[remix441]

what time are you supose to recieve the financial aid money? It is the 15th and i just checked my sisweb payments and it still hasnt minus from my total payment fees. Alhtough i already satisfied all the myawards requirement

[TEMPO-NESS]

what time are you supose to recieve the financial aid money? It is the 15th and i just checked my sisweb payments and it still hasnt minus from my total payment fees. Alhtough i already satisfied all the myawards requirement

I believe September 17 is when the money is issued out to pay your tuition fees.

[mz_imperfect]

Check again now. I just checked mine and it paid off about 6k of my fees! =D Yay!

And I was wondering if anyone knew anything about that Blue and Gold Scholarship? They said it was supposed to be issued out along with financial aid and everyone was supposed to receive it if you were enrolled at least as a part time student? Because that's about 7k more I could use....

[remix441]

hmmm..i just checked on sisweb my e-bills and its still the original tuition price of 3,500$ do they sometimes disburse financial aid alittle late? becuase i havent recieved it yet

[mz_imperfect]

Just give it some time. You still got the rest of the day... don't worry about it unless it still hasn't paid off your fees by tomorrow.

[love]

I live in Drake!

i lived there 2 years ago. it's a nice place, but so pricey!

has anyone here taken chinese classes here? i'm thinking about taking CHN 1-3, but i don't know any chinese so i don't know if i can handle it.

[Aozora122]

has anyone here taken chinese classes here? i'm thinking about taking CHN 1-3, but i don't know any chinese so i don't know if i can handle it.

I took CHN 2 and CHN 3 last year. I took Mandarin at a community college last summer so I was able to place out of CHN 1. Chinese is a lot of work but learning any new language requires a lot of time and effort. At Davis, they only teach you simplified characters, unlike at the community college where I first took Chinese and was taught both traditional and simplified. They used to teach both traditional and simplified but I think the reason they switched to just simplified was that a lot of students studying abroad went mostly to mainland China and never used the traditional characters. Even though Chinese is a lot of work, I also think that it is really fun. The two teachers that I've had so far, Lu laoshi and Wang laoshi (the younger one since there are two), are both really nice and enthusiastic about teaching. Wang laoshi would always play Chinese music videos before class and we even watched dramas and movies a couple times.

If you do take Chinese, be prepared for daily homework as there is always something due whether it be character workbook, workbook, dialogues, or quizzes to study for. The amount of work varies by teacher but it can be quite a load. You will also be expected to go visit the Chinese tutors to get help with pronunciation, grammar, or other things like homework. With Lu laoshi, I went to the tutors maybe like 4-5 times the entire quarter but with Wang laoshi I was there 1-2 times a week because we had to go once for every dialogue that we read from the book. I will actually be taking CHN 4 in the fall and hope to finish up through CHN 6 but it's hard fitting in a language class that meets at the same time, five days a week. I don't even need to be taking language classes since I'm getting a BS degree but it's a nice break from all the science classes that I'm taking. Hope this helps!

[GGREENPii]

hey guyss i was just wondering approx how long itll take to walk from the wellman building to the GIEDT building? i got a bike and everything but thats really the only classes i need a bike for.. so if they're walking distance, i dun really wanna bother with a bike..

they seem pretty farr wen i was lookin at the mapp.. is there a way to walk within 10 -15 mins?

-- n btw.. is anyone living in sharps and flats? ill be livin there this fall : ))

[Yashi]

that's pretty far...but do-able, only if you walk super fast. it'll be pretty stressful to do it every single time after your class, so i'd suggest biking. last quarter, i basically walked...the farthest i think was from socsci to haring, haha. and yes, it was pretty far.

[mz_imperfect]

Wait, you can take a chinese language class without any prereqs? I was worried that I was going to need a prereq like chinese in highschool or something so I stayed away from it although I really wanted to take it. Sigh, next quarter then! It seemed like a very fun class and I was down to learn mandarin =( I could have practiced with my parentals haha.

[JAMIESHOCK]

hey guyss i was just wondering approx how long itll take to walk from the wellman building to the GIEDT building? i got a bike and everything but thats really the only classes i need a bike for.. so if they're walking distance, i dun really wanna bother with a bike..

they seem pretty farr wen i was lookin at the mapp.. is there a way to walk within 10 -15 mins?

-- n btw.. is anyone living in sharps and flats? ill be livin there this fall : ))

I had a friend who did that a few times last year during spring quarter. There were days she didn't feel like biking so she walked from Wellman to Geidt with only a 10 minute passing. She made it in class on time, but then again, she was a pretty fast walker. I think if you'll make it Just don't lollygag and drag your feet. xD

Wait, you can take a chinese language class without any prereqs? I was worried that I was going to need a prereq like chinese in highschool or something so I stayed away from it although I really wanted to take it. Sigh, next quarter then! It seemed like a very fun class and I was down to learn mandarin =( I could have practiced with my parentals haha.

I think you have to take a Chinese placement test if you want to sign up for a Chinese language class even if you do not have any prior experience whatsoever. I think that's the "prereq"... sort of. (:

http://chinese.ucdavis.edu/faq/FrontPage#Q03_06

[Aozora122]

Wait, you can take a chinese language class without any prereqs? I was worried that I was going to need a prereq like chinese in highschool or something so I stayed away from it although I really wanted to take it. Sigh, next quarter then! It seemed like a very fun class and I was down to learn mandarin =( I could have practiced with my parentals haha.

Like JAMIESHOCK said, you do have to take the placement test even if you've never studied Chinese before. I don't think that they would really make you take the test and would probably just give you the piece of paper saying what level of Chinese you should be in. The placement test itself is actually pretty hard. There are a bunch of multiple-choice questions, then you have to write a letter in Chinese, then converse with one of the Chinese teachers before they decide where you should be placed. Even my friend who was born in Hong Kong and is a native speaker thought that the test was hard.

If you really want to take Chinese, CHN 1 is only offered Fall Quarter so you would have to take it now or wait a year. CHN 1 is offered in fall, CHN 2 in winter, and CHN 3 in spring. Japanese and a few other languages courses are like that too since they aren't as popular as say Spanish or French. In CHN 1, you start off learning pinyin and the four different tones before moving onto simple characters and grammar so the class is intended for people who have no prior Chinese experience.

[remix441]

how come when you try to pay for mybill in sisweb you can only pay with a discover card? is that wierd

i have only a mastercard credit card to pay with,, by the 17th

[&&TiFF;ANY.]

Now that my fees are paid off, I can breathe easier now ><

So, who's moving on the 20th?
I got Pierce M building and I'm so excited to move
But, I feel like i have so much stuff!!
Haha

[love]

Aozora: ahh. thanks so much! that really helped! my boyfriend is fluent in chinese so i can get some homework help and punctuation help from him yay. have you thought about minoring in chinese?

GGREENPii: you probably should bike since you have a bike anyways. it takes me 10 minutes to walk.

my friend lives in sharps and flats-- i go there pretty often too. which apartment number are you in?

mz_imperfect: the placement test is on sept. 22nd if you're interested.

[rhonsby]

I have some questions for students who transferred to UCD from a community college.

Did you do find that the IGETC was easier/better to complete, or was TAG?

For IGETC transfers, did you have to complete all of the major prep to get admission?
(There's one class I need to take that isn't offered anywhere near me)

How do you enjoy the rez halls for transfers, or apartments?

I'm in my first year of CC right now, and I really REALLY want to go to UCD.

[remix441]

I have some questions for students who transferred to UCD from a community college.

Did you do find that the IGETC was easier/better to complete, or was TAG?

For IGETC transfers, did you have to complete all of the major prep to get admission?
(There's one class I need to take that isn't offered anywhere near me)

How do you enjoy the rez halls for transfers, or apartments?

I'm in my first year of CC right now, and I really REALLY want to go to UCD.

yea, i had to finish all my major prep classes and finished my igetc also with it.
I currently live in a apartment near the school its nice, i love it. There was also one major prep class that wasnt offered at my cc, so i just will take it at ucdavis.

[redknight]

Yeah, I think the TAG agreement usually includes doing both IGETC(or something like it) and major prep classes. You're expected to finish a majority of your major prep classes, but anything that you could not finish for whatever reason, you'll just have to finish at UCD after you transfer. So, as long as that TAG agreement gets signed (usually a year before your expected transfer date), then you should be fine. Just be sure UCD is offering TAG agreements (basically check in with your counselors often or I think there was a website you can check). Because of budget cuts, UCD wasn't offering TAG agreements with my CC for fall 09, so I had to apply regularly.

Be sure to talk to the counselors at your CC so you can plan out your year(s) at CC before your transfer. My friend, who is majoring in bio, did not need to finish the IGETC since they have a specific program/schedule for bio majors transferring to UCD. He ended up taking a couple of classes he didn't need to take, but he was also able to take easier math courses. So yeah, do talk to the counselors. And sometime before you transfer (maybe the summer before you transfer), be sure to drop by UCD to talk to counselor and major adviser to help plan out your upcoming years early. You want to be prepared!...just because its good to be prepared haha.

Grrr, I just have to find a job, or even better, a paid internship. My FA is not nearly as much as the amount my friends received in previous years so I only have just enough to pay for tuition. Plus I heard UCD might be increasing their tuition in the upcoming year so a job is a must for me. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a paid internship so it'll be easier for me to get a job after I graduate xD.

[sanengo]

hey guyss i was just wondering approx how long itll take to walk from the wellman building to the GIEDT building? i got a bike and everything but thats really the only classes i need a bike for.. so if they're walking distance, i dun really wanna bother with a bike..

they seem pretty farr wen i was lookin at the mapp.. is there a way to walk within 10 -15 mins?

-- n btw.. is anyone living in sharps and flats? ill be livin there this fall : ))

Yes, if you go through the Silo parking lot. How fast you walk really depends on how motivated you are in getting to your next class Bike parking in Wellman is a pain.

[FireDragon]

How much more expensive on avg is the Davis bookstore than preordering online (from the bookstore)?
Do we need to bring textbooks to class on the first day? Can ground shipping companies like fedex and ups ship to our dorm addresses (are there people at davis that pick up these kind of packages for you)?