<p>2011 ranking: b>la>sd>sb=d>i</p>
<p>^ USNews??</p>
<p>I personally rank the UC system as:</p>
<p>UCLA>UCI>UCB>UCSB>UCSD>UCD>UCR>UCSC>UCM</p>
<p>That’s my own personal preference order based on my major, the feel of the college (the last few I have not visited so that’s why they remain at the end of the list), as well as other personal variables.</p>
<p>You can not argue over rankings. Even “valid” ranking systems vary all the time as we can see.</p>
<p>agree with others that it is a personal choice. So Cal vs No Cal. I personally don’t like UCI–commuter school for sure with no college town. Do you want the beach/ great weather? Do you want a quaint college town?</p>
<p>You should visit each and see which you prefer. Don’t listen to the rankings, UCSB, UCD, UCI are too close to say one is definitely better than the other. UCSD does however, have a better rep than all three.</p>
<p>so I’m from SoCal and yet I am more interested in Davis than UCI.Sure,besides UCSD who has become a very recognizable UC in comparison to UCB and UCLA, I say Davis has a lot to offer.For instance,it provides a medical school.But popular schools like UCSB and UCI have made it to maintain an equal balance in ranking.</p>
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<p>That’s the first time I’ve ever been called a ■■■■■, thanks. Your second comment about UCSD being full of uptight Christians makes me think you might be the ■■■■■ because that kind of sounds…100% false. </p>
<p>Speaking from a Psychology major’s perspective, Davis is one of the bottom 4. If you’re an econ major or something then yeah it’s probably different. I used to have Irvine near the bottom until I got some helpful advice from my TAP/Honors counselor about it being one of the top Psychology schools in the state. </p>
<p>@Indie – I’m glad you said it’s your own ranking based on your major because Berkley’s nickname is “The Ivy of the UCs” which kind of implies it’s the top. </p>
<p>I’ll be honest I don’t really know much about Davis but I don’t hear people running to it very often… thus my placement of it at the bottom with Riverside and Merced. You hear WAY more people going to UCI and UCSD. Logically, if Davis was some be-all end-all top-4-school I would think I’d hear more of the nerds of CC talking about fighting to get into it.</p>
<p>In Nor-Cal, UCI is considered the reject school of the ones that don’t get into Cal, UCLA, SD, SB, or Davis. Irvine does beats Davis Psychology on the PhD level.</p>
<p>"National Ranking Puts UC Davis Fourth In Social and Personality Psychology</p>
<p>The UC Davis Department of Psychology has been rising in prominence among the top departments in the nation, currently ranked by US News & World Report as #22 of 161 nation-wide departments of psychology. It also ranked very high in the latest National Research Council, landing in top 10% of the 237 programs nationwide.</p>
<p>But its excellence in certain areas of psychology is even more impressive. The social-personality area of psychology was recently recognized by a national study as one of the top in the nation, coming in at #4 on the nation. Only the University of Michigan, UCLA, and Harvard were above UC Davis, with Stanford, UC Berkeley and Yale trailing behind UC Davis in the top ten."</p>
<p>“The Department of Psychology is an example of one of our highly ranked social sciences departments that have risen dramatically in national prominence over the past decade,” said George R. Mangun, dean of the Division of Social Sciences. “We have among the best faculty in the nation, and the campus’ investments in the discipline have paid off well. The high quality of the department and its subdisciplines like social and personality psychology, translate into a first rate education for our students. Particularly impressive is that the department is also a workhorse on campus, graduating the largest number of majors annually of any degree granting department or program, with around 10% of all degrees awarded.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ls.ucdavis.edu/dss/news-and-research/social-personality-ranks-fourth.html[/url]”>http://www.ls.ucdavis.edu/dss/news-and-research/social-personality-ranks-fourth.html</a></p>
<p>None of the UCs are “reject schools” except for UCM, and the only reason I say UCM is a “reject school” is because they actually do send admission offers to people that are UC eligible but rejected at the other campuses they apply to. No doubt, the preference tends to depend on location, and whether you want to move further away from home or not. </p>
<p>Still, some people will look at USNews and nothing else - too bad because they are doing themselves a large disservice in the end.</p>
<p>Sorry, reject “UC’s” not schools. It isn’t that the college itself is bad in any way just where the ranking reject hopefuls that base a lot their choice from rankings go. It’s really no secret that many Internationals who try and fail to get into Cal, UCLA, or SD end up going to UCI. Irvine even recruits in nor-cal and would even persuade them with competitive scholarships and access to dorms to entice them to come to Irvine. Plus Irvine has more International students since can drive to shopping and clubbing close by. Many would be deprived and even depressed if had to live in Davis, SC, SB, M or R, which leaves I.</p>
<p>Even 2011 4th International of College and Universities ranked Davis in 94th place while Irvine didn’t even make top 100. This is on a world level and Irvine has a significantly higher International student population than Davis. </p>
<p>My earlier reference was to the 2011 USNews rankings which has both UCSB and UCD at 39th place and UCI at 41st. Irvine is a bit more selective but that is because more apply to UCI as their ‘safety’ school for an undergrad UC.</p>
<p>I’ve heard UCI referred to the University of Complete Imbeciles or U of Closet Introverts. I’m sure someone can come up with a better name though.</p>
<p>No point in arguing about rankings passed UCLA and CAL. It doesn’t really matter where you go after that. Employers won’t care. If you want to make yourself feel better than sure you can say you go to a better school.</p>
<p>"UC Irvine is one of the newer UC campuses and is noted for having the highest Asian enrollment rate among the UCs, for which it is sometimes known as the “University of Chinese Immigrants”, “Under Chinese Invasion”, (and sometimes the “University of Civics and Integras.”) Three UCI professors have won Nobel Prizes in recent years. UCI is the first university in the world to have two professors win Nobels in different areas in the same year. UCI is home to the first [WWW]School of Computer Science among the UCs, and is a leader in that discipline. The university is also quite distinguished in its physical science programs. UCI has also been called “Under Construction Indefinitely” among other things. The campus has also received added attention stemming from its [WWW]Middle Earth residence halls, which are named after locations and characters from Tolkien’s Mythology.</p>
<p>In 1965 the students of UCI chose the [irvine]anteater as its official mascot in a campuswide ellection. The anteater is based on the peter the anteater character from Johny Hart’s “B.C.” comic strip, and was strongly promoted by the men’s water polo team. The runner up in the mascot selection ballot was “none of the above.” The anteater is a source of pride among UCI students and alumni who value its unique mascot. The Anteater’s 2007 run through the college world series inspired the associated press to run the byline “That team with a funny nickname is serious about winning a national championship.”</p>
<p>With respect to its student body, UCI is probably one of the more strongly Republican campuses in the system. For example, near the beginning of the war in Iraq, a survey found that about 60% of UCI students favored a military operation there. This is likely because many of its students come from Orange County, which the Orange County Republican party proudly proclaims to be “America’s most Republican county.”</p>
<p>The Engineering section of campus Irvine is considered a quiet school for various reasons, but the most likely explanation is its student population. "</p>
<p>[UC</a> Irvine - Davis Wiki](<a href=“http://daviswiki.org/UC_Irvine]UC”>http://daviswiki.org/UC_Irvine)</p>
<p>Confessions from Asian students about UCI:</p>
<p>hey just curious, was irvine your guys’ first choice? bc it sure as heck wasnt mine lol</p>
<p>hahaha… uci was a backup school for sure. but whatevs. it’s close to the beach! </p>
<p>applied to like 8 different colleges and this was my last resort school and sadly it was the only one i got into too lol
but i dont’ really mind cuz hey it’s pretty nice</p>
<p>My first choice was UCSD, but I didn’t get in. </p>
<p>irvine wasn’t MY choice but my parents</p>
<p>this was more like plan d for me.</p>
<p>I wanted to get into either Cal or UCLA, but I got rejected from both</p>
<p>yeah i did UCI as backup, turns out i got rejected from everyone except UCI</p>
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You must hate UCI. Do you have a personal grudge against the school or something?</p>
<p>no, don’t care</p>
<p>i do. i went there once. it was boring. </p>
<p>lol semi just kidding</p>
<p>Man, I would LOVE UCI to offer me freebies to go there instead of UCD. The only reason I’m more lopsided towards UCD is it’s cheaper to rent a house there (and I need one, since my family is coming and… my older bro is way too noisy for an apartment). </p>
<p>But yea… if UCI paid me I’d totally go there ^_^</p>
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<p>Then um… really, what else needs to be said? As I said before, anybody who is serious about Psychology isn’t interested in just getting an AA or BA they’re in it for the PhD/PsyD. So if Irvine beats Davis at the PhD level that’s more or less where it counts. </p>
<p>To be fair I guess you could say it’s a “reject” school in the sense that people who couldn’t get into UCLA or Berkeley go but doesn’t that kind of suggest that that’s because it’s the next on the totem pole? If they can’t get into one of the top two UCs they go to the next one down?</p>
<p>I love how you and that other guy both seem to think schools like San Diego and Irvine are really right-wing. Really… way to go pulling information about Irvine off of DAVIS’ Wiki. No offense but isn’t that kind of like…not going to an unbiased source?</p>
<p>^ not to mention a wiki is never a source of 100% verified information.</p>
<p>Every source is biased in some way, typically in its own favor, so the point is rather moot. If one is already at PhD level, then I could see where that issue comes into play. If one is still an undergrad, then the claim of going to a school with a top level PhD program bears little to no relevance.</p>
<p>Well, arguments aside, I love UCI. Even if I get acceptance letters from UCR, UCSD, UCLA and UCB, which I likely will as an anthropology major, I am still going to choose UCI. There isn’t a single thing I would change about it. Go Anteaters!</p>