<p>Blah2009, to be honest, UCSD just didn’t have enough research projects that I was interested in, based on a review of their website. (Also they seemed to have a disproportionately small number of faculty compared to other schools). Besides, I am going for a biomedical imaging concentration, and UCSD is more molecular engineering oriented.</p>
<p>As for the other top ranked schools… well I just didn’t think I’d get in. My final school list consisted of a couple high-ranked schools (UCB, Stanford), mostly medium/respectable schools, and a couple of safeties. IMO, no reason to apply to all the good schools in hopes that one of them will want you.</p>
<p>wdrmhbs, I was referring to visits where the school invites you out of their own pocket. I’m certainly not going to visit all of those by myself haha! And the link you provided was for undergrad, and I assume they’re campus tours, and not department-focused.</p>