<p>then that means UCR > UCM.</p>
<p>Woo!</p>
<p>Is it true that the dorms are empty at UCR on the weekends? That there’s no one there to hang out with?</p>
<p>@mariaklec:
There’s always someone there (mostly NorCal-ers) in the dorms on the weekends. Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of people who stay in the dorms on the weekends. Some may be going to parties, going out to other places (cuz they have a car) to have fun, or just in the dorms chilling. Being one of those who commutes back home every so often on the weekends, I would say living in the dorms is much more fun than going back home. lol. Being with friends is so much more fun than hanging out with nagging parents again. xD But being with family is fun too. :]
So don’t worry about it being empty, there will still be people here and there hanging around the dorms. :]</p>
<p>so is Merced better or Riverside?? I always though Riverside is better</p>
<p>@TwinsFishy: It really depends on the major you’re trying to pursue in. In terms of how old the school is, Merced’s newer. In terms of major and stuff related to your education, you have to look it up on both websites to see which university suits your needs. Don’t base everything upon what others see about the school, but what the university can provide for you in terms of your education. :]</p>
<p>If you’re having trouble choosing between both of those UC schools, visit both of them and see what kinds of offers and programs each can offer you in terms of your major. Talk to the professors in that specific department and see what they offer to teach.</p>
<p>Overall Riverside is better than merced and in some areas UCR is better than UCLA and CAL (i.e Agriculture)</p>
<p>The reason why UCR’s acceptance rate is so high is because they are trying to project to bring more students to their school. Currently, they have about 18,000 students at school, and they are planning to have at least 22,000 students by 2015 or so. But students usually don’t wanna go to UCR because of its location. That’s why they are accepting a lot of people to bring more students. Acceptance rate DOES NOT CORRELATE with prestige.
Let me give you guys an example. If you guys look at the acceptance rate for Georgia Tech, Case Western Reserve and University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), their acceptance rates are higher than UC Irvine, UC Davis, and UCSB. Yet, Georgia Tech, Case Western Reserve and Illinois are still more prestigious than those UC schools. The reason why their acceptance rates are high is because Georgia tech is projecting to balance the ratio between guys and girls, Case Western Reserve is projecting to bring more students up to 10,000 students and Illinois… I don’t know why their acceptance rate is high. And the reason why UCI, UC Davis, and other UC schools have such low acceptance rate is because a massive number of California kids and students from out-of-state want to go to schools in California, especially near the beach and big cities. But each school has a reason why its acceptance rate is high. So does UCR. UCR’s acceptance rate is high because they have a reason for it. Not because they are less prestigious than other schools. UCR might not be a great school COMPARED to other UC schools, but if you compare UCR to the rest of the schools in the U.S., UCR is a great school. The reason why Ivy League schools have such low acceptance rate is because every smart kids in the east coast wants to go to Ivy League schools. Harvard tend to keep the number of students up to 6,000 students and Cal Tech tend to keep the number of students only up to 2,000 students in order to indicate the their own unique system of small student-faculty ratio.
So Prestige-wise, UCR is a decent school.</p>
<p>It’s not really a stereotype when the majority of UCR students admit hate living in Riverside and considered the school their backup’s backup school… The only positive I see in Riverside is the cheap housing (I could rent a house for the price of an apartment near UCLA). Everything else seems lackluster at Riverside vs the rest of the UC’s, except Merced which is in another podunk city.</p>
<p>Aznxkaiser, I think you should get the facts straight before you even comment if you don’t really know much about UCR. The assumptions made by other people about Riverside are the ones who are forming those stereotypes. A lot of UCR students nowadays are liking their own school.</p>
<p>Lol nowadays as in how recent? 5 minutes ago? Stop being in denial, the school DOES accept an overwhelming amount of subpar students (I mean cmon, they send acceptance letters to students who didn’t even apply to UCR).</p>
<p>I have to agree with aznxkaiser. But, I want to let you know that they don’t send free acceptances to just ANYONE, so that shouldn’t be counted against them. There are basic qualifications I believe…</p>
<p>During my senior year, I was like UCR? F that. I’m not even going to bother applying for it. This turns out to be the school that I now attend… Was I really happy about it? Honestly, no. BUT, the school grows onto you I suppose… or at least… it grew onto me haha.</p>
<p>I mean… at the end of the day, school is just… school. If going to UCR upsets you, no one is forcing you to stay; you can transfer. If you like/love UCR, great. If you think UCR is boring, just join a club/org…or find something to occupy your time. The bottom line is no matter what you think of UCR, you will get educated… you will earn your diploma… and you will start your journey into the real world after you graduate… and when you do, you’ll realize that college is a pretty small part of your life, so there’s no need to make a BIG deal out of where you go… (:</p>
<p>lol Im not being in denial. You’re right. as jenuwin01 mentioned, the school does accept people who didn’t even apply to UCR. But that doesn’t mean everything is lackluster at UCR. They don’t just accept random ppl. Maybe you should read the above again to see why UCR accepts that many people. It’s right above your commment…</p>
<p>linoch, actually your statement about UCR trying to bring in as many students as possible is incorrect. That’s not the reason why UCR’s admit rate is high. It has something to do with UC’s master plan. </p>
<p>Btw, I don’t know why you guys keep beating a dead horse on this topic. It has been thoroughly discussed previously…I know that because I was a participant. </p>
<p>When in doubt, use the search. ;)</p>
<p>Looks like I canceled my SIR too early. UCR only gave me 2k for U grant… sighs. I messed up my FAFSa, though. Huge mistake, and now I’m going to attend a CC.</p>
<p>Have you tried to talk to UCR about your situation? ):</p>
<p>I heard nowadays it’s hard to even get classes at a CC. I’m not saying that a CC is a bad choice since I would have gone that path if I had not gotten any aid from UCR (but I got a lot in grants from UCR), just with the budget cuts and such, it’s really hard to get classes; whereas at a UC, you’re more or less guaranteed at least 12 units (full time student) worth of classes…I think. Not too sure though. I know that in my hometown, a lot of my friends who chose to go to a CC rather than UCR or any other UC are struggling to even get one class.</p>
<p>I was talking more in terms of how they accept kids that bring bad rep to the school, in that they’re just too immature/dumb (yes, I said it) to really help bring up the reputation of the school. As long as such people are accepted into the University, people will believe that it exists only for those people</p>
<p>MY GF got into UCSD ($2.5k scholarship), Pepperdine (50% scholarship), UCLA (No Scholarship), and UCR (100% scholarship) and chose UCR because she received a full scholarship and did not want to go into debt. </p>
<p>I suspect there are a statistically significant number of students at UCR who chose the university for monetary reasons, as opposed to academic desperation.</p>
<p>im going to be attending UCR this fall and no doubt it wasnt my 1st choice (ucsb) actually i only applied cause i knew id get in. im a realist i know it isnt as good as tier 1 uc’s but its a UC and there generally supposed to be good schools but i didnt care about any of that it was “UCR”. anyway about a month ago my boyfriend told me that it was ranked top 60 schools in the nation and i know there all thousands of universities so being in the top 60 sounds pretty good too me. </p>
<p>i know people like facts on this website so i did a little research and according to us news and world reports UCR is ranked 44TH among national public universities and 94th including all naitonal universities both scores being “top-tier”</p>
<p>there also one of the only schools who arent suffering due to budget cuts so some genius at ucr is working magic with there moneyy</p>
<p>anyway theres a few more facts on the website check it out [About</a> UCR: Ranks](<a href=“http://www.ucr.edu/about/ranks.html]About”>http://www.ucr.edu/about/ranks.html)</p>
<p>im gunna make the best of ucr top tier school or not</p>
<p>"MY GF got into UCSD ($2.5k scholarship), Pepperdine (50% scholarship), UCLA (No Scholarship), and UCR (100% scholarship) and chose UCR because she received a full scholarship and did not want to go into debt. </p>
<p>I suspect there are a statistically significant number of students at UCR who chose the university for monetary reasons, as opposed to academic desperation."</p>
<p>qft
I got into UCB, UCLA, USC, UCSD, etc. and I’m going to be a freshman at UCR this fall. Let me explain why I made this decision:
- My top choice was UCB since they have a strong math program and I plan on being a math major. However since I live in Riverside, I can live at home and save a big chunk of money. On top of that I got a Regents scholarship, which pays for $5,000, so my estimated costs at UCR are $16,600 as opposed to $32,000 at Berkeley.
- I’m actually 16 years old so my parents wanted me at home so they could keep an eye on me, as opposed to sending me off to Berkeley by myself. </p>
<p>Personally, UCR was indeed a backup of a backup and I went for monetary and personal reasons. The fact that UCR is typically a backup school probably accounts for the large number of disgruntled students. Also while UCR does indeed have admission standards, they are much more lax than standards at the majority of UC schools. Maybe in the future I’ll transfer to another school (Caltech please ^_^), but as for now I look forward to going to UCR and hope everything goes well.</p>