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Well, if you put it that way, higher tier UC’s courses are not as rigorous as courses from much more prestigious universities such as Stanford, Ivy league schools, MIT, Cal Tech, Harvey Mudd, ect and their students are not as good. See what I mean? It’s not fair to compare colleges since there is always going to one that is better and more rigorous.</p>
<p>Also, I would not advise you to go through the community college route because the academic atmosphere at a CC is much worse. </p>
<p>“UCSC being more laid back vs. UCB/UCD/UCI students who have a compelling need to focus, focus, focus.”</p>
<p>Why wouldn’t UCSC students have a compelling need to focus? After all, we are paying over $30,000 dollars a year for an education just like all other UC’s. That’s enough of a reason to keep anyone focused lol.</p>