<p>You can’t disregard a group of schools when talking national rankings just because it isn’t fair they have more money. These schools are open to everyone just as public schools are.</p>
<p>I understand this, but it makes more sense to look at privates through a national context since their aim is to serve students nationally, not concentrating on their state. </p>
<p>You would be better off sipping a latte at starbucks with your ivory tower friends talking about how great cap and trade is and how stupid republicans are for opposing universal healthcare.</p>
<p>Haha, you’re quite off on my political leanings. You should see some of my posts on City-Data:</p>
<p>I don’t know why everyone keeps talking about high school. This is a transfer section. UCR might be hard to get into straight from high school, and that’s fine, I graduated with like a 3.2 and never even took the SAT’s, i didn’t care about education in high school. But speaking purely in regards to a community college, how anyone with a 2.8 can get into a UC is beyond me. I keep hearing how UCR is the school that takes all the people who didn’t get into any other UC’s, so why people are trying to defend a school with that reputation is also a bit odd. I’d definitely pick CSUN of UCR any day, once you drop below the top 20 schools it doesn’t even matter anyways, CSUN is half the price for the same recognition.</p>
<p>“Well you should be happy you’re attending a good high school. What’s the API score there? And why do you feel you need to make fun of Inglewood after stating that my bringing of classism into this thread was stupid?” </p>
<p>Would you be happy if i replace inglewood with Compton high which is known for being one of the worst schools in California. Really just reference to how different top 10% in your class is at alifornia high schools.</p>
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<li>im pretty sure inglewood high is pretty bad as well. I just know for sure compton High is one of the worst if not the worst.</li>
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<p>" I’d definitely pick CSUN of UCR any day, once you drop below the top 20 schools it doesn’t even matter anyways, CSUN is half the price for the same recognition."
I totally understand! why pay so much to go to a low tier UC when no one will give a **** if you go to a cal state for half the tutition.</p>
<p>No interest in sifting through those other posts, but you came off as a liberal tool when you brought up race and class into a place where it had no place. Liberals always pull that crap. It’s somehow become cool to fight imaginary racism. If a minority or lower income person is ever turned down for a job, or they attend/live a school/city that a white middle/upper class male criticizes, it HAS to be racism or classism. It’s pretty condescending in my opinion. It’s like telling minorities and lower income people “we know what’s best for you, we will hold your hand and do it for you because you can’t do it yourself”</p>
<p>See republicans and religion/small government for similar actions.</p>
<p>It takes a 2.8 to transfer to UCR from a CCC and a 3.0 to transfer to UCSC/UCD/UCSB/UCI/UCSD from a CCC. What is the difference? </p>
<p>UCR probably wins for having the campus in the middle of the most undesirable location, closely competing with UCM, but that doesn’t stop a school from being successful. The education is what it is about and UCR gives a good one from what students have said. </p>
<p>As a transfer, all but 2 UCs are almost a sure thing. I don’t know why you guys are saying UCR is so much easier.</p>
<p>" I’d definitely pick CSUN of UCR any day, once you drop below the top 20 schools it doesn’t even matter anyways, CSUN is half the price for the same recognition." </p>
<p>Yea! Who would want to go to Berkeley, USC, Georgetown, or UCLA (all not ranked in top 20). Let’s go to CSUN, save money and get the same recognition as these schools!</p>
<p>The fact of the matter is, the OP asked, “How big of a factor is the essay in the decision at UC Riverside?” You answered, “I have a 2.5 GPA. I can spell my name. I would like to attend. TTYL!”. It’s this kind of elitism (not to mention the inaccuracy of the post) that really bothers me. The OP was simply asking an academic question about Riverside and you felt the need to bash the school for who knows what reason.</p>
<p>Ok, I’ll take bake the references of race and class, but the fact remains that UC Riverside is an important system in the campus that does provide the opportunity at a UC education for first generation, minorities and low income students who otherwise would not have a chance at the other campuses. </p>
<p>Sure, you probably don’t have a good view of the student body and campus and think they’re dumb and third-rate or whatever. However, like I mentioned, the campus does have a place in the system and I don’t see why when someone asks a question about about essays he has to get the responses like the ones in this thread.</p>
<p>A lot of people choose UCR over CSUN BECAUSE of money, not despite it. I had that same decision to make, and UCR gave me a much more generous financial aid package.</p>
<p>My reply to the OP was suppose to be humorous. Though it was fairly accurate in saying your essay doesn’t really matter. You just have to turn one in. UCR isn’t going to grill people on their essays. As long as you have that 2.8 GPA you are fine.</p>
<p>SACRAMENTO As it confronts an unprecedented financial crisis, the University of California is crackling with debate over some provocative proposals such as closing one or more campuses outlined in a letter signed by 21 UC San Diego department heads.</p>
<p>The professors argue that the world’s finest public university should preserve its elite, world-class research campuses namely UCSD, UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC San Francisco and impose proportionately deeper budget cuts on the less-renowned campuses in Merced, Riverside and Santa Cruz or, if necessary, shut them down.</p>
<p>You can run a StatFinder query if you want to see the average GPA of accepted transfers too. UCSDs GPA was 3.50, UCSBs was 3.39, and Merced was 3.23.</p>
<p>My sister went to troy high school and was in their magnet program and decided to attend UCR. I’m sure she could have gotten into other school’s because the magnet program at troy is well known. Anyway she majored in neuroscience at UCR and is in med school in the caribbeans. She got rejected from every med school here and she had a decent gpa and mcat score, they wanted her to get her masters… would this have been the same if she attended another UC? I’m not sure, but I suspect it.</p>
<p>My ex went to UCR, I’ve been to campus and sat in on classes. The campus is fairly nice, and they are building new things all the time. Once you step out of campus though, you are faced with run down apartment complexes, bums, people aimlessly walking around (gangsters?), and no real college town besides a sprinkle of eateries right next to campus. Dorms are fairly nice, but the apartments surrounding the campus are pretty old and not fun to live in. I have many friends from high school that go to UCR (I live 20 mins away), they are not disadvantaged at all as we live in a well off community (median household income is 100k+). I talked to them regarding their decision to go to UCR and their responses where either, UCR was the only school they got into and their parents are forcing them to go to a UC, or that they do not want to go to a CC because they want to get out of their parent house and dorm and experience the so called ‘college experience’.</p>
<p>Like my friends, I messed up in high school (gpa sub 3.0), even though I took all honors and AP courses, I could have gone to UCR, but since my sister went there, I opted out for a higher ranked UC. UCR is good in some majors, but if you are going into a field where college recognition plays a big factor ie: USC, UCLA etc business, then you might want to chose a different avenue. I forgot the average starting salary of UCR graduates vs other UC’s, but it was significantly lower. My brother attended cal poly SLO, graduated cum laude in computer engineering? And was making 90k out of college, after a year or so he was making over 6 figures. Point being, he was a motivated guy and I believe that it doesn’t really matter what school you go to, but what you do their and how well you prepare for your major. I’m sure he was making more than most graduates from other UC’s even though he went to a cal state. I admit I am a little biased towards UCR, as I opted out for CC so I could go somewhere else, as well as the fact that my ex goes their and traveling 30 miles in traffic to see her often was a b*tch, but i cant stress the fact enough that college is what you make of it. But yeah there is my story, take it as a grain of salt.</p>
<p>its too long for me to post here, and its someone’s opinions so i rather not, but if you are looking for a quick laugh through the well written experience of another, check it out. it pretty much sums up the whole ‘ucr is lower ranked and therefore must suck’ mentality.</p>
<p>comical exerpt: If you’ve been waiting for an upside to this portrait of objectivity, sorry
for making you wait so long to tell you this: there is none. Seriously,
none. I can’t think of one reason to go to UCR at all. The education sucks,
the professors suck, the people suck, the area sucks, and considering a
Berkeley education costs the same amount, it’s a poor value. (Quick tidbit:
a Berkeley business grad’s starting salary is about $48,000; a UCR business
grad’s is $33,000.) All you’re left with in the end is several thousands in
student debt, and with the second-rate job you’ll probably end up with (due
to your shameful degree) it will probably take you years to pay it back. If
you didn’t get into one of the top 4 UCs (Berkeley, LA, San Diego, or Davis)
I advise attending a community college and transferring in. Two enormous
benefits exist for going to a CC: you save about $20,000 over two years, and
your likelihood of transferring into a REAL UC is greatly increased, because
CC transfers have much higher priority than inter-UC transfers. There’s no
need to stain your resume for life with a marking like “RIVERSIDE” just so
you can tell your quickly-forgotten high school peers that you got into some
college. </p>
<p>i’d like to hear some of your criticisms of his rather lengthy post if you care enough. thanks</p>