Let's play rank California universities...

College Search & Selection
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<p>"UCSD students are like UCSD, in that you only know a little, and are good at a little, can not even claim yourself having a well-rounded education."</p>

<p>spoken like the stereotypical USC student. Arrogant and Close-minded. I would certainly encourage you to examine how well-rounded your own education is before attacking an institution that is more academically prominent than USC. </p>

<p>USC needs to realize that while it may have a lot of money,if it does not offer academic rigor, it will merely revert to countryclub-like atmosphere that it is rooted in. btw, some would argue that it is already a country club atmosphere at USC, wealthy arrogant and conservative.</p>

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<p>alwaysthere,</p>

<p>I am not going to insult you so please dont equate me with knowing little. I was taught by the same professors at ucsd that are heralded in my field, in politics. In fact, I consider my education at UCSD to be a great foundation for my grad education at Oxford.</p>

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<p>Regarding the money issue...</p>

<p>Only about 40 other universities in the US have conducted a campaign of $1 billion or more. Of those ~40, UCSD is the youngest. The second youngest is UCLA, which is twice the age of UCSD.</p>

<p>Looks like UCSD is ahead of schedule?</p>

<p>I'd also like to add that we're half way there as of Sept, 2003.</p>

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<p>My list:
UC MERCED
STANFORD
CAL
UCLA</p>

<p>UCM > ALL</p>

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<p>I'm guessing that you belong to UCM's entering freshman class... :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>how would one rate these colleges biological sciences wise?</p>

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<p>This is how I rank the top CA schools:</p>

<ol>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Cal-Berkeley</li>
<li>Cal Tech</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>Cal-San Diego</li>
<li>UC-Sant Barbara</li>
<li>Claremont- Harvey Mudd College</li>
<li>USC</li>
<li>UCI</li>
<li>UCD</li>
<li>UCSC</li>
<li>UCR</li>
<li>UCM</li>
</ol>

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<p>riiiiiight. And by what convoluted measure did we arrive at this ranking?</p>

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<p>Stanford
Berkeley
Caltech
UCLA
Pomona
Harvey Mudd
UCSD
Claremont McKenna
USC
UCSB
UCD
UCI
Santa Clara
Occidental
Pepperdine
UCSC</p>

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<p>megastud, it's ok to disagree with my ranking. Exactly what is it that bothers you? Is it because I placed USC 8th? Sorry, but I believe that the top schools of the UC system are superior to USC. Many polls back me up on this. UC-Berkeley, UCLA, UC-San Diego, & UC-SB are world class institutions. I believe all 4 rank among the top universities in the world. USC is a great school, but CA has so many top notch universities.</p>

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<p>Using my own system of personal and subjective bias as to the top 10 finest schools AND school experience in California:</p>

<ol>
<li> Pomona</li>
<li> Cal Tech</li>
<li> Berkeley</li>
<li> Stanford</li>
<li> Harvey Mudd</li>
<li> Claremont Mckenna</li>
<li> USC</li>
<li> UCLA</li>
<li> UCSD</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLO
Honorable Mention:
UCSC
Occidental</li>
</ol>

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<p>My apologies Miriam. The OP said to use the measures you want so I suppose it's fair enough. I'm just wondering what measures you're putting the most weight on. If you're simply going off of research power which you've promoted so much recently, I'd move USC to 6 and UCI to 7 and then I'd agree.</p>

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<p>miriam- what makes you put UCSB so far ahead of UCD and UCI(and for that matter cal poly)? They seem to have similar academic prestige.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>CalTech</li>
<li>UC-Berkeley</li>
<li>UC-Los Angeles</li>
<li>U. of Southern California</li>
<li>UC-San Diego</li>
<li>UC-Irvine</li>
<li>UC-Santa Barbara</li>
<li>UC-Davis</li>
<li>UC-Santa Cruz</li>
<li>UC-Riverside</li>
</ol>

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<ol>
<li>UC Riverside</li>
<li>UC Santa Cruz</li>
<li>UC Davis</li>
<li>UCSB</li>
<li>UCI</li>
<li>USC</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>CALTECH
10.Stanford</li>
</ol>

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<p>But Gentleman - where does Biola go?</p>

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<p>GentlemanandScholar forgot Chico St at #1.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Cal Tech</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>USC</li>
<li>UCD</li>
<li>UCI</li>
<li>UCSB</li>
<li>UCSC</li>
</ol>

<p>i don't understand.. why are some people putting UCSB so much higher than UCD?</p>

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<p>Own personal subjective ranking:</p>

<ol>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>Pomona</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>USC</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>UCD</li>
<li>UCI</li>
</ol>

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<ol>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>UC Berkeley !!</li>
<li>Cal Tech</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>Pomona College</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>USC</li>
<li>UCI</li>
<li>UDSB</li>
<li>UCSC</li>
<li>UCR</li>
<li>UCM</li>
</ol>