<p>to my understanding, merced actually has greater research opportunities for undergrads than most of the UCs.</p>
<p>Lol what kind of university has a program that is setup to transfer its students out. Merced is a joke if that is true, they might as well be a CC. (not that I don’t like merced, but if they want to be taken as a serious university…they need to act like one)</p>
<p>The decision wait would not be so long if applications were not due so dang early (November 1st)…</p>
<p>I just submitted my Stanford application 1 month ago. Of course they dont tell me until June; however, the wait seems more manageable.</p>
<p>looks like evryones passing the time pretty well. I had class this morning and strapped on my board to go surfing…I didn’t know that the freeway was all messed up until I got stuck in terrible traffic. I had to turn around and come home…god I am nervous about decisions and now I can’t even go out to get it of my mind…
lostincode, I wish I was as confident as you, I can see everything too but I am still nervous until I see “congrats”.</p>
<p>assuming mylifeisover is correct, id assume they would have that type of program because uc merced is new and they dont offer some of the classes or the selection, and students can take one at berkeley for a semester or something.</p>
<p>That is one thing I am going to miss if I move up north (surfing). I live in Manhattan beach now and I can go to so many places… </p>
<p>As far as I know up there, I will have to drive to Santa Cruz for descent surf… I have heard horror stories about the locals in the water which makes that option not viable.</p>
<p>verdet, sounds like a lot of fun, i hear that there are places up north that have nice swells, though i dont know exactly where they are.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/03/program_merced_draw_students/[/url]”>http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/03/program_merced_draw_students/</a></p>
<p>I think it’s a good idea, who knows, people may even choose to stay the full 2 years…</p>
<p>i think Merced will become a mid tier UC in 20 years?</p>
<p>hey verdet, applications for stanford are due later because less applicants right? I mean isn’t there only 1400 transfer applicants, thought I read that figure in the stanford thread.</p>
<p>wow, only 1286 students enrolled at UC merced!!!</p>
<p>Yeah that is one reason I am sure they are due later… I believe they only get like 2k applications for transfer which becomes more manageable… </p>
<p>I think the other reason is that they take soo few students (I believe less than 50) that throwing out applications is very easy</p>
<p>mid- tier UC in 20 yrs? sure, prolly up there with Davis.</p>
<p>thats what I heard only 60 admits! Holy crap. For sure I wouldn’t be one of them, I did horrible in HS, barely did the sats because my parents made me, graduated with like a 3.3, lol.</p>
<p>sparky123 probably more like UCSC or UCSB in 20 years, remember Davis has been around since 1905.</p>
<p>verdet – u go to elcamino?</p>
<p>verdet…you don’t have to miss it…there are allot of good spots out in Norcal…you do not have to drive all the way to Santa Cruz…I frequent Half Moon Bay but you can also go to Montara, Rockaway, Pacifica…etc. Water is colder but it gets pretty big so the payoff is fair. Localism is everywhere and I am at a disadvantage being a female surfer but if I can handle myself so can you. Have fun!</p>
<p>WAY easier being a girl in the water than a guy! </p>
<p>I wrote those places down thx… When it gets big, Nor Cal is where its at… You have Mavericks! We have to drive down to Todos Santos in Mexico and pray that the boat guy will bring us back! </p>
<p>I dont go to El Camnio, I go to LBCC…</p>
<p>verdet…I wish that were true for me but in my experience, the guys are always trying to tell me what to do or where to go (trying to help me) even though I’ve been in the water for over 12 years. It’s frustrating…
Mavericks is off the hook…my board was shaped by Jeff Clark as a favor for airbrushing some of his boards. I will never surf Mavericks though, just the jetty…I’m not skilled enough to tackle 30 foot waves.</p>
<p>all this surf talk makes me want to try. I’ve done almost all other boarding, but never surfing. I hear it is kind of hard.</p>
<p>west nile…do you snow board? I’ve always wanted to try that. I heard surfers can get the hang of it pretty quick but I didn’t want to buy all new equipment and then suck at it.</p>