[qrace]

WOOOOO yeah welcome to ERC!
good luck with mmw... oh if you need books pm me
if you have any questions or concerns feel free to ask~

[Kurisu]

Anybody know anything about MUIR COLLEGE in UCSD?
I got in & I want to know about the dorms, general eds., etc. please help me out because I really want to go there!

YAY for UCSD<33

I posted this 2 pages before your post.

Well trust me you will LOVEEEE Muir's GEs and dorms. Their dorms are pretty big, compared to Revelle, Marshall, and Sixth. I've only been to Warren apartments, and they're nice, but Muir apartments are WAYYYY nicer. And there's a big loft/common area for every two floors. It's really sweet. But I heard ERC dorms are really nice. Haven't been in them though. But anyways, BOTH Muir dorms (Tioga and Tenaya) have been renovated, so everything looks so nice (seriously!). I don't dorm, but my friends do, and I've visited many times.

Curriculum - Muir Writing (MCWP) is pretty difficult (hard to get an A-, people usually get B+'s), but if you work your ass off and you are an english-lit major, you'll be fine. You end up writing two papers (8-10 and 10-12 pages), but they do teach you how to write, seriously. I write many of my essays based on their style and it's all good. Just remember to take easy classes (GE reqs.) when you take Muir 40/50 because you will have to put some time and effort into it. You can't BS the essays, and trust mew I've BS many essays before and done fine. YOu have to actually DO STUFF.
You also have to do 4 different sequences -- all do-able, depending on what you want to take. They're really flexible, so since you're going to be a non-science major, you can take more random classes. The classes for my major completed some of my GE requirements. Seriously, if you did 4 classes each quarter, all GE's, that's already finishing the 4 sequences. And if you did Muir Writing (muir 40 and muir 50/125 or something), that's a total of 14 GEs. PLUS, if you completed some AP course and got AP credit for passing the ap test, you can clear up some classes, such as math (math 10 series, anyone?), etc.

Sierra Summit, the dining hall, well at least there's a sitting area. Food Worx doesn't have tables indoors. It's also easy to get to. Food Worx is pretty far, in Sixth college, from sixth college dorms (log cabins, I guess).

Bad - Muir 40. Muir 50 is much easier. Like I said, I tried pretty hard and got a B+. But it's okay, better than a C+! lol. Parking sucks, but it's okay, we got carpool. We ALWAYS park at Muir lower lots because they have a lot of carpool spots. Nothing really bad about Muir. Although it's farther away from Price Center, but not as far as Revelle (ACK York Hall to Warren Lecture Hall, anyone?!).

Let me know if you have any other questions.

I have a 6 page essay due in about 7 hours and I haven't even finished the readings It seems impossible to achieve at this point... And I'm getting really sleepy ;____;

That is SOOO do-able, but it depends on the class. I cranked out 4-page essays in 2-3 hours because I knew what I was talking about. I also had a research paper (I wrote 7 pages) that I cranked out in 5-ish hours, and fortunately got a 96% on, but before when I wrote 1 page to get checked by the TA, he said my thesis was all wrong. I don't even know how I did it but I was pretty focused and it was during summer session, but it worked out, since I started it the day it was due, lol. As long as you're wide awake and understand enough, just skim the readings and look for quotes that support your thesis. But if it's something you don't know anything about, then sorry that will be difficult.

^There are no single rooms in residence halls - only doubles and triples. If you ask for an apartment, you might be able to get a single.

Are you talking about residence halls in general, or just the Sixth College ones? If you're talking about residence halls in general, there are most definitely singles, but you have to pay a little more. This sucks because the room is smaller. They cram everyone in triples in dorms, but if you choose to live at an apartment, you pay the same amount as if you lived in the dorms, but you are guaranteed a double if you want a double, and a single if you want a single.

[erure]

^I'm talking about sixth college residence halls. I asked for a double in an apartment and I got a single while my friend asked for a single in the reshalls and got a triple.

[rhaps0dize.]

^ So are you saying it would be harder to get a double in res halls than in an apartments? D:

[allyy]

I GOT INTO REVELLE!!

I'm thinking of getting an apartment so ANYONE INTERESTED PLEASE PM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

*i'm also afraid i'm going to be rejected soon cos i got a d in calculus. any sd current students experienced this and survived it? am i in trouble of being rejected soon? =X

[thetimeisright]

helloooo
i got in muir for fall
and im still debating whether I'll be going there or not.
so far, I've heard a lot of good things about it such as spacious dorms and easier GE's.
Can someone tell me what the atmosphere is like at muir?
as for the dorms, its VERY hard to find pictures of them for some reason.
is there anyone here that can provide photos?
thankss
any other information would also be appreciated =]]

[breadispan]

I am accepted to UCSD (Marshall) Human Biology....
I dont even know how I got that major! haha
Well, my family is planning to send me there, and I want to learn more about Marshall college.
Please tell me all the interesting facts, and the PRO CON about this college.
Thanks.
-----------secret<3

same for me )))) i've read some stuff but i don't know..it doesnt seem to help. haha
hows campus life, really?? i have a friend and she doesnt seem to like it.. hard to make friends, mean TA's, etc

[erure]

^ So are you saying it would be harder to get a double in res halls than in an apartments? D:

well, there are almost no triples in apartments while it's fairly common in reshalls so I don't know about that. As long as you sign up early, you'll probably get what you want. I'm just saying that in sixth college reshalls, they don't have single rooms.

[Kurisu]

helloooo
i got in muir for fall
and im still debating whether I'll be going there or not.
so far, I've heard a lot of good things about it such as spacious dorms and easier GE's.
Can someone tell me what the atmosphere is like at muir?
as for the dorms, its VERY hard to find pictures of them for some reason.
is there anyone here that can provide photos?
thankss
any other information would also be appreciated =]]

Scroll up. It's helpful to read through the thread, at least a few pages back, as during this time a lot of people are getting their acceptance letters. You'll notice that I posted some answers to your question, a few posts before yours.

allyy - hmmm ack you have a D in calc? You must bring your grade up to at least a C. They can revoke admission... it's possible. I'm not sure with a D but most likely with an F.


MINJI.v - oh i see. Well I don't know how it goes for res halls at sixth, but my friends got what they wanted in different colleges, as long as their sign-up-time/date was good. The earlier, the higher the priority. I don't know anyone in sixth who stays at res halls that has a single, so I see what you mean. But yea they do have singles at apts. Man those are far lol.

[judylan]

i'm in muir and this is my dorm in tioga (triple.....)

I SUGGEST YOU GET A SINGLE!!!!
AND SIGN UP FOR HOUSING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

it's so hard to study with other people -___-
i requested a single last year, but didn't get it :'[[[[[[[

my bed:



my side:



my other two roomates' side



the view from my bed:

[shoeguy24]

i got admitted to ucsd's thurgood marshall college for this fall lol
i'm pretty excited to go check it out

[Youngyuja]

i just received an acceptance admission from ucsd. did i screw myself over by going to revelle? is there a chance that i can change? i'm super freaked out.

[erure]

i just received an acceptance admission from ucsd. did i screw myself over by going to revelle? is there a chance that i can change? i'm super freaked out.

Don't be freaked out. Revelle isn't that bad - you can take the writing classes at other community colleges, unlike other colleges at UCSD.

[pockified]

r-e!
r-e-v!
r-e-v-e-l-l-e!
revelle! *clap clap* revelleeee!

hahahhaa sorry, just a little chant that i can never get out of my head ever since orientation.

revelle is cool! i love argo hall suites i personally love living up high, which means living in blake hall (3 floors) and the fleets (4 floors) does not beat living in the 5th/6th floor in argo.

these pics are from earlier this school year on move-in day:


view of our double room from the doorway


view from the closet


the suite area. i don't remember it being this clean until i look back on these pictures. HAHAHA


the room post-decoration!

and the best thing?

chalkboard walls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahaha. this is the side of my closet and we kinda went crazy with the chalk...

my friends from back home came to visit last quarter and they said our hall looked like a skanky motel.... HAHAHA. but they were pleasantly surprised by the interior when they went inside and they said that our rooms were even bigger than the ones they have at UCI, UCR, CPP, etc.

hope these pics give prospective revelle students a feel of how their living commons would be like! i remember last summer i was totally clueless as to how the place looked like and i would've totally bowed down to whoever that shared pictures.

[Youngyuja]

Wow, those dorms look really comfy.

[breadispan]

lol!! *bows down*
haha

thurgood marshall thurgood marshall!

[erure]

This is a picture of my sixth college apartment single room.

[ChrIsChriS221]

lol that i remember that revelle chant from my orientation too, do they teach that every year?

[Chuyin]

Wow, pockified your suite looks pretty nifty lol. I spot a Big Bang poster. I'm jealous!

I'm going to go visit next week since I have spring break. I need to check out sixth to see "camp snoopy" for myself.

MINJI.v, how early did you sign up for housing when you did it?

[Kurisu]

Hey I was wondering if any of you who are currently attending UCSD know when grades will be online? Hopefully it will be before Spring quarter starts ^^;