University of California-Davis Top Questions

The size of the campus can be overwhelming. There are a lot of buildings and a lot of students around, especially when classes get out. However, people are always willing to help you find where you need to go. As long as you have some experience riding a bike, you can get around campus easily. Buses come frequently to take you around downtown Davis, or to residential areas that surround the campus.

Nothing really bad. It's just a very competitive school that everyone needs to be focus.

The lack of diversity among the student population in terms of race, and unyielding budget cuts against students rather than on the upper echelons of the faculty.

The worst thing about my school is that sometimes it seems hard to stand out academically because the class sizes are so large and the professors just do not have time to remember every single student.

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Davis is a great place for students to really focus on their academics, meet new people, and be calm and peaceful underneath the many trees, on top of the luscious green grass. However, the worst part about it must be that it is in the middle of nowhere, with virtually no shopping centers, clubs, or places where typical youngsters would like to go. The closest REAL restaurants and stores/malls are about a 20 minute drive away, and it tends to make Davis students rather bored. However, Davis is starting to get more stores and is trying to get better! :)

I honestly feel that if I there isn't anything that was horrible enough for me to talk about UC Davis. I truly enjoyed my entire here. And I had a very varied experience, a Division 1 athlete and captain, student, internship with sports marketing and part time job (the internship wasn't paid). It anything, the worst thing about Davis is that it doesn't get the full recognition it deserves. Only in select areas (engineering, veterinary medicine and viniculture)

The fact that some professors are required to teach as part of their job as a researcher. When this happens it is obvious that they don't want to be teaching and as a result, it's my education that suffers.

I really can not say anything bad about this school. I was very greatful to be accepted.

There really isn't anything that is terrible at UC Davis, except for maybe the amount of help found at the pre-health advising department.