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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UCSD grad, CA native here. Lots of misinformation in this thread. The UC system ranks higher than the Cal State system. USD is a lovely private Jesuit school. As for the poster saying the UCSD campus is ugly, I have fond memories of watching the La Jolla cliffs hangliders from my classes in Muir as well as walking through eucalyptus groves on my way to the iconic library. Former friends and classmates went on to be stars in their fields... some doctors, some lawyers, some bio chem researchers, others part of San Diego’s rise in technology (Paul Jacobs / Qualcomm ring a bell?). It’s a great school but realize that recent changes have made it harder to get in to the UC schools from out of state. [/quote]

+2 to all of the above. Another UCSD grad and CA native now living in DC. To call UCSD the equivalent of GMU is ridiculous. [/quote]

And another UCSD student here who transferred to UMD to finish her degree. The level of academics/students was much higher at UCSD than at UMD. Also, UCSD is on the quarter system, which makes it more intense. UCSD has an exchange program with Dartmouth - those Dartmouth kids would come out in the winter to escape the snow at what they thought was an "easy state school" and they'd get their butts kicked academically. Over and over again I'd hear how much harder UCSD was than the Ivy school.

If your kid wants to do journalism, though, SDSU might be the better choice, as they have a solid journalism program. If your kid wants to stay in San Diego, they'll do just as well going to SDSU or USD as they would going to UCSD.[/quote]

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