<p>I recently received an email from UC-Davis telling me that I was invited to apply to their school for free because I was referred to them by the University of California. I don’t know if this is a good thing or not, seeing as I have never even heard of UC-Davis. I assume that it may be because I applied to UCLA and got rejected and maybe they recommended me to UC-Davis? I went ahead and did it because I figured I had nothing to lose since the application fee was free. </p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>UC Davis is an amazing school. It ranks below SD and competes with it. Every college-like school and it’s 15 minutes away from Sacramento.</p>
<p>I’ve been told Davis is an awesome school. I actually didn’t even know it existed til around the time we had to start applying. Don’t let the fact that its not talked about a lot keep you from thinking the best of it. Most people I’ve talked to this year (off of this forum) kept telling me it had to be one of the lowest ranked schools just because they never heard of it; not true at all, obviously. Just google some! Read this forum a ton, there’s a mass load of great information about Davis right here.</p>
<p>Is UCLA the only UC you applied to? If you are UC eligible, you are guaranteed to get in - just not guaranteed which campus. I don’t know the details on how it works, but I would have expected that people who don’t get in any they applied to would get a letter from Merced or Riverside inviting them (because they have fewer applicants). I am surprised you got one from Davis.
I’m not sure why you would never have heard of UC Davis?? Are you a California resident? (if not, my first paragraph doesn’t apply to you!). Not trying to start a debate here, but I think the general concensus in ranking the 9 undergrad UC campuses - tier 1 (LA, Cal, San Diego),
tier 2 (Davis, Santa Barbara, Irvine), tier 3 (Santa Cruz, Riverside, Merced). Those aren’t in a particular order within the tiers and I hope
no one takes any offense, because none was intended.</p>
<p>Don’t know how you’ve never heard of UCD if you know what UCLA is.</p>
<p>why you making it seem like this UC is a loser school and not worth enough to receive your time. you better google UC Davis perhaps show a little respect.</p>
<p>“applied because it was free and i have nothing to lose”, boy this school has a prestige status and it very popular for bio and engineering.</p>
<p>@jbourne,</p>
<p>I thought that only applied to Californian residents. I’m from Texas, so I guess it’s really good that I was invited to apply. :)</p>
<p>@theReach,</p>
<p>Well in Texas the only UC schools that anyone has ever heard of or talked about is UCLA and Berkeley. So when I received the email, I had no idea what school it was from.</p>
<p>@mypinkfriday,</p>
<p>I didn’t mean it insultingly! I was legitimately interested in what other people thought of the school and whether or not the invitation was a good sign. I’m sorry if I came off rude. But on a side note, my major is Film Studies so Biology and Engineering doesn’t really affect me.</p>
<p>oh, that makes more sense now. The UCs are trying to get more non-resident students because of our horrible budget mess and of course, they pay more! They must have figured that since you applied to UCLA, you were willing to pay the higher fees. And your stats must mean you would do well at Davis.
Yes, Davis is a good school and is well known within California. The campus is in Northern Calif and would be quite a bit different than UCLA (more rural for one thing).
The athletics are Div 1, but not top tier like UCLA. It is rated high for engineering
and is well known for its animal and agriculture programs.
In the last US News college rankings, Cal - 22, UCLA - 25, UC San Diego - 35, UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara - tied at 39. To compare, UT - Austin is 45. This is the website: [National</a> University Rankings | Top National Universities | US News Best Colleges](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/spp+50]National”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/spp+50)</p>