UCLA -> Cal - Page 2

kingart · 04-26-2008, 06:46 PM

Those are quarter units.

I didnt apply for Fall 08, I'm thinking about applying for Fall 09.

I'm only a first year, so I cant say much but the intro to CivE seminar was alright.

UCBChemEGrad · 04-26-2008, 06:47 PM

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im going to transfer to ucla as civil if i dont get into berkeley. how is civil's program there?

^ Okay...not as good as Berkeley's...

TheIcon · 04-26-2008, 06:47 PM

you should refer to flopsy's thread for engineering students.

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Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Civil
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)

1. U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign *
2. University of California–Berkeley *
3. Georgia Institute of Technology *
4. University of Texas–Austin *
Stanford University (CA)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
7. Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)*
8. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *
9. Cornell University (NY)
10. Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *
11. Virginia Tech *
12. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
13. Northwestern University (IL)
14. Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *
15. Pennsylvania State U.–University Park *
16. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
17. California Institute of Technology
University of Washington *
19. University of Colorado–Boulder *
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities *
21. Univ. of Southern California
Princeton University (NJ)
Duke University (NC)
24. University of Florida *
Michigan State University *
Clemson University (SC)*

UCLA has now fallen out of the Top 25 in undergraduate Civil Engineering.

UCBChemEGrad · 04-26-2008, 06:49 PM

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UCLA has now fallen out of the Top 25 in undergraduate Civil Engineering.

That's just sad...beaten by Clemson!?

LA has earthquakes, UCLA should have a fantastic CivE program...

TheIcon · 04-26-2008, 06:49 PM

As of 2007.

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UCLA

Undergraduate Ranking:
# 19 overall
# 16 in Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering
# 16 in Computer Engineering
# 13 in Electrical Engineering
# 18 in Environmental Engineering
# 17 in Materials Engineering
# 22 in Mechanical Engineering

Student Body:
2300 undergraduates
1300 graduate students (500 master's; 800 doctoral)

1504/5808 admits (26%)
426/1504 yield (28%)

Ask Flopsy: UCLA Engineering

dbguy4eva · 04-26-2008, 07:02 PM

i thought MIT was number 1. im not even sure if these stats are legit.

UCBChemEGrad · 04-26-2008, 07:04 PM

^ MIT has never been No. 1 for CivE...UIUC and Berkeley have been top dawgs in that discipline for a while.

kingart · 04-26-2008, 07:08 PM

So er, does neone think I have a chance of gettin into Cal if I apply for Fall 09.

PooperScooper · 04-26-2008, 08:50 PM

I didn't take any AP classes in high school, nor did I even attend high school, so I don't know how the AP units transfer over, but one thing you need to take into consideration is the unit cap. UCB limits the amount of units you can transfer over with to 120 in order preserve your junior status and ensure that a good portion of your education is done at Berkeley. This means that you should highly conserve your courses and only take your major pre-reqs if you're already at 85 units. Again, check on how the units transfer over.

In order to stay competitive in any UCB major, you want to have at least a 3.5; however, the exact GPA really depends on your essay, EC's, family and personal background.