<p>So i have been accepted to UCR for fall 2010. I just have few questions about this school. I have been thinking about going to UCR, but like a lot of my friends are saying this is like the worst school out of all the other UCs and also a party school. Is UCR really a party school? like people party almost every night that u can't barely sleep?Also, is UCR worth going if other UCs doesnt accept me?</p>
<p>UCR isnt the best UC out there… its tier four i think… Also, all the UCs are party schools… after all, it is college</p>
<p>technically according to US News Rank, All the UC are tier 1 
cept UCM, too new. Its up to you if you want to go :P. If you want to transfer, you need to work you butt off >:( to get to a different UC, cuz now all UC are getting competitive to get into, and guaranteed transfer might not be very guaranteeing o.o in the future :(. Also, you miss dorm life if u go to CC. If you applied to CSU, I would still recommend you go to UCR unless it’s Cal Poly SLO :). it’s all up to you :D</p>
<p>UCR is tier 1, but if you have to break down ALL the schools within Tier 1 then UCR would be one of the lower ones, but it’s still better than Tier 2,3 & 4.</p>
<p>IF you don’t get accepted to all the other school, Then go with UCR, it’s not a bad school. There are many award winning professors and researchers there. the classes are as challenging as all the other UCs. City is definitely not the greatest and without a car, there is nothing to do. UCSB, UCI & UCSD much better if you like cooler weather and beaches. UCLA if…well, if you get in.</p>
<p>Just remember, 10,12 years ago UCI was the “backup” school too. No one wanted to go there!</p>
<p>ALL colleges are party schools, as long as the students don’t live with their parents, parties will happen. These are not parties like you’d see in movies, they are not on campus and parties don’t just break out during class! Thursdays, Fridays are when most of the parties occur, but YOU would have to go to it, it doesn’t come to you. So no school is a party school unless you make it that way.</p>
<p>Some may tell you to do a few years at a J.C. and try to transfer to a better UC…just think what if you only get accepted to UCR again??? so you better do VERY well.</p>
<p>Well thanks for the advice everyone. I think i will think more seriously about UCR</p>
<p>UCR is definitely worth going to. If you’ve been accepted to at least a UC, consider it as an option. My friends who went to a CC last year tell me that they regret not going to any of the UCs they got into because right now with all the budget cuts in California, there are so many classes being cut so it makes it hard for the students to even get classes. At a UC like UCR, you are guaranteed to at least get units that gives you a full time student status. Although it may not be classes you may want to take, but at least you get classes, unlike the CCs. I’m not saying the CCs don’t have classes you can take, but that it is rather hard to get certain classes needed for you to transfer out. </p>
<p>Those who go to the top UCs (Cal or UCLA) don’t necessarily always have a good chance in becoming successful in the future. BRAND NAMES doesn’t matter in terms of education and careers. Sure it gives people a bragging right, but for what? Just because they went there for undergraduate does not mean they will be successful in the future. I had a friend who went to Cal and could not make it through the first year since it was way too hard. He ended up coming to UCR and having the time of his life. He told me it is a lot more fun being at UCR than at Cal. Now he’s a successful graduate student who went to UCR for undergraduate. I’m not trying to down the other UCs, as long as you try, you’re bound to do well. However, those who talk down a UC school merely because “someone told me that it’s a bad school” only care about brand named schools and only “hear” things people say. They never went to the school, so why talk badly of it?</p>
<p>Remember, your education and grades/GPA is more important than which school you go to. It’s all about the major you’re pursuing, and as long as you do well in it, you’re bound to endless possibilities in terms of careers and goals in the future. If you choose to go to college based on name only, you’re more likely to not succeed as opposed to those who choose to go to college to pursue their major/career. </p>
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^ This might help alleviate some of those “rumors” you’ve heard from your friends saying that UCR is the worst school out of all the UCs.</p>
<p>UCR is a great campus!! It is rising in the ranks and personally, I like it here. Honestly, any school you go to will have parties. Before you make any decisions, I would suggest taking a tour or sitting in on a lecture.</p>
<p>Wow, I haven’t been on the boards in a long time! I’ll tell you why in a second. :P</p>
<p>UCR is really amazing. I am really amazed what I am able to do here.</p>
<p>People say “Oh, it’s a party school” but it depends on what you make of it. Not all socializing is done through parties, trust me. </p>
<p>If partying is your thing, it’s here.
If you like research, it’s here.
Don’t care either way? We’re here for you too!</p>
<p>Personally, I don’t like partying. Not to be all haughty about it or anything either. I just like research and school – I really do, and I would rather focus on those areas.</p>
<p>I have been involved in the new program Undergraduate Research in the Community (UGRC) where undergrad students get to research with faculty and work with local organizations/projects to help out the community. We’ve worked with addressing Riverside economic distress, preserving the archaeological Chinatown site in Riverside, determining racial profiling in Fontana, sustainable food sources, women’s mental/physical health and self-defense… and these were all student-created AND FACULTY MENTORED.</p>
<p>I have a few internships on- and off- campus. I have published an article in the Undergraduate Research Journal. I have organized a protest/student action. I have been invited to speak at a panel about undergraduate research with faculty.</p>
<p>UCR is small enough that these opportunities are easily accessible and you really do get to know faculty and other people in the academic community really well.</p>
<p>I would’ve have rather gone to UCR and have done all these things than go to Cal/UCLA to party, barely pass classes and not get academic/career experience.</p>
<p>People talk about how bad UCR is a crap but that is because they dont haven’t been here. UCR is one of the top research universities in the country and the top in agriculture( yes its higher that UCD in that arena) College is what you make of it</p>