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[quote=Anonymous]I was really surprised yesterday when a friend was telling me her son really hasn't liked the University of California San Diego (UCSD) because he finds it hard to be social there. He is thinking of transferring out because he has not had a good freshman year.

She gave one example I found strange. Her son explained that the campus does not have any all you can eat/buffet style dining halls anywhere on campus. Instead students who live in dorms get food credit on their card and buy everything individually in places around campus or you can buy things from a market. There is also a mobile app but it can take an hour to get your food. So people aren't meeting up for dinner in larger groups. He often just get take out and eats alone.

I remember when I lived in a dorm that people in my hallway often asked people if they were going down to eat in the dining hall or people joined others at long tables for dinner and for weekend brunch. She said her son explained that in his dorm no one seems to eat dinner in larger groups. It sounds so isolating.

Are other colleges like this? This is something I would have never asked about on campus tours but I would never want my kid to attend a university like that. [/quote]

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