What is the best university in califonia? (San Diego, San Francisco: top school, incomes)

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by 509

Cal Tech....well, if you cannot get into Cal Tech, there is always Berkeley.

Haha Apples and Oranges. Cal Tech only has 2,000 students vs 41,000 at Berkeley and Berkeley also a top 10 b-school, a top 10 law school etc.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by 509

Stanford....for spoiled children with a scientific bent. If you cannot get into Berkeley, there is always Stanford for rich kids.

Good luck getting into Stanford if you can't get into Berkeley...

[CCbaxter]

If you decide Berkeley do your research. It not all rainbows and unicorns. My daughter was accepted and chose Davis instead. There’s more to it than just rankings.

[Pavlov's Dog]

Originally Posted by HereOnMars

Try to find one where you won't be indoctrinated to believe in a socialist society. Pretty hard to find those types of universities these days, though. Good luck

He could always study in China if that is his goal.

Let's see. As of July 1st California had the #2, 4, 6 and 9th most valuable publicly traded companies in the World. I'm failing to see California as socialist. It seems like a functional democratic capitalist society. If it were socialist you wouldn't have 10s of thousands of homeless people in the major cities and a large portion of society without health care.

[509]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Good luck getting into Stanford if you can't get into Berkeley...

You get admitted to Berkeley. Have the grades and test scores and you get ADMITTED to Berkeley.


You get selected to Stanford. Have a daddy or mommy with money and you get SELECTED to Stanford.


If your poor and smart.......Berkeley.


If your stupid and rich.........Stanford.


With all due respect to Stanford it is amazing what they do with sub-par students.



They would be a great University if they ADMITTED rather than SELECTED based on social class and daddy's money.

[bad debt]

Originally Posted by apple92680

One of the blessings of California is that we are full of good universities and educated people. In no particular order, the good universities are:

-- Univ. of California Berkeley
-- Univ. of California Los Angeles
-- Univ. of California Irvine
-- Univ. of California San Diego
-- Univ. of California Davis
-- Univ. of California Santa Barbara
-- Univ. of California San Francisco
-- Univ. of California Santa Cruz
-- Univ. of California Riverside
-- Univ. of California Merced
-- San Jose State University
-- Fresno State University
-- California State University Long Beach
-- California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
-- California Polytechnic State University Pomona
-- California Institute of Technology (CalTech)
-- Pitzer College
-- Scripps College
-- Occidental College
-- Biola University
-- Chapman University
-- Azusa Pacific University
-- Whittier College
-- University of Redlands
-- Harvey Mudd College
-- Claremont McKenna College
-- Pomona College
-- Claremont Graduate University
-- California Lutheran University
-- Stanford University
-- California Institute of the Arts
-- Mills College
-- Pepperdine University
-- University of Southern California
-- University of San Francisco
-- Loyola Marymount University
-- Salk Institute for Biological Studies
-- Loma Linda University
-- Woodbury University

In addition to the aforementioned mix of public and private universities, we have a good system of State Universities (the CSUs) which offer a pathway into nursing, teaching, administration, etc.

Additionally, the Community College system offers many courses that can lead to certification in one of the trades (HVAC, electrician, fire science, nursing, child care, billing, etc). So, as you can see...plenty of options!

Missing:
Art Center College of Design
Sci-Arc
Otis
UC San Francisco
UC Hastings

[bad debt]

Originally Posted by 509

USC......University of Spoiled Children.

Stanford....for spoiled children with a scientific bent. If you cannot get into Berkeley, there is always Stanford for rich kids.

UCLA....Not Berkeley, but better than the two above.

Berkeley.....See the three above.

Cal Tech....well, if you cannot get into Cal Tech, there is always Berkeley.

I got into Berkeley. Didn't apply to Stanford but doubt I would have been accepted as I wasn't legacy nor any super amazeballs things on my application. Just standard smart white kid with tons of APs and strong standardized testing.

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Good luck getting into Stanford if you can't get into Berkeley...

agreed.

Originally Posted by 509

You get admitted to Berkeley. Have the grades and test scores and you get ADMITTED to Berkeley.


You get selected to Stanford. Have a daddy or mommy with money and you get SELECTED to Stanford.


If your poor and smart.......Berkeley.


If your stupid and rich.........Stanford.


With all due respect to Stanford it is amazing what they do with sub-par students.



They would be a great University if they ADMITTED rather than SELECTED based on social class and daddy's money.

Stupid kids aren't going to Stanford. My class of 85 kids in a top private school where the vast majority of us had social class and money. We all didn't get into Stanford. Only 6 did (or at least chose to attend, I guess more than that could have been accepted). For reference, 9 went to Harvard.

[bad debt]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

No according to US News' Global University Ranking:

3 Stanford
4 UC Berkeley
6 Cal Tech
14 UCLA
15 UCSF
19 UCSD
41 UC Santa Barbara
64 UC Davis
69 USC
76 UC Santa Cruz
78 UC Irvine

California is home to a whopping 11 of the 100 best universities in the world.

https://www.usnews.com/education/bes...ngs?int=a27a09

Stanford and Caltech is apples to oranges. The median student at Caltech are going to be smarter than the median student at Stanford on a standardized test.

But if you're looking to go into Business, Law, Medicine, etc etc there is absolutely no reason to go to Caltech. Or if you want to have sports be an important part of your college experience. If you want to go into Theoretical Physics, Aerospace Engineering, or Chemistry then Caltech is the superior institution.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by HB2HSV

USC? LOL...

Someone who's clearly bias here

nope: USC is among the better schools for some studies. Why would I be biased? I didn't go to SC, I went to SDSU way back when.

509: man talk about a strange take on the good and the not so good top schools in CA. How can anyone really not think Stanford isn't one of the top schools in the country, certainly in the state of CA?

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Bonezman765

Well looks like he hasn't posted anything else.

Thinking the same thing and now it has been weeks. Hope he had fun reading everyone's opinions. Some people are easily entertained I guess.