2/28    What are the rankings of the 7 UCs, for undergrad? This is for my
        little cousin.
        \_ Cal, Cal, Cal, Cal, Cal, Cal, Cal, LA, SD, Irvine/Davis, the rest
           \_ CAL SUCKS ASS, YO. - *recent* cal cs grad.
           \_ talg was graduated from Cal. That is the kind of "student"
              cal is graduating these days.
              \_ who is talg?
        \_ Just look at UC News for an approximation.
        \_ I think in general: 1 Cal, 2 UCLA, 7 Santa Barbara.  Don't know
           Top Tier: 1 Cal, 2 UCLA, 3 UCSD
           Mid Tier: SB, Irvine, Davis (ranked by major)
           Bottom Tier: 7 SC, 8 Riverside
        \_ I think in general: 1 Cal, 2 UCLA, 5 Santa Barbara.  Don't know
           about the others.  Of course rankings depend on the major.  Which
           one is your cousin going for?
           \_ Is Merced open yet?
        \_ Isn't Riverside the worst? My understanding is: SD=yuppie school,
           Irvine=riceboy Integra school, SC=dumb surfer school,
           Davis=boring school, Riverside=drug school, and SB=party school.
           \_ Will depend on major, but 3. UCSD ...  7. Riverside
           \_ SB is definitely not 7.
        \_ There's 8 undergrad UC campuses; probably better tell your cousin
        \_ does your cousin learn like high or low pressure learning situations?
           that first. I'd go Cal, LA, SD, Davis, SB, Irvine, SC, Riverside.
        \_ does your cousin learn like high or low pressure learning
           situations?
           \_ SB has a really outstanding condensed matter experimental
              physics research program, and is world class is particle
              theory. overall, their ranked in the top ten nationwide
              in physics at the grad level.  of course this is unrelated
              to undergrad, unless your cousin is *Absolutely* positive
              about going into physics..
              \_ http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/gradrank/gbphysic.htm
              \_ SB has the college of creative studies for ugrad. Majors
                 include physics, literature, etc. CCS at UCSB is probably
                 better than any of the mid-tier schools and maybe better than
                 what you'd get at LA or Cal.
           \_ Their 3-5 semiconductor work is also world class. But use the
              same advice you ought to get when you go to grad school. If
              you know exactly what you want to do (for undergrad, that means
              major, for grad that means research area), go to the best place
              for that subject. Otherwise, other things being roughly equal,
              go to the best school you get into.
        \_ As Per US News:
           Cal, UCLA, UCSD, Irvine/Davis (Tie), UCSB
                            \_ Davis slightly more selective as per US News
           Unranked: UCSC, Riverside