how would you compare UCSD to other elite schools?

[doublehh03]

---

Members don't see this ad.

as a science major.

i think it has to be top 5. the competition is ridiculous.

 

[riceman04]

UCSD undergrad????

Maybe top five in California!

 

[Shaka]

UCs always think very highly of themselves, undergrad or otherwise. Sometimes it is deserved, other times not.

 

[MediMama23]

UCs always think very highly of themselves, undergrad or otherwise. Sometimes it is deserved, other times not.

For real. OP, there's crazy competition at many different schools in different departments; that doesn't mean that the difficulty to get through a program at your school is any harder than at another school.

But no, UCSD is hardly top 5. Top 10? Top 50? I dunno.

 

[SeventhSon]

ucsd bench research, as in competition of faculty and bringing in grants, in biological science is top 10. As for competition as an undergrad campus, i think we're perennially about #30.

 

[Centinel]

as a science major.

i think it has to be top 5. the competition is ridiculous.

As a science major, I'm sure it's gotta be top 5 for surfing competitions. Maybe even top 3.

 

[91946]

For undergrad, I think it may be top 5 in california, but not nationally. Of the top of my head, Stanford, Cal Tech, Berkeley are all ahead of SD in california in term of undergrad competion in my opinion.

 

[doublehh03]

stanford, cal tech, berkeley are supposedly "more competitive" simply b/c of the name themselves.

my friend goes to berkeley right now and he plays games almost everyday and yet he has a 3.6 GPA. and i hard 3.6 is like real good there.

for science majors, i may have exaggerated UCSD as top 5 but it should be high up there. i'm not talking about general undergrad, but just science.

 

[thegenius]

as a science major.

i think it has to be top 5. the competition is ridiculous.

I think UCSD is about a taco short of the combination plate.

 

[MediMama23]

...

Science at any school is an ass-kicker; I got shat on at my school. I still highly doubt that UCSD is "up there," whether we're playing the name game or not.

 

[Bluntman]

I think UCSD is about a taco short of the combination plate.

When was the last time you were able to lay out on the sand up there? Right. Shut your mouth.

 

[ChaldoAl]

When was the last time you were able to lay out on the sand up there? Right. Shut your mouth.

BURN!! Speak the truth, So Cal brother!

 

[91946]

stanford, cal tech, berkeley are supposedly "more competitive" simply b/c of the name themselves.

my friend goes to berkeley right now and he plays games almost everyday and yet he has a 3.6 GPA. and i hard 3.6 is like real good there.

for science majors, i may have exaggerated UCSD as top 5 but it should be high up there. i'm not talking about general undergrad, but just science.

lol, it could be that your friend is super smart. I know some people like that at cal (my roommate) who just naturally get A's while sleeping, but i was one of those that work my ass off for those B+ and A-

 

[doublehh03]

even the "naturally" smart at UCSD has to study their fair share. this dude i know who got into johns hopkins (and TAed many of my bio classes) studied a lot.

i think ppl just really go by names when they answer these types of questions by looking at the rankings and stuff.

UCSD has its fair share of those "sub-par" students b/c it is a state school after all as indicated by its low GPA. and that's why i think its science program (which is top notch) is considered weaker than other "elite" programs.

 

[OctoDoc]

When was the last time you were able to lay out on the sand up there? Right. Shut your mouth.

aaaaaahahahaha! Wheeee!