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The University of California San Diego

Breakdown of “Extracurricular Activities” at UCSD

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By Gender
MalesB-
FemalesB-
By Major
Aerospace EngineeringD
AnthropologyC
ArchitectureA+
BiologyC+
Business - Management and AdministrationC+
Chemical EngineeringC+
ChemistryC
Civil EngineeringB
CommunicationsB+
Computer EngineeringC-
Computer ScienceC
Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etcB-
EconomicsC+
Electrical EngineeringB
Engineering DepartmentB-
EnglishB-
History/Histories (art history/etc.)B-
Language - French/Spanish/etc.A+
MathC-
OtherC-
PhilosophyB
PhysicsB-
Political ScienceB+
PreMed and MedicalD
PsychologyB-
Public PolicyC
SociologyC
UndecidedF
Urban PlanningC
Video/MediaB-

Against similar schools

Extracurricular Activities compared with similar schools in class.

University of California San Diego
 B-
Average of All Schools
 B-
Average of schools in class
 B+

University of California - Los Angeles
 B+
University of California - Berkeley
 B+
University of California - Santa Barbara
 A-
University of Southern California
 B+
Stanford University
 A-
University of California - Irvine
 A-
Harvard University
 B
F
A+

Extracurricular Activities

... A lot of people say there is no social life, but with only 1 year at the college, the dorm life has been great with activities, I play intrumura...Read full comment
... If you can silence yourself (without exaggeration) from 90% of the social activities around you, this is the school for you ...Read full comment
... Sure, the social life isn't too great, but if there are activities you are involved in, there should be something going on almost every other nig...Read full comment
... Although it is true you have to have an eye out for the activities ...Read full comment
... If you can silence yourself (without exaggeration) from 90% of the social activities around you, this is the school for you ...Read full comment
... Daytime activities are in abundance ...Read full comment
... There isn't much enthusiasm for the sports teams we do have ...Read full comment
... There is a lack of school pride, due to lack of any sports program ...Read full comment
... Concerning social life, it's true that there is no school spirit because we aren't really into sports and many students do in fact go home on ...Read full comment
... There is the beach, downtown san diego, concerts, TJ, frat/sorority parties, dorm parties, tons of intramural sports, lots of nice people, etc ....Read full comment
... If you can silence yourself (without exaggeration) from 90% of the social activities around you, this is the school for you ...Read full comment
... I learned how to study and set goals in both academics and sports ...Read full comment
... 4 and played sports in highschool ...Read full comment
... This university has is all except big time sports ...Read full comment
... If you can silence yourself (without exaggeration) from 90% of the social activities around you, this is the school for you ...Read full comment
... The campus has tons of activities but you have to get yourself involved to have fun ...Read full comment
... This university has is all except big time sports ...Read full comment
... You do not like participating/watching competitive sports ...Read full comment
... Extracurricular environment is weak, leadership and long-term organization building is hard cuz most people don't care ...Read full comment
... We have 23,000 students, a division II sports program, and the tuition is much cheaper than USD's ...Read full comment
... Besides the academics, Sports Illustrated was right when they ranked UCSD the "#1 Surfing School in the Nation ...Read full comment
... I got in with a above average GPA a mediocre SAT score, and a laundry list of extracurricular activities ...Read full comment
... 4 and played sports in highschool ...Read full comment
... If you can silence yourself (without exaggeration) from 90% of the social activities around you, this is the school for you ...Read full comment
... I didn't care much about campus activities, so I'm not much of an expert on that matter, but don't expect to get terribly involved if you have to...Read full comment
... This university has is all except big time sports ...Read full comment
... Even though we don't have a football team and only a few division I sports like water polo and volleyball, the intramural sports are great ...Read full comment
... 125463 Overall University Positives: 1) Quality of faculty 2) Beautiful surroundings and weather 3) Diversity of campus (people and buil...Read full comment
... Are you looking for the college experience replete with a rich social life, spirit, and sports ...Read full comment
... La Jolla is beautiful, don't get me wrong, but it consists of retirees, so everything closes early and there are no clubs, sports bars etc ...Read full comment
... The students are all friendly and while some do become a little too absorbed in their school work, with over 20,000 people on campus, weekly co...Read full comment
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