<p>Hey guys, I was just wondering what schools those of you who have committed to UCSD turned down...</p>
<p>I am a first year student, but I turned down UCSB and UCB for UCSD.</p>
<p>just realized I should also mention the schools I turned down, they were mainly UCD and UCI but it wasnt really a tough decision since I was set on UCSD already.</p>
<p>@Fringe, are there many students who have turned down UCB and UCLA at UCSD?</p>
<p>if i dont get some more responses I’ll just feel kind of awkward</p>
<p>Turned down UCLA, UCSB, UCD, UCSC, UOP (Legal Scholars Program), Purdue (Honors Program), UWisconsin-Madison, and Cal Poly SLO for UCSD. UCLA was not the right “fit” for me.</p>
<p>I turned down UC Berkeley for UCSD!! My top choice was UCLA but I got rejected:( but its OK I actually like UCSD:)</p>
<p>This was for Fall 2006, but UCLA, USC, Harvey Mudd, Cal Poly (full-ride), UCI (Regents), UCSB, and UCR (Chancellor’s). Rejected by Cal, which would have been the only school on the list that I would have turned down UCSD (Regents) for :</p>
<p>Every other UC in the system</p>
<p>@OP:</p>
<p>They definitely aren’t a majority but there is definitely a group of them.</p>
<p>I turned down UCB and UCLA for UCSD.</p>
<p>10 years ago, my brother turned down UCLA for UCSD.
Today, I too am turning down UCLA for UCSD.</p>
<p>Keeping the tradition alive!</p>
<p>Hahaha well done, smileycannee.</p>
<p>I turned down berkeley and all the other UCs for UCSD</p>
<p>keep in mind that for each person turning down UCLA/berkeley for UCSD, there are probably ten more turning down UCSD for those schools</p>
<p>im not even sure why anyone in their right mind would turn down cal or UCLA for UCSD, unless they were 1. lying about being accepted or 2. arent very familiar with the UC system. the upper UCs blow UCSD out of the water in practically every department</p>
<p>generally its a known fact that UCSD graduates end up bagging groceries for UCB/UCLA graduates</p>
<p>^ Keep in mind that some people turn down Berkeley and UCLA for financial circumstances. Is not all about getting into a top university.</p>
<p>^ Berkeley is good, but UCLA??? UCSD is just 50 years old and already has 19 nobel prizes affiliated with it whereas UCLA is nearing 100 and has 14, no way is UCLA superior to UCSD. Oh and I’m pretty sure i’ll be seeing that one white chick from UCLA who hates on Asians cleaning UCSD’s toilets very very soon…</p>
<p>@2fast4you: Really? Sure, it is fair to say you prefer UCB/UCLA’s campuses over UCSD’s. Or you favor UCB/UCLA because they have football teams. But it is obviously ridiculous to claim that UCB/UCLA graduates are “better” than UCSD graduates. That is such a bold statement to make about such a wide population (it’s the equivalent of saying a racist comment such as all Asians are bad drivers). You are being immature and ignorant. However, I would usually not care about your opinions since you are indeed entitled to them, but when you project these ideas on a forum people come to for genuine information, you can negatively distort others’ minds. In the end, whichever college you attend does not nearly matter as much as what you choose to do and how much you succeed at that particular college.</p>
<p>To answer the OP’s question, I have pretty much set my mind on UCSD. If I attend, I would be rejecting: UCI, UCSB, UCD, and Cal Poly Pomona.</p>
<p>Just for funsies, two years ago I turned down Davis, Irvine, Santa Barabara, and Santa Cruz for UCSD. Now most of you are probably thinking “well that’s an obvious choice to make”, but I would have turned down Berkeley too if I actually cared to apply (since I didn’t want to go there). I would have turned down Berkeley for Davis too.</p>
<p>2fast4you, quite a handful of us UCSD alums would beg to differ now that we’re at top Ph.D. programs in various fields (astrina, Slorg, and myself).</p>
<p>And the homeless Berkeley alums around downtown probably wish they could get those jobs.</p>
<p>Also, I just noticed you’re still in high school. Yeah… remember even at schools filled with overachievers, most regress to the mean and don’t do much at all with their degree. Spend less time worrying about where/why people are going to school and worry about what you’re doing for the next 4 years.</p>
<p>@ Oyama just out of curiosity what PhD programs are you guys currently in??</p>