<p>UCR sucks......Go to SDSU have a really fun time and get a better business education!!!!</p>
<p>I decided to attend SDSU</p>
<p>Reasoning?</p>
<p>Although UCR is better academically in SDSU I will have the best overall experience.</p>
<p>Well I can't say much for SDSU, so I won't :)</p>
<p>Take care and I hope you enjoy your stay there. Don't bother on transferring to most places because you're in a state school already. </p>
<p>UCR, just give it time and it will blossom soooo well. </p>
<p>Raymond Ching
Bear Facts Orientation Counselor '05
Housing Staff Member (RSA) '05-'06</p>
<p>I go to SDSU and i've never been to Lemon Grove and rarely go to La Mesa (you would have to drive to get to these locations)...but you can also drive the opposite direction, where we are 5 minutes away from some of the nicest and most ritzy shopping in the state via Fashion Valley. Not too mention, 10-15 minutes outside of the gaslamp district downtown and of course the BEACH. </p>
<p>Walnuts you don't seem biased at all ....it's not as though you attend UCR, the two examples you have of SDSU students (1 dropping out, the other with a 1.5 GPA) and you claim that it's location is "ghetto". I wouldn't exactly refer to Riverside as San Diego, but then again, I won't bad mouth it. I feel bad mouthing something is merely a reflection of your on insecurities. </p>
<p>SDSU has a great business program and an excellent reputation in California. With a great deal of business ties:</p>
<p>CEO and Founder of Costco, CEO of Jack In the Box, Callaway Golf, Founder of Rubio's etc. to name a few and numerous other high ranking executives. </p>
<p>It also has a stellar international business program, ranked 7th in the nation by US NEWS.</p>
<p>One of the best accountancy programs in the nation (the fifth highest passing rate on the CPA (certified public accountancy) exam, these people appearently aren't your drop out friends.</p>
<p>Nasdaq named it a top 20 center of business excellence (lots of big name portfolio managers graduated SDSU, and the founder of Brandeis (they control over 5 billion in assets now). </p>
<p>Instead of taking the bad mouth UCR route, I decided to take the pro-SDSU route. You should look into it, the next time you're trying to support your school.</p>
<p>I have plenty of friends that go to UCR or SDSU.</p>
<p>In my opinion, UCR is the best overall school. The curriculum and resources surpass that of SDSU by far.</p>
<p>A lot of people seem quick to judge SDSU as a good business school. Why is that? Because everyone else told you that and you pass it on. Weak. SDSU has a great graduate program but the undergraduate program is the similar to any other undergraduate program at a different school.</p>
<p>Secondly, if you haven't been to Riverside or SDSU, don't talk. SDSU is in a ****ty area of San Diego and there are countless crimes. It seems like every single day a student is victimized by the surrounding gang bangers or lunatics. On the other hand, Riverside is in a rather hot climate and the surrounding area is more safe than SDSU. This is not to say that crime occurs at UCR, it's just less frequent.</p>
<p>If it was my choice, I really don't know what I'd do. To sum it up:</p>
<p>UCR - better undergraduate academics, part of the UC system, more resources for research, far from the beach and in a smaller city. Social life is there but you have to look for it.</p>
<p>SDSU - good undergraduate academics, part of the Cal Poly system, less opportunities for research, closer to the beach and in a larger city. Social life is awesome.</p>
<p>SDSU isn't in the cal poly system, it's in the CSU system, as is Cal Poly.</p>
<p>You're ridiculous. ITS NOT A *<strong><em>TY AREA. The surrounding neighborhoods to the south are *</em></strong>TY, the closer you get to Tijuana. Most students and graduates tend to move towards the nice neighborhoods to the north such as La Jolla, Rancho Santa Fe, The mission valley, mission beach, pacific beach. good great grand. I haven't exactly seen any of these local gang bangers or many lunatics you speak of, i've only lived in the campus area for two years...I feel a million times safer here than Berkeley or USC persay. I believe people speak down on Riverside, based on the fact, its essentially the dessert, there are poorer people living there and a fabulous city such as San Diego is not within your grasp. </p>
<p>Yeah it's all a lie and conspiracy, SDSU doesn't really have a good business school...did you read my post? </p>
<p>Part of the Cal Poly system...we actually just became the only doctorial school (one of two hundred in the nation) in the CSU system as of two weeks ago. </p>
<p>What can UCR offer my business education that SDSU can't, please do tell me!! I'd like to know what these vast resources are that SDSU does not seem to have. I'm very intrigued. Especially how the cirriculum far surpasses that of SDSU (in business), once again i'm quite curious. Hopefully you won't ignore this post and get back to me.</p>
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<p>Could you cite some articles? All I saw on SDSU's webpages were joint doctoral degrees with UCSD, something various other cal states and cal poly schools have.</p>
<p>This is the second straight year that SDSU ranked No. 2 for students studying abroad among universities classified as "Doctoral Research/Intensive" institutions by the Carnegie Foundation. (Carnegie overhauled its systems earlier this year, and now SDSU is classified as a "Research University" with high research activity. SDSU is the only California State University campus with this classification, which places it among the top 200 higher education institutions in the country conducting research.)</p>
<p>Maybe we're only doctorial intensive, not exactly sure what the difference is, but have fun with that article, since UCR is so superior.</p>
<p>I'm glad that SDSU students study abroad, and that it produces research. But I'm not sure what the article provides as proof. What's the difference in size? Don't you think that's important? What about where the students come from? How many students who have studying abroad as a major part of their desion? Students go to other schools for study abroad, but how many do research at them? Or does your first sentence mean that of ""Doctoral/research intensive," SDSU has the most students study abroad, or is it that the students from SDSU study at the most "doc/research" institutions? </p>
<p>UCR is only moderately superior. :)</p>
<p>I believe that SDSU is a bit better then UCR. San Diego particiaptes with many ivy league schools in its research and is highly recognized for what it does. It is the only CSU that conducts a highly significant amount research and often teams up with UCSD (probably the 3rd best UC) in many of its academic programs. Just because UCR is a UC doesn't mean its a great school as some people have said; but dont get me wrong, UCR is a good school. SDSU's business school is also ranked among the top in the nation, and its study abroad program is excellent.</p>
<p>Not that this makes the schools academic programs greater, but SDSU also attracts a more prepared group of students. In prepared I mean that SAT scores and GPA's are higher then that of UCR. I have known many people who have been rejected from SDSU but have been offered admissions into UCR, but everyone I know that has applied to SDSU and got in, also got into UCR. If it were not for the law that made SDSU admit all CSU eligible applicants in its service area (all of San Diego, which is the second largest city on the West Coast), then its averages would be even higher.</p>
<p>Like I said before, both schools have their strengths and weaknesses, but in my opinion San Diego comes out on top.</p>
<p>This is my opinion and everyone is entitled to their own opinions. I actually turned down Cal Poly SLO, UCSC and UCR to go to SDSU to major in business. It was a tough decision, but I believe that I made the correct choice.</p>
<p>Greatful_Dead is correct in that the quality of academic programs are largely dependant on student quality. My brother is a professor, and he consistently talks about professors teaching "up or down" to teh level of student. Not only do other students challenge you, but the professor is ABLE to challenge you. One of the attractions of my current school, Cal Poly SLO, was that it had the higehst avg SAT/gpa of all the schools I was accepted to. In this way, I think SDSU is a notch above UCR.</p>
<p>I was accepted to both schools and I live in San Diego so I've been to SDSU a few times.</p>
<p>Although SDSU does have more school spirit, the neighborhood around it is pretty dirty. I'm not sure what non-SanDiegans think but it's not all pretty. I'm sure you see pictures of the great scenary and what not, but that's not the whole picture. </p>
<p>I actually decided on going to UCR but that was just because I wanted to leave San Diego for a while. Both great schools but when it comes down to it, I think UCR has more acclaim than SDSU which can help anyone in the future.</p>
<p>sorry to burst your bubble but I don't think UCR has that great of acclaim, nor does SDSU. Now a degree from an ivy league school has "acclaim", but not SDSU or UCR.</p>
<p>UCR is always improving, aesthetically and academically. </p>
<p>More and more shine will go on UCR. Just nothing too soon.</p>
<p>"i really don't understand why people think any cal poly is as good as ucr. Sure SLO might have better engineering but their university as a whole < UCR. Honestly, if UCR was in a better area it'd be at least 20 notches higher in the US news ranking."</p>
<p>Actually your quite wrong...</p>
<p>Colleges of Engineering, Science and Math, Architecture, Agriculture are way better in Cal Poly SLO than in UCR. By the way Cal Poly is a technical school offering only majors in select technical majors, those colleges are basically the main colleges in the university. So yes, Poly does not offer as much majors to choose from, but the few it offers, poly does very well in.</p>
<p>Its very very reasonable to say that all UCs, their programs (except graduate), and student body, are inferior to Cal Poly with the exception of UCLA, UCSD, and Berkeley.</p>
<p>Very, very?</p>
<p>And particular programs could be pointed out at each UC, and some great students at each UC- does your last paragraph mean "on the whole?"</p>
<p><a href="http://calpolynews.calpoly.edu/quickfacts.html%5B/url%5D">http://calpolynews.calpoly.edu/quickfacts.html</a>
<a href="http://www.eurekareview.com/pdfs/presentations/UC_Admissions_Stats_2006.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.eurekareview.com/pdfs/presentations/UC_Admissions_Stats_2006.pdf</a></p>
<p>It's hard to compare with these, but I imagine the SLO students are quite similar to the mid couple UC students, on average. <em>shrug</em></p>
<p>SLO owns the UCs except for the top 3.</p>
<p>as for the question, I'd pick Riverside.</p>