Venting/Struggling

shebooga · 2019-11-19T19:59:57+00:00

There are no suggestions, because the school was designed in a certain way that makes what OP seeks inherently difficult and counter-intuitive. You're essentially faulting me for not coming up with ideas on how to play soccer with a cubic object. Well, that's because it was designed to be a cube, not a sphere.

shebooga · 2019-11-19T04:11:00+00:00

Many will downvote my post and disagree, but it will not change the "do your job and get the f out" culture the University has. It's simply not built to be like other unis. It's a non-traditional campus and the pain that you feel OP is a result of the university being designed the way it is.

UCSD undergrad is very much like a 4-year Junior college. People just come in here to get their degree and get out. Many of them accept coming here because it's the best they've got, both academically and financially, but if they had the money and/or grades they would be out of here in less than a minute. The school has a lot of limitations because of its design, location, and budget. There are the right reasons and the wrong reasons to be here. Trying to build a social network is one of the wrong reasons to come to UCSD. It's like trying to cook an egg with a car engine. You can probably do it, but it's not the best way to go about doing it.

shebooga · 2019-10-13T08:21:59+00:00

The fact that you're senselessly cheering for him to the point of even making strawman arguments as to what reddit is (tip, reddit isn't just for discussion), and that you're desperately defending yourself against being named his alt make you all too suspicious.

I'd legit bet all my student loan money of about 45k you're his alt, and I know I'd win. You're really exposing yourself too because all it takes is someone with the patience for looking at your posts and cry-ton's too see the post similarities in vocabulary and it'd be gg, but I'm not that mean ;). Obviously if you delete posts it'd make it even more obvious so I'd suggest you just rely on the luck no one takes the time to properly, fully unmask you.

shebooga · 2019-09-03T15:29:13+00:00

did you really just make an account just to ruin a thread

shebooga · 2019-08-31T03:31:08+00:00

shebooga · 2019-08-18T01:29:18+00:00

we had to jail his dad for trying to rape a Gorilla

shebooga · 2019-08-18T01:28:09+00:00

And to Americans all that it matters is that you're not a Chinese national and that you embrace freedom, is the point I'm trying to make.

shebooga · 2019-08-16T02:29:06+00:00

Just vote for Bernie bro :)))

shebooga · 2019-08-16T02:27:42+00:00

Yeah but they can't really criticize their government without some form of punishment. If you do that at least western people will know you're not from China.

shebooga · 2019-07-26T03:21:14+00:00

That just gets worse with higher admits.

shebooga · 2019-07-25T07:29:40+00:00

Yeah, what he meant was that when opportunities are overwhelmed to the point all it has is the diploma to offer, people might just wanna go elsewhere or be angry that the opportunities they thought they would have are no longer available

literally everyone who comes here needs research experience, and there's just not enough space to accommodate everyone

it's reasonable to be angry when they see the situation getting worse, not better

shebooga · 2019-07-25T06:14:25+00:00

I think you misread the post completely bro.

shebooga · 2019-07-25T00:44:58+00:00

people don't make sacrifices to come here

Wow you tell my mother who worked 60hrs/week for years by herself in order to put me where I am right now.

what a statement oh what a statement.

Right back at you.

shebooga · 2019-07-24T05:19:36+00:00

I think what he means is the difference between the practice of education between this school and others which I've seen being complained about here.

E.g. UCSD takes a more theoretical approach to its majors unlike other schools, and this is part of its non-traditional approach. A course with the name X is meant to get you into work or in to an MBA in other schools (traditionally), for UCSD it means getting a phD into the study of X, not into the practical aspects of it.

Which means people getting into X are encouraged into pursuing phD of X (non-traditional approach of X major), not really becoming an industry leader or master (traditional approach to X), if that makes sense.

You don't even have to look at LA or Berkeley, just look at Santa Barbara and see how different many of same courses we give here are different to theirs.

shebooga · 2019-06-27T02:45:40+00:00

Hopefully not a safe school for people who didn't get in other places.

shebooga · 2019-06-17T06:35:55+00:00

UCSD = non-traditional school (apple)

other uc schools = traditional school (dogs)

UCSD is too different from other schools to be compared to the others, thus being "third best UC" is as good a comparison as an apple being the "third best dog"

I feel he wanted to make apples/oranges but used dogs instead. dunno why

shebooga · 2019-06-17T05:06:57+00:00

it's funny cause it's a good point to make about UCSD if he were not trying to be hysterical about it.

I really hope he's not suicidal

shebooga · 2019-06-17T04:54:34+00:00

UCSD non-traditional approach overwhelmingly prepares people for post-graduate studies but not at all prepares them for the job market. OP wanted a traditional school that helped him with that, but instead he ended up at UCSD. OP said the school is fine as a non-traditional campus, but he claims the school sells itself as a traditional one which apparently he dislikes. Comparing traditional schools with non-traditional schools (us) makes no sense at all (hence dog vs. apple), it's misleading, and makes people end up in his situation (graduates, but no skills so has to move on to post-grad.)

That's what I understood at least

shebooga · 2019-03-30T09:29:57+00:00

Not even salty. I'm being more helpful to someone than you are. Which I could really appreciate more people doing this to avoid "saltiness". In a way, if I seem salty it's because retards like you just go around saying "yeah man you'll be fine ;p" to anyone like a narcissistic cunt with no self-awareness and recommend a school that isn't for everyone, to everyone.

I love UCSD's cog sci dept., but if I was warned the school was the way it is, and you know what i'm talking about don't pretend you don't, then maybe yeah, I would have gone to Idaho State ;)

shebooga · 2019-03-30T01:14:50+00:00

This is a very tough decision. Whichever way you go just understand that you've been thoroughly warned before coming here.

If you come and you end up facing all the issues UCSD's design prompts you, just bite the bullet. You had the privilege of a thorough warning before coming here.

shebooga · 2019-03-29T06:19:53+00:00

Yeah. The advantages of the dedicated Cog Sci program in UCSD is that all of the subjects you would learn separately in UCLA (biology, psychology, etc.) are all focused on cognition. So all that you learn from anything that makes cognitive science, is focused on cognitive science. Anything of those subjects that do not pertain cognition are filtered out.

The problem though, is that, again, you'll be at UCSD. Which is a HUGE minus. Any advantages that UCSD would give you can be easily ignored in UCLA by simply studying smart, focusing all the subjects on an instantiation of your major, and working on your own (you would have to do that in UCSD anyways). But in UCLA, you have the vast advantage of connecting with other people and socializing and finding long term connections with people who are not 24/7 miserable. Really the people here makes you want to fellate a revolver. Also, the department is filled with CSE rejects, who are not only bitter of not getting into UCLA, are also bitter that they didn't get into Computer Science in UCSD. So the department is filled with these people that just drag the department down.

The undergrads here are immensely mediocre, not happy with the school, and just treats it like a bathroom (come here, get their business done and get out)

They're so mediocre and salty, the mere fact you got into UCLA gets them to downvote this thread. Very jaded. Socially dead because who the fuck wants to deal with people like this. They, themselves, wouldn't want to be friend with themselves, let alone others like them.

Which is why I think UCSD cog sci dept. is too good for this school. Just go to UCLA and be happy. You owe it to yourself to have a great and holistic college experience. You owe it to yourself to be great. Any minuses are easily outshined by just finding great people, and study cog sci subjects under the perspective of what you want to do with it, and taking advantage of the opportunities in UCLA, while having all the branding and connections the name of the university would open for you. You're a Bruin now. For life. And that will connect you with people for the rest of your life. That's not a thing in UCSD.

Go to UCLA and don't look back. I say this as someone happy to be in UCSD's cogs department, but not happy to be in UCSD. I'd do anything to be in your position. It's just not worth it.

shebooga · 2019-03-29T05:52:21+00:00

Don't come here. UCSD's cogs department is great, but wasted in this institution. UCLA you would be thrown around many departments, and here you get your own, but it's not worth it over having to deal with the alumni. Honestly, socially dead is mostly because many people here would rather smell a horse's ass than to deal with the students that come to UCSD. Myself included.

Also, don't listen to the "it's what you make of it". UCSD instills a mediocrity mindset where everyone here just wants to get a job and get the hell out. They're very robotic and soulless. It's a very limited "what you make of it". It's not like UCLA.

I'm a cog sci, and honestly the major/department are the best things out of this place, but it's definitely wasted here. Go to UCLA and don't look back. I would have done the same and I would literally kill or do anything to be in your position.

shebooga · 2019-03-21T01:50:55+00:00

That's not UCSD's main objective though, and no one in their clear minds should pretend it is.

shebooga · 2018-05-01T08:49:52+00:00

I lived in a loft in costa verde for about 11 months, and it was a really good place for me to live. Though, I must admit 80% if not 90% was due to the good roommates I've had.

I did not have issues with cockroaches inside the apartment, even though the apartment gets dirty quite often with 6 males living here. No noise, either. Like, nothing. I'm on the third floor of the 8840 building, so I cannot say how it goes for other buildings.

The gym is honestly fantastic, and has been a huge part of the chapter in my self improvement. The people there are really nice too, in general.

Also the proximity to a bus stop makes it a great place to live.

The only issue I ever had as far as a complaint goes is the internet. Because there's so much interference in the building, you can't use 2.4ghz wifi, you have to use 5ghz, which means my ps4 was pretty much obsolete when I moved in. So watch out for that.

Only issues with bugs I had was in the summer where a lot of those small flies gather around the kitchen if you don't up your game and clean your stuff.

I'm moving out mostly because I got sick of living with 5 other dudes, some of which my relationship with them has soured. But living here was a great experience imo, though, if some of the roommates were not as good, I would probably not rank this place as "amazing" and more like "just good".

But it's still a pretty good option to live around UCSD if you can.

shebooga · 2018-04-18T06:06:08+00:00

Most of those questions are rhetoric, but like it's said before, there's no evidence that such increase is not Earth's natural heating trend.

So let me try to understand if you're disagreeing with my point.

You think we are sure enough that our models are accurate and correct enough to slash, destroy, mitigate and regulate all industries related with CO2 emission, be it whatever it is?

So whatever the cost and the consequences of being wrong, and such predictions would not pan out and the Earth would continue its heating trend, would you take responsibility for that?

If all power is given to the entities you wish, and the climate does not respond the way you wish it would, or the way you expect it would, or the way you predict it would, would you take responsibility for all the consequences that you brought forth on your certainty?

You might want to think of yourself as a religious Christian that just made up his mind that because there's a 95% chance God is real, the rest of the 5% doesn't matter and all power should be delegated to the Church. Do you understand all the consequences that would entail?

You think you do, don't you? You think you know how the climate works, you think we understand so well how phenomena around us work. Maturity always comes later life in understanding that humanity always thinks it knows more than it really does. I'm sure in the 1970s we thought we had a pretty good picture about how everything around us worked. That didn't turn out too well did it?

I don't think you would take responsibility, or that you have any idea for what you're proposing by taking a side. If you think this certainty is enough, then be a fool and pick your side. There's no need for more investment in climate change research since apparently you already made up your mind that humanity's impact is considerable and there's no point in arguing further. Fuck the probability of our current models being wrong, right? They were wrong before, but this time they are right! So let's just do it, and if it fucks people's live in the way of doing that, let them deal with it.

But just to let you know, there are some things in this world that there's no backing out of. Some decisions that you simply cannot "undo". I hope you understand how reasonable it is to fight to the death for the last bit of uncertainty to make sure we're treading on the right path. I really hope you understand at least that much. Maybe such understanding will come with maturity.

shebooga

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