<p>Im just curious about who will be attending UCR.</p>
<p>not me. i'm going to ucsb, w00t</p>
<p>not me either. I'm going to UVA!</p>
<p>I got rejected from UCR. LOL.....maybe it was b/c on my app, I wrote that UCR is the "dumpster" school where all the UC rejects go to. Oh well, I got into UC Davis and will get into UC Berkeley and UC Los Angeles.</p>
<p>good god you wasted that much money just to say UCR was a dumpster? that's pathetic...</p>
<p>I chose UCR!</p>
<p>Me too! I went to transfer day on Saturday and I was totally impressed, I can't wait to go!!!</p>
<p>Elitism is one ugly aspect of these forums............ anyways I have a several friends who are headed there, and I do consider a couple of them to be smarter than I am.</p>
<p>I know several kids who have 1200+ Sat scores who are going... I think all the other UC's are getting really competetive...</p>
<p>I'm going to Riverside and I'm totally AMPED!! Where are all you UCR ppl at?! We gotta UNITE!</p>
<p>I'm trying to decide between UCI and UCR... and the major factor is that UCR has that UCLA program for med. school... and that's where I want to get. No one really gives me any solid arguements one way or the other... and time is getting REALLY short seeing how it's JUNE... I'm seeing UCR's campus tomorrow and then I'll decide whether I should withdraw my SIR or not...</p>
<p>unless someone has something to say about UCR or UCI?</p>
<p>Ucrla in a previous thread said, " I completely agree with UCstudent above. Unfortunately, all those rankings have serious flaws with them. Don't base your perception of a university on what a magazine says or even the popular opinion of people who never attended a given school. I have attended 3 UC schools- one supposedly at the top tier, one in the middle tier, and the other on the bottom tier. I got my BS at UCLA in Neuroscience, took summer classes at UCI, and am currently working toward a PhD in Neuroscience at UCR. And let me tell you, people's perceptions of UCR are totally wrong. At UCLA, you will get absolutely no attention from professors, most of whom look down on undergrads (I'm NOT speaking of any personal experiences). Teaching is definitely not a priority there. The competition at UCLA is fierce, and I have heard of several students getting kicked out for cheating. I had a friend renting a studio apartment in Westwood for $1200/ month! A studio! Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVED my experience there and wouldn't trade it for ANYTHING. At UC Riverside, there's no big name, but that's changing, and changing quickly. Teaching is much more of a priority there and you are more likely to learn. I've seen the undergrad classes at both schools and there is no difference in the difficulty between the two. As more and more people realize this, UCR's reputation is likely to grow. Indeed, my neighbor is a computer science professor there and told me of a discussion he had with a UCI computer science professor, who told my neighbor that within 3 years, UCR will surpass UCI. So to all of you reading this, the quality of education is pretty much the same between all tiers of the UC. The only difference is the name. Although, a bigger name school like UCLA, SD or Berkeley will likely have more options for majors of study, simply because they have the population base to support it. As UCR expands, as it is aggressively doing, admission will become more and more competitive as it runs out of room to grow. This is what happened with LA and Berkeley. They couldn't build more, so they couldn't admit more students. As a result, only the top applicants could be admitted. In summary, just about any UC will give you a great education. Pay no attention to subjective surveys like US News. One possible source to look at is a 1997 book called "The Rise of American Research Universities". Its rankings are based purely on hard facts, not public perception. Spread the word."</p>
<p>I visited ucr today... and although I'm not too particular to the city... and the Haidar program won me over. I like the dorms... the school's okay... the people are really nice and friendly... and there's that program. heh, I'm just going to close my eyes and revoke my uci SIR... and hope for the best. It's up to the student to do what they will with college, not the other way around. Still praying I'm making the right choice though.</p>
<p>I currently attend UCR :) You've made good decisions if you're serious about your education.</p>
<p>I'm officially going to UCR now... I had A LOT of misgivings during the past month... it's too much hassle to switch back to UCI... and college is what you make of it. I'm a little bugged about prestige, but ultimately it's where I go and what I do afterwards that matters. Did anyone get into the Haider program?</p>
<p>i thought the ucr --> ucla med school program was eliminated by arnold???</p>
<p>i guess not if you imakilu are taking that program?</p>
<p>if that program is still there and you got in, that's awesome!</p>
<p>are you serious?? I didn't get in. We dont' apply until the third or fourth year...</p>
<p>I don't think arnold eliminated it though... where did you hear that from?</p>
<p>imakilu, i heard that from someone here on CC, but i guess they were mistaken because the program still exists:
<a href="http://www.biomed.ucr.edu/bsmd/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.biomed.ucr.edu/bsmd/index.html</a></p>
<p>good luck to you :)</p>