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<p>This is not true. The senior design project is not required to be done with a company.</p>
<p>Having attended both schools, I don’t know and it depends.</p>
<p>It depends on major/concentration, but for the most part, UCSD is not as good as UCLA or UC Berkeley. First off, UC Berkeley will always stay on top due to its history, tradition, prestigious, and the fact that UC Office is located near the campus and that Regents will always favor UC Berkeley over the rest. Second, UCLA also has prestige, but it has great location as well. UC SD is rising, but in my opinion it will never catch up to Berkeley or LA.</p>
<p>For one, UC Berkeley’s graduate schools can’t be touched. Most of Cal’s graduate schools are ranked in the top 5 (or 10) in the nation. They don’t necessarily have a medical school (UCSF was Berkeley’s medical school until it broke off and became it’s own school), but doing pre med at the undergraduate level in no means guarantees or favors your admissions to that school’s medical school. Also, UC Berkeley’s undergraduate programs are ridiculously competitive and dwarf the academics from UCLA and UCSD. My older siblings are all currently (or have went) to all three of these UC’s: sisters at SD and LA, and brother at Berkeley. They have all visited each other and they all acknowledge that Cal’s academic atmosphere can’t be touched, at both the undergraduate and especially graduate level. This however, does not take away from UCLA or UCSD in any means.</p>
<p>UCLA also has great graduate schools, especially their medical school. A lot of my friends go there also for psychology, economics, and film (although film is very competitive and restrictive). Their undergraduate program is also ridiculously competitive (as with the majority of the top UC’s), especially for the pre med students. It has great prestige, though not as good as Cal’s, but it still garners immediate respect. UCLA is an amazing school.</p>
<p>UCSD is still the “younger sibling” in a sense. It doesn’t have strong athletics at all, no social atmosphere, but it’s academics are still strong. I would say its greatest strength is Biology, where it might even be the best UC for aspiring Biology majors to go. Nonetheless, in my opinions (and from my family and friends that currently go to all three), UCSD still has many gaps from being on the top tier levels like Berkeley or LA. However, it is still a great school. Getting out of UCSD with a great GPA is still no easy task to do.</p>
<p>Your evidence in how UCLA and Berkeley are better is inundated with bias. You talked about UCLA’s Econ Department and Medical School, yet you have failed to recognize that UCSD prospers in these areas as well. And UCSD having no social atmosphere? What a joke.</p>
<p>I have no doubt that Cal and UCLA are great schools but to say UCSD is completely and utterly sub par to them is laughable. To reduce our biology department and our med school as “just” that school with a good biology program and med school is even more laughable. To neglect talking about our psychology and cognitive science program highlights how biased you are. To not acknowledge our economics and theater department shows your utter ignorance. And that is just the tip of the iceberg.</p>
<p>UCSD is not perfect but don’t effing spout your judgment onto us, you pretentious ■■■■■. You are not welcome here.</p>
<p>Prestige-wise UCSD doesn’t have the same history as UCLA and UCB, if that’s of the highest importance to you. However, I don’t think the criteria that US News uses to assess the “superiority” of one school to another is accurate. </p>
<p>There are challenging classes here. There’s also a large variety of classes to choose from. If you go to any UC you’re going to be in classrooms with hundreds of other people. Still, you can ask the professor questions during class and during office hours. You can ask your TA questions during discussion and his office hours. There’s also lots of free tutoring available, so you will get the help you need if you go out looking for it. </p>
<p>There are plenty of opportunities available at UCSD. UCSD has an especially strong science department, and I know some freshmen who are already doing research. You just have to be willing to take them. This applies to social events as well. There are quite a few dances and events you can go to, but many people prefer to sit in their rooms and complain about the lack of social atmosphere than attend these events. There are also many clubs and frats you can join if you want that experience. That being said, there’s not too much school spirit in terms of sports teams because UCSD isn’t too big on athletics. The area is very good safety-wise and weather-wise and getting to the city isn’t too hard. Most of the people I’ve met here are very pleasant and easy to talk to. </p>
<p>This is my honest perception of UCSD as a humble freshman. Message me if you have any more questions.</p>
Hi I’ve recently been accepted to UCSD but I applied for Bioengineering and got in as Undeclared. I’m a reasonably good student academically but wouldn’t say I’m prodigy smart. I’m worried about not being accepted into Bioengineering after a year. What’s the success rate like applying for an impacted major as an Undeclared?
@sarah8868 The Jacobs School of Engineering doesn’t publish statistics, but bioengineering is known to be one of the most difficult disciplines to get into at UCSD. (For comparison, I’ve heard that CS is less difficult and usually requires at least a 3.7-3.8 in four CS courses to get in.) I’m sure it’s not impossible, but it would be useful to discuss this with department advisers and others at Triton Day. You might also want to consider a related major, such as bioinformatics or molecular synthesis.