[SMILE_0N]

^ omg really nice apartment o____o;;;

too bad i'm a frosh lol

[songielove]

Any one of you still looking for a place for this comming school year? I still have one more room left in my apartment of 5 rooms. The place is newly remodeled. It is located at the tallest building in south davis, red/green color, hard to miss, right across the street from safeway, right on top of sushi restaurant moshi moshi and surgical place, and right in front of the bus stop with bus coming every 15 minutes. People living there are all premed students. Alot of people are trying to get that apartment and i happen to get it first. The rooms are the biggest and newest out of all the other apartments I've visited during spring. pictures and info are located in http://sacramento.craigslist.org/roo/812895881.html. contact me if your interested. =]

OhhhH! So that's how they look like on the inside. Wow.. that's just awesome!
I went to Moshi Moshi yesterday night and was so confused about the layout of housing/businesses there. Wasn't sure where to park either. lol.

And great advice for the freshmen. I agree with you about leaving your dorm room open during the first-second week after move-in. Everyone is most likely in the same boat as you and they'd like to meet their neighbors. The dc is always the place to bond. Haha.. Definitely take advantage of all they'll be offering during orientation week. And go explore the campus on your own for one day!! -if you haven't done so already. If you're worried about not finding your classes (like i was ) then you should definitely take the time out to go find them before your first day. But most likely, they shouldn't be that hard. Once everyone sees you looking confused with your map (the map is SO deceiving!!), you'll guarantee to get some help. I carried my map with me for most of my first quarter haha.

[xiongstar]

How do the loans work from the UCs? O__O! Does it get transferred into MyUCD or is it separate? I know how the grants work but yeah. I'm still a little confused. ^^;;

Yes, the loans also come at the same time as your grants.
Everything (loans and grants and reimbursements)
will all be deposited together into your account at the same time, in a single amount. Hope this helps! <3

[astronomic]

I carried my map with me for most of my first quarter :ph34r: haha.

It's been a year and I STILL carry my map around.. and I actually do still need it too. LOL XDD

[vi3tsh0rtie]

i'm living in tercero pierce hall M building :] does anyone know how the dorms are and stuff. im living in a quad configuration. so iono waht to bring except for the necessities like clothes and stuff. but like storage wise..i dont wanna bring too much or too little since there'd barely be any room in the car bc of the darn bike. any help? what do you need to bring for dorms? any furniture or lighting?

and about the books. if i want to buy my books ahead of time before i move there which is the 20th, how can i do that? i dont wanan drive to davis to get books, which is like an hour and a half away from me. is there a way to find out what books i need online and buy it elsewhere? which is more convenient, i don't wanna buy the wrong book :X or wait until i move onto campus and theres no more used books =/

and for my mybill..im confused it says my account statement is 3k but my account balance is 6k..iono where the 6k came from. anyone know?

thanks :]

[vaniilla]

Yeah, I'm curious about how the room in Peirce-M building looks like as well. Does anyone happen to have a picture of it?

[ANGEL_WiTH_H0RNS]

i'm living in tercero pierce hall M building :] does anyone know how the dorms are and stuff. im living in a quad configuration. so iono waht to bring except for the necessities like clothes and stuff. but like storage wise..i dont wanna bring too much or too little since there'd barely be any room in the car bc of the darn bike. any help? what do you need to bring for dorms? any furniture or lighting?

and about the books. if i want to buy my books ahead of time before i move there which is the 20th, how can i do that? i dont wanan drive to davis to get books, which is like an hour and a half away from me. is there a way to find out what books i need online and buy it elsewhere? which is more convenient, i don't wanna buy the wrong book :X or wait until i move onto campus and theres no more used books =/

and for my mybill..im confused it says my account statement is 3k but my account balance is 6k..iono where the 6k came from. anyone know?

thanks :]

I heard that the only way we know what books to get are to go to the bookstore because no one has the list of books. xx_melody a couple posts back explained a lot on books :]

Yeah, I got confused when my account balance went up to 6k also. But then if you go to recent account activity, it`ll show you that they also billed you for dorms and orientation, that`s why the bill went up :] The original bill was 3k because it was your tuition plus SHIP fee. Hope that helps :D

[vi3tsh0rtie]

thanks, i figured out why my account balance is 6k.

booo so does this mean i have to wait til i move in to get my books with the rush of others?! :[

[`Star]

don't get caught biking under the influence (BUI). the bike cops will get you lol.

they got all organized bicycle intersections on campus and everything too, it's pretty neat

B..U..I...?!
Wow. Alot of people must bike in UCD to have those..'laws'.

Anywho, I'm interested in this college for when I apply x3
Though...I've heard its boring but stilll!

[love]

i lived in m building-- the asian building! i do have pictures of it actually, i'll try to find them. they're nothing like the tercero south dorms you stayed at during summer advising. it's a lot older, and there's no elevator so be prepared to climb stairs with your luggage if you're not in the first floor. the closets aren't that big, so don't bring your whole wardrobe (unless you don't have that much clothes) <-- you should bring jackets and pants as it gets pretty chilly at night. you don't need to bring any furniture, they provide a desk, lamp, bed and drawer. there's also ceiling lights so you don't have to worry about lights.

as for the dorm necessities, bring shower shoes and of course necessities like shampoo, toothbrush, etc.

as for books, the bookstore does things thing ever fall quarter where they'll order your books for you based on your schedule and pack it in the box and have it ready for you to pick up. you can try looking for it on the UCD bookstore website.

[rememberkai425]

I'm sorry if this has been asked or if it's really a stupid question but...

I got signed up for workload math, my orientation leader told me it doesn't count towards degree/graduation credits but it counts towards minimal progress (the units for that quarter) and verification of full time status. I understand that but my question is, what does workload math allow me to do? Can I enroll in the Math 8a serious or like the Math 16a series?

I don't know where I go AFTER i take workload math, I mean it's bad I have to take this class but I don't even know if I'll be able to take the 'higher' level maths after...

[vaniilla]

I'm not one hundred percent sure so correct me if I'm wrong but, I think that you need to take Math Workload and pass the class in order to continue on with higher math courses such as Math 16A. However, on Sept. 22 or 23- they allow you to retake the math placement exam, if you pass it then you can drop math workload and go on with your regular math courses.

[halcyondays]

are the fall quarter semester textbooks available in the bookstore yet?

im still living at home at the moment, not planning to move up there until the week before school starts but i'd like to get the books at a sooner date sometime next week. i'm not going to use the reservation thingy. and according to this thread there's not really a booklist for courses so i wanna go up there and just look for them.

[Kpianist]

this is random but i'm selling chemistry books- for chemistry 002a-c classes

Math 16 series are for people who aren't majoring in anything that really requires math. So for example, if you're a nutrition science major, you could take math 16 series.

math workload is somthing to prepare you for math 16 a but i think it's a waste of time!!! so if you can, test out of it.

one of the things i regret my first quarter in davis is that i took too many random classes.. like philosophy that i don't need

[Shikamada]

Kpianist, you mentioned nutrition science, yeah? Is that your major?
Cause I was wondering how it was like.

I'm gonna be a second year food science major, and I was always stuck in limbo between food science and nutrition.
I mean, it's still early, and I can change it while I'm working on my GE's.
I just wanted to know if I really made the right decision.

[perfectinvasions]

Here's a random question, in your previous biking experiences, do you believe that a person can get from the Physics geology building to Olson in ten minutes, or am I going to be late every single day?

Oh and another question: how many credits do you think would be average/ do able and what would be taking on too much in your opinion?

And here's the last question (very sorry): for the financial aid, Does your bill deduct directly from it? or do you pay the school first (for tuition) and they reimburse you back or something?

[Aozora122]

Here's a random question, in your previous biking experiences, do you believe that a person can get from the Physics geology building to Olson in ten minutes, or am I going to be late every single day?

Oh and another question: how many credits do you think would be average/ do able and what would be taking on too much in your opinion?

And here's the last question (very sorry): for the financial aid, Does your bill deduct directly from it? or do you pay the school first (for tuition) and they reimburse you back or something?

Biking from Physics/Geology to Olson is very doable in under 10 minutes. Probably no more than 5 minutes at most. I know it looks far on the map but it's really not. A 10 minute bike ride would be like from Cuarto to Olson. Just a word of caution to any new Aggies, be very careful when biking the first week of fall quarter. Way too many bike accidents...

You should average around 15 units each quarter. I started out taking 13 units my first quarter but had to drop one of my classes and ended up taking 15 instead. I've been taking 17 units every since and it's honestly not that bad. Still plenty of free time that I should use studying but I don't

Can't really help on financial aid that much...

[sheselle]

ooh wow! less than three more weeks!! I'm dorming at segundo.. anyone else?

& i have a question about wkload classes.. what if i retake the math test and pass on sep 23.. could i drop the wkload and get into math 12a even if its full as of now?

[songielove]

Lol. I took workload math and it really isn't that bad. It just really helps you to pass the exam for you to get into the 16/21 series. But after completing 16a, i decided i didn't want to minor in that area anymore.. So.. i'm not sure if it was waste. T__T But GE i guess. But workload is really helpful! The instructors are either grad students or working on their masters.. They're really friendly and they somewhat work on the same page as their fellow colleagues, so there's always office hours available. They're super approachable too.

You should be fine with biking from Phys.Geo to Olson. I hate biking through Hutchison though... >____< Find short-cuts or ways to avoid that round-about where the silo is.

As for financial aid. Yes, it automatically pays your fees for you and will leave you w/ a credit balance (if you have any) that will be disbursed to you on the given date. For Fall, i believe it will be Sept. 16th. Here's the financial aid calendar: http://financialaid.ucdavis.edu/undergradu...ugcalendar.html

[astronomic]

yeah, you can definitely bike from phy/geo to olson in 10 minutes. you could probably walk it in less than 10 if you walk at a good speed XD