1. Mission:
-To transform California and a diverse global society by educating, by generating and disseminating knowledge and creative works, and by engaging in public service.

2. About UCSD
The University of California, San Diego is a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public institution that provides opportunity for all. Recognized as one of the top 15 research universities worldwide, a culture of collaboration sparks discoveries that advance society and drive economic impact. UC San Diego offers more than 100 undergraduate majors in six disciplinary areas

4. UCSD Admission Facts •36% Admission Rate •Average SAT Score: 1990
•Average GPA: 4.11
Most Popular Majors
•32% Social Science
•17% Biology
•14% Engineering

5. Over 500 clubs
Study Abroad programs
3 gymnasiums
3 swimming pools
Recreation opportunities (intramural sports, aquatics)
University Centers (restaurants, student lounges, meeting and study spaces)
23 intercollegiate men's and women's sports at the NCAA Division II level

6. UCSD’s Six Colleges
Revelle College - emphasizes a "Renaissance education" through the Humanities sequence which integrates history, literature, and philosophy. It has highly structured requirements.
John Muir College - emphasizes a "spirit of self-sufficiency and individual choice" and offers loosely structured general-education requirements.
Thurgood Marshall College - emphasizes "scholarship, social responsibility and the belief that a liberal arts education must include an understanding of one's role in society".
Earl Warren College - requires students to pursue a major of their choice while also requiring two "programs of concentration" in disciplines unrelated to each other and to their major "toward a life in balance".
Eleanor Roosevelt College - focuses its core education program on a cross-cultural interdisciplinary course sequence entitled "Making of the Modern World", has a foreign language requirement, and encourages studying abroad.
Sixth College – Its focus is on "historical and philosophical connections among culture, art and technology.

7. UCSD Traditions Chalk the Walk
The Arts Committee takes over the walkway between the Residential Halls and Pepper Canyon Hall to provide a space to make chalk murals on the ground, with an annual theme.
C.H.A.O.S.
Better known as "Cultures Having An Outrageous Scene," C.H.A.O.S. features various activities and performances from around the world.
Chocolate Festival
The Sixth College Chocolate Festival has been a spring quarter tradition since 2004 and is sponsored by the Sixth College Community Board. The event attracts over 600 guests from across the University. The annual festival includes chocolate fountains, lots of sweet and savory dipping items, music, prizes, music, and activities for all ages