<p>Oh ya. They got amazing professors there! I listen to NPR, so it is amazing to hear these guys from Berkeley talking.</p>
<p>Not to mention that a few of the professors are in the presidents council of economic advisors.</p>
<p>Ya Berkeley is the place to be for econ right now, that and Columbia.</p>
<p>if you want to make the most of your college years goto ucsb. if you want a college degree that is slightly better then goto ucsd, although ucsd isn’t that much better than ucsb. for public colleges ucsd is ranked 7th and ucsb 11th.</p>
<p>I am planning to go to ucsb also(instead of uci ucsd)</p>
<p>but still not sure since i am an asian male and fob ㅡ,.ㅡ</p>
<p>need opinion too!!</p>
<p>i have the exact same situation as the op, choosing ucsb over ucsd.</p>
<p>i want to do mathematical finance and ucsd has a class where ucsb has a whole major based on it, there was someone there who had been accepted to princeton for grad school as well.</p>
<p>I saw a lot of Asians at UCSB. But there were a lot more Caucasians. </p>
<p>I just need to graduate and keep my costs down.</p>
<p>Princeton is good for finance that is why! I saw on Stanford’s website that a UCSB student got in too. </p>
<p>I noticed that UCSB had a lot of seminars a while back, but not any in a while (found on website). I wonder if that is a bad indicator.</p>
<p>And if you want to be an actuary, UCSB pretty much provides you everything you could ever dream of. I never really thought about actuarial science, but if it is a zero-unemployment field, interesting, and pays good, why not?-at least initially! </p>
<p>It was rated as #1 job in America or something.</p>
<p>Heck if you wanted to do financial engineering, their finance program with a lot of math could help a lot. You would be at an advantage.</p>
<p>@show
Do you have a link to the finance programs or at least a course catalog?</p>
<p>* back to the ‘don’t HAVE to party’ comments…idk if any of you have stayed in IV…it’s loud as **** till 3 in the ****ing morning, and then the freebirds crown gets in. just saying. maybe away from IV or DP you’ll be alright. *</p>
<p>I’m a UCSB alum and I lived in Isla Vista… 6550 block of Picasso. A lot of the complaints about about noise are overstated. Yes, DP will be loud on the weekends and you always have the possibility of errant noise, but I had no problem getting sleep and studying at my apartment. Although the UCSB library gets a lot of praise, I always preferred to study at my apartment, and I never had any problems doing so (and yes, that included occasional Friday and Saturday nights). If all that doesn’t satisfy you, many apartments (especially those on the 6600 blocks and beyond) have quiet hours built into their leases.</p>
<p>To me, the great thing about UCSB is the fact that it’s strong academically, ranked well among the UC system, yet also manages to provide an unbeatable social atmosphere.</p>
<p>Nice to hear that RC. I just signed a lease on the 66 block of Picasso. </p>
<p>As for all the Asian comments, UCSB is now 18% Asian. I’m going to say that will keep going up in the coming years.</p>
<p>@rc251, is it hard to get a job? That is my main concern. I don’t want to be unemployed with debt. Do people get hired if they have a good gpa, good major, etc?</p>
<p>@RideFixed, </p>
<p>I am sure it will be 50% Asian in 2020 LOL.</p>
<p>hmmmmmmmmmm</p>
<p>GO UCSB!!.. I will be the one who makes that percentage go up. gotta make alot of babies when i am up there…</p>
<p>last year when i was transferring i had a choice between ucsb and ucsd. im at ucsb and couldn’t be happier. if you’re worried about getting sucked into the party scene dont, as long as you keep your head on straight youll be set, as for academics everyone here, or my friends at least are very smart. im a bus econ major btw. and our accounting program is great gets you great for the CPA if you plan on taking that
overall
UCSB>UCSD</p>
<p>and you will learn that the school rankings are based on the schools research done by the professors so ranks in a way are not relevant. look ucsb has an all around great college experience. great academics, good social life, did i mention the weather and the beach and the amazingly nice people. </p>
<p>and no one correct my grammar/spelling mistakes its 3 am,</p>
<p>actually go to ucsd. i need my classes</p>
<p>I am not familiar with SB. Are there any jobs available in the area after graduation?</p>
<p>I’m a current freshman at UCSB. Declaring your major during the application process makes it easier for you to get your major classes. If you’re worried about wasting time on GE, you’re going to have to complete them in order to graduate no matter where you go… it sucks =_= However, if you’re worried that econ/business isn’t right for you and want to take a major class to decide that, i know UCSB lets you take micro-econ first quarter, and same goes for UCSD.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about UCSD, however hearing from my friend, who goes there says she likes it there because of the clubs. Clubs at UCSB are practicall nonexistant vs UCSD’s where you see students advocating. She’s just taking GE classes and that means she can concentrate more on her major classes later of her stay at school.</p>
<p>According to my career counselor, lots of companies like UCSB grads because of their personality. They’re smart, and also very very outgoing (which is a plus). If you’re good at what you’re doing, you’ll definitely get hired. Doesn’t matter where you graduate as long as you have a degree, internship and/or volunteer experience that relates to your major.</p>
<p>GPA matters if you want to go to grad school, but there are other factors~</p>
<p>remember ~ the people make the school the way it is, the good and the bad, not the school itself~</p>
<p>hope this helps ^^</p>