University of California-San Diego Top Questions

Lots of people are in frats/sororities. DOTs - all girl a capella! It's like a free sisterhood AND you can sing. Dorm doors are open generally in the suites, but the suite doors have to stay closed. Theater is popular - always sold out. Met my close friends through orientation, activities, mutual friends, and randomly! I'm studying at 2am/on the phone. Saturday - at home for the weekend usually (I go home a lot) Off campus - beach, shop, movies!

The social life at UCSD can be confined, but most students find ways to get around it. When in the residential halls, students leave their doors open and hang out with the other 30-90 people who live in their immediate vicinity. Getting involved is not difficult either, as there are dozens of organizations, university and college specific, to choose from. Athletics events are underrepresented, and the occasional famous guest speaker sparks interests campus-wide (Al Gore spoke here last year and Jane Goodall is coming to hand out awards at the beginning of April). With no football team and a very limited athletics department, and regulations against sorority and fraternity housing in the immediate area, it’s hard for students to find something to do on campus on the weekends, but the bus system is fairly decent and can take you around the area, to downtown San Diego, to Pacific Beach, for free. Saturdays night can be hard if you don’t drink, but the nearby beach and bonfire pits can relieve some of that tension, and housing activities can be created on the fly that make it a night to remember. And many of the shopping stores, like Ralph’s and CVS, are open 24 hours so a lot of students head there at 2am for some food or crafts or toys.

Religious clubs and fraternities are the most popular clubs.

Greek life is very big on campus even though we're not allowed housing. It tends to be the social center of UCSD. Partying varies across groups of friends. It is definitely possible not to party at UCSD - it's a dry campus and dorm parties are virtually nonexistent due to strict rules and enforcement. However, there certainly is a party scene if that's desired. Sun God is UCSD's big annual concert and pretty much anything goes on that day. People get ridiculously drunk all day, don't go to class, and have crazy amazing times.

Students don't leave their dorm doors open, the dorms are laid out in a way that doesn't encourage meeting other people, a lot of the doors shut and lock automatically. Athletic events, guest speakers and theater are all relatively unpopular. the greek system is the only social scene, it seems like everyone else studies bio and plays video games. There is very little that's fun to do on weekend nights that doesn't involve drinking.

its not here. in order to have a social life, we either have to go and look for it or be able to have fun and laugh on the everyday things like over lunch. most doors are closed and the students behind them have their faces in the books but most people are approachable. they just are not the ones to start the conversations. the general trend, which for the most part applies to me, seems to be busy weeks full of classes, meetings, activities, homework and studying then a weekend break (also involves some studying), followed quickly by the next week. its hard to say anything about the surrounding community because it is tough to discover a lot without a car.

sun god is the best thing ever. so much fun. the undie runs are pretty fun too. i think going greek is a really good thing to do if you are looking for a social life- it seems like a lot of the social atmosphere come from greek and sports teams. but i mean you can find it other places too. the greek life is very different than at other schools, it isn't as stereotypical and intense as most people think. sororitys are really good about not hazing and most people in different chapters get along. i think it has made my college experience much better. there are always concerts and speakers and cheap movies on campus. i think the new price center will offer more opportunities as well.

i went home and studied until my brian blew up. My friends and i went to the federation concert. she hit girl. it was CRAZY.

I think that being part of the greek system is very beneficial and rewarding. It is by far my favorite thing about being a student at UCSD. I love the friends that I have made and I have a lot of fun. I have also made some good friends on the cheer team. I would say that the basketball and baseball teams are popular with the ladies, and pretty much all of the sports teams here have good looking guys. If you want to have a good social life at UCSD you have to GET INVOLVED!

Athletics get a small following at this school. The Greek community is still small, but it is definitely growing.