<p>el barto, i'm writing a term paper on student satisfaction at the various UCs, so of course i would know where to find the statistics. i'd be in trouble if i didn't. in fact, sd had the best available stats on student satisfaction that i could find, which is why i'm on this board asking for opinions on what i found. obviously, you can't hear anything non-adulatory, so my venture onto this board can be called a failed experiment. </p>
<p>and i'd like to know where i equated numbers with intelligence. did i say that sd students are dumber than cal/la students? no, i simply stated the fact that they're lower.</p>
<p>how is revelle college... i heard it really sucked. yet it was my 1st choice on my app. also, how are uc-to-uc transfer programs. if someone attends ucsd, can they transfer to ucla or cal?</p>
<p>if you're pulling this on every UC campus' forum, i'd like to see how many of them are greeting your posts with smiles and big welcoming hugs. i'm on the verge of digging out my virtual pitchfork. </p>
<p>and if you're not trying to tell us that we're inferior to UCLA/UCB because our test averages are lower, then what ARE you trying to tell us? quoting statistics for the hell of it?</p>
<p>you can transfer to UCLA/UCB but if you really want to do that i suggest going to a CCC that has a transfer arrangement with one of those schools. UC - UC transfers are difficult because CC students get preference, so you would need to be an extremely strong applicant.</p>
<p>Actually, I live in SD and know of MANY top high school students from here who chose UCSD because they wanted to stay in SD....it is known as an excellent university and has the added benefit of a wonderful location....why wouldn't it be a first choice?</p>
<p>cgarrett, you can ask the people for whom sd is not a first choice.</p>
<p>i'm being the devil's advocate here. i'm telling you the facts and seeing what you have to say about them. why on earth does astrina need to be so hostile? it's like i've personally insulted her or something.</p>
<p>this is the only forum i've done this on, because as i've said, sd had the best stats/info i could find on student satisfaction. </p>
<p>please, everyone, just take a chill pill. sd won't be ranked higher or lower next year just because of this website.</p>
<p>Well, the thing with people at UCSD is that they're probably used to the reputation of being a socially-dead UC, so it's only reasonable to see that they're being aggressively defensive on the issue. If you asked this on the UCLA forum (which I don't think you have), you'd get a differently oriented answer owing to its supposedly social reputation. It's fair to express your opinions on this forum, but when you put forth your opinions like that, you really really do look like another UCSD detractor, and there really isn't that much need for that kind of stuff, especially when you're deriding the people that actually do go to this school. </p>
<p>As a converse side of things, I could easily be arguing that Cal is a bad place to be, since the competition is fierce, the weather sucks, the dorms are off campus, there's a far more prevalent access to drugs and alcohol, it's in a much worse neighborhood, and there are just so many more things to do in SD than in SF (no offense to Bay Area people), and I actually do know several people that go there that can attest to that. Is that fair to your personal experience at Cal? I guess I never experienced that issue about not liking the school I'm at because I got into my first choice, but that also has to be a factor at least to the sentiments of a lot of people. Heck, at my high school, people who got into Berkeley were complaining since they didn't get into UCLA. A person at my school, which an article was written about in the SD Union Tribune, was also complaining about how he didn't get into UCSD, but got into the other two and ended up going to Cornell. In all fairness to your opinion, I do think that UCSD doesn't necessarily stimulate a social atmosphere most of the time. At the same time, though, the issue of constructing your own college experience is no where more evident in this case, since you simply can't categorize a UCSD experience with generic characteristics.</p>
<p>Peppers I don't disagree at all with much of what you are trying to say, but to suggest the weather sucks in the Bay Area is just not true. The Bay Area is famous for pleasant weather and having a myriad of cultural activities. I lived for a summer in both SF and downtown San Diego and for me there was more to do in the Bay Area, and I thought the weather was better too. That's not to say that I didn't have fun in San Diego, I did.</p>
<p>One thing that I don't agree with is the idea that school pride and spirit are not important. Alumni who have a strong association with their school (like Astrina) are important. Happy alumni become donors. One of the reasons sports are so important is that they give alumni a reason to come back to the campus. Sports do give students, alumni, and staff something to rally around and central place to meet. Having fun games to attend gives everyone a much needed break from the grind and lifts spirits.</p>
<p>peppers, what you say is fair, except for the part where it sounds like you're saying that it's only ok to write great stuff about sd on here and ignore everything else. (and also the part about the bay area having bad weather ... sd actually has more overcast days than sf does, as a percentage. i just had to say that.)</p>
<p>I'm happy here, I just don't want sports to dominate the scene and such. I went to the basketball game (both girls and guys) vs SF state, that was pretty fun and it was free too!</p>
<p>cenire, there was a UC-wide student satisfaction survey conducted in spring 2006 and each campus has links to its own results. if you're posting exclusively on a UCSD forum, how are you generating data for your supposed "i'm trying to assess student satisfaction at UC campuses?" it seems like you're deviating from your original goal and just raising a ruckus now.</p>
<p>well, i didn't see that. so thanks for the info. or maybe i did and didn't think it was useful. <em>shrug</em> i'll look more into that.</p>
<p>so, i'm curious, what exactly was my original goal, according to you-oh-so-knowledgeable-person? what do you want me to say, "oh no, she's got me all figured out! i'm gonna be busted for making a ruckus," whatever that even means. what exactly do you have against opposing view points? what exactly do you have against me, personally? or do you act in this manner toward everyone who has something not 100% positive to say about your beloved school? here's another question, cuz i am just so confused by you, if you love your school so much, why didn't you stay there for grad school?</p>
<p>it would be just wonderful of you to not attack me all the time. go ahead, refute everything i say if that's your cup of tea, but stop with the personal attacks. it's extremely tiring. and i thought i was too lowly for you to deal with, according to an earlier post of yours. i thought that none of my opinions matter, because i'm not a sd student. well, it certainly looks like you care a lot what my opinions are.</p>
<p>the bottom line is, please with a cherry on top, do me a huuuuuuge favor and ignore everything i say if you can't stomach any of it. most people on here probably don't want to listen to you incessantly target me. and if you can't stand differing points of view, then don't talk to collegemom or ni or xxfly or anyone else who isn't going to tell you that sd is the best place on earth.</p>
<p>I guess it is unfair to say that the weather is bad in the bay, but it doesn't stop my friends from complaining ;) I'm not saying that its only OK to say good things about UCSD, but that, for the kinds of things that UCSD people have to answer to about social life, I also think that its OK for them to be defensive. As much as it would seem that astrina "attacked" you first, you responded with the same personal insults, and that doesn't foster intelligent debate.</p>
<p>cenire, you seem to have no common sense what so ever.
with that said, I am a first year at UCSD and I love it. Yeah like many others, I wanted to go to LA or Cal but the only reason I wanted to go there was the name recognition. (which is bull)</p>
<p>Now, you need to go back and read every single one of your posts and realise that the tone of each one of them is demeaning and has a bad connotation when you talk about UCSD. You list all the negatives, then you slip in a little "i'm not saying ucsd is a bad school" comment, then you continute to bash my college. Mind you, I happen to LOVE my school, like others who have posted so we have a right to defend it. </p>
<p>I don't think astrina was too mean or was personally attacking you. She was responding to your posts which are pretty inflamatory in my opinion. I don't have anything against opposing views and I'm sure astrina doesn't either. It just happens that your opposing views are worthless because you don't go here, and you don't experience it first hand. You can base your opinion on as many stats as you'd like. They don't replace the experience so please do us all a favor and go back to your ucb forum. We (current students) can tell both sides (the good and the bad) to any high school student that asks. We don't need your "i'm better than you cause i go to berkeley" attitude, so thanks but no thanks.</p>
<p>Now I'm sure you're going to ask where specifically you said you're better than us, well you don't need to. It's implied in all of your posts. I'm not saying you intended it that way but that's what it sounds like. So please think before you post. Like I said, you lack common sense.</p>
<p>p.s. please excuse my spelling, i'm still an english learner. =P</p>