Transfer to UCLA or USC

b_boy
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:55:49 +0000

If you read what I wrote (if you read, write, and understand English), about people who brag about getting into Cal or UCLA with unchallenging majors, then these are people with “big fish in a small pond” mentalities. My “friend,” psychology at UCLA is only impacted because so many people apply to it. It means that the number of spots at UCLA’s psych department are overwhelmed by the number of applicants. Your major does not require heavy math or natural sciences, so stop trying to ride the “UC’s academically elite” coattail. It’s not like you’re majoring in engineering, computer sciences, or studying for med-school, so stop your foolish argument, especially if you don’t know the points argued.

If you read my whole piece, instead of being rash and jumping to conclusions, you’d understand the context of what I’m saying. I never knocked the UCs for them being public schools. Since psych majors don’t require much math, here’s the logic for slow ones like you. Cal and UCLA each have about 25,000 undergraduates. The Ivy Leagues and Stanford have anywhere from as little as 4,000 to right under 10,000 undergraduates, and hence the admission standards are that much more stringent than your run of mill public school. The UC schools are your everyday “run of the mill” universities. And I would even say the same for USC. Why? Because you can get into an ethnic studies program at the prestigious University of California at Los Angeles with about a 3.2 GPA. I may have gotten rejected by the 2 UCs I applied to, but I only applied to Cal’s Haas, UCLA’s business econ, and USC’s Marshall. My GPA standing at my ccc was a 3.76 prior to transfer. I guarantee that you couldn’t achieve the same GPA, or even better, if you had to take the same courses I did—psychology’s prerequisites are a joke—because you’re nothing but a gloried social worker at best who studies an easy subject that doesn’t rely on structured principles.

You didn’t accepted to UCLA’s engineering, computer sciences, or pre-med program–you got into an easy program–so stop riding the UC’s “academically elite” coattail.

My point was: USC is not academically inferior to the UC system’s.
Another thing, stop using arbitrary rankings that are politically swayed. You’re a TOOL because you get your information at face value. And finally, I hope you enjoy being unemployed after you get your UCLA degree (that’s if you can handle your easy major and your “prestigious” school).