<p>It’s true, most rank UCI as the 6th best UC. I’m just sayin…</p>
<p>How many UC Irvine students does it take to change a lightbulb?</p>
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<li>1 to screw in the lightbulb, and 3 to check to see if their lightbulb screwing department passed UCSD, Davis, and SB in the US News rankings.</li>
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<p>Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah</p>
<p>for the record, I was placing UCI on par with davis and santa barbara, they all trade blows depending upon your major. I also think “UCI” first because I live 5 miles from it.</p>
<p>UCLA and UCB only matters. I don’t get why UCSD gets so much credit. Anyone could get into the school easily. Just 3.0 and TAG you are in. Nothing special. I know plenty of ppl who are not even bright get in.</p>
<p>My opinion:<br>
UCLA and UCB if you are into prestige
Then all other UC’s except UCM - the choice of school really depends on you. Whatever means more to you. Environment, Major, financial aid, family&friends, etc…</p>
<p>CSU is not bad at all. Many of them have business and health science programs which not many UC’s have. Those programs lead to good job prospects after graduation.</p>
<p>^^“Just 3.0 and TAG you are in.”</p>
<p>It’s just that easy guys. Wish I would have gotten the memo.</p>
<p>Hahahahahahaha</p>
<p>My Buddy has a degree from USC, working at an investment banking firm. His boss has a degree from CSUN. Some of the most successful people in Los Angeles went to CSUN. They are also a Tier 3 school compared to all UCs which are Tier 1, so if you go to CSUN get good grades!</p>
<p>Not at all. In the engineering field, if you wanna do research and or teach you usually do UC’s but I know some employers prefer the CSU (in particular SLO and Pomona but thats because they’re CP’s) “hand’s on training”. A CSU education is more realistic, the UC education preps you for the future and any management that may lie ahead and is usually much more rigorous. It really does depend on your major though… </p>
<p>PS. My father in law just interviewed two students (both seniors) for a job right out of college (structural engineering). Student A was from UCLA and student B was from SLO… both had around 3.5 GPA’s and tons of EC’s. The student from SLO was given the job (im sure there were other factors too but i’m just saying…)</p>
<p>^Isolated case in a wide range of career field </p>
<p>i would say 90% of the time with similar gpa/e.c the person from the U.C will get it if their interviewing skills are not completely garbage</p>
<p>especially if it’s UCLA vs SLO</p>
<p>^I don’t know about other industries, but in the political/public service/government fields that certainly hasn’t been true in my experience.</p>
<p>Ya, the uc’s are good schools, however they don’t compare to top schools like:</p>
<p>FIDM: [FIDM:</a> Launch a creative career, from Fashion Design to Digital Media](<a href=“http://fidm.edu/]FIDM:”>http://fidm.edu/)</p>
<p>and,</p>
<p>[Parsons</a> The New School for Design | The Premier Design and Art Education in New York City](<a href=“http://www.parsons.edu/]Parsons”>http://www.parsons.edu/).</p>
<p>The students from these schools are of a much different caliber than those found at berkeley and L.A. They especially excel in advanced mathematics. One of my friends goes to FIDM, and she said for her final in advanced price discounting analysis arithmetic, she had to work out a long division problem BY HAND!!</p>
<p>Since when is arithmetic considered ‘advanced’ mathematics?</p>
<p>It was a joke. FIDM is a fashion school. Any idiot can go there. New York Times best selling author lauren Conrad went there, and shes the ultimate “how to get rich by doing and knowing nothing” girl.</p>
<p>I was doing long-hand division the 3rd grade. Admittedly I was in GATE so it was probably a bit more accelerated than your average person, but I still find long division pathetic. maybe if you’re doing multivariable-algebraic division with some gnarly numbers, but even then it’s not THAT bad.</p>
<p>i don’t really understand why you guys are making fun of a fashion school for its lack of advanced mathematics. I’m sure there are plenty of people that think the mathematics that you guys are learning at CCC is quite trivial. The way that calculus is taught in most high schools and colleges in the US is no where near the level of rigor of the calculus taught in other countries.</p>
<p>JetForce it is a joke:</p>
<p>“i don’t really understand why you guys are making fun of a fashion school for its lack of advanced mathematics.”</p>
<p>There is a really simple explanation: cause its fun.</p>
<p>“I’m sure there are plenty of people that think the mathematics that you guys are learning at CCC is quite trivial.”</p>
<pre><code>If Terrence Toa made as joke to his fellow faculty members that the elementary number theory that is taught at community colleges is humorously simple, I wouldn’t blame him. I wasn’t in any way saying I am a mathematical genious because I go to community college and am a math major. I was just light heartedly observing reality. I know what goes on at FIDM cause I know quite a few high school mates who went there.
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<p>“The way that calculus is taught in most high schools and colleges in the US is no where near the level of rigor of the calculus taught in other countries.”</p>
<pre><code>Thank you for this unrelated fact. My perspective on the current world education system was totally changed.
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<p>Overall, I think you are the one who thinks you are the math genious. I went over some of your old posts and it seems like you have an air of superiority. If you didn’t, I don’t think you would have jumped on our throats so quickly.</p>
<p>Maybe I am wrong though. Maybe, I think I am the next john nash because I aced a few ccc math classes. There is some merit to this, cause when I do math I see flashing lights and colors and the equations rearrange themselves. Just a thought.</p>
<p>I really didn’t want to come off as arrogant and i apologize if i did. If anything, taking more math classes has truly humbled me after seeing what genius truly looks like. I jumped on this thread because i’m tired of people bashing schools for silly reasons. I used to goto UCSB and i had to deal with all the comments about how it was full of ■■■■■■■ that partied and never went to school. There were some truly bright people there and i felt that it was really unfair to judge a school without having a good look at the faculty and the student body. People should realize that just by going to college they are getting an education that is far beyond what is attainable for the majority of the world. People bash schools like UCR because they think the students there are UC rejects but that school has produced a nobel prize laureate!</p>
<p>Jetforce, im sorry then, you seem pretty cool about it, so its all good.</p>
<p>It may be easy to transfer to UCSD, but I don’t think that should be taken as a negative reflection of the quality of education. The school is in the Top 25 rankings for many majors and programs. It has a particularly strong reputation in the science and engineering fields. Also, their political science and economics programs are very strong.</p>
<p>This thread is pretty ridiculous. Many of the posters on here are in for a rude awakening when they get to the “real world.” The name of the university on the degree is really only a small advantage. If anything, it will only help you get the first job because of the higher level of exposure to recruiters. After a few years, unless you went to a school with a huge alumni connection network (SLO), it is going to be about job performance. Obviously you may get a better education at a UC, however, that does not necessarily mean you will be better prepared for the workforce than someone who went to a CSU and got hands-on experience.</p>
<p>I am an older student (25) originally from the Northeast. Many of my friends graduated about 3-4 years ago. I found that the ones who are doing the best now (by doing the best I mean making the most money within their field) did internships while in college. No matter what college they went to this seems to hold true. I have two friends who went to Northeastern where the curriculum is half classroom learning and half internships/co-ops. They both are doing very well (finance and engineering respectively). Then I have friends of equal ability who went to Upenn and Cornell. They are both still well off, but no better than the Northeastern students just because they went to Ivy league schools. The funniest thing is my friend who makes far and away the most money (about $130,000+ after about 4 years!!) went to a small private school that I dont even think is on a tier in the USNWR rankings (Merrimack College).</p>
<p>Edit: Merrimack is a tier three LAC.</p>