<p>Despite the fact of being turned down with a 3.9 GPA by UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCI, still I was ecstatic that I was accepted to UC Riverside, for I was an out-of-state student. That enthusiasm withered quite rapidly after reading all the comments in regards to UC Riverside. </p>
<p>The '[x] UC is better than [y] UC' discussions emerging in the UC sections are quite absurd. It is quite amusing, yet weary to have to read ignorant comments being made about certain UCs. When comments of such--those that refer to rankings, especially US News Rankings--are made it not only indicates one's lack of ability to think critically, it also demonstrates one's level of ignorance. For your sakes and mine, please stop trying to 'sell' your UCs to other students, for none of them are superior than the others. Although the education does not vary a great deal from UC to UC, the competitiveness and grading scale (curve) are noticeably different. With that being said, I have come across and engaged in conversations with some unintelligent characters at UCLA, UC San Diego, and UC Riverside. Unfortunately, one will encounter those unintelligent individuals more frequently at the less competitive UCs. Allow me to illustrate the degree of knowledge or lack of that students of less competitive institutions display with an anecdote. During my first quarter at UC Riverside, I overheard a female peer inquiring the spelling of 'recognize' from another student, neither of them knew how to spell it, the pair could only figure out that it begun with 're' and had to resort to an online dictionary; such incidents disgusts me because it reflects the degree of knowledge or lack of that my so-called "university level" peers have.</p>
<p>In spite of all the negative comments on this forums and alleged discontent, however, I have yet to met an individual who display this symptom, which leads me to conclude that the dissent at UC Riverside is not as pervasive as it is made to be.</p>