<p>I picked Riverside because I couldn’t get into Merced.</p>
<p>^Another elitist on CC :rolleyes: Really wish there was a block user function here.</p>
<p>Chose LA 'cause its in la</p>
<p>I chose UCSD over UCLA and UCI because:</p>
<p>1) I HATE the traffic in LA, ridiculous
2) SD has an excellent bio program and more bio research opportunities
3) The Veterans Affairs Liason at SD is top notch</p>
<p>in that order.</p>
<p>I chose UC Berkeley over UCLA because I live in the bay area, but mostly because it is the best public school in the country.</p>
<p>-<strong>Bump</strong>-</p>
<p>Anyone choose UCI over other UC’s? I feel like UCI is respected but I HATE, well I DISLIKE the area very much!! It’s way too conservative, and all of the shopping areas looks the same…boooooooooooooooooring!! I’m trying to find something about the campus and area that I could grow to like.</p>
<p>Yeah, I totally know what you mean. I was totally diggin’ UCI until I visited… didn’t feel it.</p>
<p>Chose UCLA over Berkeley and SD because I just love the campus eveytime I visit there. Since I transferred from SMC, which is only a few blocks away from its westwood big brother, I spent most of my spring semseter studying at UCLA’s powell library, east asian library, etc and felt it was really a place for me to excel in. For berkeley , although its biochem and molecular bio major at the graduate level is more prestigious , at undergrad level, the difference between Cal and UCLA is minimal that they are pretty much on par. (Also I have never visited the Berkeley before, so I can’t say anything about its campus environment). For SD, Although I knew their biochem program is really strong, I felt San Diego was a little more secluded than Los Angeles when I visited there.</p>