Did anyone here turn down Berkeley/UCLA for UCSD?

momosky
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:19:02 +0000

I was rejected by Berkeley and I turned down LA to attend SD. I live roughly 8 hours away from SD and 6 from LA, so distance wasn’t exactly a factor (if I was accepted into Berkeley it probably would have been a different story). I liked the SD area more than LA (huge beach fan, ocean weather, greenness of campus). As a premed hopeful people told me SD would be a better choice for me, and most of my cousins attend SD so it was more like home.

:P truthfully my biggest battle was between Davis and SD, since Davis was a) closer to home and b) offered more money. College is expensive and I’m not entirely sure I can justify turning down Davis, and I still have mixed feelings about my decision.