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So if the UC system continues as it has, I think we'll be seeing UC-South Central Los Angeles (or UCSCLA) and UC-Bad Part of Oakland (or UCBPO)...
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<p>what are you talking about "the crow"?</p>
<p>Yes, small classes are great. So is full access to profs... all 5 of them.</p>
<p>I agree that UC Merced has the potential to become a prestigious school. But, personally, I would not want to be one of those in its first classes.</p>
<p>I would SO not call Davis a bad school. They have a great medical program, and they're also great for kids going into agricultural sciences (I would know, since I live in a podunk farm town). Not to mention that it's more selective than UCSB, which I would definitely place lower on the list than Davis and SC.</p>
<p>^ignore talkcc. look at all his posts/threads. they are all bashing the schools (that he got rejected from)....ucr,ucm,asu,uci...</p>
<p>LOL -- will do. Rejected from ASU? Hmm...</p>
<p>apparently yeah:</p>
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What's wrong with that, as long as they're smart, good teachers, helpful, ect?
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<p>id be piissed if my english prof didnt speak clear and fluent english.</p>
<p>The majority of teachers of foreign languages (Spanish, French, etc.) are not native speakers of those languages, either.</p>
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I mean that UC Riverside was the consensus worst UC until UC Merced opened this year.
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<p>Perhaps- I'm not sure. Probably for the past 15 or so years. It clearly wasn't the worst before it was built, for instance. And still we have yet to say supposed quality or prestige.</p>
<p>taffy, the poster said "not born in America." The fluency and clairty of their English was not in question. I had two Irish professors last semester, but I imagine "too many of them" would have made the poster dislike the situation- I thought they were great, and they were most certainly not born in America. Clear and fluent English is an essential part of a good English teacher, I agree with you.</p>
<p>Wouldn't you want to go to Merced, when compared to other universities around the same academic level? You get to be in one of the first graduating classes of a university.</p>
<p>DRab, i doubt the poster was complaining about irish professors. nobody likes a political correctness Nazi.</p>
<p>I really don't think I'm a pc Nazi, if that's what you're implying. I just think saying "too many profs born outside the US" teaching at a school is stupid, unless the professors have some other problem, such as a poor control of the English language, lack of concern for students, or something else. The person was complaning about professors from outside the country, and the only reason he stated was because they were from outside of this country.</p>
<p>I think what he was implying was that the professors born outside the US aren't assimilated into the US culture as well and that affects their teaching negatively, whether it be poor English or something else.</p>
<p>Go easy on the guy DRab; outside the Berkeley forum people don't usually support every assertion they make with links and statistics. :p</p>
<p>Psh, what losers!</p>
<p>:p</p>
<p>nerd alert wooop woooooop</p>
<p>Ouch, that stings, and now I'm going to cry. Pointing out that somebody said something that doesn't make sense really equates to being a nerd, whatever you mean by that.</p>
<p>Back to the topic, I believe it would be UC Merced.</p>
<p>I know of someone last year who was rejected to every single UC he applied to and had to apply to UC Merced since it had a rolling admissions policy last year, and he attends there now.</p>
<p>In a few years/decades, maybe it will beat out Riverside. Maybe.</p>
<p>Not to mention that it's more selective than UCSB, which I would definitely place lower on the list than Davis and SC.</p>
<p>Wrong. Davis had an acceptance rate of 68% for Fall 2006 compared to 53% for UCSB. Davis hasn't released it's stats of acceptance but I'm betting it's lower because it was lower last year when UCSB had the same acceptance rate and Davis had a lower one.</p>
<p>Well, at my school, half the senior class got into SB, and only a select few of those same students got into Davis.</p>
<p>Opposite here, I think it really varies year to year..either way I choose Davis.</p>
<p>I was watching California TV this morning, they had Rob Reiner or w/e on. He had a good point, in that the Master Education plan has created a UC system is top-tier in all state schools, I mean I would put UCR and Merced both above University of Arizona and the others.</p>
<p>Same goes for Penn, Illinois, and Michigan, they're all good schools but no one really ever raves about UMich-Flint or Chicago.</p>