LOLOL, ok sorry for the wait finals >>>>CC
Ok, to be completely honest if I was in your position I would wonder the exact same thing, I mean it no doubt has to be peturbing reading such negative things about the college your about to shell out 20 G's to go to. So there must be something good about that place, and the two things you stated seem to be the most logical things that could be postive about UCM.
Sadly, here is why there not.
UCM is not Berkeley, and NONE of the classes I had were based on a curve, in a matter of fact I HIGHLY doubt any of the courses at UCM are based on a curve. The reason is, most kids fail there classes (THIS IS A FACT, last semester 55+% of the enrolled students were failing 1 or more courses). Because of this, the prof cant "curve" the class, because he cant pass people onto the next level of the subject, when there just going to fail that as well. Also, none of these prof's have tenure, and they want to keep there job;s, so there not going to tell the administration they curve and pass students in classes, when they have not learned the material. In my biology class, 7/130 people got A's, 70+ people recieved a D or an F. It doesnt help whatsoever having dip-$hits as class mates. And to excacerbate the situation, these classes are pretty much graded only a littttle easier than courses at UCLA or UCSD are.
Although leadership roles have more competition at UCLA and UCB, the fact is there are many more roles to fill at those colleges. I dont think I will have any problem whatsoever getting into a Lab or helping in the community in Los Angelos...i mean the city and area has millions of people, as opposed to UCM whose city tips the scales at 30k. If anything, I would argue that it will become increasingly difficult, and harder at UCM to obtain leadership positions, due to the fact that there is increasing demand (Fall 2008' class is more than 100% of the total UCM student body) aand limited supply of roles at UCM to fill. But, this arguement is flawed, because if your proactive enough anything can happen...sadly few people reaaaaallly want to put themselves out there and make things happen
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