University of California-San Diego Top Questions

UCSD is an affordable school with excellent resources and can provide students with a top notch education if they take advantage of the resources and tools provided to them.

A research university with an emphasis on educating the next generation.

Pros: Great weather, quiet atmosphere, very close beach, good food. Cons: Not an exaggeration when they call this school "socially dead". No frat row and no football team makes for quiet weekends.

A RESEARCH BASED INSTITUTION THAT IS SLOWLY BECOMING A HOT SCHOOL TO ATTEND, BUT NEEDS TO WORK ON SCHOOL SPIRIT TO BREAK INTO THE LIKES OF UC BERKELEY AND UCLA.

UCSD is very big and beautiful with a lot of different faces, but it is very academically challenging and each student needs to put in a lot of effort on his or her own part to be successful.

Competative and academically oriented.

Another lounge for students.

Students on their way to class

Students milling about campus between classes.

The newest activity hub at UCSD

The newest activity hub at UCSD.

The newest activity hub at UCSD

Students going to class.

Another view of ER dorms.

This is the main strip of campus that you're bound to walk on at least once a day.

Where many UCSD classes take place.

A popular outdoors spot for UCSD students.

Eleanor Roosevelt College, where the walls are thin, much to the chagrin of those living there.

A glimpse of UCSD during lunch.

Emphasizes research and highly competitive in the science and math field.

UCSD offers valuable experiences throughout your stay.