<p>My transfer choices are UCD, UCI, and Colorado University of Boulder. I am a sociology major and I'm planning on going to Law school and graduates school, I am a california resident (so boulder is also significantly more expensive for me than a UC).</p>
<p>Since I am planning on grad school and law school will UCI/UCD benefit me more academically and on my future applications more than boulder? Basically is a UC degree that much better than boulder? </p>
<p>Even though I don't feel like UCI is a good personable fit for me, I will only be there for 2 years, they have a very very strong sociology program since I am planning on grad and law school should UCI take priority over UCD and Boulder?</p>
<p>I’m a little confused here. Are you planning on getting a Masters/PhD and a law degree? Or else what do you mean by planning on attending grad school and also attending law school?</p>
<p>Have you visited the UC’s that accepted you? I have a friend who goes to UCI and she loves it. I’ve heard that degrees from UCs are pretty good. I’m not familiar with CUB at all, so I can’t speak on that. Just think about this… if you go to CUB you’ll be in more debt than if you stayed in state and went to one of the UCs. Usually that’s a big factor when people are picking schools.</p>
<p>Money isn’t an issue. Purely worried about the education and diploma itself. A lot of reasons to like both but I just don’t feel like I would fit into UCI. I have visited all the campuses, and grew up in Davis which is why I don’t want to go there.</p>
<p>From a purely academic standpoint (not counting the campus, lifestyle, etc) I would pick UCI or UCD over Colorado. That being said, if you don’t like the area then I wouldn’t recommend going there.</p>
<p>I had decided on Boulder. Although this morning I found out I got accepted to UCSB on appeal. So any opinions on Boulder vs. SB? I assume its ■■■■■■■■ of me to even ask that question, but I did choose Boulder out of my original 3 because I thought it would be nice to experience living outside of California. </p>
<p>If you got into UCSB on appeal I’d pick that one. It’s very hard to get into a school on appeal. Plus it’s a UC, can’t beat that! I know you want the out of state experience but really is it worth the thousand dollars of debt that you’re going to get into? What if you end up not liking Boulder? Getting into a school on an appeal is a one in a life time thing and VERY rare.</p>
<p>Oh, I didn’t realize it was so hard to get in off an appeal. I mean I wasn’t counting on getting in or anything I just didn’t realize it was that rare. Like I said earlier though money doesn’t matter, I will finish my BA without debt at Boulder or a UC. </p>
<p>You have some really good points, UCSB was originally one of my top choices back in May before I got rejected. The only reason I am reluctant now is because I was starting to get excited for Boulder and I do think I would fit in well at boulder. Not to mention some of the extra-carricular stuff they offer really interests me. </p>
<p>Its likely I am going to circle back around though and go to UCSB I used to spend a lot of childhood summers on the campus with my fam so it holds a special place in my heart. Just still in shock I got accepted after all this. I almost didn’t appeal.</p>
<p>Yes, schools very rarely accept people on appeals. That’s why the don’t encourage you to appeal. If UCSB was originally your top choice I’d pick that one. If I had appealed and got accepted to my top choice, I would choose that one in a heart beat!</p>
<p>I can’t tell you which school to pick, but if you appealed to a certain school then it seems like you really wanted to go to that school. Most people don’t appeal at all (like myself) and end up going anywhere that’ll accept them. Like I said before this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for you. Really think about it. How long do you have for your SIR?</p>
<p>I have until July 10th. Might just submit and decide later but I want this decision off my chest. The UCSB appeal process was surprisingly lax compared to most others I considered appealing, they even let you send in two additional letters of recommendation.</p>
<p>Remember, law school is expensive. You may want to go to a less expensive undergraduate school so that you can save money for law school so that you can finish law school with less debt.</p>
<p>Yeah, honestly, I’d go in-state at a UC over Colorado. Colorado’s not a bad school, but I think the UC system carries more weight. Plus, staying in CA means you keep that CA residency, which would give you in-state tuition at 2 great law schools (Boalt and UCLA). Boulder’s a nice area, though, and it certainly isn’t a bad school. Ultimately your decision, but I think it’s pretty unanimous on here that UCSB’s a better choice. Even if you manage to swing a full ride to law school, you’ll still have living expenses (substantial stipends are VERY rare, and frankly, given that you’re not on full scholarship at Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, etc right now, I’m not sure you’re full scholarship+full stipend material…no offense. I’m certainly not either!) and that debt is NO JOKE</p>
<p>Law schools don’t care about the strength of your campus’s major…</p>
<p>In order
LSAT
CUM GPA(including CC)</p>
<p>Those two together overwhelmingly dominate the law school admissions process.</p>
<p>Just be forewarned, Law school = 100k debt and by the time you’re done you’ll end up making roughly what I made straight out of undergrad(admittedly I did better than average) working longer hours - IF you get a job.</p>
Really think about it. How long do you have for your SIR?</p>