It looks as if they don’t include UCLA in their list of computer science colleges.
And this, if true, is what truly separates it from Cal.
Hope this thread doesn’t turn into a cluster of back and forth subtle jabs/insults and arguments by certain users. But anyway, good news for UCLA.
@OhWhatsHerName It’s a generalization that is partly true. Especially hearing from my sisters experience at Cal
@10s4life If it is ok, could you share some things that your sister learned about socialization at Cal? And thank you so much for helping everyone here!
@BunnyBlue Sure, I’ll start from the admitted student days.
Cal Day vs Bruin Day: Bruin day had more volunteers and everything was really organized. Current students are willing to volunteer and really welcome the admitted students. Everyone is smiling etc. At Cal day, not many people were volunteering, disorganized, and current students did not offer directions/help.
Move In: Same deal, Cal was disorganized and treated all the kids like numbers. UCLA has move in assistants who made sure everything ran smoothly.
In terms of socializing and classes shes made plenty of friends but a lot of the students in class are only interested in studying by themselves or don’t really offer help instead looking out for their own interests. The kids who go there are nice just the attitude is much more oriented to each person’s future success. My experience at LA has been much more collaborative and involvement in activities that don’t necessarily put you ahead are much more common.
Just my 2 cents and what I’ve heard from her.
“UCLA once again ranked #1 Public …”
… and yet the public school with the highest outcomes and best student survey came in ranked #11.
I was only referring to the article:
“It is the second consecutive year UCLA was rated the top U.S. public university by the WSJ/THE analysis”
But okay, cool beans dude.
@10s4life From what you are saying, sounds like nothing has changed in 40 years at Cal. Based on what I’ve seen the last few years at UCLA and UCSB moving kids in, I assumed all the schools ran a more professional operation these days. Don’t get me wrong, Cal was a great experience, but from what I’ve seen based on having a child at UCLA, UCLA is much more supportive of students. Having the on-campus housing in one area at UCLA also probably makes a big difference in cohesiveness.
@youcee you mention that the university is supportive of students. What about how students treat each other? I have heard that there is a lot of academic sabotage at Cal. Not trying to bad mouth Cal (it is my alma mater) but it is what I’ve heard from current students. Wondering to what extent that happens at UCLA and UCSD as well.
@lkg4answers From what I’ve heard from our son, the students seem to work well together. That’s based on working with several different lab partners the first year and participating in the ASME club. Just one kid, one year, but I haven’t heard anything bad at all or to have the same cutthroat atmosphere that you sometimes hear about Cal. That wasn’t really my experience at Cal, but maybe it has changed. UCSD students have generally been known to work very hard - have never heard things about it being cutthroat, but don’t really know any more than you about it. The students at UC Santa Barbara seem to work very well collaboratively.
Re: cutthroat atmosphere
Perhaps, at any school, a cutthroat atmosphere may be more apparent among students who are competing for admission to something highly selective that is at least partially GPA-dependent (e.g. medical school, top-14 law school, admission to a highly competitive undergraduate major, etc.)?
@ucbalumnus That could be the case - both of mine are in engineering so they were already in their major and didn’t have to compete to get in once in college. But study groups seem to be pretty common and students helpful to one another within the engineering departments in my kid’s cases. I have not heard of anyone refusing to help another to further their own grades.