University of California-Davis Top Questions

A lot of the people here like to party and drink, which results in them being loud and drunk. I'm sure you can find this at most other campus', but this just wasn't my scene.

The high cost of living, including school related supplies such as textbooks.

The most frustrating thing about my school experience at UC Davis was the language program. I wanted to get a Spanish minor, and ended up not being able to recieve one because I had not taken a non-spanish class, even though I had close to 15 units of upper division units in Spanish and had studied abroad in Spain. Plus the majority of the spanish courses are aimed at being able to read and write, not speak fluently.

The most frustrating thing about UC Davis is that there are so many extraordinary intelligent individuals who are as determined as you are to get ahead in class and in life. It makes for pretty intense competition for internships, volunteer opportunities, etc. At the same time, this allows for more opportunities to arise. So it's both frustrating but envigorating, really.

I'm a pre-health student. I enjoy going to UC Davis; however, the advisors in the pre-health department are the coldest, most unhelpful advisors I have ever come across in my life. They make students cry, and instead of being supportive of their students, advisors explain to students who they feel are "under-par" to find another path in life. It's really sad.

The most frustrating thing about my school was trying to figure out how to sign up for classes for the first time. I missed the opportunities for orientation regarding course registration and didn't know who to ask for help. I overheard other students talking about shared courses and realized that I wasn't in the same boat. Signed up for upper division courses I selected out of pure interest the day before classes started, I was fortunately able to get the help I needed from a floor advisor for freshman (separate from the RA).

Sometimes there is a lack of campus/student community (as a whole). There are plenty of extra-curricular activites for students to create social circles but I think it would be nice to have more events/activities that encompass the student body as a whole.

Some classes required for my major are difficult to get into and you have to waitlist. Also, the amount of studying required is definately tough!!!

Most classes tend to be very big in class size. It is very hard to meet with the professor directly. Students are very academically competitive and sometimes are not friendly at all. The campus is really big and some places are hard to find. There are many bikes and many students in between classes and therefore provides traffic. Parking is hard to find in the beginning of the school year. Long lines during exam days everywhere in the school. Smell of the agriculture nearby produces unwanted smell. Professors give excessive amounts of information during lecture hours.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the way in which the tranportation works on the weekends. I know it's because students are the ones who drives the buses but it would help if more busses ran during the weekened. Otherwise, I really like my school.