UC rankings

College Search & Selection
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<p>VT - we are way off the original OP at this juncture, but just to continue the hisorical review: </p>

<p>The University of California was formed by merging the College of California (the private), with the Agricultural Mining and Mechanical Arts College. The Act approving the establishment of the Univeristy of California and Board of Regents was signed by the Governor on March 23, 1968. The law ("Organic Act," sponsored by some Assemblyman named Dwinelle) specifically stated that the University of California would be sited in what is now known as Berkeley (South Hall still remains). Further, it stated that the Regents were vested in the authority to link with any "incorporated College of Medicine or of Law, or other special course of instruction...."</p>

<p>Later, Toland Medical College became a department of the University in 1873. If it was a department directly reporting to the Regents, I stand corrected.</p>

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<p>Most state schools will take practically all comers that can pass a low hurdle. For example, I think the admit rate for Univ of Utah is in the 90% range. They make no special effort to keep the applicants they admit, though. It's sink or swim!</p>

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<p>Let me revise that</p>

<p>1 UCB
2 UCLA, UCSD
4 UC Davis
5 UCSB, UCI
7 UCSC
8 Cal Poly
9 SF State, etc
10 UCR</p>

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<p>1 Ucla</p>

<p>2 Ucb
3 Ucsd
4 Ucsb
5 Uci
6 Ucd
7 Ucr
8 Ucsc</p>

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<p>Hey I think I remember you! You are Shtiitakiri! The UCLA troll from the old collegeconfidential forums that always made me laugh. </p>

<p>Why did you change your name to Stanfordalum? You were always saying how UCLA was better than Stanford Harvard, and Yale combined or something.</p>

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<p>rooster08:</p>

<p>If I recall, Shi takirimusume was a Stanford alum, hence the possible choice of name...</p>

<p>(space inserted into name to dodge the profanity filter)</p>

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<ol>
<li>UCB</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UCI</li>
<li>UCD</li>
<li>UCSB</li>
<li>UCR</li>
<li>UCSC</li>
</ol>

<p>Just my own personal preference.</p>

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<p>1 UCLA
2 Berkeley
3 UCSD
4 UCSB
5 Irvine
6 Davis
7 UCSC
8 UCR
9.UCM</p>

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<p>Haha, but we have a new star at CotoDeCasa, who is becoming ALAN5 of UCLA, if you know what I am saying:)</p>

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<p>Here is the admit rate for Fall 2003 Freshman in the 2005-2006 "Introducing the University" (gold cover).</p>

<p>UCLA 23.5%
UCB 23.9%
UCSD 37.2%
UCSB 50%
UCI 53.8%
UCD 56.8%
UCSC 79%
UCR 84%</p>

<p>Does anyone know if they put out the Fall 2004 Freshman Admit Rates?</p>

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<p>My honest opinion:</p>

<p>UC Irvine Engineering > Brown Engineering</p>

<p>UCLA > Brown and Dartmouth, slightly better than Cornell</p>

<p>UCSD = Cornell for science and engineering</p>

<p>Berkeley at this point, everyone knows what I will say. The bigger picture is that the UC's have to prove to the US why the Ivy League slant on private education and their philosophy and way of life does not represent America as a whole.</p>

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<p>"UCSB 50%
UCI 53.8%
UCD 56.8%"</p>

<p>There is a problem with this thinking. Davis has significantly more programs than UCSB and UCI, when you compare the admission rates of their similar programs Davis is lower. Looking at average GPA davis has the highest admited GPA of the three schools as well.</p>

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<p>It is straight from the whole UC System's publication, so there isn't any problem with it.</p>

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<p>The salient point is that UCI/UCD/UCSB are so close that it's sillier than usual to make a decision based on selecitivity instead of looking at other factors of "fit."</p>

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<p>UCLA does have a slightly lower admission rate than Berkeley, but UCLA also receives the most applicants of any college, so they admit fewer people. I know there are cases in which someone gets accepted to Berkeley and not UCLA, etc., but statistically speaking, people admitted to Berkeley have slightly higher stats than UCLA. I know UCSB is in high demand because it’s a party school ON THE BEACH! ...it also has good programs, don't get me wrong.</p>

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<p>"It is straight from the whole UC System's publication, so there isn't any problem with it."</p>

<p>It does not matter that it is true, it is not valid to use that to determin which school is better.</p>

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<p>These are just the numbers...for individual people UCSC may be a better choice than UCSD. Or for someone else UCD would be a better choice than UCLA. So to say one school is better than the other is a false statement. I was just posting their selectivity. How good a school is IMO is soley based on how good of a fit it is for the student.</p>

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<p>Though ucla does receive more applications, it doesnt mean that their percentage is lower than berkeley's because of it. Dont forget they admit more students and have an average sat of 1330, whereas ucb has an average of 1300.</p>

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<p>as far as rankings go
1. ucb (better research than ucla)
2. ucla</p>

<ol>
<li>ucsd</li>
<li><p>cal poly slo</p></li>
<li><p>ucd</p></li>
<li><p>ucsb</p></li>
<li><p>uci</p></li>
<li><p>ucsc</p></li>
<li><p>ucm</p></li>
</ol>

<p>engineering puts ucb at the top followed by ucsd and slo, with ucla behind those, however; the uc system is much stronger among graduate degrees, and ucla or slo would be the best undergrad choices to keep ucb and ucsd open for grad school -- they wont let you continue your education at the same uc from bs to ms</p>

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<p>Rankings by GPA, SAT, SAT II Writing, and SAT II Math of Fall 2004 class:
UCB: 4.16, 1350, 680, 692
UCLA: 4.10, 1346, 679, 691
UCSD: 4.05, 1298, 649, 666
UCD: 3.91, 1249, 621, 642
UCI: 3.91, 1249, 619, 639
UCSB: 3.90, 1231, 617, 622
UCSC: 3.73, 1198, 598, 601
UCR: 3.58, 1132, 552, 579</p>