<p>which school has more upsides? will UCI ever get as selective as UCSB? will UCSB become as academic as UCI?</p>
<p>omg!! ucsb is WAY better..okay not awarming with million sof asians which means there is more to school than academics such as clubs, friends, job opportunities etc...</p>
<p>also. ucsb has many nobel prize bavccalaurettes</p>
<p>i am asian that just came to US for 5 years and i am going UCSB! Cuz only UCSB accepted me and UCSB is nice</p>
<p>way to generalize. i'm sure asians don't make friends, don't have jobs, and don't engage in clubs.</p>
<p>UCSB is a solid, mid-tier UC school. However, UCI is mid-tier, but it has really gained momentum in many ways over the past 10-15 years. UCI used to recieve less applications than UCD, it now recieves more than UCD and will soon bypass UCSB in the number of applications recieved.</p>
<p>UCI is also newer than UCSB and it has already passed it up in the rankings.</p>
<p>Yah, but UCSB is the only campus that has their own beach.</p>
<p>So that means UCSB>UCI</p>
<p>so what? UCI is 10 mins away from newport and corona del mar.</p>
<p>Unless you have a car you will hardly go. I went to a school that was 10 min from the beach and i went very few times. This was how it was a for a lot of friends. I talked to people from other schools and it was the same way when they were close to the beach. Mind you I love going to the beach and so did my firends. It is just not the same as it being walking distance on your campus.</p>
<p>I dont see the point in this thread. Kids going to UCI will say their school is better while kids going to UCSB will say their schools is better.</p>
<p>algebra949e, do research for your major and then weigh your possible choices.</p>
<p>They are both similar in rankings, academics, selctability, and prestige, so you're fine if you go to either.</p>
<p>UCI = University of Chinese Immigrants (or Under Chinese Invasion)</p>
<p>Thank god I'm going to UCSB (even though I'm asian).......</p>
<p>Any non-asians attending UCI? If so please tell me why you picked it.</p>
<p>UCSB is fun, but gets old very fast.</p>
<p>im not going to SB, however i do have a few friends who have been for two years and they say that its the most amazing party school and they dont think that it "gets old very fast."</p>
<p>honda civics suck, btw. :)</p>
<p>The new Honda Civic Si most definitely does not suck.</p>
<p>You want to play the acronym game?</p>
<p>UCSB = UC of Sex and Booze.</p>
<p>you:
like to party... go to SB
want a future that lacks HIV and you are thinking about grad school... go to Irvine</p>
<p>im_blue, i can't stand the new civis. :)</p>
<p>i guess we just have different tastes.</p>