<p>I don’t think it has to do only with acceptance rates.</p>
<p>Many things about UCR are quite inadequate.</p>
<p>Many of my TA’s barely speak English. My Econ 4 TA once used ‘berry/berries’ as a good, but it took me awhile to realize that she wasn’t saying ‘bury/burries’. I was confused until I read the page from which she taught the material.</p>
<p>My Econ 4, 102, and 103 professor went through her slides too fast. She would upload empty slides for us to print out, waste ink and paper, and re-write the notes. The problem is that she goes through the slides too fast, and gets very annoyed when students ask her to go back to the previous slide. </p>
<p>I would *#?! my pants for the final exam because I felt like I didn’t know the material and failed. But then I would learn that the grading curve was so lenient that I passed. Although I must admit that my worries were also my fault. I know that I need to try harder.</p>
<p>That’s not all though…</p>
<p>The Pre-Bus courses are ridiculously wasteful. CS 8, for example, tests your knowledge on the functionality and purpose of a computer mouse.</p>
<p>English 1C, for example, was all about watching films, talking about the books we read, and not about the papers that we write. I felt that my professor didn’t even bother reading my essay so much that he gave all 5 or 6 of them A’s without a proper read. Two of my fellow classmates didn’t even read ‘Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner’ and passed the tests/quizes and the final essay about the novel. Want to know why? Well the damn professor assumed that we read actually read it for homework, so he just talked about it during class. I read it btw, cuz I thought it was interesting. </p>
<p>In Bus 10, I did all the work and wrote all 15 or so pages for my Business Plan Assignment, while the ‘other’ 5 in my team did nothing but praise me about it. I was the team leader and I tried to encourage them to spark up some ideas or write one of the pages. Either I am not a team leader, or these people don’t really give a ****. I mean come on I too am a slacker, but atleast I do some work!!!</p>
<p>I also think that the location is bad. Compare Riverside downtown to LA downtown. Where would you rather shop or hang out with friends? Nuff said…</p>