irvine vs. davis

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>what made u choose irvine over davis?</p>

<p>what is there to do in irvine? newport beach? great clubbing scene?</p>

<p>"Due to its location in a preplanned suburban community, general student apathy, reputation as an academic or commuter school, and lack of emphasis on athletics, UCI has had a reputation as a quieter college town."
<a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/university-of-california-irvine%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.answers.com/topic/university-of-california-irvine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>"The university, itself, is excellent with very friendly and brillant professors. However, the mentality of many of the students here is revolting. Basically, the people here (in general, there are exceptions) are immature, superficial, and pretty much retarded. This is probably one of the only schools, where every school day is like a fashion show. It's pretty similar to the high school environment, where these dressed up dorks brag about being invited to "flier" parties as if it is an accomplishment. A lot of the people here talk about drinking and doing drugs like its some kind of monumental achievement also (once again the high school mentality). One good thing about having such people here is that the grade curve is pretty low (this is especially beneficial in the general education classes). There is also no real school unity or spirit here. It's pretty much like a JC, where people come to class and go home."</p>

<p><a href="http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/UCIR_c.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.studentsreview.com/CA/UCIR_c.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>"The social scene at UC Irvine is so dead that even when students are discussing academics, they feel compelled to mention it: "excellent education, terrible social life" is a comment we heard over and over again from UCI undergrads."</p>

<p>"Because well over half of UCI students commute, social life is slow. "To meet people one must take an active role, joining a club or going Greek," said one student. Said another, "There is little school spirit or unity unless you're in a frat or sorority. "</p>

<p><a href="http://www.edunetwork.com/student/PROF0033.HTM%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.edunetwork.com/student/PROF0033.HTM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Is there really a point to any of this?</p>

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<p>Don't think so. As far as I can gather from reading his recent posts, he's going to Davis, so he's probably here just to troll.</p>

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<p>UCI may be set in an upper middle class suburban but I'd much rather live in Central or Southern Orange County and get the same education (UCI/UCD probly fairly the same) than live up in that cow town.</p>

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<p>actually im not trying to troll</p>

<p>i'm still trying to decide
i turned in a SIR to both schools. davis and irvine, </p>

<p>also to be fair "davis people" seem a little too gay and hippy for the normal person. i.e. people playing guitars on the quad</p>

<p>im wondering if at UCI i need to look for social activities outside of school,</p>

<p>i.e. huntington beach, newport, LA?</p>

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<p>what are you majoring in?</p>

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<p>i turned in a SIR to both schools. davis and irvine</p>

<p>You're not allowed to that... In fact, you're jeopordizing your admission if you that.</p>

<p>*You may accept admission to one campus only. You may not transfer your acceptance from one campus to another after you declare your intent to register. *</p>

<p><a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/apply/after_apply/after_decisions.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/apply/after_apply/after_decisions.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I'm sure I could find quotes from people at Davis who don't like it either...</p>

<p>I've detailed the differences between UCI and UCD and why I am glad I came to UC Irvine as opposed to going to Davis in previous posts. You could probably do a search and find them. From my experiences as a first year at UCI and can say that it does NOT feel anything like high school. Well over half the students commute isn't accurate either. Yes, under half of the OVERALL students live ON CAMPUS, but most live fairly close in apartments. It's not like most people commute from their homes each day, some do, more than at Davis to be sure, but it is not THAT many. </p>

<p>Anyway, both are great schools. Good luck!</p>

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<p>admitted as EE but will definitely switch, probably to BME (biomedical engineering)</p>

<p>if i was a freshman i would definitely choose UCI just to try somethin new, but since i'm a transfer i'm led to believe the whole experience will be different. even though i'm signed up for on campus housing @ UCI. </p>

<p>i'm at a pt. in life that if i chose davis without fully finding out about UCI, i will always wonder what it was like to live in socal. </p>

<p>as of now i see that UCI has a great location, but a relatively poor campus scene. </p>

<p>davis is too close to home, i've checked out the campus, it's decent but i wasn't in love w/ the campus </p>

<p>i got to check out the school but i also got summer school. maybe over the wknd or something</p>

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<p>yackityack- I totally agree. I have NO IDEA why the term "commuter" school is used for UCI. Are there really a bunch of schools out there where like 75% or more of the students live ON the campus??? I can't picture it, other than schools with only a couple thousand enrollment. To me, junior colleges and some Cal States are "commuter" colleges because people drive from their homes (where they grew up and went to high school) which may be fairly far (up to maybe 20 miles) away. UCI is NOT a commuter college in that sense. Almost EVERYONE who goes to school here lives on their own or with roommates either in Irvine or nearby cities such as Costa Mesa, Newport or Tustin. Only a small percentage of people who go here live at "home" with their parents, usually its only those who grew up in Irvine. So yes, everyone does drive to school, but its like that at most every college.</p>

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<p>Hm... well, I almost went to Davis, but they put me as CSE because I didn't know that they had CompE. Though there was that long fiasco where UCI put me in ICS, but then they switched me to CompE. Too bad now I want to switch to EE, so I could've gone to Davis anyways and switched there. </p>

<p>Well, UCI is a great place anyways though I'm sad to only be going six miles away from home :(</p>

<p>Why am I dorming? I can't stand my parents. And I know <em>every teenager hates their parents</em>, but how many of you can honestly say your dad came at you with a knife? And not for good reason either. I just asked why he doesn't work for a company which he used to work for anymore (he hated the boss) and that even though the boss was unsatisifactory, money is money. He completely went beserk after that. Good thing years of tennis have made me fast... I ran away for about two hours and he cooled down.</p>

<p>Yeah, I'm getting away from a mentally unstable father who is unemployeed and my mom's forced to work to support the family. And no, I didn't put that in my UC essays unfortunately... the thought never occurred to buy sympathy.</p>

<p>So I have a special case and that's why I'm going to waste the extra 9,000 bucks or so living in a dorm when I could easily drive there. Also, it almost feels like I've gone somewhere else anyways, since, though it's still Irvine, I'm living somewhere new.</p>

<p>Don't think too much into my father, he's usually fine, I mean, I try to minimalize contact with him. At home I'm usually in my room 90% of the time. I have a comp, a bed, a TV tuner, and a Ps2 hooked up so I don't get bored. Then if I get bored I just leave with the car to go to ARC or to work (saving up for a car of my own). So I've kind of isolated myself from my parents. </p>

<p>Hm oh yes, parents are also sometimes too overprotective. During Freshman and a majority of sophomore year, when I left to friends houses or such, my parents would actually follow me, ring the doorbell and tell me to go home and study. </p>

<p>And it's not like I'm hanging out with a bad crowd. I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs. I've never had a disciplinary problem at school, in fact, I've only gotten two detentions in my whole life, one for being tardy, and one because I forgot to pick up some papers.</p>

<p>Or I'd go play tennis and they'd go check up on me. One time I played at a different location and they went up and down Irvine searching for me. One time I said I'd be going to my friend Andrew's house. They went though the phonebook calling the Andrews with chinese last names. Weird people. They finally stopped that damned overprotective behavior Junior year though, finally.</p>

<p>Ehh whatever, come September I'll be gone.</p>

<p>lol, it feels like I've been stuck in my backyard throughout all of school. I don't remember if I mentioned this before but... I went from Deerfield Elementary --> Venado Middle School --> Irvine High --> UCI.</p>

<p>Venado is literally next to Deerfield. They're separated by a distance of like... ten feet. Built right next to each other. As for Irvine High, you go down Culver, take a right at Walnut, and there you have Irvine High. So there I've followed the typical path of a student who lives in this area. Then from Irvine High you just go down Harvard or Culver or Jeffrey and turn onto Campus Dr. For those who don't know, Irvine has a lot of college themed streets. Yeah, it's all relatively close to home. Hmph, I kinda wanted to go to UCSB, but the STD thing scared me away.</p>

<p>Though there are 43 people from my school going to UCI, I don't really mind because I'll be meeting new people anyways... Not including me, zero people are going Engineering. Way too many Bio people.</p>

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<p>Hey Coolman, it sounds like you could use the dorm life. Yeah you'll meet a ton of people from different places. For me, there were only two other people from my graduating class who came to UCI and that was a high number. It's all around fun too, worth the extra cash, especially for your first year.</p>

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<p>cooman
i was in ur situation when i was 18 , except i got evicted. but life goes on. i know that if i went to davis, i would fit in, but would always wonder about socal. i feel i should go for new experiences while i'm still young. since i'm a 21 yr old transfer student, the experience might be different, but i'm goin to give it my best shot. however i'm still deciding.</p>

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<p>unggio83:
i was looking at your first three messages. the studentsreview for uc irvine is completely biased. dont tell me the average act for irvine is over 30. last time i checked it was at 26. sat=1322 yeah right. i'd say 1240ish. also more than 1/2 of the people who took this survey said they would not go to uci again. why? maybe to easy for them. not enough social life=for them, =more books? i dont know. the people who took this survey are completely over the admission average for uci. i am not saying that smart people dont lead social lives, but if you would have taken your sources from say people at ABOUT the admission average then you would have more reliable data and thus more positive feedback for UCI. i live 3 minutes away from UCI. okay...you cross the street there is a movie theater, IN-N-Out, trader joes, jack in the box, etc...the beach is seriously 8 minutes away. the mountains (big bear) is three hours away. joshua tree is also three hours away. i dont know but that seems like a pretty well-rounded school in terms of location.</p>

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<p>I like UCI and my scores, while not amazing, are overall above average for UCI. I'd argue that I have a social life too.</p>

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<p>yackityack:
what do you do weekends or when you dont have class?</p>

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<p>Depends. Last year on the weekends:</p>

<p>sleep, sometimes hit up the beach, go out to a movie, went to a few concerts, UCI basketball games, UCI baseball games, hang out with other people from the dorms doing whatever, go to people's apartments, do homework (sometimes), work out at the ARC, go to church, go out for tea/ice cream, go out for food, make late-night In-n-out or Lee's runs, went to a few school sponsored dances, went clubbing once.</p>

<p>I did other stuff too but that's what I can think of right now. It might not sound too exciting but I had fun.</p>

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<p>Is it easy to get a job ON campus. cuz i want to get one. or should i go work at in-n-out across the street or something like that.?</p>