College Rankings by Major

[alimoalem]

college acceptances are out and i was just wondering if anyone knows a credible source that ranks colleges by different majors. my major is Envirnomental Sciences or Environmental Studies (depending on the school). it's not a major i hear about too much when it comes to ranking so i jus wanna make sure i'm making the right choice.

any and all help is appreciated

 

[mercanucaribe]

Look at geography programs. If it's a program with a good physical geography component and GIS, you may be better off.

 

[esun]

1. Stanford University (CA)
2. University of Michigan?Ann Arbor *
3. U. of Illinois?Urbana-Champaign *

That's what US News has. It's a start at least.

 

[bonkers325]

the question is, where do you really want to goto school?

i'm an environmental engineer @ SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry. their engineering program is good, but the school is plagued with beauracracy issues. dunno much about the environmental sciences program though...

 

[alimoalem]

i want to go to UC and i got into Davis and Irvine, but not Berkeley (my goal). i'm debating over going to community college to transfer to Berkeley or if Davis or Irvine has a good Environmental Sciences department for me to go there

 

[Brackis]

What is the entire list of schools that you got into thus far?

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: alimoalem
i want to go to UC and i got into Davis and Irvine, but not Berkeley (my goal). i'm debating over going to community college to transfer to Berkeley or if Davis or Irvine has a good Environmental Sciences department for me to go there

You think Berkeley is going to be more likely to accept you after you've gone to community college?? UCSB has a good geography program. http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/courses/undergrad.php

 

[alimoalem]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
You think Berkeley is going to be more likely to accept you after you've gone to community college?? UCSB has a good geography program.

yes, i do. you must be unfamiliar with colleges. i'm near two VERY good community colleges, De Anza College (which is like #2 in the nation for community colleges) and Diablo Valley College. both have agreements with the UC system, including Berkeley. transfers from community college have a higher rate of acceptance than transfers from 4 year institutions because you are expected to transfer after 2 years if you attend a community college. as for UCSB, too late, i never applied there.

Brackis, you asked about the schools i've gotten into thus far. i only applied to UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, UC Davis, and UC Irvine. of the 4, i've gotten accepted by Davis and Irvine.

 

[Brackis]

Originally posted by: alimoalem

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
You think Berkeley is going to be more likely to accept you after you've gone to community college?? UCSB has a good geography program.

yes, i do. you must be unfamiliar with colleges. i'm near two VERY good community colleges, De Anza College (which is like #2 in the nation for community colleges) and Diablo Valley College. both have agreements with the UC system, including Berkeley. transfers from community college have a higher rate of acceptance than transfers from 4 year institutions because you are expected to transfer after 2 years if you attend a community college. as for UCSB, too late, i never applied there.

Brackis, you asked about the schools i've gotten into thus far. i only applied to UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, UC Davis, and UC Irvine. of the 4, i've gotten accepted by Davis and Irvine.

I got rejected from UCB and UCLA too:brokenheart:

 

[The Stigenator]

ahh my field.. PM me for info.. i am an enviromental science major.. and i know what's good where.

I suggest UCSB. hot women there at UCSB..

 

[alimoalem]

yea i saw your post. it's all good though, SD, davis and irvine are still pretty good

 

[DAWeinG]

I'm going to graduate from UCI this summer and I can tell you, right now is a pretty good time to jump in on their program. The Earth System Sciences department just got a brand new building built about 6 months ago. The department is part of the physical sciences department. They have a couple Nobel Prize Laureates. Their chemistry program is very renowned too. 90% of the faculty come from very prestigious schools. Information and Computer Science is getting a new building too. Their Graduate School of Management (Business school) just got a huge ass $30 million grant from Paul Merage, the inventer of the Hot Pockets. UCI is expanding pretty heavily all around.

 

[alimoalem]

i'm somewhat leaning towards UCD but not sure yet. many are mentioning UCSB but sadly i did not apply there.

so should i go to a 2 year so i have the option of changing majors? or possibly getting another change at getting accepted to other places?

 

[Lucius]

I'm an Envi-Sci major. Went to UVA. Don't know how highly regarded the program is but it was the first in the nation.

I know Duke and Maine both have excellent grad programs, I don't know what their undergrad programs are like though.

 

[alimoalem]

maybe i should somehow make this clearer in my original post...although i thought it was already clear; i'm ONLY talking about going to UC Davis and UC Irvine. if you don't think it's worth me going there, advise me to go to community college or some other thing. i know UCSB and UVA are good schools but CAN NOT go; i never applied to them. sorry for any confusion