<p>Hey all. Sorry if this is the wrong board to post this, I also put it in UC Transfers, but I'm not sure where it should go.</p>
<p>So yeah, I got accepted as a transfer for a linguistics major from a CCC at both UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz. I want to submit my SIR now, but I'm a little conflicted.</p>
<p>I basically want to go to UC Davis. It's better ranked overall, and in many ways seems like a better fit for me. I haven't really read all that much about UCSC, but I just feel somewhat drawn to Davis now that I'm admitted. I am from Humboldt County (where Humboldt State University is) and apparently there are a lot of similarities in the vibes between here and Santa Cruz... but not in the sense that I want. The school has a reputation as being a stoner school, and I've had enough of that where I'm from. And I am politically liberal, but I find the idea of going to a liberal-to-the-point-of-dirty-hippie school tiresome. I had basically chosen Davis up until a couple weeks ago, when someone told me that UCSC has the best Linguistics program. I looked this up online and it does seem to be true; apparently the program is internationally recognized, whatever that means. </p>
<p>Ok in this paragraph I'm gonna rephrase a bit lol. Basically, I don't care that much about how great the particular program is, as long as it's not an underfunded piece of crap. This is because I intend to go on to graduate school, probably in a field other than Linguistics, and I'm even considering doing a double major. So I guess basically my question is... if I go to Davis, and not Santa Cruz, will I be making some kind of mistake?</p>
<p>So if anyone can help me clarify that, that'd be great! I would also love if someone could just make a comparison list about the two schools, or list some pros and cons about both. Thanks!</p>