dumb conclusion, dmission.
i grew up in sacramento, both my parents are UC Davis alums, my mom worked at the vet school, i've been to over a dozen Picnic Days, visited friends, restaurants, and the farmer's market regularly. unless you live in davis proper, i daresay i've spent more time there then you have.
1. i didn't say there were cows everywhere. i said relative to any other university in the state, davis has lots more. the students accept that. ever heard of bossy cow cow?
2. cows are in the geographical center of campus. you may define the more important areas of campus differently, but in the circle that is UCD property, the dairy is pretty damn close to the middle.
UC Davis: Visiting: Campus Map
3. the cows might suck if you live in tercero or are a biology grad student (labs on either side of dairy), but it doesn't affect the majority of campus. i never said davis was a bad school. the cows are something the school (and the entire metropolitan area) laugh at. i applied to UCD for both undergrad and grad school, i can't hate the place if i did that, right?