<p>UCR accepts a lot of 2.8-3.0 w gpa students from my school!!!</p>
<p>no joke</p>
<p>it is just a UC trying to give that one student that opportunity to attend a uc</p>
<p>i advise ppl to reconsider going to a community college for two year than transfering to a lot better uc [ucsd, ucb, ucla]</p>
<p>for example,
would a CEO in a company hire a UC Riverside or UC Santa Cruz grad?</p>
<p>the answer is none -- these UC's r too low and considered way too easy to get into / not competitive and their standards r not even in the same ball park</p>
<p>Two of the most important things in law school admissions: LSAT score, and GPA. </p>
<p>I've seen related threads on the law school forum, but still, I have to ask... will going to UCR affect my law school admissions? It's been said that it's easier to obtain a 4.0 at Riverside than at other UCs, but what about its bad reputation? It's a silly question, I know, and yes, reputation is a "distant third" but I'd still like to hear what you guys think. </p>
<p>I'm a transfer student from a California community college, and would like to go to NYU or Columbia LS. I've yet to hear from the other UCs I've applied to, but I honestly am considering UCR. Bad idea? (Constructive advice only please).</p>
<p>I think it is funny how most of these posts are simply immature. In its immature nature, it actually fails to persuade people. Why would I believe a person <em>SayoutofRiverside, Bubbles for Sale, uclover8</em> who can only ONLY use ad hominem tactics to prove a point? </p>
<p>UCR/Haider Medical school route is a VERY prestigious and VERY hard way to get into medical school. Many of my friends that recieved acceptance letters to UCLA decieded to stay closer to home and do this. </p>
<p>The selectivity of a college does not determine the outcome of your life. Case in point, my cousin went to Berkeley, she is not doing as well as imagined. Meanwhile, serveral UCR graduates head tech firms in Irvine. </p>
<p>MCAT scores are much more of a deciding factor when determining admittance into a medical school. Not the selectivity of a college. It would be ludricious to believe that the selectivity of a college is as important than the MCAT. </p>
<p>It is a UC school. I'm sorry, but this means that is held at a certain level. Yes at a lower level than the rest, but even this is rapidly changing. UCR is not a horrible school full of retarded kids. On the contrary, these kids are SMARTER than you. They would not use ad hominem attacks on your school simply because they can. They instead would be respectful of school choice. To me, that is more tactful. </p>
<p>I do beleive that UCR is in the fastest growing region in California. I know this because I live 7 miles from UCR. In a quiet suburban neighborhood. <em>Bubbles for sale</em> junkies in the region, eh? Funny, I've haven't seen any. Many Republican house wives, but not too many junkies in the UCR area. Funny isn't it odd how Riverside is actually noted for its architecture, but to Bubbles for sale, she (not knowing gender, assuming female?) denounces this as a "junk" town. I actually like the Mission District with tree lined streets and old Victorian houses nestled next to gracious orange groves and thick Spanish tiled store fronts inside the Mission Inn Hotel.</p>
<p>Please at least consider some pros. Of course nowhere is perfect, but nowhere is pure hell as well.</p>
<p>"for example,
would a CEO in a company hire a UC Riverside or UC Santa Cruz grad?"</p>
<p>CEO's don't do the hiring. anyway, if no one hired UCR or UCSC grads, then those schools would be trash and closed down, and entry-job factories like the rest of the cal states would be more attractive choices, but we all know this is not true. in most cases, companies don't care where you went to for undergrad, they rather see good internship and a good interview. if you plan to pursue graduate or professional degrees, well, then your undergrad won't matter. then you might argue: you're not gonna get into a good professional/graduate school in the first place. BS. again, its not about where you went to school, its about WHAT you did (and perhaps your test scores). </p>
<p>i'd like to think that there is a dichotomy at UCR... there's the regular students, many who were either at the bottom of the honors crop or the top of the non-honors students, that attend UCR. then there's that select group of UCR honors program students. these students are bright. when i visited UCR, i met at least 3 valedictorians... 1 of them had passed up yale to attend UCR thomas haider program. to them, it doesn't matter where they went, its what they made of college that matters.</p>
<p>It seems like Harvard only take students from ivy leagues and top schools because everything else have like less than 5 students. Does this mean your undergrad schools matter a lot?</p>
<p>im not trying to say UCR is a great school. it is obviously not on the same level as the rest of the UC's. what i am trying to say is that going to UCR does not mean your future will be crap. its what the individual does at UCR that matters.</p>
<p>harvard law takes more students from the ivy leagues and top schools because there is a higher concentration of better students at these schools in the first place. that does not mean that by simply going to an ivy, you will be guaranteed into a top law school, and that also does not mean that if you go to a lower-tier school, you can't get into a top law school. </p>
<p>again, i can point out the poster alicantekid. he/she had the choice between brown or UCI for undergrad. many of you here would obviously say: go to brown, that is a no-brainer. well, alicantekid chose UCI, is now going to be going to UCLA anderson business school, as are his colleagues from yale, wharton, etc. was it UCI that got him/her into anderson? or was it his/her own efforts that did?</p>
<p>a common question is, does your undergraduate institution INCREASE your chances of getting into a top graduate/professional school? </p>
<p>yes and no. </p>
<p>yes because it has many more resources for you, more personal attention, chances to do research or get an internship, etc.</p>
<p>no because if we placed a lower-caliber student into harvard, that person probably can't reproduce the same results of a "typical harvard grad." </p>
<p>students are the key to their own success, and colleges are just resources along the way.</p>
<p>"UCR accepts a lot of 2.8-3.0 w gpa students from my school!!!"</p>
<p>yes, i do admit that there are students who were not even in honors who got admitted to UCR. but that's not looking at the entire picture. there are students with very high caliber at UCR too, even though they make up about 5% (estimate) of the student population. having a small tight-knit community of serious students, that's what matters to those who are statistically over-qualified for UCR, and UCR presents that through the honors program. </p>
<p>"it is just a UC trying to give that one student that opportunity to attend a uc"</p>
<p>look, im sorry that the University of California believes in providing public education to as many students as they can possibly accommodate. I'm sorry that not everyone was born with more intelligence, raised in a better environment, and went to a more resourceful high school. I'm sorry the UC system is not elitist and understands that education should be for others who do not have a 4.0, 1500+. I'm sorry that these people have high aspirations and that they were given a huge opportunity in life. </p>
<p>Maybe UC Riverside isn't your thing. But don't bash it. Let those who want to take the opportunity, whether they barely made the cutoff or if they are outstanding applicants, to do so.</p>
<p>"joemama wrote "stayoutofriverside: Did you ever attend or graduate from UCR? What experience do you have with UCR?"
Gee, some people don't get the hint. Read my previous post in this thread. Suffice it to say, I have enough experience with UCR to express the opinions that I have thus far.</p>
<p>and also wrote on another post:</p>
<p>Seeing as how I graduated from a top-15 medical school</p>
<p>so it seems like you were successful right? you have had experience with UCR, and your end result was a top 15 med school. then why the agenda to get people to stay out of riverside?</p>
<p>also I would like to point out that just because you got good GPA in high school that doesn't mean that you will get good grades in college...I know some people who went to UCI, UCSD end up on probation in community college...</p>
<p>"so it seems like you were successful right? you have had experience with UCR, and your end result was a top 15 med school. then why the agenda to get people to stay out of riverside?"</p>
<p>People should stay out of Riverside for the multitude of reasons I have posted in this thread and in many others. I had to work extra-hard to overcome the "effects of Riverside." A diploma from UCR is a certificate that proves you have received a Mickey Mouse education and you have absolutely no shame.</p>
<p>kfc4u wrote: "there are students with very high caliber at UCR too, even though they make up about 5% (estimate) of the student population."</p>
<p>You're off by an order of magnitude. That number is about 0.5%...and many of these poor bastards were sucked into the school for one reason or another and don't reach their full potential because of UCR Theorem #1:
"Everything associated with Riverside turns to sh_t."</p>
<p>" having a small tight-knit community of serious students, that's what matters to those who are statistically over-qualified for UCR, and UCR presents that through the honors program."</p>
<p>Actually, 90% of the honors program is still composed of boneheads who maybe took a couple of AP's in HS and played kickball in the schoolyard. Just because UCR says you're an "honors" student doesn't necessarily imply that you're some kind of brainchild. </p>
<p>"look, im sorry that the University of California believes in providing public education to as many students as they can possibly accommodate. I'm sorry that not everyone was born with more intelligence, raised in a better environment, and went to a more resourceful high school. I'm sorry the UC system is not elitist and understands that education should be for others who do not have a 4.0, 1500+. I'm sorry that these people have high aspirations and that they were given a huge opportunity in life."</p>
<p><violin playing=""> Wow, that was 100% precious....it was also 100% irrelevant. So WHAT if people with lesser opportunities populate UC Riverside. Guess what: the school is STILL a pile of flaming dysentery, regardless. </violin></p>
<p>"Actually, 90% of the honors program is still composed of boneheads who maybe took a couple of AP's in HS and played kickball in the schoolyard."</p>
<p>completely an INACCURATE description of UCR's honors kids. i challenge someone here on collegeconfidential to actually call up the honors department and TALK to one of the honors kids there. they are those who stayoutofriverside says that got suckered into UCR, so why not talk to them, see what opinion they give you. </p>
<p>gee, UCLA Medical School must be a pile of sh_t too since they take students from the thomas haider program at UCR.</p>
<p>kfc4u wrote: "completely an INACCURATE description of UCR's honors kids."</p>
<p>It's actually fairly accurate. Remember the top 25% of UCR is equivalent to the BOTTOM 25% of UC Berkeley, if you look at GPA and SAT scores. Being an "honors" student from UC <em>RIVERSIDE</em> means absolutely nothing....it's like running in the Special Olympics...even if you're a winner, you're still retarded.</p>
<p>"i challenge someone here on collegeconfidential to actually call up the honors department and TALK to one of the honors kids there."</p>
<p>Okay, lemme call them up.
Me: Hi, I'd like to speak to an honors kid.<br>
Honors: Waaazzzuuuppp. Yo, man, chickity-check it out. I got mad brains cuz I got the honors, yo.
Me: Well, tell me, what classes are you taking?
Honors: Yo, man. This stuff is haaaarrddd. Me english professor says I'm mediocre, but I said haha, at least I'm not average.
Me: That's great. Do you have any career goals?
Honors: Yo, I'm gonna be a gazillionaire.
Me: Amazing. How do you plan on accomplishing that?
Honors: Waaaazzzuuuuuppp. Huh? Oh. Dunno, man. But I will. Cuz UCR is a real chill.<br>
Me: Uh, okay. Thanks for the info.
Honors: Yo, man, peace.</p>
<p>"gee, UCLA Medical School must be a pile of sh_t too since they take students from the thomas haider program at UCR."</p>
<p>Every school must have its blacksheep. For UCLA SOM, many of them come from UCR.</p>