<p>How big of a tier drop are UC Riverside and UC Santa Cruz from schools like UCI, UC davis, UC Santa Barbara, etc in the Economics dept?</p>
<p>My big question is if only UCR and UC Santa Cruz are accepting apps for Winter 2010, is it really worth it to wait to apply to schools like UCI, UC Davis, and UCSB for Fall 2010? That’s basically a whole year.</p>
<p>Of course, there’s a chance UCI/UC Davis/UCSB opens up apps for Spring 2010 but what are the chances of that happening? Did these 3 schools open up applications for Spring 2009?</p>
<p>Well rankings are not really UCSC or UCR’s friends. I am an Econ major at UCSC currently, and I can tell you from experience that the professors are really, really good. I also had excellent Teacher Assistants. But yeah, there is definitely a gap between SC and mid tier UCs, at least according to rankings. </p>
<p>Rankings don’t really bother me, but if they bother you, you might want to wait. Waiting an extra year to go to college seems like a lot to me, though.</p>
<p>Let’s say I apply to UCSC and UCR for Winter 2010. When do applicants usually receive their decisions? I’m curious to find out which campuses are accepting apps for Spring 2010. </p>
<p>If I get accepted to either UCSC/UCR, when is the Statement of Intent deadline? Will there be an overlap if I decide to apply to a higher tier school for Spring 2010?</p>
<p>It really depends on how the admissions office evaluates my situation. I have around a 3.4 for my past 40 credits at a CCC but before that I went to some 4-year schools 4-7 years ago where I performed poorly.</p>
<p>First off, I am confused as why so many have such negative perceptions of UCR and UC Merced, they are just as good as any other University of California. Also, please keep in mind that UC’s do not offer Spring transfer it is only Winter and Fall. For those who do intend to apply to UCR in the Winter you will recieve your response of whether or not you’ve been accepted in October and the SIR depends upon when you’ve been accepted.</p>
<p>I feel so bad for the UCM and UCR guys. Seriously, they’re trying their best. Its not their fault the central valley is an extremely unattractive place to go to college.</p>
<p>* ^ That sure sounds like a UCR rep to me, lol. Joined today with one post to say “they are just as good as any other University of California.” *</p>
<p>That’s good. There’s too many elitists here that feel the need to bash UCM and UCR.</p>
<p>UCM and UCR are both good schools … it’s all about location. Riverside and Merced (especially) are in areas which are extremely undesirable hence why so many people bash them or don’t want to attend.</p>
<p>I think each of the UCs has their upsides and downsides. Heck, I can say that a boring bedroom suburb like Irvine is a horrible place for young students to live and socialize in.</p>
<p>What is your expected graduation date, and when did you start at your CC? If you’re behind, and if you really want to attend Riverside/Santa Cruz, then go for it. If you’re just kinda jumping the gun in order to get out of CC, then wait. The name of the game should be ‘save money and keep options open’.</p>
<p>grey_syntactics: I’m done with CCC in the Summer - that’s why I’m applying now to some schools in California and other states. I have all of my pre-reqs and IGETC completed after the Summer. I was too late in applying to the UC schools for Fall 2009.</p>
<p>Also, because I earned a lot of credits at some 4-year schools, I noticed I’m ineligible for some of the mid-tier UC’s since I’m a Senior transfer.</p>
<p>rc251- I wasn’t joking, haha. A few months ago, someone similar (maybe same person) came on to the UCM page and posted an extremely positive message about UCM. Again, he joined that month and it was his first post and never posted again. People later found out he was a UCM rep.</p>
<p>I have nothing against any of the lower UCs. In fact, I back them up because so many people want to bash them. And yeah, I agree with the surplus of elitists on CC.</p>
<p>Don’t make the mistake of choosing your college based on ranking. Visit all of the schools you are interested in, talk to students in your major, read catalog descriptions of the classes you will be taking, consider location, financial aid and overall connection to the various campuses. If you are miserable somewhere, you are going to perform poorly.</p>
<p>I agree the location isn’t the greatest I come from breezy Orange County and honestly part of me would have loved to stay local I was even accepted into Irvine, however I decided to come out to Riverside to focus since I don’t know anyone, and I love it (except the weather) but I wouldn’t tell someone to come out here unless I think they really wanted too. Don’t settle because no one else is open. I also agree you for sure want to visit any campus before you decide and looking into the classes you will be taking is necessary to help also.</p>
<p>I also think it’s a kinda funny how you automatically assume I am a rep just because I have positive things to say about the campus and I know my facts. I transfered from a cc in O.C to Riverside and used to work in the Transfer Center at Santa Ana College so of course I am updated with my stuff.</p>