<p>Do you regret that you are choosing not to go?</p>
<p>Or for those who didn't get in, aren't you just a bit upset?</p>
<p>How is life going to be for those not going to the top 2 public schools?</p>
<p>Just curious.</p>
<p>I did not even apply to LA or Cal. I think with my stats I could have gotten into both, but I love San Diego and I have a place to live for free there as well as my family, so it was an easy decision to choose UCSD. I plan to move away for grad school though.</p>
<p>I would go to SDSU before UCB. **** flows out of everyone’s mouth up there…so liberal its unbelievable. As for UCLA I didn’t get accepted because of the competitiveness for my major and I didn’t get all pre-reqs done. I’m going to UCSD and will love it there, I will still be trying to go to UCLA for grad school in three years.</p>
<p>Nope, not really for going to UCSD over UCLA. </p>
<p>Pros:
- Near Home
- Comp Sci in SD is equally in rank or even better.</p>
<p>Cons:
- I don’t get to say “I went to UCLA” lol</p>
<p>@lbdm lol way to generalize berkeley. You passed up on a school that is much better for your major than ucla. Besides, you didnt get accepted to ucla because you had bad grades in community college, not because your major is impacted. :)</p>
<p>The UC system is so great. It’s so easy to rationalize going to any UC over another UC it’s not even funny. As long as you didn’t get stuck at UCM or UCR, I bet everyone is feeling pretty good about themselves, and they should!</p>
<p>cooldude6 - I like the first part of your statement - the UC system is so great. But UCR is a great school too. Its reputation suffers from the location of the campus. But they have a number of exceptional programs. Some of the most educated and successful people I know received there BS/BAs from UCR. One friend of mine went to UCR - then went on to a fully funded MA at Standford and a fully funded PhD at Harvard.<br>
UCM, while pedagogically nascent, has some pros going for it as well. The quality of the educators is already quite high - and you will have a great deal of opportunity for individual attention. You will also have much more academic freedom in terms of pursuing multiple majors or minors than you would have at a severely impacted school such as UCB or UCLA.</p>
<p>@Vintij </p>
<p>1) I do not regret forgoing the oppurtunity to attend UCB or UCLA. I am very confident that I will get a superb education in Electrical Engineering at UCSD. Couple that education with my background, and I feel I will be a very competitive job candidate upon graduation. </p>
<p>2) I didn’t apply because I don’t have the prereqs done so I knew I wouldn’t get in. I changed majors at the last second and would have had to stay at CC for another year to finish them. I’d rather go to UCSD now, and get the superb education for my core classes and begin research sooner. </p>
<p>3) Life will be good. I am a little bit older and I’ve come to realize something in my life-- I really only care about the opinions of those closest to me. In my situation, I know my friends and family could give two ****s how prestigious the school I go to is; as long as I am happy, they are happy. Plus, it isn’t as if UCSD is some trash engineering school. :)</p>
<p>4) I know you are not really curious. This thread is, in reality, your subtle way of making yourself seem above those who are not going to UCB or UCLA. Keep stroking that ego.</p>
<p>speaking of Cal, I haven’t received my rejection letter…I wonder what’s taking them so long.</p>
<p>UCHopeful that post was top notch… =)</p>
<p>I’m really not that upset about not getting into Berkeley. I didn’t expect to get in, and I’ve been warming up to Davis a lot recently, so I’m happy with the outcome.
I probably wouldn’t have had too much fun at Berk anyway…</p>
<p>ciaokarol, i don’t think they send paper rejection letters anymore- waste of paper.</p>
<p>I got into both UCB and UCLA. Decided to go to UCI instead. I have no regrets. I have 4.0 here and involved with a great research lab. </p>
<p>I also get to double major in bio and bizecon which is not even possible if I went to UCLA or UCB. </p>
<p>Plus UCLA and UCB would have been -40k compared to the free tuition I get at UCI and 40k just isn’t worth a degree in bio in my opinion. I am happy being debtless and getting two degrees. </p>
<p>Plus prestige doesn’t mean anything since I am heading to med school. So UCI was a great choice.</p>
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<p>Agreed.</p>
<p>I notice that a lot of you are going to a ‘lower’ UC (compared to Cal/LA) because you guys are planning for grad school right after completing undergrad. What if you were attempting to enter the workforce right after undergrad… would you still make the same choice? (Not implying anything or judging, just asking).</p>
<p>“4) I know you are not really curious. This thread is, in reality, your subtle way of making yourself seem above those who are not going to UCB or UCLA. Keep stroking that ego.”</p>
<p>lol I really wasn’t trying to do that at all, but if you think I was trying to stroke the ego…well I guess I’ll be stroking it at Cal Dr. phil.</p>
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<p>I would have gone to UCLA/UCB only for engineering/comp sci or econ/business or some other specialized major like public health. But other then that, I probably wouldn’t.</p>
<p>@ Cali Trumpet. I chose a lower ranked UC (Davis) over Cal for personal reasons. I have a couple of friends who graduated from Davis and Santa Cruz and they had no problems finding jobs right away (with no work experience btw). I am not too concerned, because I have a TON of work experience with people in the community (from transients to doctors). </p>
<p>The job market is really about the combination of experience and education (bachelor’s is more than adequate for many companies of course it changes with industry) with people with longer experience edging out slightly ahead.</p>
<p>Think about it this way. . .a graduate from Davis with more than 5+ productive years of working in an industry and glowing letters of recommendations from past employers or a Berkeley graduate with 0 experience?</p>
<p>Needless to say, I am not too concerned over picking Davis over Cal. Most people hear “UC” and it is good enough, believe it or not. </p>
<p>As for those without any work experience, remember it is all about how well you sell yourself. Don’t say things like “I was rejected. . .” it’s “I chose. . .” (for those rejected). Never be negative about past employers no matter how much they sucked or negative about professors or course loads or being negative period (BIG ONE). (I know, grammar fail but emphasizing interview conduct)</p>
<p>And remember. . .people who DIDN’T graduate from those three schools get hired in good and fulfilling jobs everyday. Even CSU graduates get good jobs <em>gasp</em> :)</p>
<p>Am i said i didnt get? Yes. Y? because i paid $60 for someone to tell me NO. Otherwise i could really careless.</p>
<p>The three schools I meant are: Stanford, UCB, UCLA. If the job market in Cali or the surrounding regions only hired from those three schools we’d be in big trouble. Lower ranked UCs are still very good schools and marketable in the workforce. </p>
<p>As long as you conduct yourself well in an interview you’ll do better than someone who is akward and negative no matter where they went. Let’s not forget that hiring managers may not have a bias toward UCB or UCLA. They want someone who will be efficient, productive, and who will click with the current employees. Someone going in with a smug air because they went to a highly ranked school may be overlooked for a graduate from a CSU if they mesh better with the current employees. Just saying, that is a reality. Your degree is what you make of it.</p>
<p>i didn’t really want to get into berkeley. i live 30 minutes away from there, way too close to home for me considering i had to spend an extra 2 years at home with my parents (neither of them work, they’re home 24/7). hell i couldn’t even stand the idea of davis, and that’s an hour away. i was a little bummed when i got rejected from berk, but i’m pretty excited for ucsd.</p>