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i gather most of the people who've replied to this don't live in california, eh? 
berkeley is one of the best schools in the nation. for sure it is the top-rated public university. which means it's extremely, incredibly hard to get in. i imagine it'd be harder for out of stater's, besides being more expensive. i have no personal aspirations of attending berkeley... for a number of reasons. besides the fact that my chances of being accepted are slim to none, it's too close to home for me, and it'd be like going to school with all the same people from high school.... but that's just me. it is without a doubt a competitive, presitigous school.
irvine is big in the sciences.. it's definitely not as good as berkeley. but if you're comparing it to all the uc's... it'd probably tie for 3rd with ucdavis (after berkeley and ucla). i think i talked about irvine in some other thread a while back.....
but don't blow off davis as just a 'farming school'. it's a respectable university. did you know davis has a medical school, as well as a law school?
ermmmm what else..
ucla is NOT much easier to get into than berkeley. it's the most applied-to college in the nation. in recent years it's become increasingly difficult to get in as the school itself has become more prominent.
also, the number of acceptances at ucla and ucberkeley dropped this year because of the sept 11 attacks. colleges are expecting more 'yes's from kids who want to stay closer to home... ..just another thought.
yellownerdz, what state are you from? sorry if you already mentioned it and i didn't catch it..... what other colleges did you get into back home? because uci and ucd are good schools, but i'm not sure how worth it is for you to trek all the way out here if you got into better schools back where you live.
and... even with a perfect gpa, it doesn't mean much if your sat's don't reflect the same strengths.... yanno? all schools have different grading policies, but even if the sat's have little validity as to how well they measure your intellectuality, they let colleges look at how you do in comparison with kids across the nation...
ummm sorry if i sound like some college expert know-it-all... i just happen to live in california.
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05-05-2002 07:06 AM
wow i didn't noe so many out-of-staters wanted to go to UC's. wutz so good about berkeley? lotza pplz from mai skool go there but i'm kinda scared...the competition is REALLY high there and the work is CRAZY. seriously sum pplz hu get in dun go czu they're worried they can't handle the work. UCLA is pretti much the same, but it has a nicer campus. 
