Worst of University of California - Irvine

Money Leeches

I hate the parking situation. The campus tries to suck all of the remaining money we have from tuition through parking permits(too many different types) and parking tickets (which they try way to hard to give). There are about 7 different zones, which means 7 or more different permits (zones + options). The options are for if you are a professor, staff (yes these two are different), commuter(staff), commuter(student), resident(undergrad), resident(grad student), resident(professor), and of course visitor options(week, month, day, overnight, then pick a zone). The university purposely makes it difficult to understand so you're more likely to make a mistake on where you can park, then you'll get a ticket because you have the wrong permit in a zone the permit is not for during a time you can't park in that zone. For example, I have a resident parking permit for Campus village, which is marked for a brown R zone. After 5pm on weekdays and on all day on weekends I can park in any open lot. However, if I have an Arroyo Vista resident parking permit marked for a red AR zone. Then after 3pm on weekdays and after 5pm on weekdays I can park in any AR short-term lot on campus. It's too confusing and I have never received a ticket in my life, but on campus I have received a total of 7 tickets since I've had my car here, which has only been a year.

Relationships...

First year, just about everyone who is good-looking is taken. Seeing as how this is a HUGE COMMUTER school, most people have boyfriends or girlfriends waiting for them back home. That changes by the end of first year for the most part, at which point it's hard to get to know people any way other than through classes. And the school is visually like 80% Asian.

Ummm..

there isnt much to do, unless you look vary hard and usually the only night anyone goes out is thrusdays the rest of the weekend is dead. Unless you join greek life then you will have a life.