<p>I’m about 99.9% I’m going to UCSD. Haha, I know nobody cares, but it feels so good to finally get some direction out of this entire, ridiculous process.</p>
<p>However, my dad isn’t too thrilled that I’m passing up Cal.</p>
<p>…Oh, who cares already.</p>
<p>hey Newslang, what were some of your deciding factors? I am deciding between UCSD, UCD and Cal...going to admit day to see if that helps with my decision</p>
<p>Here's why you should seriously consider UCSD:</p>
<p>Yep. Go Tritons! I'm going to UCSD too! It was my second choice and the only college I got accepted too.</p>
<p>YAY!! Congratulations! I'm also 99.99% sure..admit day will be the .01%. i'm comming from the bay area too. are you driving or flying?</p>
<p>My D decided yesterday for sure to turn down UCSD. She signed her SIR with UCD.</p>
<p>Aww, why did she chose UCD over UCSD?</p>
<p>Flying. I'm going with my mom, and if the both of us drove, it would be a bad idea. We're both awful at navigating.</p>
<p>She visited both schools three times, and even stayed in the dorms. She just thought that UCSD was unspirited and a little dull on the weekends. I guess she attended a basketball game and no one came :( She also attended a frat party at UCSD with a friend and the girls from the invited sorority were rude to her. At UCD everyone was really friendly, and she had a great time at the social events she attended. She observed classes and really liked the professors at UCD. She also really loves the college town environment, and is a sports fanatic. I really think it just comes down to what environment suits you best</p>
<p>Doc2B. Those are graduate school rankings, which should deter you, not encourage you. As an undergraduate, you should want attention. As a researcher, you should want to do more than wash test tubes.</p>
<p>Slorg, have to take issue with your statement. </p>
<p>You seem to be of the opinion that a top graduate program somehow impoverishes the undergraduate programs. Funny, then, that Universities with the top Graduate Engineering programs usually have the highest rankings for Undergrad Engineering too. </p>
<p>The graduate school rankings are one of the few ways to roughly guage the quality of specific undergraduate programs which are not included in the regular Undergrad rankings. I think it's reasonable to assume that CalTech's undergrad physics program (un-rated by US News) is going to be top notch since their Graduate programs is rated highly. Maybe you could explain how could it be otherwise? UPenn's Wharton School seems to be able to run a top UG and Grad business program simultaneously.</p>
<p>Following you line of thinking, I should choose to take Physics, Chem, English, etc, etc, from Universities with mediocre rankings in those graduate majors? Somehow that makes the Undergrad programs better?</p>
<p>I don't get it.</p>
<p>going to decline for Pomona College
smaller school...</p>
<p>joemama, the USNWR ranking are heavily biased toward donations, research, and selectivity. For instance, Harvey Mudd's undergraduate engineering program is way better than Berkeley's, despite Berkeley being rated 3rd behind MIT and Stanford.</p>
<p>However, the opposite of my earlier post is not true. Bad graduate schools don't indicate a good undergraduate education. Instead of graduate schools, rankings, and research, prospective undergrads should look at available resources, average class size, professor availability, etc.</p>
<p>How would you support your Harvey Mudd assertion?</p>
<p>what about their engineering program compared to that of Cal Poly-SLO?</p>
<p>I got accepted into both UCSD and Cal, and I am completely undecided at this point at what i should do....</p>
<p>any help?</p>
<p>btw, i'm an aerospace engineering major.</p>
<p>UCSD has a better ranking and beach, both are conservative and summery and coastal and have great theatre programs. SLO is cheaper though and more farming based. UCSD is more biomed based...</p>