I got acceptances to UCM, UCR & UCSC.
Which of these has a better Computer Science program? I live in the SF Bay Area and was leaning towards UCSC, but saw that it had tanked in the rankings recently and also had issues wrt housing and course availability.
Visited UCM and loved the campus, small college size, and flexibility.
I wouldn’t worry about the rankings. If you like UCM, go there.
Each school is more than capable of teaching undergrad CS so “rankings” are meaningless. And when job interviews come around they’ll be able to tell how well you’ve learned the material. Success is going to depend on how willing you’re are to spend the time (it can take hours to complete programming assignments). UCSC is slightly more accessible to Silicon Valley since it’s just over the hill but that advantage has diminished these days since a company can easily talk to someone on Zoom even if they don’t send a recruiter to campus.