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The University of California San Diego


Educational QualityF Faculty AccessibilityD+
Useful SchoolworkD Excess CompetitionF
Academic SuccessF Creativity/ InnovationF
Individual ValueF University Resource UseC
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyB+ FriendlinessC
Campus MaintenanceA- Social LifeC+
Surrounding CityC- Extra CurricularsB-
SafetyC-
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He cares more about Academic Success than the average student.
Date: Apr 27 2012
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I transferred from community college as a first generation college student. I traveled down to SD from Southern Orange County by Amtrak and bus to get an apartment with the money from financial aid, but from day 1, UCSD expected everything from me but never fully accepted their own responsibility to me. They were late on the fin aid for the first week of classes, so I was homeless despite being told that I would have received the funds already from day 1. I went through many struggles at this school, and if it weren't for money issues in the end, I could have finished there just fine. Constant denial of much needed health care, disability accommodation, and enough money to thrive in the local area independently left a heavy burden on my grades. All they would say in response rather than understanding my dilemma is that UCSD is probably not a good "fit" for me. That's just passing the buck. Charge me a fortune just to snub your nose at me in the end and tell me that I should magically make money appear so that I can manage going through another move to a better school. After I hit the bottom of my financial burdens from going through a divorce, they denied me readmission for my grades despite having gone through a divorce and having been hospitalized for thoughts of suicide that quarter, a side effect of the anti-depression meds I was put on by the VA Do not go to this school if you want a degree in science or math. If you are an alumni, please stop paying them to continue in these outdated and unfair practices. The economy has had a technology bubble pop, then a housing bubble popped. Mark my words, the education bubble is the next thing you'll hear about, meaning that people like me are going to be stuck without degrees and expected to pay off education debts when we can't afford to live independently off of what we can get with half of a degree. No thanks to lazy Universities like UCSD who refuse to hold themselves accountable for the education that we pay for.
   
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