<p>"rammed by them hard" <-lmao</p>
<p>I think Muir would be best since it gives you lots of flexibility and freedom.</p>
<p>Don't let your college choice be influenced by worrying about a possible 'B' in a writing class or two.</p>
<p>for me it's weird reading this thread because i ranked the colleges randomly when i applied</p>
<p>most people did it randomly I bet</p>
<p>Oh Slorg is definitely right but it's nice to start off your college career with one class that's not stressful (and MMW1 isn't a writing class just as sidebar). </p>
<p>And TienIsCoolX is semi-right about Muir giving flexibility and freedom. Only semi because the way Muir GEs work is that they're in sequences (mostly a set of three consecutive 1-quarter classes). Sequences in and of themselves are pretty limiting in that you can't explore different subjects within a discipline. I especially don't appreciate that even non-science majors have to complete a math (calculus) or natural science (chem/physics/bio only, not cogsci or marine bio like in ERC) sequence (either math or natural science though, not both). </p>
<p>And while Muir GEs come in sets of three per discipline, ERC actually only has two classes per discipline-- it evens out because ERC doesn't combine the fine arts and foreign language and because ERC has 6 quarters of college-specific courses (MMW) and Muir has 2 quarters.</p>
<p>13579, especially if you're already proficient in a foreign language and/or if you've taken some AP tests, you should really consider ERC :) And lol I think it's actually about 70/30 for people who choose randomly and people who choose with at least a minimal knowledge.</p>
<p>GEs are important to consider. They displace classes where you can follow your passions, or experiment with majors. They can also delay graduation.</p>
<p>so which is best for engineering? anyone wanna rank?</p>
<p>and how easy and flexible the GE's are?</p>
<p>and the dorms!! someone mind ranking for me?</p>
<p>Did you read through the whole thread? I gave a reasonably detailed summary of the colleges on the first page. I wouldn't know how to rank exactly because each college is so different. But anyway, I know it's a long thread but please read everything before you do anything else.</p>
<p>ok jm, i'm looking good for your recommendation of ERC. I will have taken 11 or 12 AP's by college time and so far I've gotten three 4's and two 5's. I am also pretty proficient at SPanish, taken it since middle school and live 2 miles away from the border to Mexico :) but anyway if that's the right college for me, how do i go about assuring that I go there? if some people rank them randomly, does that mean they always end up with their random #1? if I put ERC 1 and Muir 2, and got revelle, how does that work?</p>
<p>If you apply for ERC as your #1 you'll probably get in as it isn't extremely popular. At least where I'm from, people only know that Muir is easy and that Revelle is terrible, so everyone's list consists of 1. Muir... 6. Revelle and the rest are random. There's absolutely nothing you can do about it to improve your chances though. Luckily for me, ERC was my 2nd choice (completely random) and I got in and am extremely happy about it.</p>
<p>Sixth isn't as "excluded" from the campus as most people think.. It's just as close to Price Center as any other college. I would say ERC is the most excluded (although they get all the new buildings, so it's ok). Sixth has a lot of school spirit too (not sure if that means anything at all.. we did win the "unolympics" two years in a row). And our apartments are only a few years old (the dorms are older.. but they aren't that bad.. not enough to discredit the entire college). Our GE's are probably considered to be the second "easiest", with Muir taking the number one spot.</p>
<p>This was helpful. I'll tag it....</p>
<p>Sixth sucks</p>
<p>sry to bring up the pre-med stuff again, but no matter which college you're in, u still take the same prereq classes for med school, it's just the GEs are different?</p>
<p>That's about right, most incoming students that know their major for sure usually try to coordinate double dipping of GEs and Major reqs for maximum efficiency.</p>
<p>which college is the best in terms of academics if i chose to major in neuroscience?
which is the best if terms of overall student life?</p>
<p>thankies</p>
<p>i heard that revelle's GE requirements overlap a lot w/ premed reqs, is that true?</p>
<p>is it logical to think that muir would be a better choice for me if i am headed towards the medical track because the GEs are the easiest there?
what i mean is that i should go to muir because i have a greater chances of getting a high gpa there as opposed to the other colleges?
when they say that muir is the easiest, do they mean the classes are the easiest or do they mean the requirements are the lightest?</p>
<p>i think they mean requirements are the lightest.</p>
<p>the classes themselves are probably equally hard, wherever you go.. it's how many classes are required that make them lighter, or easier.. flexibility is a big point. technically, i can fulfill the exact same requirement by taking introductory courses in economics, political science, communications, or cognitive science.. doesn't matter which one i choose, as long as i take and pass one of them. this kind of thing is what varies from college to college</p>