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social life is greek and organization centered. Largely speaking, if you aren't a major follower of a club, organization, or the greeks, you won't have a spankin' social life. Dating can be difficult because everyone is so antisocial. A popular poster says "19 out of 20 Tritons stop if they say no on a date." That means you get raped 5{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the time! Wow thats way better than my odds! I am part of the undergraduate investment society. Its a new organization on campus that aggressively tries to build connections and a business reputation to let UCSD students in on the business world. Highly recommend joining if you are thinking about stocks, investment, finance, accounting EVERYONE IN CALIFORNIA COMES TO UCSD FOR OUR SUNGOD FESTIVAL IN MAY! Mexico is 40 minutes from campus and a popular destination for people who want a wild night if you know what I mean. I went there once and a really old hooker kept hitting on me, ach!

Sports clubs are a very fun way to get involved without the huge time commitment required of intercollegiate teams. Students in dorms are very open; living in them is a great way to make friends. Athletic events don't tend to get to many spectators, but they can be very fun. Sun God is the best event of the year: it is a huge festival where many huge bands play and everyone parties all day long. Frats and sororities are around but they aren't as huge a deal as at other schools.

The beach is huge. Warm spring afternoons mean everyone's carrying their surfboard down to Black's, whether it's a weekday or not. There are some fun clubs downtown and great restaurants in Hilcrest, shopping in Mission Valley, or hitting the scene in Pacific Beach. There's not too much to do in La Jolla. Athletics events aren't very well attended, especially for how good the teams are. There are a lot of religious and cultural groups on campus, and an org for every service project there could be.

If one wants to have their social life handed to them or organized for them, then should definitely join the Greek system at UCSD. That guarantees at least a party every week for you. Most people party on the weekends at UCSD, while the Greek system parties Wednesday-Sunday. Athletic events have become more popular and better-attended by students this year than they were my freshman year. UCSD has great guest speakers: Al Gore and Jane Goodall are two I remember. There are many different student organizations on campus that suit a myriad of interests. Our A.S. (student government) holds "Bear Gardens" (beer gardens) for free every month for those of us who are over 21; everyone gets free food and free beer. UCSD is set in one of the most beautiful cities in the entire U.S. Upon turning 21, you will be in a city offering an amazing nightlife. Almost every concert tour stops in San Diego. During my freshman year, Kanye West's and Snoop Dogg & the Game's tours made stops at UCSD's RIMAC Arena. UCSD offers free concerts for their students from big names (The Roots, Jimmy Eat World, etc).

So there are a bunch of sororities and fraternities, They all have different purposes. There are student councils inside each of the colleges. We do not have a Football Team, nor do i see one in any near future. There are often events to get people to hang out, they are mostly organized by college. Warren College for example, has poker tournaments. Students are often studying. Since it is on a quarter system, its hard to really make time for other things until you are use to your schedule. UCSD also has SUNGOD.. ahaha fun stuff.. but yeah activities are endless...

-i guess the most popular clubs or whatever are sororities and frats. those are always on library walk, they always have something going on, and there's so many of them. - not many people go to athletic events. there's always a few, but we don't really have much school spirit. - people party all the time. i know in the dorms, we party every weekend. friday night and saturday night. woo! and then if there's a party going on or just some occassion, there's more partying. -last weekend um.. there was an lgbt dance, so i went to that, and then partied some more before and after. and then friday night, was basically the same thing. sunday... just lounged around doing nothing. - i guess on a saturday night with no drinking... uhh... you can play board games? haha that sounds lame. okay.. umm go to downtown or something? or watch a movie? video games? study? (that sounds super lame).. uhh that's all i can think of. wow.. i need to have one of those sometime, so i can actually see what happens. - tuesday at 2am, i'm probably on facebook. (dang that thing is so addicting, facebook chat makes it even worse! ahh!), or i'm watching some tv episode online. or sometimes, we're hungry, my friends and i will make a food run to like mexcian food or some diner. - i met my closest friends in the dorms. i really like the dorms and having suites is really nice too. some i met by joining clubs. that's nice too. - hmm.. i know that i leave my door open all the time, which maybe i shouldn't do. :/ haha but like last year when i lived in a suite, my door would be either open all the time or just unlocked. i never locked my door. and then this year. i live in an apt, so the front door is always locked automatically, and my aptmate flips out when it's left open. (lamee and relaly annoying. -___-) but yea my door is always wide open. i don't think i've ever used my room door key. wow.. i'm way too trusting of people. haha oh well.

Despite all the complaints, social life here doesn't seem all that bad when compared to other campuses. The crazy fraternity party scene isn't present, but there are parties available for those who seek them.

the best dances on campus are the nonsexist dances held by the LGBT organization. I wish I had lived in a dorm my first year, but they ran out of space so they put me in the apartments, which basically isolated me. I still made friends and went out, but I had to make that extra effort to make friends and get into the social scene. I wish that athletic events, and other events in general were either more publicized or something to encourage school spirit. I went up to Berkeley and it happened to be game day (football), and EVERYONE was dressed in blue and gold and sporting CAL wear. I loved it. I wish I saw something like that here. There are people here that party.. I think it's harder to find the parties here since we don't have frat houses.. and I don't think there's ALWAYS something going on, unlike in UCLA and UC Berkeley. I like to go eat off campus. Getting desserts off-campus is a great tradition I just started this year. Yogurt World, Extraordinary desserts, etc. YUM!

Really, really good concerts, but pathetic attendance. I don't mind though, small shows are cool. But the majority of campus doesn't seem appreciative of the musical talent that plays at UCSD. GO GREEK if you want to limit the number of parties you can attend and friends you can make. Closest friends are met either in the dorms or working on-campus. People party from time to time, but it's definitely not a party school.

I don't drink. And I am proud to state that. You can always find something to do. It's San Diego. You don't have to drink. Last weekend, I went to a concert, I went to the beach, I went to a Deaf play, and then one of my friends (who's going to be a famous phtographer someday I know it) walked around campus and took artsy pictures of various things on campus. You probably will be very unhappy wherever you go in college until you find your social niche. It took me about3 months to find mine. I joined the UCSD Snowboard team and it was great. I was happy, but before that life was very hard. I think that's normal for everyone, it's quite difficult to be shoved into a building with people who the only thing that you necessarily have in common with is that you go to the same school, and arae probably around the same age and sex. So you have to GET OUT THERE and find your social niche! It may be hard at first, but most good things are! Frats are not that important, we don't have a frat row, we don't have a football team. Greek life at UCSD is pretty small - they all are in pretty much the same circles, and you party with the same people all the time.