<p>I choose to transfer to UCI, due to the way the place felt, and what the Math department had to offer. Mainly the Coursework for Applied Mathematics. </p>
<pre><code>The location was great, and it was close to home, the beach, the mountains. It was in the nicest place of SO CAL. Not too much traffic and a very clean and safe city.
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<p>I was just wondering why people choose the UC their transferring to, or why they aspire to transfer to a particular school.</p>
<p>I want to know if students are picking schools based on reputation, or based on what schools have to offer. People get excited over Berkeley and LA, but i was wondering why people pick the schools they pick.</p>
<p>I chose Berkeley and UCLA because they’re the only UC’s that offer my major. I prefer UCLA over Berkeley though because I like the feel of the campus and it’s close to home. And the weather can’t be beat. Besides…I love Los Angeles. I’m not too fond of Berkeley. The area around there is a little too hobo/hippie-ish for me.</p>
<p>If one is accepted to Berkeley or UCLA, its near impossible not to choose the two respective campuses over the other UC’s. </p>
<p>You can’t really blame anyone for that; reputation is the utmost factor in deciding a school.</p>
<p>I applied to all of the UCs and was accepted into all. It was a hard choice between UCLA, UCB, and UCSC, but ended up choosing UCLA because I personally feel it has more to offer to an anthropology major. Berkeley was too cold for me; the people, and weather, it made me feel unwelcome, and for a prestigious school, it was quite littered with garbage on the ground… though it did have some beautiful buildings and SF was just around the corner. I fell in love with UCSC and its surrounding forest, the weather was a bit too cold for me, but the forest overshadowed my dislike for the cold. In the end I was going to choose UCB, but after visiting UCLA, it became obvious that UCLA was the better of the UCs for me, the climate was excellent, the department was stellar, and the campus, well the campus was the reason I chose UCLA. All of the ideas engraved into my head of what a college should be like were found at UCLA. The beautiful brick buildings, the food, and area… Go Bruins!</p>
<p>Prestige did play a part, but I’d rather not comment on that as it’s a topic begging to be flamed.</p>
<p>i chose davis because I like how school spirited it is. I like the environment there and nature like it is. Even if it gets really hot there i like everything about it there. Its also good for my major since im a bio sci. it has my under grad there as well as graduate school for it. Its also close to home and I dont think im ready to move that far yet.</p>
<p>I chose UCB over any other UC because of the Center for British Studies. I’m a British History major and Cal is the only campus that has enough dedicated faculty to allow me to complete the coursework to satisfy the major requirements.</p>
<p>I chose Cal because of the number of research labs on campus. I left UCSC because I didn’t want to graduate from that school, and couldn’t find a lab to work with. The major department at UCSC was very unhelpful in helping me find a lab or even get classes that I needed. </p>
<p>So, I left. I could have gone to UCSD, but chose not to because I didn’t finish UC Reciprocity, and to finish GE’s @ UCSD, i needed to take 13 extra classes on top of my major classes within two years.</p>
<p>Chose LA because of its liveliness.</p>
<p>Hi everyone, so I chose UCSD over the other UCs I got into because of their great engineering program (11th in the nation according to U.S.News).
The other UCs I got into were UCI, UCLA (spring 10 admission).
UCSD was ranked better than both the other ones in engineering.
Also, I went to the campus and fell in love with the weather, beaches and the region (LaJolla). Overall, I couldn’t be happier (thank god).</p>
<p>ME too!! i picked UCSD because im an Electrical Engineer, and its ranked better then UCLA so i came here also its right by the beach the weather is always n the 70’s and well its one of the greenest campuses around.</p>
<p>Chose UCSD for Philosophy over UCI because of its faculty, its standing in the Philosophical Gourmet’s rankings (21st; Irvine 23rd), as well as the prominence of its Cognitive Science depts. But UCI has a fantastic Philosophy department, I would have been proud to go there as well.</p>
<p>I got into all the UCs and picked LA over Berkeley because if you haven’t visited UCLA’s campus, you don’t know whats up.</p>
<p>Chose Berkeley over UCLA because I lived in LA for my whole life. Would have saved more money going to UCLA and living at home but I am happy with my choice.</p>
<p>chose UCLA (philosophy) over SB and SD. i honestly don’t even think that i have to substantiate my decision at all… </p>
<p>LA = the business </p>
<p>and</p>
<p>i = a boss (bow-ss)</p>
<p>p.s.</p>
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<p>I was accepted to the mid tiers and below but chose UCSB for the strong academics and active social life, which I thought was especially important being a transfer student and two years behind all the freshmen who had already made friends, etc.</p>
<p>Also, Isla Vista is a pretty magical place 
You have the rest of your life to live in a metropolis or boring suburb (which IMO describes most of the other UCs), but there’s nothing like living less than a mile from over 15,000 students, eateries that are open late, the beach, a theatre, etc. It’s nice to be able to do all this without having to get into a car (heck you don’t even need a bike really…). Also, the fact that UCSB is really quite isolated means that the rate of students that go home for the weekend is extremely low… The one downside to this is that those who want to intern in the immediate area have less options than they would at campuses near urban areas.</p>
<p>You’re only an undergrad once and UCSB and Isla Vista are 100% geared for them. Students here are very happy which is reflected in the fact that UCSB has the highest alumni giving rate in the UC system. Davis for me was a second choice, I loved the fact that it was also a college town (though more spread out than IV) and had lots of research opportunities in Sac, but it was a little close to home (1.5 hours away) and I wanted to get out of my comfort zone for college.</p>
<p>I am having a struggle with this decision. </p>
<p>Berkeley - kind of always had a thing for this school. Itll be a chance to live in the Bay Area too. To buckle down and really get a good education. Plus I really want to go to an Ivy for Grad school, and this name will help.</p>
<p>UCLA - Almost the same reasons as Berkeley, except I would get to stay in So Cal (I am a transplant from the northeast) and have an even mix of Academics and So Cal social life/weather. TAP will make this school more appealing to me.</p>
<p>UCSD - great school, but I am kind of over SD and want to live new places. They have better majors at UCSD, but the main reason I would stay is because I have an apartment and a job here so I am settled. I wouldnt have to spend cash on moving and starting over. But that is a lame excuse too. </p>
<p>UCSB - I have never visited, but everything about the area seems so awesome. Campus is on the beach, small beach town, lively social life, and a great history dept. I am a super social guy, but I am also older and afraid the student body might be TOO young. I am afraid of accepting this school and having a little more fun, but in the long run being mad I passed up a chance to have a degree that said Berkeley or UCLA on it.</p>
<p>This decision is on my mind daily. I have a year to decide. Any feed back would be great.</p>
<p>I visited UCSB this past weekend (I’m 24) and I did kind of feel old… I hit up parties on Del Playa and danced with 19 year olds and it was a little weird. </p>
<p>First of all, visit the campus to see if you’d like it. If you do decide on it, I would suggest trying to live in the San Clemente complex in Isla Vista. It’s a 1000 person complex normally for graduate students but I’ve heard that they’ve been putting in transfers to fill the space. The age of that apartment complex should be significantly higher than Isla Vista itself (which has a median age of 21). After that, you could probably move to downtown Santa Barbara and commute to campus by bus. Downtown also has an active club scene which caters to the older students.</p>
<p>I was accepted to SB, Davis and SC. I ended up choosing Davis, mostly because of their reputation. Also, the campus is amazing and the people are very friendly and interested in meeting other students. The campus at both SB and SC are incredible, but overall Davis felt more inclusive and comfortable. When people tell you that Davis is boring, or that it’s hot and in a field in the middle of nowhere, don’t bother listening to them. There are tons of trees, it’s only really hot in the summer and there is plenty to do on campus, as well as off. It’s one of those schools you absolutely have to visit before making any judgements. I thought the exact same thing until I actually visited there and after I was sold.</p>
<p>bump - bump</p>