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 | Bright | USD might work for some select people, but it's definitely not for everyone. When I was there it was referred to as "The country club on the hill". So true. If you live on campus (or you live off campus but on your own...not with mom and dad) and you know what your major is, USD is maybe just OK and it'll be fun. If you're a commuter student/living at home or you're not sure what you want your major to be, it's a colossal waste of money. It's not large enough to have a good choice of majors to pick from for the undecided and Business is about the only "robust" one. It's hellaciously expensive. If you're not upper middle class or higher, you won't feel like there are others there "like you" at all. SDSU or UCSD offer so much more bang for the buck simply because USD is so outrageous in terms of tuition. Amazing for all that money that nobody's even heard of the place...even locally! Anytime anyone local asked where I went (even today, like on job interviews) and I say "USD", they think state or UCSD.Faculty is OK academically (but not remarkable) and class sizes and teacher-student ratio are good, but if you're really trying to figure out what you want to do or major in, I'm not sure they're all that helpful in giving direction or suggestions or inspirational. Theatre department (at least back then...I graduated back in '92) was laughable, often not even having more than one class total per semester. Comm. Studies Mass Media majors back then didn't have any radio or campus TV stations (and this was the 2nd largest major!). USD is all about majoring in business. If you're not majoring in that, seriously look elsewhere. | Starting Job: Programmer/Analyst, Preparedness: F, Reputation: F | | |
| | Aug 02 2004 | Alumnus Male --
Class 2000 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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| Bright | If I could go back in time and change what university I chose to attend, I would not have picked USD. Overall, it has been somewhat of a mixed experience for me, however unfortunately the negatives outweigh the positives. positives: I have met a few (literally two or three) nice girl friends here that I have a lot in common with and really like. The campus is beautiful and San Diego is a fabulous city. Negatives: the social life is really bad. Yes, I do have a couple of nice friends- but it took a really long time for me to find them...for the most part, the girls at usd are very rude and stuck up. I am not going to lie, I come from an upper class, wealthy family and quite frankly, if these girls would give me the time of day I could give them a run for their money. However, maybe because I don't wear 20 pounds of makeup everyday, or don't go out and party every night, they all are pretty rude to me and act like they want nothing to do with me every time I try and reach out to them to be friends. Because the school is so small, you don't have many choices of people that you can be friends with here. Also, the super tough curriculum makes it hard to socialize when you are always so busy with school work. Greek life here is not big at all- and its stupid because if you don't have a 2.5 gpa then you can't rush anyways. And they are VERY strict about that policy. Academically, this school is more challenging than I thought it would be. I knew it would be hard, but I really thought that the teachers would help me more. Since the classes are so small, the teachers all have favorites who get special attention. It's one of those systems where if you don't make an effort to see them outside of class, they think you don't care and automatically give you a B instead of an A. Also, a lot of the teachers are really bad..and the math department at this school is notoriously horrible. I am a pretty smart student, I made A's in high school and scored high on my ACT/SAT's but for some reason (maybe it is my unhappiness here) I am not doing academically well at USD. I am on academic probation and so are a lot of other people I know at this school. It has put me in a tough position now because I am trying to transfer out to another school, but no other place wants to take me because they see I am on probation and assume I am not a good student. This isn't the case! I just don't like this school and am having a hard time here! it's so frustrating! I hope that this problem doesn't happen to any of you. Be wise and don't choose USD... | Surrounding City: A, Education Quality: D | | | |
| | Dec 25 2011 | 2nd Year Female --
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| Average | Bros, this place is hell socially. The campus police are friggin Nazis, and beat up students all of the time for just looking at them wrong. They Act like weed is heroin or something, and like drinking if you're not 21 is a felony or something. I they arrested me and took me to detox for only drinking, like 8 beers. And they kicked me, too. If you like to party, go to sdsu, man. The school is good, but the cops think its a concentration camp or something. | Campus Aesthetics: A+, Education Quality: F | | | |
| | Feb 25 2005 | 2nd Year Male --
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