<p>Can someone tell me the good and bad things about these schools…???</p>
<p>UCLA
UCSD
UCI
UCSB
Cal Poly
SDSU</p>
<p>UCLA- good overall.... smallest UC campus in acres
UCSD- really good in sciences and good overall... close to beach
UCI- good overall.... park in the middle of the school... 10 mins to beach... only UC in OC... close to Disneyland
UCSB- Right on beach... party school... good academics
Cal Poly- good in specific majors... best cal state... good "name"
SDSU- party school... known for sports... academics?</p>
<p>87 views and no other responses... did I hit the spot that well?!</p>
<p>sounds right on to me!</p>
<p>DO NOT even consider SDSU or Cal Poly over UCLA. There is no comparison. SD is the only possible competition against UCLA</p>
<p>UCLA- great social/academic school, but very small/crowded
UCSD-relaxing atmosphere, good science school..but socially dead(i think?)
UCI- good school overall..but commuter campus
UCSB-academic/social life are great/close to beach..but STD capital of the world (sorry i had to throw that in.i know its not true)
Cal Poly-one of the better csus..but kinda in the middle of nowhere
SDSU-also one of the better csus, big party scene</p>
<p>In Ranking (overall includes academics, social life, location, resources, research opportunities, "name"):</p>
<ol>
<li><p>UCLA - amazing academics and social life. best overall school if you like larger populated areas/cities. amazing location - cool but competitive student body</p></li>
<li><p>UCSD - amazing science school. other majors are kinda limited. socially dead. amazing location but student body is very cutt-throat and "strange"</p></li>
<li><p>UCSB - amazing academics and excellent social life. very nice area and more relaxed student body.</p></li>
<li><p>UCI - great academics but it's a commuter school so social life is kinda scarce. it seems like UCSD's little brother (good in sciences, bad in social life) but the student body is much more relaxed.</p></li>
<li><p>Cal Poly - I ranked SLO 4th (tied w/ UCI) for one simple reason: it's a CSU. UC schools are way better in terms of resources (money, research, etc) and "the name."</p></li>
<li><p>SDSU - Great overall school (esp. business) but can't compare with the schools above. social life is great.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>I have friends at all these schools and have personally visisted the (besides for SLO). I was accepted to UCSD, UCI and UCSB (only applied to these 3) and decided to go to UCSB.</p>
<p>^^^UCI is ranked higher than UCSB, according to US News and World Report</p>
<p>they are generally the same in academics.</p>
<p>however my ranking is different. in case you missed it the first time around, overall includes academics, social life, location, resources, research opportunities.</p>