Has anyone here turned down UCLA for UCSD?

tungtied
Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:45:02 +0000

I’m an incoming freshman, and I turned down UCLA for UCSD this year. The campus and people seemed to fit my personality at SD…they did not at LA. Additionally, my major is unique to SD, and I am excited about the prospects it will bring (apparently there is a contiguous masters program at SD). Their rankings may be lower in some fields, but I would opine that in a cluster of physical sciences, natural sciences, and social sciences, UCSD is held in higher regard than all other UC’s…some of these are graduate school rankings, but some of this quality will trickle down. When I went to LA, I just did not feel at home. The college system, believe it or not, was a big selling point. I was impressed by how they stem the flood of incoming students by splitting them into colleges with different GE’s. All in all, I ended up choosing SD for these reasons. I also hate Los Angeles (the city), and I loved the climate and surrounding area in SD.