<p>Out of the schools: UCLA,UCSD, UCI, UCSB, Cal Poly SLO, UCSC, and SDSU</p>
<p>I want to live in the San Diego area after graduation and I want to major in business (marketing or accounting), or maybe psychology.
I want to go to a school with a good sports program and a school with school spirit.
I also want perfect weather (70 degrees year round), and for it to be close to the beach.
I want to go to a school with a good social life (party rep is fine with me).
I want to go to a laid back school where not everyone is competing for the highest grade in the class.</p>
<p>Ranked from best to least (imo) for your circumstances only.</p>
<p>UCLA: Great fit. But I think the weather can suck there due to the pollution =P. I'm sure UCLA-ers have great pride in their Bruin. Sports are great and the social life should be good at UCLA too. Socal weather and socal beach :o? There is a lot of competition here, but I would recommend UCLA.</p>
<p>UCSB: I heard from my cousin this place has great parties (parties=socializing). (UCSB= u can study buzzed/blazed). The mascot is a dude in a sombrero (gaucho) or something... my cousin doesn't exaclty have school pride, but he loves being there. Right next to the beach!</p>
<p>SDSU: It's a CSU, so it's not exactly a UC. Everyone wants to go to a UC in California =P. There is insane partying here, and it is laid back...because of the parties.</p>
<p>UCI: It's a commuter school, but there are tons of things to do around. Of course there will be people competing here, but there is a fair share of laid back people since all they want is a Bachelor's degree. There's definitely school spirit with the anteater, but a lot of the students go there because they got rejected elsewhere. </p>
<p>UCSC: I don't think the competition is fierce here, but it feels like a summer camp. I saw a bunch of pictures and there are trees everywhere. I even saw pictures with fog. Overall nice looking campus and decent school. I hear there are a lot of parties here.</p>
<p>UCSD: Close to the beach. This school is competitive. It's known for it's sciences, and the students in the sciences work hard. There is a social life, but you have to go find one. You can always party at SDSU or Tijuana. UCSD is division 2 with little sports. You can play sports here, but it's not big.</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO: Again, a CSU. I hear it's boring as hell. My friend is on his computer a lot... Good school though, especially for engineering. 20 minutes to a good beach.</p>
<p>I would say UCSB or SDSU match you the best. They both are very laid back and have a great party scene. The weather is also perfect. Sports...UCLA is the best, but UCSB and SDSU both stay competitive in their conferences and the students and athletes have school pride. I would say SDSU for business and UCSB for anything else. But you might change your major so I would go with UCSB in the end...</p>
<p>finale: Maybe because you are at Harvard, and you have cool stats =].</p>
<p>I believe business at UCSB is pretty good. They have the business-economics major if you are interested in business/economics/accounting. I think only UCLA and UCSB have this, and UCI is getting it soon.</p>
<p>well, all UCs in general are competitive. in terms of competitive-ness, UC system>private schools for sure. no one's there to make sure u will graduate and stuff..</p>
<p>To break some people's misconceptions, people here in general are laid back, but if you're expecting the course work to be laid back as well, you're going to be deeply disappointed. </p>
<p>Parties here are typical of what you would find in the majority of colleges, save halloween and welcome week as the exception of being massive.</p>
<p>Cal Poly and UCSB seem to be good fits. Although students compete at both schools, that's pretty much standard for selective campuses. They are both close to the beach, have active party scenes, nice weather, and good sports programs (UCSB doesnt have football, though). </p>
<p>note- I'm not sure what your stats are, but UCLA would be also be a great choice for your interests.</p>
<p>I dont think UCLA would be very good for you since it is extremely competitive. Your grade is determined by a bell curve, meaning you are graded in relation to the rest of your class. A 93 isnt always an A; if you take a test and half the people get above a 93, and half below, then your 93 would probably be marked as a C. I suppose this can sometimes work to your advantage though-if you get a 60 on a test, but it is the average class grade, it would recieve the letter grade C, not F.</p>
<p>By the way, this is just what ive read/heard, so please correct me if i am wrong.</p>
I dont think UCLA would be very good for you since it is extremely competitive. Your grade is determined by a bell curve, meaning you are graded in relation to the rest of your class. A 93 isnt always an A; if you take a test and half the people get above a 93, and half below, then your 93 would probably be marked as a C. I suppose this can sometimes work to your advantage though-if you get a 60 on a test, but it is the average class grade, it would recieve the letter grade C, not F.</p>
<p>By the way, this is just what ive read/heard, so please correct me if i am wrong.
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<p>Bell curve grading is not only common to UCLA; it is class dependent, and up to the professor. Bell curve grading can be found in just about any college you go to; and has been the typical grading scheme at UCSB that i've encountered. </p>
<p>Typically classes will be on a bell curve, however with the exception that if the professor thinks that everyone deserves an A, he/she will kindly give everyone an A. However, the performance of students can typically be described as a bell curve.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the opinions....When it comes time for applications I think I'll apply to all of those besides UCSC. And as of right now my favorites are UCSB and SDSU, bc I'm planning on not getting into UCLA. But if I happen to get into UCLA that will be one hard decision. </p>
<p>I'll rank them like this:</p>
<p>UCSB - Perfect!!!!
SDSU - Perfect, but worried if it is a good enough school...I would be a business major.
UCLA - Great, may be too competitive and difficult, but I don't think I'll get in.
UCSD - Even though UCI may be a better fit, I couldn't pass up this schools location.
UCI - Pretty cool school, but there is something i just don't like about it.
Cal Poly - Sounds like a good match, but I hate the campus and I'm not a fan of SLO.</p>