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<p>I think UCLA tends to get shorted because it offers its students a great social life and it has top-tier sports teams. UCLA, from last I saw, still is top-10 in bac-recipient to STEM PHD production and has produced seven Nobel Laureates from its undergrad schools. It is similarly for “academic minded people.”</p>
<p>And I don’t think that UCSD ever had an option of joining the Pac-10 or Pac-12 or whatever form it would become. All teams in the Pac need football and basketball teams to compete. </p>