<p>Okay so I didn't get accepted to Berkeley =(. Down to these three: UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz, and UC San Diego. Got accepted to all three as a junior transfer into the computer science and engineering major. Where should I go and why? Social life makes no difference to me; I will be able to get along with people/make friends anywhere I go.</p>
<p>You won’t have a social life with CS major. It’s a given. UCSD ranks higher than the other 2 UCs but I’ve looked at UCI course catalog and it seems excellent.</p>
<p>I’ve been taking 18-20 units a semester; did both differential equations and linear algebra in a summer quarter and still have had a social life the entire time. What you just said is entirely not true unless it takes you all of your free time to learn new things…</p>
<p>CS is very time consuming. It’s not just a math class. I try to limit myself to one CS per quarter. I want to do well.</p>
<p>Honestly, I’ve looked at my upper div requirements and it just doesn’t seem like that difficult of a major to me… Which is why I plan on majoring in math as well, forgot to say that in original post sorry. Anyways I just wanted to know which would be the best programs. Thank you for your input.</p>
<p>OP, if you are asking for the schools with the reputation/prestige in CS, it would go UCSD > UCI > UCSC. Overall academic reputation would be the same. All three schools are strong in CS, though.</p>
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Are you insane? This is just plain wrong. At first I thought you were joking… </p>
<p>Obviously CS is a challenging major/subject, but the difficulty level depends on the individual. Some may struggle, want good grades, and therefore sacrifice their social life. Others may not study much, have a great social, but still have decent grades because they can quickly absorb material. Others may have a good social life and a good amount of free time because they can manage their time well, are efficient at studying, etc. and so on and so on… you get the point. </p>
<p>“Social life” is way too variable and individual for you to make rash statement like “CS major = no social life, guaranteed.”</p>
<p>If you dont care about social life</p>
<p>UCSD>UCI>UCSC </p>
<p>UCSD and UCI are both good.
UCSC is not known for engineering/CS.</p>
<p>Not joking. Engineering/CS are very time consuming and I plan to have very high GPA so I can apply to graduate school. My sister’s best friend graduate from engineering school in 5-year because it’s hard, had to repeat a couple courses. 2 of her friends got rescinded from Trustee scholarships because their GPA falls below 3.0. One got GPA so low that he was not qualify for the BS/MD program( which is incredibly hard to be accepted into any college freshman year). None of these students were the kind that partying a lot either.
It’s true that it depends on the person but I won’t know that until I finish the first year.</p>
<p>Sumbitted my SIR to UCSD. Looks like, on average, it’s a little bit warmer down in La Jolla than Irvine and Santa Cruz seems to get a lot more rain than the other two.</p>
<p>OMG are you me?! I got accepted to UCSD, UCSC, and UCI as well and just got rejected from UCB yesterday. I am also a computer science major</p>
<p>LOL. I got rejected from UCB yesterday as well (obviously, otherwise I would not make this thread). Well, are you going to attend UCSD?</p>
<p>I am thinking about it, friend. It is my top choice right now. Would you be interested in staying off campus? :)</p>
<p>I think I will be staying on campus… Seems like it will be more convenient.</p>
<p>Just curious, what did you both decide to do? UCI vs. UCSD? I have a friend who is also making that decision…</p>