<p>Nahh it wouldn’t be weird to pass up Berk for SD…many people that choose LA also get into Cal, and I would imagine there are people in SD that rejected Cal. That decision is probably based on the campuses. UCSD is known for bio science, but that doesn’t mean it surpasses LA in terms of undergrad. I’ve been reassured that it’s really about what you do that will get you the best education out of any UC, and it is also up to you to take advantage of the opportunities that are available, regardless of how many.</p>
<p>^ I’d also like to point out that Biological Sciences != Med School. UCLA’s med school is superior to that of UCSD’s (research: 11 vs. 15, primary care: 10 vs 26) and Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is the third best in the nation. </p>
<p>If you’re literally intending to major in Biological Sciences, UCSD may suit you better but if you’re going pre-Med this may not be true.</p>
<p>@BayBoi, where is your info coming from for biochemistry stats? You’re speaking in unsubstantiated opinion - which is fine, but on a forum like this we try to provide objective information that helps people make real decision, not a bunch of amateur fanboyism.</p>
<p>As far as being in a nicer area, they’re different and it depends on what you like. The beach in La Jolla is amazing, but the immediate area doesn’t offer that much since it is… well, La Jolla. LA’s got everything you could ever want, and the beach is a quick 20 minute bus ride away.</p>
<p>what are your opinions about berkeley? thats an option too… compare with ucla?</p>
<p>Again, it depends on your route. If you’re planning to major in one of the sciences, go to Berkeley. If you want to go pre-med, you should go to UCLA. We have the greatest pre-med population amongst the UCs. Berkeley doesn’t even have a med school on campus.</p>
<p>Dueces,</p>
<p>Here are your stats:</p>
<p>[Biochemistry</a> / Biophysics / Structural Biology - Biological Sciences - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-biological-sciences-programs/biophysics]Biochemistry”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-biological-sciences-programs/biophysics)</p>
<p>1 Harvard University
Boston, MA
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
3 Stanford University
Stanford, CA
4 California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
University of California–San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Yale University
New Haven, CT
7 University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
8 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
9 Rockefeller University
New York, NY
10 Duke University
Durham, NC
University of California–San Diego
La Jolla, CA
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center–Dallas
Dallas, TX
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO</p>
<p>Hi… I recently received a letter from UCSD offering me their Chancellor’s scholarship. Prior to this, I received UCLA’s Regents scholarship. Can someone give me an advice on which would be better for me?</p>
<p>Regents is the most prestigious scholarship, so if you were not awarded SD Regents, I would go with LA for its priority registration perk. (unless of course you are in need of finaid, in which case the Chancellor’s scholarship offers more, but I ultimately have to pay more to attend SD than LA)</p>
<p>I actually did my research before posting here, and it seems the Chancellor Scholarship also gives priority enrollment. Just when I decided to attend UCLA, this pops up alongside UCB acceptance. </p>
<p>Chancellor’s Scholarship benefits</p>
<pre><code>*Priority enrollment appointments
You’ll enroll in your initial Fall Quarter courses at freshman orientation. But after that, Chancellor’s Scholars have priority enrollment appointment times beginning the first Winter Quarter and continuing each quarter through 4 years of attendance at UCSD.
o View your enrollment appointment time each upcoming quarter by checking the announcements on TritonLink’s home page.
o UCSD announces enrollment appointment dates and times for the next quarter on Monday of Week 5 of the current quarter.
o If you don’t receive an enrollment time on the first day of priority enrollment, contact the Scholarship Office, (858) 534-3263.
*Extended housing benefits for 4 years
Chancellor’s Scholars who annually meet all housing application, contract, and payment deadlines are guaranteed campus housing for 12 consecutive academic year quarters (compared to 6 consecutive academic year quarters for non-Chancellor’s students).
o If you move off campus for any length of time (other than breaks, summer, or the UCSD exchange program), you’ll void this housing guarantee.
o Contact the Housing Department, (858) 534-1114, if you have questions about extended housing benefits.
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Study abroad programThe Programs Abroad Office provides an assigned advisor who personally guides Chancellor’s Scholars toward optimal study-abroad options.
o Your advisor helps ensure you’re eligible and have choices among the best study-abroad options offered by UCSD.
o Your advisor provides information about financial aid and scholarships for study-abroad programs. -
Chancellor's Scholars ProgramAs a Chancellor’s Scholar, you’ll be expected to participate in a leadership development program that includes faculty and peer mentoring, developing leadership and professional skills, and social and community service activities with other Scholars.
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Faculty Mentor ProgramAs upper-division students, Chancellor’s Scholars have an opportunity to become better prepared for graduate and professional school through the Faculty Mentor Program. The program offers valuable research experience, assistance with a research proposal and paper, and graduate school and fellowship information.
o You’ll work as a research assistant for UCSD faculty members at least 10 hours per week during Winter and Spring Quarters.
o A faculty mentor assigns and supervises your research projects, which align with your research interests.
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<p>Omg! I am so glad you told me this…that was the #1 reason why I was not considering UCSD xD (besides the finaid difference)</p>
<p>So how do you think you will choose now? I was already stuck between LA and Davis before…now it may be UCSD too D:</p>
<p>I have no idea! That’s why I’m so lost. I mean, all three schools are great so I can’t go wrong with any one of them, but my parents, siblings, and brain want me to go to UCB, but my heart tells me to go to UCLA or UCSD. I wish I never saw that scholarship. Then my choices would be narrowed down to two. =[ Did you also receive the Chancellor scholarship by any chance?</p>
<p>Haha yes I did! Chancellor’s from SD and Regents from LA and Davis (which I assume you did too if you applied). I think I am just as stuck as you are, and even more so now that UCSD is an option! >< If your heart tells you to go to LA or SD, go to LA or SD! You want to be happy where you end up…unless your major is top-notch at Cal, you’re not making a heavy sacrifice 
My parents would like me to go to UCD for the sake of distance (I also got into Cal, but don’t want to make my decision more complicated), but I really just don’t know how to choose between the 3 schools. D:</p>
<p>The thing is, I don’t really know what my major is. I want to be a nurse, but I’m really lacking in the science department. I just can’t seem to understand it. If nursing doesn’t work out, I’m planning to go in to business, and UCB has a top notch business school. That’s why I’m in a dilemma. High school was so much easier!</p>
<p>Oh, and congratulations on your Regents and Chancellor!</p>
<p>Nursing? I heard that the UCs don’t have a nursing program, or at least that it was a specialty of the CSU’s. But I’m not sure. I heard UCLA doesn’t have a particularly defined business reputation though (no business major). I will be a life science major and pre-health student, so it’s hard to differentiate between the UCs ><</p>
<p>Congratulations to you too! I must say it is a relief to find someone in the same (stuck) boat xD</p>
<p>UCLA has a nursing program; all of the students in the program usually get all the classes they want and they have their own lounge and etc. etc. -_- So many benefits, makes me wish I was nursing sometimes… everybody in nursing is SO nice, though, at least the students that I know.</p>
<p>Does UCLA really?? I had no idea…haha wow, how does one get into the nursing program?</p>
<p>Yeah, I found out that UCLA has a nursing program, that’s why I’m really interested in going there. However, I didn’t really decide to try out this major until recently, so I didn’t declare it as so. So, if I want to go to UCLA, rather than going straight into their program, I’d have to take a few courses and then try to transfer in. </p>
<p>The problem with this is that I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle it since science is my weakest subject. I mean, I do well in class and all of that, but when it comes to actually knowing, understanding, and filing it away for future reference, science is definitely the one subject area I can’t handle. I can handle math, English, and history, but not science. </p>
<p>So, if I go to UCB, I’d head straight for trying to get in to Haas Business School which is something I can’t picture myself being happy with as of now while knowing that the option of nursing is still out there. If I go to UCLA and fail in their nursing program, I don’t have the business program there to back me up. Those are the only two majors I’m really considering right now, also.</p>
<p>By the way, I’m not going into nursing simply for the money. Ever since I decided I want to do nursing, I’ve been doing a bit of research and has learned a lot of the downsides about nursing (mostly the dirty work), but that doesn’t really bother me. I’m mainly trying it out because 1) I want to major in something other than business, which is what my two sisters are planning to do at UC Berkeley; 2) I’ve been really inspired by many of the nurses I’ve encountered; 3) my cousin and aunt are majoring in nursing and though they seem stressed, it seems they’re enjoying their work; and 4) I really like the idea of helping people in a hands-on kind of way.</p>
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That is untrue. Anderson is #14 in the nation and the second best business school in the UC system. What you mean is that UCLA is notorious for not offering an undergraduate Business major. UCLA has a defined business reputation, much more respected than our cross town neighbors at Marshall even.</p>
<p>@ TearxDrops
I don’t understand your logic.</p>
<p>UCLA: I want to be a nurse; but I won’t have business to back me up
Berkeley: I want to major in business; but there’ll be nothing to back me up</p>
<p>It seems like you’re taking a chance by trying to get into Haas or the UCLA Nursing program. You have no fallback for either universities.</p>
<p>^Well, business or nursing are my main choices right now. If neither works out, I was planning to major in literature or in history, which would thus prompt me to go on to law school. But reality is, I don’t know what major I want to be in, so I’m at a lost.</p>
<p>Is there really that big of a difference which school we received our degree from?</p>
<p>Sentiment - Sorry I’m just repeating information that I hear…“heard”…and at times I will be misinformed…such as about UCLA’s nursing and business, so thank you for correctly informing me. xD</p>