<p>I'm not a UCSD student, but I love the UCSD campus and I strongly considered attending UCSD when I graduated from high school, but I ultimately decided to attend UCLA for proximity and other reasons as well.</p>
<p>That being said, what is wrong with some UCSD students? I have a cousin and a few acquittances I've met that go to UCSD and every time I tell them I go to UCLA, they almost have to tell me an anecdote about how "this one guy who knew this one person who knew this guy who knew this other guy who went to UCSD and he got a job over a UCLA guy" or how "this one guy went to UCSD and got a better job than the UCLA guy."</p>
<p>I'm always put in an awkward situation and I usually just nod and then ignore that person. In family conversations, my cousin always bothers to remind me and my other relatives (who attend Cal and USC) that UCSD is just as good as any of those schools and that the only reason UCSD isn't is due to the lack of D-1 football. She usually brings this up when we're talking about football though, heh, so I don't blame her on that one. So yes, do most of you Tritons feel obligated to go out of your way to remind people that UCSD is relevant in the world? Because it can be really annoying.</p>
<p>It’s just simply called school pride.
If you were a UCSD student in an environment full of UCLA students, then you would also feel exactly the same: oppressed by the majority.
There are just as many anecdote about a UCLA student who got a job over a UCSD student and vice versa. The reason for that is because the school doesn’t make a person; how the person chooses to utilize his or her resources makes the person.</p>
<p>Though it’s strange in particular to hear this from a UCLA student with their whole “we are so much better than usc” culture.</p>
<p>What was the purpose of this post? I think it’s obvious not all UCSD students are the same, perhaps the ones you met are insecure with their undergraduate institution but I know I’m not. Anyway I’m slightly confused if you’re just bragging, genuinely concerned, or if this is a passive aggressive attempt to correct certain behaviors??</p>
<p><em>Though it’s strange in particular to hear this from a UCLA student with their whole “we are so much better than usc” culture.</em></p>
<p>That’s because we’re rivals. It’s what we do. You know, like how Michigan and Ohio State claim to be better than each other. Or how Lakers fans think they’re better than Boston Celtic fans. I guess you don’t follow sports much.</p>
<p>"If you were a UCSD student in an environment full of UCLA students: oppressed by the majority. "</p>
<p>What environment full of UCLA students? A bunch of friends and I are getting dinner and we’re waiting in line (none but me go to UCLA) and one of the guys from UCSD decides to talk about employment prospects. Awkward. Same thing happens when I’m in an LSAT class with a bunch of people from different schools.</p>
<p>In regards to the convo with my cousin, we had 1 of us from UCLA, 1 from USC, and 2 from Cal, 1 from UC Irvine, 1 from UCSD. Woooo, huge UCLA majority right there. If anything, I feel repressed by my relatives that go to Berkeley. There’s 2 of them <em>gasp</em></p>
<p>“I have a cousin and a few acquittances I’ve met that go to UCSD and every time I tell them I go to UCLA, they almost have to tell me an anecdote”</p>
<p>“IF you were a UCSD student in an environment full of UCLA students, then you would also feel exactly the same: oppressed by the majority.”</p>
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<p>Just because there are rivalries in sports doesn’t dismiss that UCLA students think that UCLA is better than USC just in general. Just go read the threads, news articles, and college ranking sites that compares UCLA and USC. USC students think they are better than UCLA students. UCLA students think they are better than USC students. Likewise, UCSD students think they are better than UCLA students and UCLA students think they are better than UCSD students. Do you see the trend now? Students think that their own school is better than every other school; rivalries or no rivalries. </p>
<p>@ucsandiego915:
Totally with you there. Feels like this kid is just trying to be spiteful and ■■■■■.</p>
<p>DistressStudent: Alright, so simply your answer is school pride then. Still doesn’t explain why UCSD students in particular have the most excessive school pride that they must remind me that UCSD students get better jobs than anyone they know at every social event I go to.</p>
<p>i feel like some of my friends dissed me for going to ucsd…as if i only go here because it’s “supposedly ranked third terms of UC ranking” and i didn’t get into berkeley or ucla, so it was the next best choice.
i feel like these friends still diss me.</p>
<p>and when i first told them i’m choosing ucsd over other UCs, they went “oh, well have fun at that ugly campus.”
and had to add “i didn’t even apply there” as if applying to ucsd in the first place is stupid or lame or a waste of time.</p>
<p>i don’t know, i guess i sometimes get the feeling people don’t look to highly of ucsd, so some ucsd students tend to…automatically defend their school/themselves (as a result of being students here)?</p>
<p>even my dad said to the family that “ucsd IS the third best uc, right (my name)?” with a semi-awkward smile. i think he said that to make me feel better because he assumed i wasn’t happy with it, although i was still in a state of clueless ness regarding college then.</p>
<p>and btw, those friends go to ucsb, because they got rejected from ucla, yet insisted to everyone they wanted to go there initially because it’s a party school. -.-</p>
<p>i can’t deny (did i say that correctly? ha) that i also defend myself/ucsd…i mean, it’s not as bad as people seem to think. i kind of just don’t care though, because it really boils down to what you make of it and because ucsd really isn’t this “lame” school. and then again i am in this constant state of i don’t care about anything…</p>
<p>This is so pathetic in my opinion. Who cares what people even think of UCSD? I don’t. I didn’t apply to UC Berkeley or UCLA (even though I am pretty sure I would have gotten in) because I wanted to be in San Diego. I swear I feel like I’m the only one who doesn’t care about the stupid prestige thing. I plan on going to SDSU for grad school, you should hear what people say to me when they hear that. Oh well at least I’m happy with my choices and don’t feel the need make my school look superior to others.</p>
<p><em>Just because there are rivalries in sports doesn’t dismiss that UCLA students think that UCLA is better than USC just in general</em></p>
<p>Look. Apparently you don’t understand the rivalry. Okay. Just leave it alone because you just don’t get it. Berkeley and Stanford students rag on each other school’s all the time. Auburn and Alabama bash each other. It’s pure hatred and rivalry. And you don’t understand it. So shut up about the matter because it’s irrelevant to THIS thread’s topic about UCSD students.</p>
<p>And no, students do not always think their school is better than any other school (rivalry aside). I go to UCLA. I do not think we are better than UCSD or UC Berkeley or Harvard or Cal State LA, especially since “better” is subjective. If you think UCSD is better than UCLA or any other school, then that is your problem.</p>
<p>either 1. you’re a ■■■■■, or 2. you’re extremely ignorant</p>
<p>If you aren’t 1, then you should strongly consider learning how to talk with people so you don’t attack, alienate, and anger the people you work with, for, or around the rest of your life.</p>
<p>Btw, I don’t see anything wrong with these “my school is better than your school” conversations. My friends and I do it all the time, and we go to unis all across the country. It just comes down to pride :)</p>
<p>@notaznguy
haha what?
I didn’t even post after you posted and there are following three posts by other people, yet you still felt compelled to say that I should be the one who should drop the topic O_o
lol okay. I guess you can’t see the similarities. whatever. </p>
<p>“And no, students do not always think their school is better than any other school (rivalry aside). I go to UCLA. I do not think we are better than UCSD or UC Berkeley or Harvard or Cal State LA, especially since “better” is subjective. If you think UCSD is better than UCLA or any other school, then that is your problem.”</p>
<p>Good! I am glad you see the problem with generalizing a whole population based on a few people you have met. </p>
<p>To summarize what most of us has said so far in regards to your question:
No, most of us don’t go out of our way to remind people that UCSD is relevant in the world. However, we like have as much school pride as any other school - you should understand the implications of that, right?</p>
<p>of course there are going to be reactions to what you’re saying when you post a thread in a UCSD CC board and generalize about our behavior and how we are because we’re UCSD students.</p>
<p>don’t walk into the lion’s den if you aren’t ready for the claws that are soon to follow.
it’s just common sense.</p>
<p>Well, I can tell you that if ucsd students did have a chip on their shoulder, it would be because of inflammatory trolls posting, like you. The only difference between me and you is I checked the “I want to go to ucsd” box over the cal and ucla acceptances I got.</p>
<p><em>The only difference between me and you is I checked the “I want to go to ucsd” box over the cal and ucla acceptances I got.</em></p>
<p>This is exactly what I mean. UCSD just LOVE to remind me of these things. All the time. Every day. Whenever I see them. It’s like…“Cool? Good for you? I don’t care?”</p>
<p>I noticed how every single poster on this thread has a reaction to the 4 letters, UCLA. Apparently, whenever UCLA is mentioned, it suggests that I implied I’m automatically better than them. Nowhere do I ever mention that UCLA is better than UCSD nor do I indicate I have superiority over UCSD students for the fact that I am a UCLA student. All I mentioned was, “I happen to be a poster that attends UCLA” for context. And even though I praise and highlight UCSD as an amazing and beautiful institution, this is quickly ignored. Instead there are strawman arguments such as, “WELL OF COURSE PPL WILL REACT LIKE THAT CAUSE YOU KEEP TELLING THEM UCLA IS BETTER.” This chip on your shoulder mentality from you UCSD students is self made.</p>