UCLA or UCSD?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>I am currently a UCSD 2nd year student and I got accepted to UCLA for fall 2009. My major is Biochem and cell biology and got accepted into biochem major in UCLA. After my two years in UCSD, I really dislike the environment here. It's far from home and there's no social life here. I like UCLA because I got more friends there and it's closer home. However, I talked to one of my friends in UCLA and she suggested me to stay in UCSD since I am planning to go to grad school. She said that it is very competitive in UCLA for biochem major and I am going to get a lower GPA if I go to UCLA. I agree that the classes in UCLA is going to be harder but after I talked to my friend, I realized that the classes in UCLA are really hard! Much harder than the classes in UCSD! Should I stay in UCSD or should I go to UCLA??</p>

<p>PS The only thing I don't like about UCSD is their environment.. and that's about it.. The classes there are really chill and easy...</p>

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<p>How would you <em>or</em> your friend know how hard the <em>grading</em> is (that’s what you imply when you say “harder”).</p>

<p>You will have to have taken similar classes at both schools to know if that is true, and I HIGHLY doubt that UCSD is easier in grading than UCLA. Isn’t UCSD very strong in all things BIO? Would that not include biochem? Isn’t the UCSD biochem faculty higher peer-ranked than UCLA’s?</p>

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<p>I’ve heard crazy stuff about UCLA biochem, you have to take physical chem and all that sh1t and I heard it is very difficult, maybe the hardest major at UCLA.</p>