<p>My friends and I are almost decided on going to picnic day this saturday. A lot of my fellow classmates (even those who rejected ucd for other schools >=| ) and my alumni teacher will be attending. I want to check out the micromouse competition. It should be really fun! </p>
<p>So who’s going??</p>
<p>micromouse looks cool, i wonder if berkeley will take it for the 4th year, something needs to be done about that.</p>
<p>what is mechanical engineering putting on, is it just the ITS Hydrogen test vehicles that you can drive?</p>
<p>cal day > picnic day!</p>
<p>knock it off Larkin</p>
<p>knock what off? im not being mean...</p>
<p>Larkin, glad to hear you had a good time at Cal sounds like you liked it there. Did you decide yet?</p>
<p>Heh... You're allover forums saying CAL>[school name goes here]. To be honest, I don't like CAL much [for undergrad]. Many of my friends and family graduated from there. So far, not many of them enjoyed their undergrad years.</p>
<p>Two of my sisters went there (Cal) undergrad, along with my BF. Later my other sister went there for grad school. They all had a wonderful experience for the most part. IMHO there really is no perfect UC undergrad school, just one that fits you best.</p>
<p>o hey collegemom! i forgot that one night..hahah...i dont know yet, i want to go where collegemom is going! :D its going to be between sd and berkeley even though i kind of want davis but mommy wont let me.</p>
<p>Ah well, you must do what your mommy wants. Let us know when you decide.</p>
<p>o...the whole asian thing about prestige and blah balh . "why would you go to davis when you got into a school like berkeley/sd" im like bcuz i like it?!</p>
<p>Show her this information courtesy of anxious_mom</p>
<p>Here are some hard facts for you, courtesy of the National Science Foundation. (in case you've never heard of them, an explanation follows)</p>
<h1>2 UCLA $849 Million</h1>
<h1>7 UCSD $646 Million</h1>
<h1>14 UCB $507 Million</h1>
<h1>18 UC DAVIS $482 Million</h1>
<h1>60 UC Irvine $234 Million</h1>
<h1>93 UC Santa Barbara $148 Million</h1>
<h1>109 UC Riverside $112 Million</h1>
<h1>131 UC Santa Cruz $78 Million</h1>
<p>What is this? Rankings of research expenditures from the latest compilation by the NSF.</p>
<p>"The National Science Foundation (NSF) Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges (Academic R&D Expenditures Survey) is the primary source of information on separately budgeted research and development (R&D) expenditures within academic institutions in the United States and outlying areas. Conducted annually since FY 1972, the survey collects information on R&D expenditures by academic field as well as by source of funds. The results of the survey are primarily used to assess trends in R&D expenditures across the fields of science and engineering (S&E). This information is vital for federal, state, and academic planners in order to make decisions on future R&D funding priorities."</p>
<p>This shows what Federal ,state and other agencies think of the different UCs.</p>
<p>(They speak with $$$)</p>
<p>The R&D dollars have pushed UCLA and UCSD up in other rankings, and UCD is not far behind - in fact our $$ continue to rise quickly.</p>
<p>UCD receives more than double the research and development funding than Irvine.</p>
<p>This also translates into more research opportunities for undergrads - opportunities abound at UCD.</p>
<p>More info and research expenditure rankings are at this site:
<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/rdexpenditures/%5B/url%5D">http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/rdexpenditures/</a></p>
<p>thanks collegemom :O. i dont think she'll care about that...its all about the name...-_-</p>
<p>Understood, but Larkin IMHO Berkeley is a cool place. You should be fine there. It is still in Nor Cal. What do you like about UCSD? I personally thought it was a little on the dead side.</p>
<p>yea i got there on a rainy day making it kind of worst....people were really nice though...the whole bus/shuttle thingy was cool haha...i really liked the engineering buildings...as for the social life i dont really consider that...im would rather study/play computer games :D</p>
<p>Be sure to tell your mom that by going to a college with a more prestigious name, you're guaranteed to be more wealthy, more successful, more happy, and live a better life.</p>
<p>Larkin you sound just like my son. :)</p>
<p>she likes to thinkk that inpltchy....haha collegemom :)</p>
<p>OK Larkin, so I dare you to send in your sir to CAL in the next 24 hrs.</p>
<p>NOOOOooooOoOo im going to cal day this sat. and hopefully it's fun.</p>