The University of California San Diego
Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at UCSD
By Gender
| Males | B |
| Females | B |
By Major
| Aerospace Engineering | D |
| Anthropology | A- |
| Architecture | A+ |
| Biology | C+ |
| Business - Management and Administration | A |
| Chemical Engineering | A |
| Chemistry | C+ |
| Civil Engineering | A+ |
| Communications | B+ |
| Computer Engineering | C |
| Computer Science | B+ |
| Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc | B |
| Economics | B- |
| Electrical Engineering | A- |
| Engineering Department | C |
| English | C- |
| History/Histories (art history/etc.) | A+ |
| Language - French/Spanish/etc. | A+ |
| Math | A |
| Other | B |
| Philosophy | A+ |
| Physics | B+ |
| Political Science | A- |
| PreMed and Medical | D |
| Psychology | F |
| Public Policy | B- |
| Sociology | A- |
| Undecided | A+ |
| Urban Planning | B |
| Video/Media | A |
Against similar schools
Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class.
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University of California San Diego
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Average of All Schools
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Average of schools in class
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University of California - Los Angeles
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University of California - Berkeley
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University of California - Santa Barbara
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University of Southern California
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Stanford University
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University of California - Irvine
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Harvard University
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Surrounding City
“... It's not a traditional city and some student find it boring ...Read full comment
“THE SCHOOL IS JUST BAD....there is nothing else that can be said, the students are close-minded anti-social mob... no1 makes the effort to interact an...Read full comment
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My only complaint is that UCSD doesn't have a division I athletics program or football, but that's just about balanced out by all the free con...Read full comment
“... San Diego is a good city but you need a car for sure ...Read full comment
“... 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
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- The weather is nice in San Diego, but there is hardly anything to do in the surrounding city of La Jolla ...Read full comment
“... It's a gem of a city, and there are quite a few students that never even make it out of La Jolla ...Read full comment
“... city lights at night and exciting club scene b ...Read full comment
“Great school, but back when I attended the premed program was hellacious and disgusting with the competition among students. It soured me towards medi...Read full comment
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-Neighboring city La jolla is extremely expensive and boring ...Read full comment
“... Alot of people figured out that there is more to diversity and city life living outside of La Jolla, for instance, living more downsouth, is bett...Read full comment
“... city lights at night and exciting club scene b ...Read full comment
“... It is in a cool city with very beautiful weather ...Read full comment
“... I've had to take the city shuttle to the mall, so unless you get to know the bus route or have a friend with a car, you won't be getting very fa...Read full comment
“Despite having the flaws of a UC (large class sizes, unhelpful professors, expensive tuition, a lot of Asians), I think UCSD is a great place to be to...Read full comment
“... city lights at night and exciting club scene b ...Read full comment
“... But i was looking to meet interesting people, to go out to the city, to live a little, and this campus just hasn't provided that ...Read full comment
“... city lights at night and exciting club scene b ...Read full comment
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