Ranking "top" CSUs and "middle" or "bottom" UCs

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Davis
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<p>I posted this question on a different thread and was wondering how would you rank them.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cal-poly-pomona/872157-ranking-top-csus-middle-bottom-ucs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cal-poly-pomona/872157-ranking-top-csus-middle-bottom-ucs.html</a></p>

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<p>Here’s my opinion. Rankings are pretty pointless. Everybody just finds a website and copies and pastes their rankings. Then somebody posts the rankings from another website and says the first person is wrong because their website is better because they found it first. I challenge to find somebody who has actually attended classes at more than one of those universities. Now, I know somebody is going to say “if you don’t care, you didn’t have to post anything”, but like I said, just posting an opinion. :)</p>

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<p>It depends on the major, but here is how I would rank them overall.

  1. UC Berkeley
  2. UCLA
  3. UCSD
  4. Cal Poly SLO (2 or 3 for engineering)
  5. UCSB
  6. UC Davis
  7. UC Irvine
  8. UCSC
  9. Cal Poly Pomona
  10. San Diego State
  11. UC Riverside
  12. Long Beach State
  13. Cal State Fullerton
  14. UC Merced</p>
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<p>Based on a variety of rankings, this is how I would rank them: (Note that #4-7 are close in the rankings)</p>

<ol>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>UC Davis<br></li>
<li>UC Santa Barbara</li>
<li>UC Irvine</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLO</li>
<li>UCSC</li>
<li>UC Riverside</li>
<li>San Diego State</li>
<li>Cal Poly Pomona</li>
<li>Long Beach</li>
<li>Fullerton</li>
<li>UC Merced</li>
</ol>

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<p>Mine:
Berkeley
LA
SD
Davis
Irvine
Santa Barbara
Cal Poly
UCSC
UCM
UCR
SJSU
SDSU
Long Beach</p>

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<ol>
<li>berkeley</li>
<li>ucla</li>
<li>ucsd / uc davis</li>
<li>UCI / UCSB</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLO</li>
</ol>

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<p>i would say…</p>

<ol>
<li>berkeley</li>
<li>LA</li>
<li>SD</li>
<li>davis</li>
<li>santa barbara</li>
<li>SLO</li>
<li>UCSC</li>
<li>SDSU</li>
<li>irvine</li>
<li>pomona</li>
<li>LB</li>
<li>merced</li>
<li>fullerton</li>
</ol>

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<p>Berk
LA
SD
Davis
Irvine
SB
Cal Poly
UCSC
UC Riverside
Cal Poly Pomona
SDSU
Fullerton, Long Beach-tied
UC Merced</p>

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<p>All of you guys are ranking cal poly slo too low in my opinion.</p>

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<ol>
<li>UC Berkeley</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>UCD</li>
<li>UCSB</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLO</li>
<li>UC Irvine</li>
<li>UCSC</li>
<li>San Diego State</li>
<li>Cal Poly Pomona</li>
<li>UC Riverside</li>
<li>Long Beach State</li>
<li>Cal State Fullerton</li>
<li>UC Merced</li>
</ol>

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<ol>
<li>UC Berkeley</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLO</li>
<li>UCSB</li>
<li>UCD</li>
<li>UCI</li>
<li>UCSC</li>
</ol>

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<ol>
<li>berkeley</li>
<li>LA</li>
<li>SD</li>
<li>davis</li>
<li>SLO (depending on the major)</li>
<li>SB</li>
<li>IRvine</li>
<li>UCSC</li>
<li>Riverside</li>
<li>Merced + CSUs</li>
</ol>

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<p>Wondering why Fresno State isn’t in the rankings. Anybody have any info on their Animal Science program? Also, the schools listed are strong or weak depending on the program right? I mean, there are only 4 strong animal science programs in the state so, to rank them against schools for other majors wouldn’t make sense. Thanks for your input.</p>

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<p>berkeley
ucla
ucsd
uci/ucd
ucsb
ucsc
ucr
san jose state
merced</p>

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<ol>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UC San Diego</li>
<li>UC Santa Barbara <a href=“people%20never%20give%20this%20school%20enough%20credit.%20-.-%20%0AA%20million%20gazillion%20rankings%20from%20a%20million%20gazillion%20sources%20says%20this%20is%20#4!!!%0ADon’t%20bias%20your%20rankings%20just%20because%20it’s%20a%20party%20school.%20Also,%20a%20LOT%20more%0AOOS%20students%20apply%20to%20this%20school%20than%20anything%20I%20ranked%20below%20it.”>I</a>*</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLO</li>
<li>UC Davis</li>
<li>UC Irvine</li>
<li>UC Riverside</li>
<li>Cal Poly Pomona</li>
<li>UC Santa Cruz</li>
<li>UC Merced</li>
</ol>

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<p>I know I said these are pointless, but here.</p>

<p>San Diego
LA
Berkeley
Davis
Irvine
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
Riverside
Cal Poly
Merced</p>

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<ol>
<li>Berkeley/UCLA</li>
<li>San Diego</li>
<li>Davis/Santa Barbara</li>
<li>Irvine</li>
<li>Santa Cruz</li>
<li>Riverside/Merced</li>
</ol>

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<ol>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>UC Davis</li>
<li>UC Irvine</li>
<li>UC Santa Barbara</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLO</li>
</ol>

<p>The issue here is that UC schools are more focused on theory than CSU…it is to your advantage to go to Cal Poly SLO if you want to work straight after college, especially in engineering, but if you plan on going to grad school right after, UC Davis would prepare you much better</p>

<p>But overall, i would have to say any of the middle UCs are better than Cal Poly SLO, they have more endowment and better research opportunities and better faculty, and Davis is probably the best middle UC</p>

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<p>Which school is better for animal science:
Cal Poly Pomona or Fresno State?</p>

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<p>Ranking by admitted freshman test scores according to College Board (middle 50%).</p>

<p>--------- SAT CR - SAT M - ACT

  1. UCB – 590-710 640-760
  2. UCLA - 570-680 600-730 24-31
  3. UCSD - 540-660 600-710 24-30
  4. UCSB - 540-660 550-670 24-30
  5. UCI — 520-640 570-680
    6.CPSLO- 530-630 570-670 24-29
  6. UCD – 500-630 550-670 22-28
  7. UCSC - 510-630 520-640 22-28
  8. UCR – 450-570 480-620 19-25
  9. CPP - 450-560 470-610 19-25
    11.SDSU- 450-570 460-600 19-25
  10. UCM - 440-570 460-600</p>