Will UC San Diego expand to Chula Vista?

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The summer time session is in full swing at UC San Diego. It’s fairly quiet on campus. As quickly as the autumn hits, college students we spoke with say it will get fairly packed.

“It’s a little bit extra crowded since they accepted much more college students, particularly final 12 months. It has been form of too cramped,” mentioned a pupil on the primary campus.

“We’re taking a look at growth in all 10 of our Universities. Chula Vista would make some sense,” says Wealthy Leib, Chairman of the UC Board of Regents.

Leib is supportive of UC San Diego increasing to Chula Vista. He says the varsity has some curiosity in that space.

“There may be land obtainable. There have been some discussions prior to now. We try to extend entry to the College of California,” he added.

Leib says UC San Diego has about 44,000 college students, an analogous quantity to UCLA. He additionally says there have been 60,000 spots for freshman final 12 months, in complete throughout UC campuses and 250,000 purposes.

Leib additionally says 40 % of the scholars are the primary of their household to go to school.

“We try to do what the College needs to be doing. Get folks from all neighborhoods. The perfect and the brightest come collectively,” he added.

On-campus housing at UCSD has a waitlist. Many college students we spoke with say if the faculty expands, housing is a should.