<p>I have followed posts on the UCR site and thought you might all want to read “UCR is a great school! UCRespected” posted a while back.</p>
<p>I also think UCR is a great University,but wonder sometimes at the subjects of the posts on this site compared to other Universities. We all need to realize that prospective students look at these posts. Maybe more posts about academia rather than Halloween costumes and sex in the dorms. Hey it might help with the stereotype issue.</p>
<p>I am fine with most topics, what irks me sometimes are topics seeking factual information. “What time does morning class start?”, “Do we have columbus day off?”…I mean, you are supposed to do a bit of research before posting here. </p>
<p>As to those “off-topics”, I am fine with them. That’s just college students being college students…does it help improving the university image? Nope. But it doesn’t do any harm either.</p>
<p>I actually got accepted to UCI, UCSD, and UCLA, but ended up going here because it was the only place I could afford (living with aunt, scholarship…blahblahblah), and I was planning on transferring after 2 years. So far, though, UCR isn’t that bad and I may just end up staying here for the 4 years until graduate school because I heard that’s what really matters.</p>
<p>I have no idea why people buy into the UCRejects thing.</p>
<p>I’m actually studied at UCR for two quarters–coming from one of the “top schools” some of you guys name–and preferred UCR over my home school. In fact, my work at UCR is what got me into graduate school, at an Ivy League, no less. I say this not to brag, I just want to attest to the greatness of UCR. It really is a wonderful place. Why then, do people who have no affiliation with UCR cast wildly-off aspersions upon it? Why do some UCR students have a defeatist attitude? The world will never know. Much props to all the people on this board who appreciate UCR for what it is: an awesome university.</p>
<p>Thanks, TheLecturer. Great post!</p>
<p>There is also a UCR 2020 plan being formulated. THis plan will take us from prominent to pre-eminent status and hopefully an AAU profile as well. I am not sure if they seek for student inputs, if they do, please let your voice be heard.</p>
<p>I’m guessing UCR got it’s bad reputation from the fact that it’s admission rate is very high. And the area is not so good as well.</p>
<p>But I am currently a UCR student, and personally I wouldn’t want to go to any other college. It is true that many students did not have UCR as one of there top choices [probably from all the bad rumors they heard about it] but a degree is a degree. And UCR is a pretty good college.</p>
<p>In my opinion, UCR gets a bad reputation because of its admissions rate. I go to UCM myself, which shares the same reputation as UCR.</p>
<p>What some people forget is that UCR is still a UC; almost everyone who gets in is still in the top 12% of the student body.</p>
<p>The argument can be made that the “lower” UCs’ diplomas don’t hold as much value as the “higher” UCs’. My counterargument is that universities like Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and the like (because let’s face it, they are better regarded than the UCs) don’t take into consideration the precieved value of a school during their graduate school admissions. Students from UC Berkeley don’t get extra points for graduating from Berkeley rather than Riverside. They realize that the value of a student has nothing to do with how others view their school.</p>
<p>That means that the biases towards the “lower” UCs is unjust. Students can point fingers and laugh all they want, but the fact remains that people much more intelligent, experienced, and powerful than them don’t hold to the same prejudices. The whole concept that some UCs are crap compared to others is therefore nothing more than an infantile mindset people use to feel superior to others. Whether it’s because they’re insecure in themselves, are overly arrogant, or have a superiority complex is irrelevant; the mindset is still infantile.</p>
<p>That’s cuz the top colleges in the East Coast only pay attention to how much money your family has</p>
<p>@Whiteclock: Would you be willing to prove that?</p>
<p>Columbia University is my dream school and one I’m trying to transfer to, and after talking to plenty of students, transfer students, and Columbia graduates, I can say you’re absolutely wrong.</p>
<p>For one thing, if they cared so much about making money, why would they give everyone who’s family makes under $60k a free ride?</p>
<p>Second, how do you explain all the students who come from poor/impoverished backgrounds there?</p>
<p>Whiteclock, you’ve already spewed out unfounded rumors (UCR has a 2.0 GPA acceptance rate); this is just another thing to add to the list.</p>
<p>Please, if you’re going to make accusations, do some research and back up your claims. “I heard it from someone” doesn’t qualify.</p>
<p>There are an extensive list of published books that describe how exactly the Ivy Leagues pay attention to the families of their applicants</p>
<p>this is one reason why they ask for legacies in the application process - </p>
<p>if your parents or a relative was a big donor for the university, or was an alumni, you have a much higher chance of getting in</p>
<p>And I did apologize for the previous comment, so screw YOU</p>
<p>Bring on the flame war, I’ll eat you alive</p>
<p>Although, I’ll admit that the whole legacy thing doesn’t apply too all Ivies… it’s just really prevalent</p>
<p>I’m not looking for a fight or a flamewar, whiteclock, sorry it sounded that way :)</p>
<p>Lol I’ll apologize too…</p>
<p>I was a bit bored last night.</p>
<p>sorry about that back there</p>
<p>riversideeeeeeeeeee motha ****aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</p>
<p>^^It’s that attitude from UCR students that give the school a bad rap.
Also, the school is not very prestigious in terms of its students that are accepted.</p>
<p>Everyone from my HS that applied to UCR got accepted, including the ones that I consider dumb*sses.</p>
<p>@ BrianPh: I agree, everyone at my school also got accepted. And yes, it’s the pessimistic attitude of the students that causes UCR to be looked down upon by some people.</p>
<p>but if people come with the altitude that UCR is a bad school. Get ready for an ass raping. My friend came in with" I am going to do good here and tranfer to UCI" what happened HE was RAPED by scotty and the profs. He ended up with a 1.4 gpa. Just be careful what you say</p>
<p>BrianPh: yes, UCR has a higher acceptance rate. That does not make it a less prestigious school. UCR is becoming a more selective university, and when that medical school is completed, people will be having a hard time getting in. And it’s the students who get rejected from other schools that give UCR a bad rep. I think anyone who comes to the campus, talks to a professor or student would change their mind. </p>
<p>Also, there will be idiots at every school. You think you will escape them in college, but you won’t.</p>
<p>Actually, the reason Ivy League schools are considered prestigious or Tier 1 schools are because of their low acceptance rate - meaning they just don’t take anyone. So with a high acceptance rate, yes UCR is actually less prestigious than the other UC’s. In fact, it is the lowest. </p>
<p>Plus, it is a referral school which even lowers its reputation. Who would want to go to a school with people who got rejected from other students? No offense intended. Sure, students got in with such good stats but if they got mixed in with the referral students, everyone is going to be affected. UCR is a good school though it is not exactly great. Employers are sure to hire someone who graduated from UCLA or UCSD than someone who graduated from UCR. Believe it or not, employers do look at school attended too. Won’t you be more impressed by someone who got accepted to Harvard than with someone who got into a local university? </p>
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<p>Wrong. Some people who go to my school who were way below that percentage got into UCR. I got into UCR myself, so I feel dumb that these students at my school got in. I’m in the top 3% and rank #4.</p>
<p>I think the real problem with riverside is it’s lack of social atmosphere. Alot of people, including myself think of riverside as a dead, boring place with miserable students. I’m sure the education is great, but i’d pick a few cal states over UCR because of the social setting and the city life and whatnot.</p>
<p>UC Merced actually accepts the most percentage-wise out of all the UCs.
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