Woot woot!
Here’s another Microbial Bio admit in CNR. (S25)
Hoping to make it to Cal Day!
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Welcome new CNR students! I’m a current CNR parent and happy to any questions, if I can (D’s not a microbio major, though, so can’t help with that).
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Great thanks; is your daughter in EEP? My son was interested in it as a potential minor. How’s her experience been with CNR
Thanks
Close - Society and Environment, with a minor in public policy.
Her experience has been great!
(Editing so I don’t accidentally dox my d)
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My son was admitted to Environmental Management & Forestry. What’s the career outlook like for CNR students, particularly environmental scientists and foresters? What kind of work do they typically go into? Is the current government contraction going to hurt prospects?
That’s a really good question and I’m not sure anyone knows the answer. With the government layoffs, including national parks staff and others, now is probably not the best time. But this too shall pass…In terms of careers, CNR grads do all sorts of things - some work in the public sector, some the private, some work in parks, some go into research, some go to grad school and law school…It’s very versatile.
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I’ve heard class sizes at CNR are smaller. Would love your perspective on this. Also is it easy to sign up for classes?
I graduated with forestry degree shortly after Reagan started downsizing US Forest Service (smaller cuts than are being considered now). It put a whole generation of trained (new & experienced) foresters out of work, since majority who got real forestry jobs worked for forest service.
At the time, I thought it would blow over, so I doubled down and got an MS in Forestry. No such luck, after finishing my MS, no jobs and big student loans. I went to MBA school, in finance, retired in my mid-40s.
I would grill the heck out of the administrators of the forestry/natural resources/environmental departments about career outlook, before I’d let my child drain my bank account in any environmental field, based on what is currently going on in washington.. Don’t assume the private sector will employ your kid.
Good luck out there…
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Well, yes and no. Yes, once you are into CNR classes they are reasonably sized and usually have a number of seats reserved for majors, making them easier to get a spot in. However, the first year or two, you are usually working on the gen ed/breadth requirements. These are very similar for CNR and other colleges, such as L&S, and are often very large lecture classes. Scheduling for the first year is like trying to buy Taylor Swift tickets, so be prepared with multiple back up plans.
If you come in with a lot of AP or DE credit and can skip gen ed/breadth classes, then of course you are in a great position as you will be able to start on college-specific and major-specific classes which are, as I said, reasonably-sized with reserved seating making them easier to add.
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Well, I would also say yes and no to this. I myself actually work in the environmental field, but not for government-funded organization, and I still enjoy very good job security. So it is not hopeless 
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I didn’t say it is hopeless.
Without repeating myself, verbatim, I basically said make sure you understand what the heck your job prospects are, before sinking 4 years and a lot of $s into an environmental degree, in this new & dramatically changed set of circumstances.
I get it, some people have to learn it on their own. Can be a hard and expensive lesson.
It’s all about making a truly informed decision.
Wishing you all the best in your own private sector environmental work. The times, they are a changing…
Hi! I tried to accept my offer of admission but the button seems to still be gray even after clicking all the checklist options. Does anyone have the same problem?
found it its all good now
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This is great info. Thank you!
Any other Film folks here? Kid is weighing options and hoping to get a read on the program.
anyone having trouble logging in rt now
Planned outage.. was announced
It’s very theory-based. Not a production focus. The few production classes are tough to nab. Also, until recently, those who didn’t get into Media Studies (impacted) were redirected into Film & Media (now that’s gatekept pre-admit). My d is a MS senior and has taken many film classes. The quality is always good, just not a production program like CSULB, CSUN, ucla, usc, LMU, Chapman, Emerson, DePaul, etc.
Thank you so much, Grableca! That’s exactly the kind of info he’s hoping for. He’s choosing from UCSD, UCD, UCSB and Cal, and the focus and options seem to vary a lot. We are totally unfamiliar with film stuff so we are struggling to help him figure things out.
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My d went to a public arts HS in the film discipline so we know students at most film schools.
Did yours apply to UCSC? Their program is growing rapidly and has a production focus. When we were touring for her it also looked like UCSD had plans to grow the dept possibly in a production direction. (Art practice there has also grown.)
UCSB is historically theory based but has some nice connections with the film festival. UCD I don’t know but they do have the only comprehensive design undergrad major in the entire UC system And it is well regarded. My D was looking hard at that program as a film creator at the time.
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