University of California-Davis Top Questions

Off campus housing is expensive and on campus housing is limited.

UC Davis does not provide enough housing for all of its undergraduate students. In fact, only first-year and transfer students are guaranteed on-campus housing, which, from experience, makes freshman year rather stressful with the hovering responsibility of having to find a place to live before the upcoming fall. One benefit of this situation, however, is the responsibility and independence that one gains in having to search for their own place to live. And there are plentiful resources on-campus to help guide and inform students during this process.

I don't really like how most of the students I met in my freshman year thinks that they were better than everyone else, even though they didn't study at all and don't have good GPAs. However, as I grew older, I was able to meet more people who actually studied and did not act like they were the best.

The pungent smell of cow dung penetrates every aspect of daily Davis life. However, the students eventually grow past this and come to recognize the cow as an integral aspect of the Davis community and lifestyle - a school-wide symbol of pride.

Parking! It is made for students who live in Davis and in the dorms.

The worst thing about my school is the odor. Freshmen dorm is just right across the street from where the cows live. The smell of cows and their food is everywhere.

The worse thing about my school sometimes is it's size. I prefer not to ride my bike sometimes and woulc much rather walk to class. But if there is a 10 min space between and my next class is across campus, I definitely would not get there on time. Sometimes there is too much bike traffic.

The bike traffic

The UC Fee hike by 32{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} next quarter that many students can no longer afford it.

The classes are very big (some can be up to 400 students) so most of the time the professor will have no idea who you are. You have to make a huge effort to get to know them, by asking questions in class, going to office hours and emailing them if you want a chance at them ever writing a letter of recommendation or anything.