University of California-Davis

Pros: renowned professors, medium size classes, fast paced, new material
Cons: Price is increasing all the time, hard to get into some courses

Life Under Pressure University of California Davis Some Basic Facts: Location: Davis, California [near Sacramento, Ca.] Size: 5,300 acres – this is the largest UC campus, it is almost the entire city Student Population: ...

Pros: Peaceful small-town atmosphere is conducive to studying, ample social life is there if you choose to pursue it
Cons: Huge student body can be a little overwhelming

I'd love to be able to relive my college days knowing what I know now (geez, I really sound like a cranky old curmudgeon, don't I?). To elaborate on the usual hindsight pledges to study more and party less, I'd have taken a lot more of certain types of...

Pros: Great education, pretty campus, extracurricular activities
Cons: Tuition costs, housing costs

Ahh UC Davis. I loved this school.

The campus caught me first off...it is like a little forest in the middle of agricultural fields. Part of this is due to the Arboretum that goes along Putah Creek, but the rest of the campus is equally lush...

Pros: university town, walkable downtown, bike friendly
Cons: isolated, campus not that attractive

The University of California at Davis is a large, rural campus in a university town. The university's integration with the city of Davis is wonderful, and it is one of the most bike-friendly campuses and cities in the country. The UC Davis environment...

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How you answer every question on the housing form determines your next year, the friends you're going to meet, your home for the next year. It is scary to think how important it is, this is why making informed decisions is so important. I am talking...

Pros: flexibility
Cons: slightly obscure- many people don't know it exists

The Environmental Toxicology department is the hidden treasure at UCD. I spent five years at UCD in this department and now, as I am a obtaining my PhD, I realize how wonderful this department truly is.

The program gives you the opportunity...

Pros: Friendly staff, online admissions status, online financial aid status,clear literature
Cons: In the middle of Timbuktu, application is challenging, not in the nation's top ten schools

I applied to three of the universities in the UC system. I filled out the online application in November and it is now mid-March. Of the three universities, only Davis has even looked at my application. The others, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego,...

Pros: excellent school, student body, organizations, college town
Cons: boring town, for a California school the beach to too far away

The phrase goes, "college are some of the best years of your life," and for me, they really were. UC Davis turned out to be an awesome place for me to experience college. Yeah, the town is boring. Yeah, sometimes it smells very agricultural....

Pros: Great education, low tuition, great city
Cons: class size? I can't think of any others

I spent four years at UC Davis and loved every one of them. If you are a high school senior and looking for a top notch school and are longing to experience college life to its fullest than UC Davis is an excellent choice.

UC Davis is a...

Pros: Safe, academically challenging, easy to make friends.
Cons: Small town, high cost of living.

I am a long-timer at Davis- arrived in Fall of '92 to pursue a pre-vet course of study. Eight years later I am an English major and can honestly say I've sampled a wide variety of UCD's course offerings. My stay at college has been extended by personal...

Pros: Great Education
Cons: I'm not there:(

I attended UC Davis for a semester a few years ago, and had a great experience. My major was Environmental Science, and at the time ( and still) not many schools have had this major. I was in love with the campus and its easy going nature. Bikes were the...

Pros: great research opportunities, knowledgeable professors, small department
Cons: small department could be a con; no clinical emphasis

I studied psychology without having a definite idea of what I wanted to do with it in the future, and thought it was a pretty good department. I had some really good professors in both the psych department and the Human Development department (my minor)...

Pros: view financial aid online
Cons: evil administration

In the beginning, it was great. They consistently sent me letters, letting me know how they care. They told me how much they were going to give me. I was enthused. I bought it all. Then the honeymoon came to an end.

Davis got to know me....

Pros: High quality education in friendly environment
Cons: not in the middle of a city

It has become clear to me that UC Davis must be the best kept secret in higher education. This university offers the same high-quality instruction as one would find at many Ivy league schools.

However, one major drawback of Ivy league schools...

Pros: good academics and affordable housing
Cons: boring atmosphere and lacking a good weekend night life

I was accepted to this school straight out of high school. Unfortunatley money problems did not allow me to go. But in retrospect I'm glad I didn't go because socially speaking Davis is a very boring place to go to school. It's my firm belief that...