<p>Daughter’s list of preferred UC’s is: </p>
<ol>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UCB</li>
<li>UCSB</li>
<li>UC Irvine</li>
<li>UCSC</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>UC Davis</li>
<li>UCR</li>
<li>UCM</li>
</ol>
<p>UCB/UCLA
UCSD/UCDavis
UCSB
UCI
UCSC
UCR
UCM</p>
<p>UCB (Consistently at the top)
UCLA (Not too far behind Cal, awesome reputation)
UCSB (Most rapid increase in reputation and most nobel prize winners this last decade than any other UC)
UCSD (Great school for the sciences and overall great area, 2nd most nobel prize winners in the last decade, ranked top in most contributions to society)
UCD (Great school for biology and agriculture, very interesting location and great atmosphere overall, plus I go here!)
UCI (Can’t think of anything for the rest)
UCR -
UCM -</p>
<ol>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UCB</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>UCD/UCSB/UCI/UCSC (these four I consider to be very close)</li>
<li>UCR</li>
<li>UCM (will likely be higher in ten years)</li>
</ol>