University of California-Merced Campus Life

Not enrolled- attending Cal Poly Pomona

There are various food options. You are responsible for making your menu so don't complain when tired of the food when you always get the same thing.

All eating areas and kitchens are new and clean and easily accessible.

The cafeteria is big and the foods amazing. For many different diets.

The dining commons food gets boring, but once the food trucks come in you have more options throughout the day!

The food is okay. It can get a bit pricey sometimes, but that is not a major issue.

The food provided by the school gets boring after a while. The DC (dining commons) is small and has limited hours. Weekdays you have he option between pizza, burgers, asian, and mexican. Weekends you have burgers and pizza. There is also a salad bar and sandwich bar where you can create and customize your dishes. One thing the school does have is food carts. During the weekdays the school has restaurants from the city come in and set up carts towards the back of the campus that sells different foods. However the carts are only there during lunch time for a couple hours. The school itself also has food carts stationed around where you can grab a drink or snack. Located in the library is a caf�?�© like station where you can order food and drinks including coffee and is open during library hours.

The first few weeks I was amazed by all the choices the dining center offered. Now, I know what to expect when I get there. I feel like I'm out of choices and stuck with eating the same old things. I miss homemade food!!! I want variation in my food. But then again, I depend on them having french toast every Saturday for brunch because that's the only day they serve it and they taste heavenly.

I don't see why everyone's complaining about the food here. It's amazing what kinds of food are featured in our dining center. It's worth it because it beats cooking for yourself since you are in dorms.

The food at UC Merced is something that, while acceptable, could use improvement. While the hours of the dining center seem to be something that everyone has an issue with, the quality of the food should be improved before looking into extending the hours. Some foods at the dining center are of good quality; however others simply taste like typical cafeteria food. While there are few items in the dining center that I refuse to even try, there is a large variety of options to choose from. Even with these options however, at times it seems as if you are eating the same thing day after day, because nothing else seems appetizing. It is an option for students to submit ideas of dishes for the dining center to have- however I feel students are not aware of this option; if they were then there is potential for additional options and variety to be added to the menus in the dining center. Overall, the food somewhat what would be expected out of a high school cafeteria- some options are good while others, not so much.

Lots of frats and sororities. Each one is fun and interactive.

Sororities Delta Delta Delta Delta Gamma Kappa Kappa Gamma Lambda Theta Nu Kappa Delta Chi (Colony) Fraternities Kappa Sigma Omega Delta Phi Sigma Chi

The Greek Life is very active! They are constantly hosting events such as parties or selling food. While some of the parties do have alcohol (these are typically for upperclassmen 21+) a lot of the contain no alcohol and are simply there for people to go dancing and have a great time.

We are a young campus so the Greek Life is building. We have most of the major Frats. I am a founding member of Phi Alpha Delta and belong to Kappa Sigma as well.

There are plenty of sororities and fraternities. I haven't looked into them a lot but if you contact the student services on campus they can probably give you more information, but there is a festival in which they come out and give you information themselves.

I have met some of the greatest people through greek life. With Alpha Phi Omega and Delta Epsilon Mu, my time in Merced has definitely changed. I have become more involved in school and in the community.

4 sororities 4 fraternities multiple professionals

Greek life at UC Merced is getting a lot better, more people are getting involved Greek Life.

There are many Greek organizations that you can join. There are the social fraternities and sororities, the professional fraternities (i.e. pre-med, pre-health), and even service fraternities to choose from.

Greek life here, alike everything else socially relevant, is still developing. There are currently 7 university-wide recognized chapters, and the number is only but growing. Campus activity, mixers, greek events etc., are very much available at this school.