@bugajskj Since when is disagreeing with someone bad? Do we all have to agree with everyone? No. Look at the content I’m disagreeing with. The humble part wasn’t directed at you, but to everyone in general so I’m not sure what the issue you’re having is.
San Diego is definitely not the desert lol. I live near Riverside and that’s basically the start of the desert.
@bugajskj Oh man, heck no, I’m not ready… the next 4-5 months are going to be miserable. I do agree, VVC helped a lot with getting me here. Everyone I know talks smack about VVC but it totally pulled through for so many of us: my best friend is transferring to CPP in aerospace, my boyfriend & his brother graduated from CPP, some of our classmates went to business at CSUF, others got into UCLA. I’m just gunning for SD right now, especially so I don’t have to deal with the 20-40 degree winters and 100+ degree summers, lol.
@LynAmmo cow land! Damn I do not envy you. My cousins grew up in Perris and told me about it, haha.
@itskelvinn you’re 15 minutes from la jolla and think UCSD is in a desert? you’re obviously not 15 minutes from la jolla then if that’s what you think la jolla/san diego is like. how do you even get that impression? the only sand here is from the beach. everything else is green chaparral hills. almost every day ucsd/la jolla is literally inside of a cloud due to the marine layer and general fog. then by noon it’s all sunny again.
@frkfr93 Understood.
@LynAmmo I don’t have an issue, things are misread I guess. I just don’t mind people voicing their opinions as long as they don’t insult others. The guy sounds assholeish with his GPA theory but it’s our job to enlighten him.
@thinkweism I hear the smacktalk for VVC, people act like they have something nicer up here in he desert lol. The math department is pretty awesome here. I went from an avg of 70 degrees to this though. I never though heat would actually hurt…but man when I get into the car and grab on the steering wheel I feel like I’m in hell lol. Are you currently going there? What classes?
These heightened tensions are undoubtedly from the stressful waiting period of uncertainty we’re all in. The closer we get, the worse it gets. I suggest temporarily remedying it with some herbal tea (I’m currently making chamomile)~
Sigh people can’t even have a valid argument here anymore. Again I’m spilling the truth on how UCs select students and why GPA is more important than anything else to these UCs. Also I’m not saying that UCs should be more selective. I’m saying that they shouldn’t lower their selectivity for more tuition revenue… Sometimes truth hurts but calling me ignorant or personally insulting me isn’t gonna change it. I never said it’s right to select students based on GPA primarily but that’s how UCs operate. I’m sure your cousins or friends with lower GPAs are amazing people but telling them that they can get in with those GPAs is unrealistic. Again take a look for yourself on what the UCs want as of today… http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/files/transfer-admission-matrix.pdf
I know that GPA isn’t that important for job searching (actually it is pretty important for people who don’t have job experiences as that’ll be the only factor for the employers to consider) in general. All I was saying is that telling people that they can get in top UCs with a lower gpa is unrealistic.
He maybe 15 mins from La Jolla. By plane. Just kidding haha. TSeriously tho, you guys just need to come down to UCSD and take a look for yourself. I’m pretty sure the that UCSD has the best location in all UCs (UCSB maybe close but they don’t have any major cities nearby).
@frkfr93 I think we can all assume that UC Irvine, being a top tier university, is aiming to be better and better every year. Through building new buildings, instituting new programs, soliciting donation money and all sorts of different actions.
If UC Irvine’s admissions office and administration feels as admitting students who might not have fabulous GPA’s will help it continue to be and improve it’s image as a top tier university then I’d suggest giving them the benefit of the doubt. They’re a university that has been in existence longer than most of us has been alive and have done quite well as an institution. I don’t think that UC Irvine’s admissions team has necessarily lowered their admissions standards (a claim coming from your anecdotal knowledge coming from a forum on the internet that is not representative of much more than a select group of people) by admitting these people. They might have simply altered their criteria after observing their data. Maybe they discovered that lower GPA admits donate $ significantly more after they graduate then regular admits. Maybe they found that even if a person is a lower GPA admit they tend to do just as well after transferring as regular transfer students and so deemphasized the role of GPA in their admissions decisions. Either way nobody can say that UC Irvine has been “slacking” until the actual data for this year has come out.
If UCSD chooses to go the same route and admit less then stellar applicants for one reason or the other I’d say the the same consideration is worthy. They could have analyzed the data and found it beneficial for them to change their admissions criteria. That said, I doubt UCSD will follow the same route since they haven’t given any indication that they’re shifting from their mainly stats based criteria.
@frkfr93 I don’t understand why they should not lower their selectivity for revenue. I don’t know if you have come to terms with this but universities are businesses. I would suggest you read “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits” by Friedman. A universities purpose is not to get you a job, it’s to educate you and make money, don’t forget that in the midst of college propaganda.
UCSD is not a for profit. I don’t think they will lower their standards much just to get more revenue. Actually a strong academic reputation is more profitable than anything for the UCs as they are public schools. Better reputation means better research grant from the government and what not. You need to realize that UCSD is indeed not a business. Most top schools aren’t. Schools like Harvard will not lower their selectivity for revenue at all. Same argument can be applied to UCSD.
@bugajskj I don’t see where I insulted anyone, I never even directed it towards you I was just saying none of us are admission experts and we need to act as such. Clearly this topic is stepping on toes, so a subject change is in order! ;
What other schools are you guys waiting for?
Everyone is so anxious on this thread lol so am I but we gotta relax yall, it’s 4/20. let’s get high
@frkfr93 A nonprofit is still a business.
And the calculations might show that in the short term accepting more tuition money might be worth any cost that might be paid. The UC’s are in a funding crisis and with their out of state and international proportion levels are being suggested to be capped at 20% or so they need to find a way to make up that $ lost. Lowering standards for a few years might be cost a UC is willing to pay while they try to figure out alternate revenue sources. (Try to get more alumni to donate and donate more, find more corporate sponsers, give away more naming rights, ect.)
Most top schools have the $ to not act like cuthroat businesses. Schools like Harvard don’t need to lower their selectivity since they’re flush with billions in endowments and rich alumni that will pay millions of dollars after a simple phone call. UCSD is not in the same class as Harvard or any of the top privates, none of the UC’s are in that sense. UCSD might be doing better at not acting like a traditional corporate business like many of the no name law schools or the small LAC’s that have been acting in the past decade or so. That said, they still have problems and they’re not above simply accepting more students to get some of that sweet, sweet tuition money.
Look I apologize if I’ve offended anyone but still I feel like my statements were valid. Anyway I do hope you all can get in. Best of luck peeps. If you get in do consider coming here for the Transfer Triton Day. It’s a lotta fun. And you can tour the beaches around to find your favorite one. Mine is Torrey Pines State Reserve beach.
@bmora101 AYEEEE B-)
@lynammo. At this point UCSD, UCLA and Cal. I don’t have much hope for LA since I have quite a few of the pre-reqs missing. To a large extent it’s Berkeley or bust for me. Though I have a good feeling about UCSD.
I’m just waiting on SD! :(( but I’ll be at work when they potentially release decisions so I know what I’ll be doing on my break/lunch, haha.