<p>I've never really considered this school so from a student's point of view, I'd like to know how they think about the school - including location, academics, clubs whatevers around it. Basically anything about the place that you think should someone should take into consideration when choosing a school. And hopefully no one thinks I'm weird for this question, but the Asian population here? And if there's a filipino club haha. Thanks :D</p>
<p>Yeah, I’d like to know too! Academic reputation aside, how is Merced? It’s the only school I got into in California (rejected from SB & Irvine this week 
), so my parents would rather me go here than to my OOS schools (Barrett at ASU Polytechnic or Ohio State University), although I have convinced them to consider it. ASU would be cheaper than in-state at Merced, and OSU would be the most expensive (scholarships: $9,750/year at ASU vs $2,600/year at Merced vs $8,700 at OSU). My biggest thing is school atmosphere; I hate how it seems most of the UCs (ESPECIALLY Merced) have no school spirit, and I definitely hate how Merced has next to no sports. I wasn’t even considering Merced until they sent me the scholarship and I got rejected from those other schools and it’s still last on my list, but I guess it wouldn’t hurt to hear what people at Merced have to say.</p>
<p>I suggest you read this fatty thread here:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-merced/499448-list-greivences-loves-2nd-year-uc-merced-student.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-merced/499448-list-greivences-loves-2nd-year-uc-merced-student.html</a>
It has a lot of opinions of what UCM is like. </p>
<p>We do have a pretty high asian population here, and we do have PAA (Pilipino American Alliance).
Check out my youtube if you wanted to see videos of the various clubs and stuff. I usually attend most of the events 
[YouTube</a> - UCMercedLife’s Channel](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/UCMercedLife]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/UCMercedLife)</p>