I was accepted into UCR’s university honors program and was waitlisted from both UCI and UCSC. I was not expecting to get in off the waitlist at either of the schools, but received an email from UCSC today offering me admission. Now I am conflicted and do not know if I should go to UCR or UCSC. I have toured UCR and I really liked the campus (not so much the city, but that’s okay). I have not visited Santa Cruz but I have seen pictures and it looks beautiful. My main question is if UCR honors is worth it and if it actually is a good program.
What areas of interest do you have? What majors were you admitted to? Are you going to go to Santa Cruz to check it out?
For ucsc I was admitted for human biology and for ucr for cell, molecular and developmental biology but if i do go to UCR I will be switching my major to biology. I plan on touring UCSC soon.
UCR now has a medical school. They have a program that guarantees acceptance to their med school with limited spots for UCR undergraduates who are interested. I’m not very familiar with this program.
Attached are a couple of reputable sources regarding rankings for biology majors:
http://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2016/list
Good luck!