1. College system: The college system of UCSD (only for undergraduates) really wants to imitate the British college system. If you want to understand it quickly, you can simply imagine it as Harry Porterie College. Each college pays attention to cultivating different types of talents, not only through different general courses, but also through activities, lectures and so on. In fact, it is very important for undergraduates to choose the right institutions, and it will never be a random arrangement in the mouth of the intermediary. Check the GE requirements of different colleges in official website of UCSD carefully before applying for a school.

In addition, another great advantage of UCSD college system is interdisciplinary cooperation. In other schools without this system, many students are likely to make friends with people with similar majors, such as engineering. During my stay in UCSD, I made many friends with different majors because of the courses and activities of the college. In UCSD, even completely different majors, if they happen to be in the same college, there are many similar topics to talk about, which invisibly brings them closer together.

2. School level: This is probably the most controversial point. Many students think that UCSD is an undervalued school, but many students from other schools think that it is not worthy of the name.

Before discussing school ranking and school level, we need to be clear: what elements does school level include?

The school level includes scientific research ability, education level and students' quality. And these three points are all affected by the average value. In other words, a recognized top school needs to meet the standards of scientific research, education and students in all disciplines, which UCSD lacks.