University of California-Davis Top Questions

It can sometimes feel very isolated

I do not have many concerns or frustrations. However, because of the growing popularity and class size, it is oftentimes hard to communicate directily with your professors.

It's a big school, so you have to make an effort to know the teacher.

The difficulty of rallying everyone together and bring a sense of community to get involved. We care about current political-social-economical issues and discuss but do not collectively act upon it. Most people are hesitant or uncomfortable by the tabling/petitioning on our campus, and to get involved.

The most frustrating thing about UC Davis is how large the actual campus is because it takes a long time to get to each class. Another frustration is that students and organizations do not utilize their location near the State Capitol to their fullest benefit. My main frustration with UC Davis is how much my tutition has gone up.

I believe that my school lacks a solid liberal arts community. Nearly 40{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the graduating class receives a degree in psychology, while most other graduates are in pre-med, engineering, or animal science related majors. There is a lack of development within the Arts, and yet UCD maintains, for example, a very strong undergraduate English department. Regardless, the school does not seem to give much support or draw enough students interested in a Liberal Arts education.

The most frustrating thing about UC Davis is the class sizes. The classes I have to take for my major are mostly in big lecture halls which create a very impersonal level of education and learning. I must admit I was aware of this when I chose this school, and it is a small sacrifice for the education I am receiving. However, if it were a perfect world, I would prefer to be taught in smaller sized classrooms for the classes that are most important towards my major like Chemistry, Biology, and Math.

When life throws it's curve balls toward you, you have to pick yourself up becuase the school is not there to help, they are there to collect and help you with class selection and enrollment; its up to you to make it happen. A little encouragement or push would be nice from this school. Its not that big to start neglecting its students.

As a transfer student from a community college, it is also hard to adapt to the fast paced quarter systems as opposed to my community college semester based system. Eleven weeks is much more different than 18 weeks to learn and let material soak into your long-term memory.

The campus is extremely large. It takes more than 30 minutes to walk from one end of the campus to another. This distance is extremely frustrating for students who don't bike and decides to walk.