (bio and chem).
• Has a "mini-library" that's convenient for studying.
• Inflexible GEs.
• Old dorms.

Sixth:

• Least desirable dorm.
• Inflexible GEs.

Thurgood Marshall:

• Has the best food.
• More flexible GEs.
• Lots of 'singles' (single-occupied dorm rooms).