Cal vs. UCLA

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey guys and gals! I’ve decided to actually take 3 min of my life to create an account instead of being a creepy lurker. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone could help me decide between UCLA and Cal. </p>

<p>I’m a transfer student from CC, majoring in Psychology (planning to go into Clinical Psychology down the line), I live in Orange County, and UCLA has been my dream ever since high school when I went to the Santa Monica Promenade to go shopping with a friend, and on our way back we drove by UCLA. I remember thinking <em>wow, if I could go to a school like that</em></p>

<p>Now, here I am, having second thoughts about UCLA. I live for ADVENTURE and EXPLORING… LA now just seems too close to home and I won’t be able to “grow” as much as I would if I was in NorCal. But at the same time, being close to home could be a good thing. </p>

<p>There seems to be more things to do around LA. Cal is a bit intimidating and I’m not a huge fan of the semester system. But a part of me feels I’ll have the opportunity to go to such a prestigious school such as Cal. Also, a part of me wants to escape the superficiality of SoCal.</p>

<p>Conundrum. </p>

<p>Can anyone give me some thoughts about these two schools? And which one is better for psychology?</p>

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<p>CAL!</p>

<p>hehe.</p>

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<p>I think in your situation, Cal is really the best bet. Their psychology program is really great I heard. I mean, REALLY good. It's also very competitive so congrats on getting in.</p>

<p>I also am in the SoCal area and will probably go to Cal for the change. Its college. You need to experience something new for it. I think so at least...</p>

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<p>You'll have nice college expeirence regardless of where you are as long as you do not commute from home to school.</p>

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<p>Cal!!!!^^^^^^^^^^</p>

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<p>Is Cal as difficult as everyone says it is?</p>

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<p>Nahhh. The workload isn't THAT bad, although you will definitely feel it pushing you. I transferred from CC last fall, commuted from S.F. my first semester, took 20 units for a while (taking a class without the pre-req was a little difficult so I dropped to 16), and I'm doing fine. You just gotta stay on your toes...I've procrastinated heavily this semester and now I'm fighting to keep my GPA above 3.5...</p>

<p>It's not that bad but the expectations are still very high. I don't know about Psych, but in the math/econ/business area about 35% of the class routinely gets raw A's on exams.</p>

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<p>ucbhi...35% get raw A's? That's pretty good.</p>

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<p>Yup. I know because I've felt really bad procrastinating for a below-the-median B when half the class got A's :p I'm actually procrastinating right now as well.</p>