College of the Day: UC-San Diego

University of California- San Diego

Quick Facts:

Location: San Diego, CA

Established:1960

Students Enrolled: 27,761

Applicants: 60,807

Male/Female Ratio: 51/49

 

 

The University of California at San Diego is located on the beautiful cliffs of La Jolla, California.  The close proximity to the beaches give UCSD students a place to relax between their rigorous course schedules. Seeing surfboards and skaters on campus is a common occurance, but don't let students' laid back appearance fool you, students at UCSD are intelligent, hard workers.

 

UCSD has six different undergraduate colleges, but students do not apply to the individual colleges; they just apply to UCSD and indicate which college they would like to participate in.  The university is globally known for it's successful science programs.  The sciences, engineering and computer science are all very well renowned and very rigorous.  

The university also has a very excellent marine science and oceanography program.  The Scripps Institute of Oceanography benefits from the close proximity to the Pacific Ocean. 

 

 

 Student Life:

The majority of UCSD students hail from California with only four percent coming from out of state.  Because of the high prices of the neighboring city of La Jolla, many students choose to live on campus.  Students are guaranteed housing for their first three years at UCSD.  Forty-three percent of students choose to live on campus.  Juniors typically find housing off campus and commute to the university for classes.

Alcohol is technically banned on campus for underage students, but many find that it is easy to get around this because of lax RAs.  Most students find their social life off campus.  San Diego offers students plenty of social events to choose from.  Greek life is not very popular at UCSD with only 10 percent of students joining a fraternity or sorority.

Applying:

If you are interested in applying to the University of California at San Diego you should have a Critical Reading SAT Score of 550-650 and a Math SAT Score of 620-730. ACT Scores for all sections should be at least 26-31. UCSD typically has at least 60,000 applicants each year with only 38% of applicants being accepted.  

 

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 Source: Fiske, Edward B. "University of California-San Diego." Fiske Guide to Colleges. Vol. 2015. N.p: 102-105. Print