Ranking "top" CSUs and "middle" or "bottom" UCs.

sapipa177
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:14:54 +0000

Thanx for saying something UCRUCR, CalPoly guy is starting to annoy me. As much as we all judge each University by “name” we are all rating it wrong, we are rating them by what websites show us, what the news tells us and what quarterly magazine print.

If you seriously want to know who is better, you need to look into the major itself. In the end it still doesn’t matter where your diploma is from if you are not a good employee or person. A family friend of mine is 29, went to Johns Hopkins, undergrad and got into their med school (never finished I think). Never worked a day in his life. Lives at home with his parents and is still getting an allowance. You know why he’s not working? he’s lazy and is constantly looking for a get rich quick scheme. He declines any job that doesn’t pay him a 6 figure starting wage because he tells them his diploma allows him to demand that even though he has no work experience.

Example. If you were to major in Marine Biology. UCSD would outrank UCLA and CAL hands down because they have research facilities dedicated to that specific department. UCLA and UCI would outrank the rest for all pre-med majors who wants to be a doctor because they have good medical facilities. UCR is still working on theirs and will succeed, it’s just a matter of time. UCR used to have a joint program with UCLA where students from both campuses are vanned from one campus to another in order to share labs, professors and other facilities.

1 year after your first “real job” your employer would say “wow, he’s a great employee”, not “wow, he must have graduated from ________ because he’s a great employee”.

Last note. Don’t forget to get a few letters of recommendations before you leave your school…not for grad school application but for work. Employers like to see recommendations and references. Once you start working, get a few from your bosses and upper management.