Has anyone here turned down UCLA for UCSD?

SunDiego
Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:38:10 +0000

No question that UCSD is a great school and has absolutely kicked a** is in its short history. But ya gotta walk before you can run; I think you’re hearing a lot more comparisons between UCLA and UCSD and people, as discussed in this thread, are looking at these schools as equals.

You almost certainly can get a better undergraduate education at UCSD than you can at Cal - but it’s still Cal, and Berkeley’s reputation nationally/globally is still a ways beyond UCSD. Just like Stanford, Ivy’s, the Institutes, these are the places that are at the top and only have one way to go. UCSD is still on the rise - and will continue to warrant strong consideration as a Top 50 to 20 school.