Around Town

Riverside is close to the beaches of Orange County, the deserts of Riverside/San Bernardino Counties, and the mountains of San Bernardino. As long as one owns a car (or has a friend who has a car), fun is just as hour away. Riverside has a lot of unique opportunities. Fairmount Park, malls, and downtown Riverside are just a few of the local attractions. UCR has many sports, academic, and cultural attractions advertised regularly across campus. A student could be very entertained at UCR and never leave campus.

There's hiking to shopping to going to Disneyland. There is so much to do especially because it is in the center of so many types of entertainments.

If you decide to live in the dorms your first year, then the possibilities for fun increases. Not only because you will be 5 minutes away from campus, but because each residential house have fun interactive events for you to get to know more people. As for campus, there are many activities. You just have to go and explore. For example, everything I do that is not class related, I think is fun. If I want to climb the C, then that is fun for me and it takes about 30 minutes to climb. Depending how your enthusiasm and how determined you are. My first time, it took an hour but only because I did not know the path. Rock climbing happens every Tuesday and Thursday and it is free to those enrolled in UCR. The gym is another thing that is fun for me. Mostly because they have Karate classes and many types of dance classes that are free to take. The huge things that happen in UCR are Heat and Spring Splash. Heat is a concert that happens at UCR and is free to registered students. Many artists, including Tyga, Nelly, and Best Coast have featured in heat. Another major event is Spring Splash, which is a miniature heat concert where artists are also featured. More information can be found at the UCR website: UCR.edu.

There isn't a whole lot on campus but sometimes they bring in really crazy stuff. The other day we had a zebra and camel on campus.

People like to party. I got over it after freshman year. Eat food and kick it with good people.

Not much, Riverside as a city tends to be pretty dry, most kids go home for the weekend.

Every quarter we have a concerts: Block Party, Heat, and Spring Splash. Those are fun. We parties on the weekends just like other campus, I will say that since the school is in Riverside there isn't as much to do as a campus in LA or Santa Barbara.

there are good restaurants, theaters, malls, and other places to go to for fun.

UCR has many clubs that students can join, the movies are nearby also.

Hiking. Recreational Activities. Dance.