<p>I chose UCR over Irvine and Davis strictly for the diversity</p>
<p>UCR is a UC reject school. Then again, every school is a reject school for some proportion of the students. Yes, Berkeley is a reject school for Stanford. Stanford is a reject school for Harvard. Etc. </p>
<p>Personally I think UCR is a great school. At least you’re not going to SDSU :D</p>
<p>UCR is a fine school but the thing is that if you apply to all UC of your choice and if you are eligible for UC and you are rejected by all other UC, they may offer you to go either UCR and /or Merced. That why the name is coming from. To me if you go to UCR, just study hard, you always have another chance by either transferring or going to the better graduate school later. </p>
<p>You make the value of the school where you study but not the school give you your own value.</p>
<p>The SIR yield rate (for those who knows what it means) is up 7.5% than previous year at UCR. That means more and more students want to come riverside and study. Another interesting fact is that UCM receives about 4 times more referral apps than UCR. Does this mean UCR will be getting out of referral status soon? I don’t know but I sure hope so.</p>
<p>I don’t know when the referral system started, but for more than 10 years there have always been two referral schools. Before Merced, UCSC was the other referral campus. Interesting since UCSC is a bit younger than UCR. Anyway, referrals are made after acceptances are out, and I think it more likely that both schools get all referrals. It’s just that UCR had such a big jump in SIRs that UCM had to take on the load.</p>
<p>UC committee may intentionally want to keep two referral campus, one south one north, to keep high school seniors/parents happy. Maybe UCR will never get out of that status, but with minimal referral apps received, it will almost make UCR a selective campus like everyone else.</p>
<p>festus:</p>
<p>“Could have went?” What did you get in English?</p>
<p>But everyone needs to remember that 88% of California high school graduates did not qualify for UCR.</p>
<p>^ Where did you get that info?</p>
<p>lol… Tatin, if we must be strict in regards to grammar on the forums then we must replace “an african american that” with “an African American who” and “other UC’s and I chose UCR” with “other UCs but instead I chose to go to UCR.” Look on the bright side, at least his phrase was comprehensible.</p>
<p>Back to the OP question, UCR is known as UC Reject mainly because it is official UC policy to redirect some rejected Berkeley applicants to Riverside. </p>
<p>"Overall, 46,923 California (Berkeley) freshmen were admitted from 64,146 applicants compared with 50,291 admitted from 66,410 applicants last year. About 2,661 freshmen who were rejected received an alternative offer of admission in winter or spring. Another 1,120 who had applied for an engineering major were offered admissions at UC Riverside, which is trying to expand its engineering program. "</p>
<p>[Eligible</a> students rejected by UC / Rain checks offered to those who attend community college - SFGate](<a href=“http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-04-21/news/17422615_1_uc-eligible-student-uc-campus-uc-riverside]Eligible”>http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-04-21/news/17422615_1_uc-eligible-student-uc-campus-uc-riverside)</p>
<p>mrsleonore, </p>
<p>You misread the article. You shouldn’t have included the paranthesis, that’s not part of the quote. In fact, Berkeley cannot admit 46k california freshmen in a single year (even in their wildest dream). The 1120 referrals to UCR were from all other UC campus, not just Berkeley.</p>
<p>That’s a pretty old article. It was published in 2004. Statistics are very outdated. I don’t see in the stats that the 1120 were just engineering students: </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2004/fall_2004_admissions_table_a.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2004/fall_2004_admissions_table_a.pdf</a></p>
<p>And I have to take back my previous statement. It looks like in 2003 and 2004 UCR was the only referral campus. The last mention of UCSC having students referred is in 2002. And then Merced came on as an additional referral campus in 2005.</p>
<p>I don’t think it has to do only with acceptance rates.</p>
<p>Many things about UCR are quite inadequate.</p>
<p>Many of my TA’s barely speak English. My Econ 4 TA once used ‘berry/berries’ as a good, but it took me awhile to realize that she wasn’t saying ‘bury/burries’. I was confused until I read the page from which she taught the material.</p>
<p>My Econ 4, 102, and 103 professor went through her slides too fast. She would upload empty slides for us to print out, waste ink and paper, and re-write the notes. The problem is that she goes through the slides too fast, and gets very annoyed when students ask her to go back to the previous slide. </p>
<p>I would *#?! my pants for the final exam because I felt like I didn’t know the material and failed. But then I would learn that the grading curve was so lenient that I passed. Although I must admit that my worries were also my fault. I know that I need to try harder.</p>
<p>That’s not all though…</p>
<p>The Pre-Bus courses are ridiculously wasteful. CS 8, for example, tests your knowledge on the functionality and purpose of a computer mouse.</p>
<p>English 1C, for example, was all about watching films, talking about the books we read, and not about the papers that we write. I felt that my professor didn’t even bother reading my essay so much that he gave all 5 or 6 of them A’s without a proper read. Two of my fellow classmates didn’t even read ‘Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner’ and passed the tests/quizes and the final essay about the novel. Want to know why? Well the damn professor assumed that we read actually read it for homework, so he just talked about it during class. I read it btw, cuz I thought it was interesting. </p>
<p>In Bus 10, I did all the work and wrote all 15 or so pages for my Business Plan Assignment, while the ‘other’ 5 in my team did nothing but praise me about it. I was the team leader and I tried to encourage them to spark up some ideas or write one of the pages. Either I am not a team leader, or these people don’t really give a ****. I mean come on I too am a slacker, but atleast I do some work!!!</p>
<p>I also think that the location is bad. Compare Riverside downtown to LA downtown. Where would you rather shop or hang out with friends? Nuff said…</p>
<p>Some classes will have really low expectations because the students can’t really meet the professors’ preferred standards… I saw this a lot when I went from a English 1B class with 60% Honors students to English 1C that had regular students…</p>
<p>Some TAs are awesome, I don’t think their accents should be the basis for judging them…
Some TAs are bad tho… really hard graders, look down on students.</p>
<p>But, on a high note, once you start taking upper division classes/ hard classes the dumb/immature kids start getting weeded out, to the extent that professors can actually teach at a decent standard, TAs give you more respect, etc.</p>
<p>TBH I think the students who can’t handle science/math take majors like business because it’s that much easier…</p>
<p>I went to UCR back in the late nineties, and even back then people were complaining. Actually, I chose UCR because back then it was a smaller campus, close to home, and I liked the vibe when I visited the campus. If people complain they are bored, I usually pay them little heed because I find what they have to say is boring as well. I prefer to surround myself with people who immerse themselves in their course work, and who read stimulating material. It is not a college or restaurant’s job to entertain anyone, and people need to realize that is not what school is about. I am not saying your should not participate in extra-curricular activities, but I was focused on graduating in four years and working at the time. I belonged to a few academic honor societies which I preferred anyway.</p>
<p>Honestly if I went to UCR, I wouldnt be complaining…cause i go to UCM…</p>
<p>It is the definition to the downside of free speech.
Almost like those anti-abortion activists whose disgusting and degrading photos are an invasion of your mere sight. Leaving, at least me, unable to eat all day. This thread resonates with me similarly. </p>
<p>I don’t know where the above posters live, but I do not believe it to be in the real world. </p>
<p>There are a lot worse things then going to UCR.
Such as never going to college at all.
Never receiving a college degree which can outfit you to work a white collar job.
Never being able to adequately support your family because minimum wage wasn’t intended to support a family on. </p>
<p>I would never bash an institute of higher education just to hear my self talk. </p>
<p>To be honest when I received my acceptance to UCR (my first UC acceptance but not my last) I started to cry because I knew in that moment I had broke the chain. The curse. The glass ceiling that the women in my family can’t seem to break.</p>
<p>If you burn a book, someone else will write it again.</p>
<p>Can you guys like not bump this thread anymore ?!?!?!?!? This thread is really old and we live in 2011. People see UCR differently these days.</p>
<p>close thread. ■■■■■■■■</p>
<p>It’s only a bit over a year old. Close this thread, and another will be created.</p>
<p>And, to point out my objectivity, I’m an alumnus.</p>
<p>Besides, linoch, as the OP… Well, you’ve got to be kidding!</p>