<p>It's a great school in a nice city, has nice weather, I'm a California resident who has a solid shot of getting in, and I'm a science-oriented person (math too, though i lost interest after taking calculus). I have visited the campus and think it's pretty nice. It's in SoCal which is the only home I've ever known, yet not too close to my real home (im in the LA area), which is good. The stereotype is that it's socially dead, but stereotypes are stereotypes and with 20,000+ people there will always be people I can meet. I'm not a party guy anyway, though I do like meeting people and building friendships. Overall, it seems like a solid school that I may likely end up at, but what are some other great things about the school that could persuade me to go there?</p>
<p>it's a highly-ranked public school, and it's very well-respected in general. And if bioengineering is your thing, UCSD one of the best for it. Overall, it has a nice balance of prestige and pleasant atmosphere.</p>
<p>actually, although i am science oriented, i have lost interest in many of the physical sciences since ive been taking them on the ap level in high school. however, i am very interested in social sciences, and would consider being a psychology or sociology major. im also interested in statistics. do you know if ucsd also had good social science and/or math departments?</p>
<p>though this is a very vague answer yes they are pretty good i heard....</p>
<p>dude go to ucla. you'll have many more options in majors since you seem a bit undecided at what you want to do. and it has d-1 sports, come here if its your last resort.</p>
<p>UCSD has highly ranked Psychology and Political Science programs.</p>
<p>dude isn't that for graduate school?</p>
<p>Undergrad for Poli-Sci is well equipped as well. Especially in international relations from what I hear.</p>
<p>Avoid SD if you want Humanities. You're best off with Natural Sciences/Engineering, you're still well off with certain departments of Social Science.</p>
<p>Yes but the rankings are for grad schools right?</p>
<p>there is no ranking for undergrad schools... all the rankings you see for specific majors are all grad programs. However, the quality of the grad program is reflected in the undergrad program, so yes, those rankings can be applied to both the grad and undergrad programs.</p>
<p>Where do you get your information on this. I have been told never to base your opinion of a program on grad school because there is usually a big difference between the two. Could you please give us a link to your sources?
Thanks</p>
<p>no one ever told me about college rankings, how to get into college, or what to do other than a-g. i guess thats what happens when you're a first generation college student AND your high school has no college counselor.</p>