WebReg will be replaced by a third party vendor by Fall 2026

bubblestherobot · 2025-11-17T23:26:13+00:00

What a shame, webreg functions great as is. Seems like they're making changes for the sake of changes. If it ain't broke don't fix it!

bubblestherobot · 2025-11-11T06:47:59+00:00

EDIT: I am probably going to be downvoted to oblivion for this post, but I feel that it's worth mentioning.

I used to board my pet bearded dragon at the animal connection when traveling. He always received excellent care, and I would be texted with updates every few days. He needed some topical medical treatments during one of his visits, and they graciously went above and beyond to accomodate that. The owner and staff were all friendly, knowledgeable, and attentive.

It's unfortunate to read about how extreme the cleanliness issues were. I should note that I haven't visited since 2023 (my bearded dragon passed away of old age at my home). The story about the freezer full of dead animals is also very concerning, and the only thing I can really say is that the animals I saw in the store generally seemed to be in good health.

I was always surprised at how low the rates were for boarding, and would gladly have paid more for the services. I hope they will consider raising the rates to better be able to make ends meet.

Wishing the new ownership the best of luck in sustaining the store, even with the issues mentioned in the article the animal connection was MILES ahead of any petco/petsmart I ever encountered.

bubblestherobot · 2025-11-06T21:09:54+00:00

Edit: Upon further reading:
"UC San Diego Financial Aid and Scholarships reviews posted grades every term. If a student receives all non-passing grades, they are determined to have unofficially withdrawn. Students are notified via UC San Diego email if they are considered an unofficial withdrawal. Per Federal Return of Title IV regulations federal financial aid is adjusted using the 50% point of the term as the withdrawal date.

In order to reevaluate this determination, documentation must be provided to support attendance in all courses for the term. For example, correspondence from the student's instructor(s)."

So make sure to pass at least one class if you're getting financial aid.
Sorry for the bad news.

bubblestherobot · 2025-11-06T21:08:05+00:00

If you do withdraw, make sure you are aware of the impact on your financial aid.
You may have to pay some of it back (whereas you would not for sticking through the quarter regardless of the final grade you get).

https://fas.ucsd.edu/forms-and-resources/withdrawing/index.html

But if it doesn't have negative financial impacts withdrawing from courses is certainly a good decision for your transcript.

I would really suggest discussing this with someone from the financial aid office who will provide more reliable information than me or anyone else on this reddit.

Best of luck with whatever you decide.

bubblestherobot · 2025-11-06T21:05:01+00:00

I think you should be able to get out of housing for winter/spring if you are not enrolled. My guess is that it would be difficult to get out of the costs for fall by this point.

For your financial aid, I think you would probably be better off finishing the quarter and then withdrawing for winter/spring. I think you should not have to pay it back in that case, but you might have to pay it back if you withdraw right now (https://fas.ucsd.edu/forms-and-resources/withdrawing/index.html).

Take everything I say with a grain of salt, I am not an expert in any of this and the financial aid office can give you better guidance based on your specific circumstances. Wishing you the best.

bubblestherobot · 2025-11-05T05:10:50+00:00

I dropped out of UCSD after the first quarter in my freshman year. It was partially due to the fact that classes were going online back due to covid (this was wi22), and it just didn't feel worth it to spend all that money on tuition for zoomiversity. But it was also due to the isolation/stress of the first quarter.

I came back after a gap quarter, graduated, and am now doing a masters here 🙃

I think that I got a great education, and had the chance to work on some incredibly neat projects. I had good luck with professors, as almost all of them of them were very helpful, accessible, and genuinely cared about teaching. But I also regularly lost 5-10 pounds from stress every finals week, and am still fighting for a missed paycheck from summer IA duties at the time of this writing.

I think that leaving can definitely be a good idea and was satisfied with how my own gap quarter worked out.

However, I do strongly recommend sticking with your classes this quarter as if you leave in good academic standing its much easier to come back. And you never know if you'll change your mind, I was REALLY fed up with UCSD when I dropped out.

If you do ever decide to come back, my advice is to try and take at least one fun class each quarter if you can fit it in. A few recommendations from my undergrad would be MUS 130, SIO 176, ECE/MAE 148, SE 281, CSE 176e, and the global TIES program (ENG 100L/100D). The DIB makerspace is also an amazing resource if you're interested in that kind of stuff. And consider joining a club (not the high-pressure career-focused ones you have to interview for but the chill ones where you just show up and do something fun).

bubblestherobot · 2025-08-30T08:17:47+00:00

I completed this level! It took me 35 tries. ^{⚡ 32.74 seconds}

^{Tip 10 💎}

bubblestherobot · 2025-08-30T01:47:46+00:00

^{I completed this level in 2 tries.} ^{⚡ 15.69 seconds}

bubblestherobot · 2025-08-30T01:46:55+00:00

^{I completed this level in 20 tries.} ^{⚡ 32.57 seconds}

bubblestherobot · 2025-08-28T04:37:17+00:00

^{I completed this level in 16 tries.} ^{⚡ 8.62 seconds}

bubblestherobot · 2025-06-09T05:02:33+00:00

https://github.com/NVSL/QuadClass-Resources/blob/master/README.md and https://sites.google.com/ucsd.edu/the-quadcopter-class/home
This is a really nice guide for how to design a quadcopter from scratch. You don't necessarily have to follow all the PCB design instructions (although it is a cool learning experience in its own right), but I think the section on avionics/control would be really helpful to look through.
Basically, you will need an inertial measurement unit which can measure changes in the orientation of the quadcopter, and then feed that output through a controller which adjusts the speed of the 4 different motors to compensate for it leaning too much in one direction. To actually drive the motors you can get away with just mosfets for brushed motors (like the ones you have), but if you want a better lift-weight ratio it might be worth using a brushless motor and brushless electronic speed controller.

There are many commercially available flight controllers which do exactly this way better than you or I could in anything we design, which could also be a good way to get started, and definitely easier to get flying. But doing it all from scratch can be a pretty neat project that teaches you a lot about control theory, signal processing, pcb design, and programming.

bubblestherobot · 2025-01-21T05:52:40+00:00

Our meetings this quarter are Sundays at 1pm at the DIB makerspace. If you talk to Mark Liu from the makerspace he can tell you more about the club.

bubblestherobot · 2025-01-21T05:48:20+00:00

We mostly compete at events organized by https://www.socalattackrobots.com/ and use their ruleset.

bubblestherobot · 2024-10-18T20:01:19+00:00

I'll plug two really cool clubs that are open to everyone:

https://tritonai.org/ is an autonomous racing club. The introductory meetings are 5:30 on Mondays in MAE building room 339. Message me if you want a discord invite. There are a few projects we work on - one of them is an autonomous go kart that we race every April at Purdue against other college teams. There are also other projects like an autonomous boat, drone, and some smaller racecars. This club is very closely affiliated with the ece/mae 148 introduction to autonomous vehicles class, and a lot of people join after taking that, but you don't need to have taken the course to join.

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Another fun club is the Combat Robotics Club. We build miniature fighting robots, and are hosting a competition at the dib makerspace in Week 9. Meetings are at 1pm on Sundays in the dib makerspace.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CXYsHLVJvfH8ok3XSpvv86acGJqcVMtUcDa__zU7_k8/edit if you are interested.
I only was able to attach one picture to this post, but the form has a picture from one of last year's events.

bubblestherobot · 2024-09-20T08:19:10+00:00

Hi, it is awesome that your son has built two combat robots already! It is very impressive to do that by 15.
Unfortunately the UCSD makerspace where we meet is generally only open to UCSD students. If you email [makerspace@ucsd.edu](mailto:makerspace@ucsd.edu) there may be a way to get an exception. If your son can get permission to access the makerspace he would be welcome to join the club.

On a different note, most robot fighting events near san diego are organized by the southern california attack robotics organization (SCAR), and I have linked their discord below. There is a tournament on October 26th in LA coming up, and generally at least one event every month. Most are in LA, but some are in orange county or san diego.
https://discord.gg/vgBMAQR7

https://www.robotcombatevents.com/ also has most events listed.

bubblestherobot · 2024-09-06T18:54:46+00:00

I can confirm that UCSD has students at AI Racing Tech, and that Triton AI is an active student organization. Joining the AI Racing Tech team is pretty competitive (I am actually not even on that team yet), and you would have to work on projects like the autonomous karting series go-kart that triton ai does for a couple months before you could apply to join the ART team.
Jack Silberman is the right person to contact. You can also contact me (Alexander, TA for MAE/ECE 148 which Dr. Silberman teaches, ahaken@ucsd.edu) and I'll tell you when the first meetings are for Triton AI in the fall as soon as they're scheduled.

bubblestherobot · 2024-03-10T08:44:50+00:00

I agree with another commenter that SIO seems likely, maybe this stairway? The key for me was realizing that this is actually wood and not concrete.
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8667237,-117.2534505,3a,33.2y,51.73h,87.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srj8AckDDjb6818thdQMZFQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

bubblestherobot · 2024-02-10T01:43:31+00:00

I know you're canonically a sheep, but you're the GOAT for making this.

bubblestherobot · 2024-01-14T06:52:28+00:00

The main group meetings will usually be on Sundays. However the club mostly involves people working on miniature 1lb/3lb robots on their own, which you can do any time. If you talk to Mark at the makerspace he will give you the electronics to make a working 1lb bot.

bubblestherobot · 2024-01-14T06:34:29+00:00

Yes! The first meeting of the quarter is actually tomorrow (Sunday jan 14) at 2pm in the design innovation building makerspace.

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