<p>hahaha, leviathan, who's getting all offended now? and what on earth makes you think i didn't do well in pre calc? that's truly just pulling something out of your butt. pre calc was years ago, and i did great. and i'm doing great at cal now, thanks for asking.</p>
<p>read cali trumpet's post. you assume too much. and i have a hard time believing anything you say, because you obviously missed a few important lessons in life, like deinflating your head and not making up random comments about people you have absolutely no right to assume anything about. you are so sadly informed i am caught between laughing at you and pitying you.</p>
<p>"The point is, not every school harbors the brightest and best"</p>
<p>I'm sure no school does, but you can't deny that some schools have higher proportions of the best and brightest than others. For example, HYPS and even <em>gasp</em> Berkeley. Merced I'm sure has some bright kids as well but I would assume a lot less than Berkeley, because if they had gotten into Berkeley, most of them wouldn't be at Merced.</p>
<p>LOL Woah you guys are taking this too seriously! It's PRE-CALCULUS and we all know UCB is the best public college in the nation.</p>
<p>-I was not trying compare UCB and UCM.
-I'm sure UCM has bright students to, I'm sure every college has bright students and not so bright students.
-Yes UCM does have less bright students(no argument from me).
-And no I can't deny that some schools have higher proportions of the best and brightest than others. for example HYPS.(NO argument from me.)</p>
<p>The whole point from the begging of this was
"not every school harbors the best and the brightest."
Obviously I didn't illustrate my point well enough and for that I apologize.
To cenire:
You say I'm making RANDOM comments about ppl...ok fine w/e, I have no idea where you got that from but, no need to argue about that.
These are your words "dude, leviathan, if you took pre-calc at berkeley (which most of us take in 9th or 10th grade or just skip all together), then you were indeed with the dumbest of the berkeley kids. now try taking a regular class at cal and let me know how it goes. or even better, take a whole semester here and then judge."
To All who care:
-I was not trying to judge UCB but as I previously stated "Obviously I didn't illustrate my point well enough and for that I apologize."</p>
<p>Naw, not a cat-fight. More like a couple UCB kids got their feelings hurt because we didn't bow down before their majesty and restate the obvious for pride's sake.</p>
<p>...I'd take our side but the fact they've got a bear for a mascot is too appealing.</p>
<p>Aznxkaiser! The city isn't great...I'm not going to lie. It's not but I know people out there that could give us the 411 on the parties. So, hopefully that will be fun.</p>
<p>cali trumpet, fyi: you cannot be a college professor unless you have atleast a masters degree EVEN at a community college. all my science teachers have a Phd and some even graduated from a prestigious college like UCB, my calculus teacher did and so did my english teacher. anyways, i dont know a lot about UC merced except that they admitted me when i was a senior at high school even though i never applied. and from what premed4life says it seems that community college is the better choice. unless you have no discipline and enjoy living with you parents until youre 30. anyways from what premed says it seems like UCM is a community college with residence halls and a 20K bill.</p>
<p>Berkeley and Merced cost the same amount...yet the quality at either are worlds apart. I would personally go to community college, then try to transfer to an upper-tier UC if possible. However, Merced is pretty much in desperate need of bodies, so they're gonna try to fill the seats however they can, including admitting those that would not be admitted by any other UC schools.</p>
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<p>Do that also count for UC Riverside? Do they also admit students "the other UC's" won't admit?
I'm curious because it seems most people who were accepted to UCM were also accepted to UCR...</p>
<p>Not to bash the lower (however you wish to define that), but UC Riverside is also another UC school that doesn't mind lowering its standards to admit students, as it too needs more students. Also, an overwhelming majority of Riverside admits choose to go to Riverside over Merced.</p>
<p>I chose UCR for the great honors program, diversity, and knowing that they are a great research UC as well as it not being to small or large of a school. Your not just another number. I had plenty of other colleges to choose from Ohio State, Oregon State University just to name a few. I am glad that I chose UCR. To those that are putting down any UC need to think how lucky we are to be able to have such wonderful colleges in California.</p>
<p>I agree with forluvnpeacemom. I realized most ppl on CC fight over which UC is better but, they really should be thankful they are even going to a UC whether it's UCB or UCM.
To forluvnpeacemom:
When I visited UCR I didn't get the impression that "your not just another number " at that school but, at UCM I did. What made you feel like at UCR "your not just another number?</p>