<p>Although UCSC is usually ranked near the bottom of the UCs, it's linguistics program is usually ranked top ten in the country. Will people care more about how prestigious the college is or how prestigious the actual program of study is?</p>
<p>For linguistics, they'll look at the department. </p>
<p>And don't demean SC by saying it's one of the lower UC's. We're still in the top 100 universities in the country!</p>
<p>I didn't say it was a lesser college, I said it was generally ranked near the bottom compared to other UCs. Which is the truth. I don't have anything against SC, considering I'm probably going there.</p>
<p>I care more about how prestigious the actual program of study is. there's my two cents =]</p>