UCSC has been percieved as such because of it's location and past...much like chico being THE party school when in fact it is not...not anymore.


USCS is world reknown in sciences and has a good reputation with arts, design and engineering.

some rankings...http://admissions.ucsc.edu/discover/rankings.cfm

do some searches under some of the names and info on that page and you'll be surprised what you find in the field of science.

 

I actually go to UCSD, and being an Econ with Management Science major, I'd say that our program is a lot more challenging and better recognized than those of UCD and UCSC. This also means that you will most likely do worse (grades wise) than at the other schools, but grad schools know that UCSD is academically tougher than the others you have mentionned.

Plus La Jolla is sick. Plenty of cute girls, nice weather and a wealthy environement to pick up some new connections for later.

UCD IS closer to the Bay Area though, which I tend to miss when I'm down here for a long time.

Either way you go though, you'll have fun.

 

Just wondering, have you experienced UCD's or UCSC's Econ program or are you making an assumption?

 

lemme throw in the our hat:

www.cbe.csueastbay.edu/econ

we have both undergrad and graduate degrees in econ.

 

I would go to UCSD based on academic reputation and the SD environment alone

Post of the people saying SC or Davis obviously live there or go there, so their opinions are a bit biased. I went to none of the above and never lived in any of the towns, but I would go with SD

 

Oh, I definitely don't doubt that it has a good reputation among those "in-the-know", but while it's image is changing, I think you'd be hard-pressed to find many employers who probably graduated years, if not decades ago, to think of schools like Chico as anything other than a "party school".

I am a firm believer that one's decision in schools should NOT be based on what would yield the most "valuable" degree in terms of finding a job, etc. While a college education PROBABLY will yield higher salaries, I don't think that should be the only reason one should go to college. It really is a growing experience, where you learn how to learn, and how to think critically. I don't think you'll ever regret having gone, even if it doesn't lead to your dream job. I mean, look, you can make lots of money doing god knows what. Having worked in retail for a long time, I know that complete morons are being paid tons of money to "manage" a business when they have no fundamental concept of how it should be run, and have no education other than a high school diploma.

Choose a school depending on what YOU think you want to get out of your experience, and what YOU think you'll enjoy most in your 4yrs there. If it's going to be the atmosphere, location, people, etc, then great, choose a school in the city which you would most likely want to spend the next 4 yrs. Do you plan on doing any internships while you're in school? Think you might want to work at the capital doing public policy/legislative work? Maybe Davis wouldn't be a bad idea then.

In any case, all we can give you are our opinions which are very subjective, and based on what WE value in our college education, and what WE value may not necessarily be what YOU value. Do your research, visit the different campuses, sit in on classes if you can, etc.
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Just visit all the places you think you want to go. I fell in love with Davis after visiting the campus. Like kyoung05 said, make sure you do your homework. I know a lot of people that came to UCD and absolutely hated it here and I know people who love it. Just do your homework and you will be okay.

 

ucsd... based solely on academic reputation. a lot of what you'll get out of it is what you put in to it. i was an electrical engineering major but it was my econ classes that actually helped me get a job... i work in finance now. the econ program is pretty decent... it does lack some of the more in depth finance classes i would've preferred, but overall, pretty good faculty.

 

I think that the econ program here doesn't really focus on the finance part. That would be more under the Managerial Econ program.

 

I say transfer down south to sd. Im in the econ program right now as a management science major. Even though im undergrad the grad level program is top 5 in the nation. UCSD as a whole is climbing up the charts and rankings. Our engineering is one of the best in the nation along with biology. And depending on which college you transfer to in UCSD ur diploma may be worth more. For example i am currently in Revelle college the hardest on campus. One of the things that i just found out about revelle, is that Third party recruiters as well as grad school advisers value a Revelle diploma more than a diploma from CAL. I may be biased since im already down here but i had to go through the process u are in now, last year when i had to choose a college out of high school. I wanted to go to a top notch business school, or just a college where i could pursue a business career. I decided UCSD over CAL poly slo, Vilanova, Boston college(waitlisted), and Emory(waitlisted). if i had to make the decision agian id still choose UCSD. Oh yea the weather is great down here. Its probably rained like 4 times all year, i mean since sept. hahah much better than all that nor cal rain. The only down side is the scene at ucsd, the girls are just ehh and suppossedly after a while you develop triton eyes where the girls here start to look better. But outside UCSD wow thats all i can say, i havent been to State(sd state) but the parties there are supposed to be off the hook. Yea so in my opinion id say go with UCSD ull like it

 

Remember too, that going to UCSD is like having a 4 year long vacation (with a bit of studying though, of course). With that said, you will pay double of what you would pay in SC or Davis for housing, and you will most likely go to class a lot less.

 

I dunno how true that is i would say any college can be classified like this. Its up to the individual on how much effort they put into their education. I know my first quarter, last year i missed class a lot and was very lazy because i did not know any better. But last quarter i missed one day of class and that was it. If u allow urself to be distracted by the surroundings then of course u will miss class.

 

There's only a few times in your life you will be able to spend 4 years on someone else's money (if that's the situation) living in a vacation area such as San Diego. I feel like the social connections you make are far more important in the long run than grades or the things you learn in class. 10 years from now, I doubt you will remember what you got in your Accounting class, or how to solve some binary program problem, but you will definately remember the friendships you have made and the fun times you have had.

So its not too farfetched to say that most individuals will spend less time in class when they're surrounded by all these opportunities to have fun.

 

I highly doubt this. Even if that's the case, have you tried to get a job or internship by one of the third part recruiters at UCSD? Let me know how it works out for you, because I can tell you right now that they will not be the people that will find you your first job. It's all hopes and dreams, and their programs are mediocre at best for a management science major.

P.S. If you want hot girls, go greek.

 

oh yea true but its weird the main two frats on campus or lamdas and pikes and im not white or asian haha so i dont really fit in. but yea havent tried to get a job or anything its just my first year here and yea i dunno thats wat i heard about the diploma so it could just be a false statement