<p>I was on myUCR today and a new item popped was on the to-do list. It was notification to complete the SIR. Over on GROWL I had the option of selecting or declining the SIR.</p>
<p>I screencap'd it too. I'm actually excited, it feels good to be accepted somewhere! I'm definitely waiting on LA/Cal though.</p>
<p>here's the link:
<a href="http://i39.tinypic.com/24cw0t1.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://i39.tinypic.com/24cw0t1.jpg</a></p>
<p>That's interesting. </p>
<p>It says you can accept or decline the "offer of admission" which sounds like an "offer of admission" IMHO (excuse the redundancy). Hopefully someone who has been admitted to UCR previously can shed some light on this. </p>
<p>Congrats and good look on your other schools!</p>
<p>OMG, I DIDNT GET ANYTHING FROM UCR!!! I MUST HAVE BEEN REJECTED!!!! OMG!!!</p>
<p>oh wait, i never applied.</p>
<p>i'm curious as to how many CCers applied to Riverside. i'm thinking 2 or 3, tops. apparently, chibi isn't one of them. thanks for letting us know, chibi.</p>
<p>Hey I'd go to Riverside over Irvine. Irvine seems like a load of crap.</p>
<p>please elaborate how UCI is a load of crap compared to UCR</p>
<p>you're kidding, right cooldude?</p>
<p>I'm planning on choosing UCR over UCLA and UCSD. </p>
<p>I have family, friends and professors that have gone there and have only good things to say about it. Many of them extremely successful as well. </p>
<p>The program there is exactly what I want it to be, I have sat in on classes there before and can see no reason why I shouldn't be happy with the quality of professors or facilities.</p>
<p>Oh and btw....</p>
<p>My second choice after UCR and above UCSD, UCLA or any other UC would be UCM.</p>
<p>what's your major / stats, posc?</p>
<p>if you plan on furthering your education past undergrad, you've got a better shot at top schools with a more prestigious undergraduate alma mater.
i'd imagine that if you were accepted to UCLA, SD and riverside, and chose riverside, you could well be the only person EVER to do it.
seriously, though.. of all the great things you've heard about riverside (can't say i've taken notice of any such hype), aren't there infinitely more and greater things to be said about LA/SD? i mean.. there are.. i guess my question would be to ask why you'd ignore them?</p>
<p>Posc-
Name: Joe
Applying to: (in order of preference)UCLA, UCB, UCSB, and UCR as backup
From: Palomar
Major: Geography for all except UCR which would be geology
GPA: 3.65(at the end of fall at least >_<)
Interests: adventure sports, computers, obscure movies.</p>
<p>Go wherever you feel best suites you. </p>
<p>And no, in many cases (I will speak of law school, PhDs and terminal masters in the humanities since these are the areas I've researched and am interested in) your undergrad institution has NO BEARING AT ALL on your acceptance at good programs.</p>
<p>Do well GPA-wise and rock the LSATs, or get some superb research, awesome recommendations and good GMATs, and you can get into a superb law school or grad program.</p>
<p>Harvard Law would prefer a UCR 3.9 and 173 LSAT to a Princeton 3.8 and 169 LSAT.</p>
<p>Look at acceptances to HLS...San Jose State, SFSU, etc. CSUs that are basically unranked.</p>
<p>nick, 4 points, when you're talking about scores that high on the LSAT, are miles apart. </p>
<p>for people with average extra curriculars / work experience and about the same GPAs (let's say 3.8's), the prestige of your school - and this is according to department heads and professors i've spoken with - can give you a huge boost. </p>
<p>LSATS aside, you're kidding yourself if you think a 3.9 from riverside looks on par with, let alone better than a >3.7 from princeton.</p>
<p>Law schools do not care where you went for undergrad. They look at your GPA, LSAT, some EC's and major. A 3.9 at Riverside with 172LSAT is better than a 3.7 at Princeton with a 171 LSAT.</p>
<p>Brand name schools make the world go round, no? UCR isn't a bad school and who cares if it's not prestigious. Just do well and you'll be fine. I hate to sound cliched, but it's what you make of it.</p>
<p>Wow Pinkerfloyd way to show your giant ego, you didnt apply to Riverside we get it, but to say that only 2 or 3 people tops applied to UCR is just plain rude. All the UCs are fine schools, so dont go acting like your better then any of us just because you applied to only LA and Berkeley. Also get a life Chibi.</p>
<p>You are very misinformed Pinkerfloyd. </p>
<p>The hyperbole in my post was merely used for illustrative purposes. The point I was trying to make is that law schools don't care where you went to undergraduate school. </p>
<p>UCR is a fine school. Ranked in the Top 100. </p>
<p>And in regards to your false allegations, I would actually contend that a higher GPA at a state school (such as UCR) is more impressive than one at HYPS, which are infamous for grade inflation.</p>
<p>spker, you are funny. i dont know if i can speak on pinker's behalf, but i'm just joking around. most people when they see threads like this, they begin to panic.</p>
<p>and i dont have a life because i didnt apply to ucr? you do realize, no one needs to really apply there because they accept anyone who is rejected from other UC's and have at least a 3.0+. why waste another $60? </p>
<p>and i never said anything about UCR being horrible. i was just noting that i didn't apply there. jeez, i guess only pinker got that. </p>
<p>as for this discussion about prestige - prestige doesnt matter when it comes to grad. the LSAT is the one defining factor that weighs whether or not you are more qualified. if i can get a 3.9 GPA at princeton but an extremely low LSAT score, how does that make me more qualified from a person with a 4.0 at UCR and with an extremely high LSAT score? LSAT score is the universal measure because everyone takes the same test. </p>
<p>and if there is a conflict where two people from different schools have the same exact scores, prestige wouldn't be on the top of the list to choose which one gets in.</p>
<p>oh and posc, that is a totally legit reason to choose UCR over UCLA and CAL. Yes, you might be the small minority of people to do that but if you feel more comfortable at UCR, go for it.</p>
<p>I checked MYUCR account and found the same "acceptance" offer. They must be desperate to have people go there if they're doing this. I told my mom that I "got in", and her reaction was a shrug and a bored expression. HAHA. Asian parents don't give a damn about UCR. it's all about cal and la, baby!</p>
<p>spker, don't be so defensive, man. look back at past threads in which people have listed stats. RARELY is one below 3.5. Riverside is widely regarded as the bottom bracket UC, along with merced, i guess.. my assertion that the majority of CCers, being so competitive, wouldn't have bothered to apply to the bottom tier UCs shouldn't be taken offensively by anyone who did. nor do i think it says anything of my ego, healthy though it is. </p>
<p>perhaps i could appeal to you for an answer to the question i asked (sincerely) in post #9.</p>
<p>Nick, in my response, i did say 'LSATs aside'. of course it's no secret that when applying to law schools, LSATs count for as much, and sometimes, depending on the school, more than does GPA.
you can say i'm misinformed, but that doesn't make it so. i trust my sources and feel justified in suggesting that if given the option, someone were to choose Riverside OVER UCLA, and has plans to pursue a graduate degree, he might want to be absolutely sure of his undergraduate decision. and having come to that decision, i'm legitimately curious about the process that led him there.</p>
<p>"I would actually contend that a higher GPA at a state school (such as UCR) is more impressive than one at HYPS..."
- i still think you're trippin, but let's just agree to disagree. </p>
<p>chibi, law school isn't the only post graduate path, and your figures and your vague terminology far exaggerate the circumstances being discussed. </p>
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<li>for the record, i never said explicitly that UCR is a crap school. think of it like a natty ice compared to a bud light be offered for the same price at a bar. you've already gotten in the door, and you've gotta drink something, right? both beers are made by the same good ol' american company, that anyone should be proud to endorse.. but one of them tastes way better.
that said, i'll challenge anyone to explain to me how they've come to prefer the natty ice to the bud light.</li>
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