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my advice is forget about ucsd (or any other UC). UC schools are a great deal in-state. You're attending one of the top U's in the country (or at least a very good one, depending on campus). For the assertive student who is willing to steer her/his education its wonderful.</p>
<p>However you can get FAR more for your money somewhere else if you're not a CA resident. You're going to pay almost $41K a year to attend!! For that much money you could attend any private and get smaller classes, personal attention from profs, a faculty advisor, regular contact with a counselor, and so on. There are plenty of schools that can give you all that AND a strong science education for what you pay to attend a UC.
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yeah, i'm not used to the UCs and OOS students...for me UCSD was one of the best deals haha. i didnt realize it could cost so much to attend one from OOS. they're good schools, but it doesnt change the fact that it cant quite give students the same attention as a private, at least for that amount of money.</p>
<p>I haven't seen anyone with a 1500+ rejected, and the acceptance rate is still around 40 percent. The preselection may be true, but peope who actually select to play there face a 40 percent admissions rate. Of course, there needs to be a real interest in the Mudd curriculum, its a unique school. Intense science and math requirements, but requires you to balance your humanities as well.</p>
<p>Well I'm not sure socially Harvey Mudd is the place for me. With fewer than 200 people per class, and (according to the college book I've got from 2004) a male percentage of 67%, that's just not really the environment I want. Smaller colleges I'm ok with, but being in a school of 800 people, only about half the size of my high school, and a noticable majority of them being of one gender, I don't think it's the place for me.</p>
<p>There's alot of interaction, socially and with taking classes at other schools, its a pretty cool system.</p>
<p>If Columbia's Fu foundation and A and S schools were like the federalist system, then the Claremonts college system would be like a confederacy hehe</p>