<p>No. UCSD=UCI, and UCB>LA</p>
<p>^ says who??</p>
<p>People who are correct say so.</p>
<p>US News doesn't say so.</p>
<p>US News states that it is easier to earn higher grades at UCI?
Link it, buddy.</p>
<p>Dasherwinator... i wonder.. what makes you so correct? Were you enrolled at all 4 of those schools such that you could rank their difficulty?</p>
<p>ucsd >uci</p>
<p>francine is a stalker</p>
<p>^ Jerk.</p>
<p>10char</p>
<p>I have taken classes at UCSD, and they were just as competitive as Irvine classes. As for Cal being a lot harder than LA, let's just say that not only is it common knowledge that it is a more difficult, but it seems like the people who went there from my high school were a LOT more smarter and hard-working than the la people, yet almost all have GPA's practically .5 points below the LA people. Cal simply attracts more qualified people, and has a better turnout in their pool of enrollees (look this up), despite their similar acceptance rate to los angeles.</p>
<p>The reason I claim its easier to earn As at Irvine over SD is that many classes are curved, and Irvine has a lower bottom tier. Thus, more kids to earn the Cs or lower, enabling the others to earn higher grades. At UCI 25% of frosh scored 520 and lower on the SAT M. At SD, the bottom quartile scored a 600. </p>
<p>Take an example a premed class, such as Frosh Calc. Assuming that both campuses curve the same, i.e, 15% A's, 20-25% B's, 35% C's....in which campus will it be easier to stand out in math? In Frosh Chem? Now, I'm not saying a C student at SD would be an A student at Irvine, but the difference could easily be at least one-third of a grade point, i.e., B to B+ or B+ to A-.</p>
<p>fwiw: Cal may appear more competitive, but I would be surprised if it was significantly different than LA.</p>
<p>UCI's medical school is older and more established than UCSD's if that makes any difference for anyone who is premed.</p>
<p>UCSD Medical School is>>>>>>>>than UCI Medical school.</p>
<p>bluebayou, you are making the assumption that an SAT score difference of 80 points makes a difference in performance in premedical courses. you have not taken classes at uci, so you have no right to speak on this subject</p>
<p>i have taken classes at both schools. uci=ucsd</p>
<p>Yes, I do think it a reasonable assumption that an 80 point SAT Math differential can be predictive of a college math class, such as calculus, or physics and chem. Bio, not so much.</p>
<p>Well, too bad uci=ucsd</p>
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Yes, I do think it a reasonable assumption that an 80 point SAT Math differential can be predictive of a college math class, such as calculus, or physics and chem. Bio, not so much.
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<p>Naw dude 80 points is forgetting to check your work on like 2 problems for SAT Math that aren't even as hard as calculus or physics or chem cuz the curve is ridiculous and unforgiving. You can be taking multivariable calculus at Harvard and still **** up somehow. No correlation.</p>
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Naw dude 80 points is forgetting to check your work on like 2 problems for SAT Math
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<p>Absolutely true for an individual, but not true for thousands of testers -- the rule of large numbers comes into play. Incidentally, even if you mess up massively at H (or S), you will still earn a C. :)</p>
<p>But I guess we should agree to disagree.</p>
<p>dasherwinator... what classes did you take at UCSD?</p>
<p>There is no one that can accurately prove that any schools are harder than one another no matter how many classes you took based on biased opinions. The only assumptions that can be made are that the quality of students at UCSD are slightly higher than that at UCI for statistical reasons posted everywhere and thats the most accurate (if anything) reasoning we can come to when determining which schools are considered "more difficult"</p>
<p>Other than that you can keep on with your "UCSD=UCI UCSD=UCI UCSD=UCI" all you want because I doubt even one person on this site will take that info to heart.</p>
<p>And yes, you cannot argue that the quality of students is the same at both schools when there are admissions statsitics/rankings everywhere to prove otherwise so please nobody waste their time with this argument.</p>
<p>"the quality of students at UCSD are slightly higher than that at UCI for statistical reasons posted everywhere and thats the most accurate (if anything) reasoning we can come to when determining which schools are considered "more difficult""</p>
<p>But stats can be manipulated and they don't tell the whole truth....</p>
<p>^ I know that. I was just throwing in the only accurate factor that could possibly determine if classes are harder... if any...</p>