#UCSD vs UCR vs UCSB

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foggy fjord
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major: chemical engineering but will change to bioengineering if i go to ucr or if i go to ucsd will prob change to computer science w/ bioinformatics or biotech concentration or something like that
i kind of wanna be a dermatologist but im not too sure bruh med school acceptance rate is like 3-5% i cant be jobless
UCR pros:

  • 5000 dollar yearly scholarship + priority registration
  • haider early assurance program
  • less competitive? is it easier to get a high gpa in UCR vs UCSD or nah
  • nearby clinics=good for volunteering and stuff
  • food is decent
  • potential BS + MS program? if I end up not going to med school
  • pretty good pre med advisors
    UCR cons
  • bad location (very hot and not a lot to do around there)
  • unsafe
  • people prob go home on the weekends/commuter school
  • not a lot of hospitals i think
  • might be hard to make friends
  • architecture/dorms are a bit crusty
  • prestige??? mb harder to get connections?? idk
  • less funding compared to UCSD
  • close to home

UCSD pros:

  • close to a bunch of hospitals/world renowned research
  • good premed program
  • new campus (eight college just built)
  • ppl are relatively more acedemically focused; might motivate me more?
  • good location/more to do than ucr (downtown san diego?)
  • good reputation
    UCSD cons:
  • mightt be harder to get a good gpa cuz its more competitive
  • socially dead? more effort to make friends
  • no scholarship + 2000 dollars more expensive than other ucs for whatever reason
  • big campus=a lot of walking

UCSB pros

  • nice little college town
  • work hard play hard culture
  • better parties/social life than ucsd and ucr
  • farther away from home
    UCSB cons
  • hard to get clinical experience because theres not a lot of hospitals
  • housing crisis (but thats prob at every uc)
  • might be difficult to get internships after college

this is just stuff i learned online but i havent personally visted these schools so yeah pls help me decide

abstract hatch
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based on my experience, ucr engineering building smells horrible

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but bioengineering labs look fine

lavish furnace
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eliminate ucr if the 5k scholarship is not a dealbreaker.

heady rover
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ucsd cons take from a current student:

  • yeah engineering here is hard. but idk how hard in chemical/bio since im EE
  • socially dead is overblown, we're just not a party school, you will have friends and probably have fun if you try lol.
  • money is a good concern tbh so yeah if that's a dealbreaker that makes sense.
  • it is big but we have a shuttle that runs every 15 mins so if u dont want to walk u dont have to !!
mint dagger
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UCSD is the best for engineering IMO because that's where I went to school for structural engineering. 😄 But honestly I think it's the best funded and ranked. I don't know why people say it's socially dead, because I honestly partied too much when I attended there. Work hard, play hard.