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Popular Places to Chill

  • Library Walk
  • Porter’s Pub
  • Price Center
  • The Old Student Center

Student Centers

  • Price Center
  • The Old Student Center

Campus Size

  • 1,200 acres

Libraries

  • Biomedical Library
  • CLICS
  • Giesel Library
  • Mandeville Special Collection
  • Medical Center Library
  • Scripps Institute Library

Athletic Centers

  • RIMAC

College Prowler Take

The facilities on campus are excellent. There are lots of newer buildings, including a huge gym, RIMAC, and the Price Center. There are so many facilities on campus that UCSD is like a mini-town where you can find anything you need on campus. Students enjoy hanging out at the Price Center, Library Walk, and the Old Student Center. The Giesel Library, named after Dr. Seuss, a former resident of La Jolla, is well known and has even been used in a few movies because of its interesting architecture. UCSD students are happy with the facilities on campus and enjoy using them.

A common problem with the facilities on campus is the crowding. The Price Center was expanded, and plans to renovate other facilities on campus in the next few years are underway. However, UCSD is growing quickly, and the campus is starting to become overcrowded. However, campus is still beautiful and scenic, and with all the construction going on, there are new facilities being built each year.

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Anonymous says:

We have a huge recreation facility...

We have a huge recreation facility called RIMAC; it’s got everything—racquetball, basketball, volleyball, weight room, and gymnasium.

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Anonymous says:

There are also two pools open for...

There are also two pools open for student use. Everyone hangs around Library Walk and the Price Center. They are great.

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Anonymous says:

The facilities are pretty nice. If...

The facilities are pretty nice. If you like going to the gym, RIMAC is awesome. I’ve never worked out before, but RIMAC is really motivating for me. I’ve put on 15 pounds of muscle thanks to that place. I think, overall, we have good facilities.

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Anonymous says:

We have a really nice athletic...

We have a really nice athletic area called RIMAC, and the San Diego Chargers practice on our field. The gym is really nice with indoor racquetball and basketball courts. The computer center is also nice. The student center, Price Center, is really pretty with a fountain running down the side, grass, and benches. It’s one of my favorite parts of campus.

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Anonymous says:

Beautiful campus, ocean views,...

Beautiful campus, ocean views, that is how I decided where to go.

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What To Do on Campus

Hanging out at Porter’s Pub, listening to poetry at the Grove in the Old Student Center, working out at one of the three gyms on campus, attending free concerts, finding the talking trees in the Eucalyptus forest, listening to the UCSD radio station, and going on an Outback backpacking trip.

Favorite Things To Do

Students can watch movies in Price Center, listen to music on Library Walk, and go rock climbing at Canyon View Recreation Center.

Bowling on Campus

  • None

Movie Theater on Campus

  • Price Center Theater

Bar on Campus

  • Round Table Pizza also sells beer
  • Porter’s Pub

Coffeehouse on Campus

  • Café Roma

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