<p>Are you going to attend the University of California Irvine?
Tell me why or why not and everything you know about Irvine!
I'm thinking of going to this school but I am still undecided. Please help me(and others).</p>
<p>I’m definitely planning on attending. I’m from Virginia and have visited California quite a few times (in Irvine) and love it there. My mom wasn’t really for me moving across the country, but she knows that Irvine is pretty much THE safest city in the US. Truth be told, I haven’t visited any of the other campuses, but when I visited UCI it had an extremely active environment, a dense population of asians (haha, I see it as an opportunity to really diversify, being a whitey), a beautiful campus, really interesting (sometimes weird) architecture, and the campus felt big, but not big enough that I would feel completely lost in (due to the ring feature, I suppose). </p>
<p>I’ve visited a lot of campuses out here on the East Coast and it just doesn’t have that same relaxed feel to it. Everything is either spread out over a mountain or within a busy city full of tormenting traffic. UCI seems to have the best of both worlds – it isn’t set in a beach town, yet not too far away from one, and if you’re into doing a lot of outdoorsy activities, that doesn’t seem to be too big of an issue (if you have a car, which I will be bringing haha). </p>
<p>In short: I like the campus, I like the city. A lot of people may say it’s socially dead, but I feel like a social atmosphere is what you make of it. Irvine itself has a lot of restaurants, shopping, a total fun and safe place to walk around or bike somewhere. It just seems like a nice and friendly place :). I don’t know yet if it’s worth the cost of tuition (if that’s what you’re debating about) as I haven’t attended it, but you can apply for instate after the first year if that’s a big deal.</p>
<p>I’m glad you liked SoCal, specifically Irvine.</p>
<p>Goldenevence- You have a great attitude. Good Luck, bro.</p>
<p>I live in Irvine so I’ll try to be as unbiased as possible and just give you the facts.
- Suburbs. One of the safest cities in the nation. Naturally, the cops around here get a little bored. In my personal statement where it asked about my world I included this brief statement about how sheltered I was and I gave an example of how I saw an officer lecture a little kid about not chalking up the sidewalks too much because it was “public property.”
- No homeless people wandering around here. The police pick them up and take them to Santa Ana.
- 10 minute drive to Newport Beach.
- 20 minute drive to Disneyland.
- 25 minute drive to Knotts Berry Farm.
- Socially DEAD at 9 P.M. 2 of the biggest shopping malls close at this time and if you take a drive there wouldn’t be that many cars out and about. But if you get involved then this probably won’t be an issue. My brother is in a fraternity and his social life seems magnificent.
- Filled with asians. Nicknamed “University of Chinese Immigrants.”</p>
<p>I don’t really know what else, those are my main views on Irvine. You can ask me questions if you’d like. Hope I helped!</p>
<p>OH and I’m considering attending Irvine. I’d save a lot of money but I really want to spread my wings and fly you know? UC Santa Barbara or San Diego sound great to me if i get accepted. so UCI is my third choice.</p>
<p>ucla, uci, ucb, and ucsd are known for having high percentages of asians. uci might be a little more, but i duno for sure.</p>
<p>and if ur the kind of kid who wants to just “go hang out” or something past 9, you will be bored. if you have stuff you actually want to do, you’ll have plenty of stuff to do.
and it is really difficult to do these things if you dont have a car/friend with a car. bus system sucks and is no longer free.</p>
<p>Asian/Pacific Islander percentages:
UCI: 52.2%
UCSD: 48.6%
UCB: 41.6%
UCLA: 38.2%</p>
<p>^ It was in a packet sitting in front of me so I thought I might as well post.</p>
<p>I was accepted as a transfer recently. I’m thinking about attending if I don’t get into Berkeley. Lol @ the asian thing, I guess it’s something I take for granted being from the bay :p</p>
<p>Is uci worth going to as an international student, with the high fees and all for OOS-ers. Is the economics program good at uci? and how difficult would it be for me to get a job after graduating ?</p>
<p>maybe you should visit the campus 
are you in america yet?</p>
<p>This is my backup for if I don’t get accepted into UCSD. Really not interested in being so close to home.</p>
<p>i like the area, and it’s sort of close to home but far enough that i’m going to dorm… i’m just scared that because there is so much to do in the newport/ irvine area that i might not focus on my grades…</p>
<p>so i’m kind of torn. haha</p>
<p>if i get in maybe :)</p>
<p>Strong chance of going there, especially since I got accepted to CHP! Still waiting on Berkeley though; gonna be hard to turn down LA if I go to Irvine. (I’m planning to major in Business and I’m pre-business econ major at LA)</p>
<p>Posted this in another thread. Here you go (Been accepted into UCI and UCSD so far. Waiting on LA and CAL):</p>
<p>I am in the same boat as you, and after attending the CHP orientation yesterday, learning about the perks of being in the program (Priority registration, reserved study rooms, smaller class sizes, senior research with a professor) and getting a tour around the campus, I am pretty much sold at this point on becoming an Ant Eater this upcoming Fall. </p>
<p>I think that if your plan is go to grad school later, the opportunities offered through the CHP enables you to complete two of the most important things in relations to grad school: **Finish your undergrad studies on-time w/o having to worry about not getting a necessary class to graduate & having the opportunities to work on projects that would make you stand out against other grad school applicants (With the honors research thesis and the fact that only 6 or 7% <em>Forgot the exact #</em> gets selected to be a part of the CHP). ** I was sold on these two points esp. since my eventual goal is to obtain a MBA after my undergraduate studies. </p>
<p>To me, those two benefits alone outweights the reputation that may come across with being a UCLA/CAL or SD student. Personally, I think UCI has a good rep., but ultimately (As someone already said), achievements is far more important than reputations alone.</p>
<p>Having said all of the above, only you would know where it will best suit you the next two or four years. I wish you the best!</p>
<p>Did any of you guys get CHP for business admin. major?</p>