<p>Besides the location and lack of prestige? I thought about transferring there.</p>
<p>It depends on your major .
If your an Engineering or Science major , go for it . Thats where UCR shines .
What I found in Poli sci was incompetent professors , classes that I needed but could not get , and responses from everyone I asked why they came to UCR that was something like " This was the only UC i got into, so I came here " . </p>
<p>I really suggest you check out the campus, and spend a good 2 hours walking around the UCR COMMUNITY , as in walk outside of the school and see if your ok with that type of environment .
I don’t have a car , so I was effectively stuck in a 3 mile radius around the school, this combined with the weakness of the Poli Sci department , made me hate the year I spent their . </p>
<p>Air quality is pretty bad too . </p>
<p>Like I said, its great for an Engineering or Science major . Otherwise your at the UC with the LOWEST on-time graduation rate . Before you say “ohh , but I work I harder , I can do it in 2( this is very hard at any school with the current budget problems )” keep in mind these 5th and 6th year students are taking up space in classes that you need to graduate . </p>
<p>If this does not deter you, if for some reason you still feel a need to attend UCR , then GET AS MANY PRE-REQS DONE BEFORE ENROLLING . Push to get the max 70 units done before transferring .</p>
<p>Is it hard to get on-campus housing?</p>
<p>Business programs.</p>
<p>UCR has a very strong national reputation for its Physics and Astronomy programs so if those are areas that interest you, you could have a rewarding experience there.</p>
<p>For me, it’s just that it’s less than 15 minutes away by car. I don’t want to commute to school.</p>
<p>Campus vibe and questionable reputation. I’ve visited the campus. Like someone else said, if you’re not an engineering major then the education probably isn’t worth your money.</p>
<p>Source: would-be-UCR-freshman-deciding-to-go-CC-instead</p>
<p>I thinks it’s all about the location. That’s why n</p>
<p>For the love of god , don’t pick UCR lightly, its the lowest tier UC aside from Mecerd . </p>
<p>If your an Engineering / Science major, then its good . Otherwise you’ll have a better time at a different UC . Even if you can get over the location, UCR’s on time graduation rate is horrendous, even if you work hard you’ll probably get pushed into a 5th OR 6th year .</p>
<p>CalDud whats your major? Business?</p>
<p>Anyways it’s a good school but the location and graduation time are the 2 biggest turn offs. Are there any other UC’s that you are applying to?</p>
<p>I’m going to be really blunt here, I can’t say UCR is a good school if they make it impossible to finish in a reasonable amount of time . </p>
<p>IF your going to science/engineering then its ok .
My advice, apply to other UC’s and even CSU’s, if you get into no other UC , go with UCR . </p>
<p>I meet awesome people and had fun, but once the concerts end and you look at your transcript and think " gollie, its going to take me at least 3 years to get out of here " reality hits . </p>
<p>Don’t think whats wrong with UCR, figure out why you’d want to go their , I made the mistake of picking whatever UC would let me in and I paid the price .</p>
<p>When compared to the rest of the UCs, it doesn’t hold up very well. It’s earned the nickname “UC Rejected” since they accept damn near everyone it feels like.</p>
<p>Look at the graduation and acceptance rates for the various UCs:
[The</a> University of California - A Comparison of the University of California Campuses](<a href=“http://collegeapps.about.com/od/choosingacollege/a/uc-comparison.htm]The”>A Comparison of the University of California Campuses)</p>
<p>Riverside has the second highest acceptance rate, the lowest 4-year graduation rate and the lowest 6-year graduation rate.</p>
<p>I’m going to apply as a statistics major. The only other one I was considering was UC Davis.</p>
<p>I would even put UCR under some of the CSU’s , at least at a CSU you can switch to part time and work if you can’t get your classes .</p>
<p>I got accepted into UCR in early march of 2011, and I got accepted into CSU Long Beach off their wait list in June of 2011 . One of my biggest regrets is NOT taking that CSULB spot , I would of kept my apartment, had more units transfer in , and I could of stayed close to home . </p>
<p>I can’t stress this enough , for the love of god make sure you understand what your getting into before transferring to UCR .UNLESS THEIRS SOMETHING YOU CAN ONLY GET AT UCR, i’d suggest to avoid it at all cost . </p>
<p>The only good thing is that housing is pretty cheap compared to the rest of Cali .</p>
<p>Davis is a good school, I live about 15 mins from Davis. Campus is massive and Bill Clinton just spoke here a few days ago 
I don’t think Stats is impacted at Davis but I’m not sure…</p>
<p>the high tier CSU campuses are 100% better than UCR; if you are deciding which UC to attend; go for Davis</p>
<p>Excuse me UCR has many good programs! [About</a> UCR: Ranks](<a href=“http://www.ucr.edu/about/ranks.html]About”>http://www.ucr.edu/about/ranks.html)</p>
<p>UCR may not be in the most ideal location but its 1 hour east of LA, 40 minutes from the beach cities, 1.5 hours to SD, and 30 minutes to the Big Bear Mountains. Rent is cheaper then any other UC by ALOT. Riverside also has the Mission INN where president Roosevelt and Nixon both visited. Plenty of agriculture especially citrus, and a pretty decent bar hoping area. I mean Riverside has extreme weather and not extremely prestigious I’ll give you that but its extremely diverse, has nice campus, and is working its way to becoming more distinguished, i.e adding a MEDICAL SCHOOL. and every once in a while you might see the chancellor interacting with students.</p>
<p>Nice campus, ugly city, hardly any students on the weekend, and some kids are too damn immature. The college itself isn’t rigorous in CHASS (non engineering). I have a 3.6, I DO NOT RECOMMEND UCR.</p>
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<p>You can do part time at a UC. I’m at UCI right now and finishing my last quarter part time. It literally takes 5 minutes to fill out the form. You need a legitimate reason, but almost anything qualifies (work, medical, family).</p>
<p>Again, it literally took me minutes to fill out the form. I’ve seen you bash UCR about this before and it is simply untrue.</p>
<p>To me it seems that you’re better at making excuses for your personal failures than you are at working hard to avert them. </p>
<p>I typed in “UCR part time” into google. This came up as the first result.
[Schedule</a> of Classes - Fees & Finances](<a href=“Select a Term”>Select a Term)</p>
<p>It’s the same as UCI’s it seems.</p>
<p><a href=“The Office of the Registrar | UC Riverside”>The Office of the Registrar | UC Riverside;
Here’s the UCR course catalog. Political Science is 9 Upper div classes. That’s 1.5 per quarter. You might not be able to get the EXACT specialization that you like. Deal with it. </p>
<p>I won’t sympathize with you all too much because I too dealt with impaction. It forced me to convert 2 majors and a minor into a major and two minors. It happens. A single major is NOT hard to complete in two years. I know people who have completed econ here at UCI in 5 quarters.</p>
<p>One single line on your resume means relatively little. I did Quantitative-Economics. The people in my classes who majored in Math and had an Econ concentration had more or less identical opportunities as me. The regular econ majors had most of the same opportunities. There are many paths to success. </p>
<p>I don’t meant to be insulting and I invariably will come across that way, but a 4 year university that encourages adaptability, critical thinking and independent action might not be for you. This would be true of Harvard, UCLA, UCB, UCI, UCR and even CSULB.</p>
<p>I will agree that UCR might not be the BEST environment. I will agree that on average you can expect a lesser outcome from going there, but at the end of the day what an individual gets from an experience still depends on them quite a bit. The problem with UCR isn’t UCR, it’s that the people who go there often fail to stretch their wings.</p>
<p>the school doesnt matter, look at the department and class offerings. Honestly wait till you get your financial aid packages and then you decide! UC does not ACCEPT ANYONE! They ended this policy years ago. I am a transfer and besides the freshman saying dumb things or overdressing the environment on campus has been really great. Actually now only UC Merced is a last-resort school but that is simply because the lack of acceptable applicants. UC Riverside has enough applicants to be picky now, and it definitely shows. They have great resources, everything’s new for the most part, and the campus is growing… more housing, a new recreation center, and the medical school. Chancellor White has done an amazing job and it is sad to see him go but I believe the CSU really need someone like him to help fix their system. I have never had issues with getting the classes I wanted, just because its listed in the catalogue does not mean its offered every quarter, most of the professors do research and only teach certain classes once a year, or every other year. If you want to go to grad school go to UCR over a CSU. You can start research as an undergrad. My friend a transfer student from East Los Angeles College, a psychology major is already doing research in a lab and this is his first quarter. Like any college the experience is what you make of it. Besides it being hot when school started the weather has not been bad, its actually been real cold and nice and more rain and cloudy days than I am used to in Los Angeles. It takes me 50 minutes to go home on 60 freeway, and I live in Koreatown in LA. Like someone else mentioned that person is speaking through their own bitter experience.</p>