UCSD VS UCD .. this is different one

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>hey guys im choosing between these two … however it’s not because of major or whatever but i heard that the classes at ucsd are a lot harder than the classes at ucd … people were saying that if i wanted a “fun” and relaxing 4 years i should go to ucd and i would be able to get through there pretty easily
however they said that ucsd has harder classes with tougher competition, and in order for me to attain the equivilent grades i would need to work a lot harder.</p>

<p>first of all is this true? are sd’s classes harder than davis’s? and if you were in my position which one would you chose and why?
thanks
Jon</p>

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<p>I don't know if the classes are harder, but it's definitely more competitive, so if you don't look forward to working very hard, go to davis. I'd go to SD because..I think I'd like the environment so much better.</p>

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<p>It does have to do with your major. What is it? Don't count on Davis being easy, you will be disappointed.</p>

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<p>major is civil engineering
i plan to work hard no slacking off
but i just am wondering which one would be easier</p>

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<p>these threads are annoying...I don't think there is such thing as an easy college..."i plan to work hard no slacking off" If you are going to work hard like you say, it doesnt matter what college you're going to, because you are going to work hard and do your best and if you suck at it then you suck at college. Sorry =(</p>

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<p>engineering is hard at UCD, go to UCSD</p>

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<p>Engineering is hard everywhere. If you want easy, you better switch majors. And college is going to be what you make it. The point of college is to recieve and education. To learn. Why don't you stop worrying about what's easier and try to compare the programs and see where you can get the most experience, internships, interesting classes....etc. Those things are so much more important than easier.</p>

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<p>Collegemom16, are you kidding? What did you base your response on? I agree with Everlasting13. ;-)</p>

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<p>Yes, I too was surprised by collegemom16's response. It is widely known that of the two, UCSD has the stronger engineering department!</p>

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<p>I wouldn't decide my college on which school would be easier....I would choose a school that I like, so go where you feel more comfortable. Personaly I would choose UCSD, they have a better engineering program and you will be living in La Jolla. How could you pass that up to be in Davis.</p>

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<p>okay well based on those things you just listed which one would is better then?</p>

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<p>Yes I was being sarcastic, and the difficulty and prestige of the UCSD program is exactly why I said that. ;) He might as well learn early on how to really work.</p>

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<p>This should help you decide: <a href="http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news_events/releases/release.sfe?id=533%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news_events/releases/release.sfe?id=533&lt;/a> versus
<a href="http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/news/2006/US%20News%20Graduate%20Rankings.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/news/2006/US%20News%20Graduate%20Rankings.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>UCSD RECEIVES TOP 10 RANKINGS IN BIOENGINEERING, BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN U.S. NEWS SURVEY OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS </p>

<p>March 31, 2006 – In the annual survey of graduate programs released March 31 by U.S. News & Word Report, three Ph.D. programs in the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering ranked among the top 10 in the nation. Overall, the Jacobs School ranked 11th among 187 engineering schools, and 6th in the nation among public universities. With $128.8 million in federal, state and industry research support in FY05, the Jacobs School ranks 3rd in the nation for research expenditures per faculty member. </p>

<p>Among the engineering specialties, the Department of Bioengineering once again ranked 2nd in the nation for biomedical engineering. The department has ranked among the top five programs in the nation every year for the past decade, and is considered an international model for biomedical engineering education. </p>

<p>For the first time since 2002, U.S. News also surveyed Ph.D. programs in the sciences. UCSD ranked 6th in the category of genomics and bioinformatics, reflecting the national prominence of UCSD’s interdisciplinary Bioinformatics program which is offered jointly by eight UCSD departments including the Jacobs School’s bioengineering and computer science and engineering departments. </p>

<p>The Jacobs School’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) was ranked 9th in the nation for computer systems, and rose significantly in the computer science ranking to 13th in the nation, up seven places since 2002. Over the past seven years, the department has hired 27 new faculty members, established leadership positions in fields ranging from networking to cryptography, and launched new programs and research initiatives in focus areas such as embedded systems, bioinformatics, and computer vision. In addition to computer systems, the department ranked highly in all computer science specialties surveyed by U.S. News including theory (14), programming language (17) and artificial intelligence (19). </p>

<p>All of the Jacobs School departments had Ph.D. programs ranked among the top 20 including: the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, which ranked 16th in mechanical engineering and 19th in aerospace engineering; the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), which ranked 16th in electrical engineering and communications, and 17th in computer engineering, a program offered in both ECE and CSE; and the Department of Structural Engineering, ranked 17th in the specialty of civil engineering. </p>

<p>UCSD’s graduate programs in medicine, biological sciences and physical sciences were also highly ranked in the survey. UCSD is one of only five research universities to have both a medical school and engineering school ranked in the top 15. The UCSD School of Medicine ranked 14th overall, 5th among public research-focused medical schools and 1st in the nation for research grants per faculty member. In addition, the School of Medicine’s program in AIDS ranked 6th and in drug and alcohol abuse ranked 8th. </p>

<p>In addition to bioinformatics and genomics, UCSD received top 10 rankings for its interdisciplinary programs in neurosciences and neurobiology, which ranked 2nd in the nation. The UCSD Division of Biological Sciences also ranked highly in cell biology (10) and 12th among biology programs in the nation. The UCSD Division of Physical Sciences ranked 2nd in the nation for discrete mathematics and combinatorics, and its biochemistry program ranked 7th (up from 15th in 2002). UCSD ranked 5th in geophysics and seismology; and ranked highly for its programs in physics (16), chemistry (18) and mathematics (21).</p>

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<p>Great information on the rankings; generally they are for graduate school though. Just remember this; engineering is an extremely hard major no matter where you go. Expect to study hard at any UC.</p>