<p>Okay, 12 more days until May 1 SIR day...
Background info: got in UC Berkeley (got in as molecular toxicology in college of natural resources, attended cal day, loved campus); UCLA (biochemistry, loved campus); UCSD (mol bio, loved campus); plan on pre-med though not 100% sure</p>
<p>please, everyone is welcome to fight this out...all aspects of school (advantages and disadvantages) will be taken into consideration...may the best school win.</p>
<p>Ucla Fight Fight Fight!!!</p>
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<p>and theres a lot more if you ****ing SEARCH!!</p>
<p>or flip a coin. heads = UCLA. tails = UCB. side = UCSD. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>We did that once when deciding on where to go to get boba. And it ended up landing in a crack and I won…</p>
<p>I just got a tour of UCSD by some tutors that were really cool and they made UCSD sound really fun.</p>
<p>If having a social life is important to you, pick UCLA or UCB</p>
<p>UCLA: Westwood, LA, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills
UCB: SF, Bay Area
UCSD: uhh…mexico? </p>
<p>where are you from? and do you want to stay closer to home or want to go farther away?</p>
<p>you have to have SOME opinion. i’m sure you’re not leaning towards each school exactly 33.33333333333333333333333333333333333333%</p>
<p>i would not choose UCSD over LA or Cal.</p>
<p>all three schools will give about the same challenge in terms of academia so don’t let that influence your decision. contrary to what you might think, SD is actually are REALLY REALLY tough school for the premed majors.</p>
<p>So basically, where you go should be based more on the campus, the housing/apartment situation, the student body (all three campuses have VERY different types of students), and surrounding city (again all three are very different).</p>
<p>btw, gut instinct is a good measure to go by.</p>
<p>UCSD has a fantastic academic program, second to none in the fields you’re applying to, but the campus really is a bit drab… There’s not much to do unless you know the right people and where to go, and it just didn’t fit with me.</p>
<p>But you do love the campus, and it’s the personal fit that really counts. Don’t count it out too soon.</p>
<p>For me, personally (I’m making the same decision), UCB was amazing but the housing was terrible, IMO, and too far from campus… One side of the campus, though, was beautiful, and academically it’s on par or better in the fields I’m interested in with both of the others.</p>
<p>UCLA just clicked, though, and the atmosphere was great. Food is wonderful, over both the other schools, housing is better than UCB, campus is lively and Westwood beats Berkeley and La Jolla any day. I sent in my SIR a week ago. :]</p>
<p>UCSD was great for poli sci, my major, but aside from that the campus just didn’t fit, along with what I’ve listed above. I felt the residential college system actually isolated me from other students, which was the finisher.</p>
<p>i’m choosing b/wn ucb or ucla as well!
mm well ucb is a better school than the others academically & it does have a better admittance rate to medical school. i know ucla (and ucsd) is catching up to cal but to the admissions officers who’re like 60 yrs old.. prolly hold cal w/ more prestige than we do..</p>
<p>“one side of the campus was beautiful”</p>
<p>haha… sorry that just made me laugh!</p>
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<p>Your face makes me laugh!</p>
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whats so funny?</p>
<p>that statement describes UCLA perfectly as well. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>no… more like 3/4 is pretty. south campus isn’t really half 
idk it just struck me as amusing, is that so bad?</p>
<p>and fisico, WHY you raggin’ on me, you don’t even know what i look like.</p>
<p>oh emm where are you… i need you!!!</p>
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<p>How do you know I don’t know? :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>Oh stop, you know it’s useless to scream for help. She’s not coming back.</p>
<p>Now now children…play nice.</p>
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<p>I miss her too! 
Where are you my dear?! T_T</p>
<p>why would you know?</p>
<p>unless you’re a stalker under emm’s tutelage…</p>
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<p>ahahahahahaha, I knew she was a stalker. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Ok first of all UCSD should not even be in the conversation. So its Westwood or Berkeley, which are you most comfortable and what environment can you get the most out of for 4 yrs. Think hard then choose.</p>