i’m very confused about college right now. I have a biochem major and i got accepted to ucsd and ucd. I really want to go to ucsd, but I got into REvelle which is extremely discouraging to me. Also, my dad was talkin to me and said that Davis had a large amount of people who got into the grad school of their choice whilst…i know a girl from ucsd who got rejected…my goodness what to do. UCSD is far away…good for bio
UCD is close…but their undergrads have good acceptance ratings?
what should i do…
<p>UCSD is a very good school, but tougher academically and probably harder to get good grades maybe that's why...</p>
<p>Are you planning to go to med school?</p>
<p>Im gonna go to ucsd at Revelle for Bio. Don't worry yeah it will be tough but check out the campus. Research etc. UCSD and especially Revelle is all about working hard. Revelle is just known for a person taking many GEs</p>
<p>SD. no contest.</p>
<p>I have heard that UCD does have great acceptance ratings with its grads, it's reputation is getting better all the time. At the same time i've been hearing really bad stuff about UCSD in the last few weeks, mainly about the social life.</p>
<p>yeah but academically UCSD is really good as long as u study</p>
<p>i'm pretty sure i'm goin to go to UCSD just because its a new experience and the rating is so high. haha but revelle still scares me!
as for the social life, i heard it is not exactly living the college life</p>
<p>All this talk about acedemics...please don't choose a school because of acedemics if the schools aren't that far apart acedmically! UCD graduates the highest number of Bio Sci majors in the country. College is a 4 year journey, its more than just acedemics, it's the things outside of the classroom that you remember 20 years from now. College is the best time of your LIFE! So when looking at colleges, please don't just look at acedemics, look at the bigger picture! In my biased opionion...this is my take on "UCD vs UCSD"</p>
<p><em>I transferred most of this from an old post</em>
Anyways, UC Davis prides itself in having a very strong student life. If you want to go to college for the sole purpose of grades and a degree, go to UCI or UCSD and study to your hearts content. But if you want to enjoy college life, toss the Frisbee on the lawn, cheer on the newly DI Aggie sports teams, or party it up on Russell Avenue (Frat row, where MTV filmed the show "Sorority Life"), WHILE still having an academic atmosphere of one the top schools in the nation...GO TO UCD. Go visit UCI on any weekend, the school is really a commuter school, it is deserted, everyone goes home. If you're a hardcore partier go to UCSB, where you can party till you drop. But the most well rounded UC in the system with the greatest student life is Davis.
WHY STUDENT LIFE AT DAVIS IS THE BEST
- DI sports with potential to grow. THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING TIME TO BE AT DAVIS as we're just going DI in sports. Everyone at UCD loves UCD, there is Aggie Pride everywhere, you just haven't heard of it because Davis hasn't had the chance to be big time. Next year we play Stanford in football and they are coming to Davis to play us in basketball. We're building a new football stadium, by the time an enrolling freshman is a senior, Davis athletics should be all over ESPN and the student crowds will easily rival Cal and LA.
- People at Davis are really friendly and really cool. The guys always open the doors for girls. If get in a bike accident, everyone stops and asks if your all right. Its a friendliness not seen at other campuses, its Aggie Pride.
- Intramural Sports in Davis are huge and open for all skill levels. 16,000 students do IMs every year; from Dodgeball to Flag Football...the IMs are incredibly fun.
- Come on, what's more college esque than thousands of people biking to class everyday
- I could go on but this post is long enough...feel free to check my previous posts and other threads...a lot has been said by fellow Aggies on this topic
In the end, Davis is the last true college town left in California, it has that feel to it, and it has the vibe to it. It's an amazing school with amazing people...GO AGS!</p>
<p>And Check out these old posts about UCD vs UCSD
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=508%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=508</a></p>
<p>I love UCD because it is so laid back and chill BUT you may want to attend SD because:</p>
<p>it is amazing at bio (more than Davis)
and its research oppurtunities are more plentiful than Davis's.</p>
<p>i know a good amount of people who picked UCD over UCSD.</p>
<p>Ofcourse i asked them why...and they say
"the campus is soo dead...i didn't like it"</p>
<p>Just pay the SD and D campuses a visit and decide.</p>