Where is a Warrior Fan Supposed To Go For College???

by DaAzNJRiCh on Mar 29, 2007 7:06 PM PDT Comment 19 comments

Ok, I am pretty pissed right now because I was just rejected from my Top 2 Choices. Cal and UCLA. But I guess I need to make a very hard decision now. I probably will plan to become an engineer hopefully industrial or civil maybe. I got into Irvine, Davis, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Cal Poly SLO. I applied to USC but I don't really wanna go because it is a lot of money. I can probably afford it but I just don't wanna spend that much money. So what should I do??? And where can I continue to cheer on the Warriors even tho it's probably nowhere since I didn't get into Cal.

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Which College???

UC Santa Barbara

3 votes

UC Davis

17 votes

Cal Poly San Luis Obisbo

8 votes

Wait for USC

5 votes

Community College

4 votes

UC San Diego

10 votes

UC Irvine

4 votes

51 votes | Poll has closed

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i feel u dude

i got rejected to ucla and ucb as well. ;(

ucd for me though. so naturally i voted for ucd, but it all depends on your major. indeed, sd is more prestigious and has a better engineering program but ucd is closer to oakland so u still have the possibility of attending a game. if u go to sd thats highly unlikely. i suggest u visit the campus and decide which one suits u best. good luck and i hope you the best in college.

by vietsta4o8 on Mar 29, 2007 7:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

USC all the way

There are a lot of great colleges in California, all over for that matter.

Before I graduated from St. Ignatius in '99, I had my heart set on going to UCLA. I didn't get in, but I got offered an academic scholarship to USC. I went there and had a total blast. I even ended up going there for grad school to get my journalism degree. Great college, awesome sports, TONS of good lookin' chick-a-dees. And what do you know, I nabbed myself a sweet job at KCBS, the number one station in the country's 4th largest market.

But that was just my experience. good luck

by KCBS Warrior Fan on Mar 29, 2007 7:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

well...

first off, my condolences on not being accepted to your top choices. Keep your head up, my brother got turned down by his top choices, was extremely depressed, and now is extremely grateful of where he is at school.

I would say Santa Barbara. Because of the simple algebraic transitive rule: If A=C, and B=C, than A=B.
Warriors fans = Chill.
Santa Barbaraians = Chill.
therefore,
Santa Barbarains = Warriors fans! :D

by bradyk2 on Mar 29, 2007 7:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i heard

UC San Diego has great parties :D

anyways, I got to City, so I do not know much about UC schools but go to the one that has the best engineering......uh.....curriculum [sp] or something

by chili01 on Mar 29, 2007 8:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

hey

Does anyone know if Davis has like sports bars or whatever where I can watch Warrior games if I'm not 21? Or how am I supposed to watch games?

by DaAzNJRiCh on Mar 29, 2007 9:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

davis

isn't there a lot of kings fan in davis? since its only 1 hr to sac-town?

by goldenchild on Mar 29, 2007 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yup

you cant see no warriors games in davis
my bro goes to davis, and he has to use the slingbox to watch the dubs

by Poopoojoe on Mar 29, 2007 11:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

UC-SD! UC-SD! UC-SD!

Hash, Fantasy Junkie, DJ Fuzzy Logic and I are all UCSD products. I would say it's the best BY FAR out of Irvine, Davis, Santa Barbara, Cal Poly SLO, USC, and even UCLA for a lot of majors, especially engineering. I'd do head to head matchups between UCSD and those other schools, but I'm guessing I'll piss of a lot of people here. You can go very far in life with a UCSD degree and use it as a stepping stone into amazing grad and professional programs.

The one major drawback with living in SD is that it's THE worst sports town in the nation. Get NBA League Pass and NFL Ticket and you'll be fine. Go to Charger vs 49er/ Raider and Padres vs Giants/ A's games and you'll feel like you're in the Bay Area. Other issues with living in SD is it's a pretty conservative military town (I wasn't feeling it) and the ethnic food aside from Mexican is pretty terrible. Some of the best weather in the world though. SD makes you soft!

UCSD!

by Atma Brother ONE on Mar 29, 2007 11:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wait

Did you guys all meet at UCSD??? And if I go there where can I watch Warrior games?

by DaAzNJRiCh on Mar 30, 2007 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

UCSD

I've actually known Fantasy Junkie since I was 11 and Hash since I was 13. DJ Fuzzy Logic and I have been down since undergrad.

It's gonna take NBA League Pass to watch Warrior games down there. It's Fakerville. Make sure to check out Seau's in Mission Valley. Best sports joint in SD!

by Atma Brother ONE on Mar 31, 2007 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

UCI is my bias, UCSD is best for u

I went to UCI so I'd say go there cuz of bias, the best part is that over 40% are bay area residents, (58% of the campus is Asian) and u get the #1 location in southern california since it's central to eVERYTHING, and u get to overlook the fake/rich/conservatism of orange county b/c the campus is like a separate country in its own lol

However, honestly, UCSD is the best ranked school with great programs. I wouldn't go as far as atma and say its above usc or ucla, cuz i mean, who are we kidding? but according to age and ranking, ucsd would be great. either way, ur going to one of the top 20 public institutions in the world. be proud baby. 1 Dub.

If War brings Peace, Dubz' wit it then!

by gsdubz on Mar 29, 2007 11:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

shouldve applied to pacific

...if you wanted to do dentistry. but engineering is a different story.

based on athletics (men's bball, specifically) SB, Irvine, Cal Poly and Davis are all in the Big West. which fortunately for me, is dominated by Pacific. at least davis has football too. SD simply has crummy DII sports. and you probably know the Trojan's story really well...#1 preseason football team, and a stellar hoops team with OJ Mayo coming in the fall.

we get sharks games on fsn here in stockton, but no warriors games because it's "king's country." so you're probably out of luck in the other places because theyre all farther from the bay than stockton, except for online streaming video or other means.

otherwise, based on academia you probably want to visit each campus and see what resources are available to undergrads. you will probably want to examine class sizes and faculty/student ratios too, but i imagine for the public schools that there are several hundred students per class. if you plan to go to grad school, you may want to see how each school best positions you to do that (factors like accessibility to faculty, etc). and even then, resources don't matter if you don't take advantage. so choose carefully with no regrets, and best of luck.

Go Tigers! Back to back to back Big West champions! ...and Warriors

by pacifictigerpepband on Mar 29, 2007 11:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

"is dominated by ...?"

based on athletics (men's bball, specifically) SB, Irvine, Cal Poly and Davis are all in the Big West. which fortunately for me, is dominated by Pacific.

2006-2007 Big West BBall Standings (Final)

Cal Poly (2)
UC Santa Barbara (4)
UC Irvine (5)
Pacific (7)

Who dominated huh?

LOL STOCKTON REPRESENT!

If War brings Peace, Dubz' wit it then!

by gsdubz on Mar 30, 2007 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

recruiting wise...

pacific is in good shape. long beach won because they had a team of athletic seniors who just managed to one-on-one their way out of sticky situations. make no mistake, they have a lousy coach. irvine keeps making its run year after year, but they fail to capitalize. riverside is just sad, i don't know why they play D1.

pacific has the best coach and the best coaching staff in the conference, hands down. 3 consecutive conference titles, plus transforming olowokandi from a basketball newbie to the #1 draft pick his senior year don't happen by accident. granted, he didn't pan out, but that's more of the NBA's and his problem than the coach.

i guess what i'm saying is that the big west is a crap conference, and pacific is positioned to be at the top of it until they hopefully decide to go to the WCC. but at least they get their spot in the national limelight the same amount as Cal does, while only sinking in 10% of Cal's basketball budget.

Go Tigers! Back to back to back Big West champions! ...and Warriors

by pacifictigerpepband on Mar 30, 2007 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Civil engineering?

Which has the best engineering department? Cal poly might be a good choice since it's reasonably close to the Yay area? UCSC has the nicest campus in the state and lots of warrior fans but I don't think they are heavy on civil engineering?
I don't think the college matters as much in engineering as in some other careers, the rich civil engineers I know made their money from their marketing and business skills and not from their academics. The construction cycle is more important than the schoool attended. I'd recommend a decent schoool with lots summer or part time work at a busy firm and spending as much time as possible on construction sites so you learn what the real product looks like and how you can design it so it is easier to build.

by Skeptic con Urquell on Mar 30, 2007 9:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Also, forgot to add..

You might want to look into Sac state. They are close by so it would be easy to come to oaktown for games and weekends. Since Sacto has the state govt. headquarters there might be more oppotunities to intern there. My son wanted to major in geology and he picked Sac because the state gave the geology student part time jobs. When he graduated he already had a locker so to speak so they signed him to a long term contract!

by Skeptic con Urquell on Mar 30, 2007 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

True dedication

In Ten years your gonna go, "wow, I can't believe I even thought about going to school there just based on the Warriors?" TV and internet dude. You can see as many games anywhere in the world if you have the right set up like TV and internet...Go where you are gonna feel at ease. You know what, majority of college students go to school for an average of 4-5 years end up working in a profession that is completly different from what they studied in school. Its about life experiences, not your face in the book per se. Learn to live on your own, clean up your own bathroom, cook meals cuz you have no money, hook up with chicks all day every day and last but not least, learn how to get your s..t done and still be able to settle in that chair and watch our beloved GSDubs. Also, the highest female to male ratio won't hurt either.

by gabezgsw on Mar 30, 2007 10:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

Plus a ton of people switch majors within their first 2 years. Choosing a college based on major can be risky.

by Atma Brother ONE on Mar 30, 2007 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would suggest Cal Poly SLO

because I go there and there's a good amount of Bay Area people (I see warriors fans every day) and you can always watch Warrior games at this restaurant called The Shack or on your broadband league pass.
because it's an awesome school for engineering and most people get recruited for jobs before they even graduate from Poly and it is a lot cheaper then the other schools on that list.
but If you want to go to the best overall school on that list I'd take UCSD and if you really want to go to UCLA or Cal, I'd suggest looking into transfering from a community college because it's the cheapest and you have the best chance of transferring into the school of your choice because it's easier for community college transfers to UC's.