Ranking of CA schools

"We looked at the UCs for our son last year and from speaking to Californians (past and present) we had heard that the typical tiering of the UCs was 1) UCB, UCLA, UCSD (this could also be in that order as 1 - 3) 2) UCSB and UCD 3) UCI and UCR 4) UCM and UCSC Is this not the conventional view of Californians?"

" That more or less it. Most of my neighbors here in CA (at least those who think about such things) would rank them roughly like that, although they might sometimes offer a little more granularity. Say something like this: 1) UCB, UCLA, 3) UCSD 4) UCD, UCSB, UCI (in that order) 7) UCR 8) UCSC 9) UCM Davis sometimes gets a little boost in some peoples minds because its bigger than UCI or UCSB, and it has the full range of professional schools (medical, law, business,veterinary) that UCI and UCSB lack one or more of. Plus it has a football team, Berkeley and UCLA are the only other UCs with football. None of which has much to do with the quality of undergrad education but do serve to raise the profile of the school with the public."

同意,加州以外的人也大致这样认为。