University of California campus
The University of California has 10 campuses. They are: Berkeley Campus, Davis Campus, Irving Campus, Los Angeles Campus, Merced Campus, Riverside Campus, Santa Barbara Campus, Santa Cruz Campus, San Diego Campus and San Francisco Campus.
1. University of California at Berkeley
Advantages: As the first public university in the United States, Berkeley is in a leading position in academic circles, especially in mathematics, physics and humanities and social sciences.
Campus features: Berkeley is next to San Francisco, and it takes 20 minutes to get to downtown San Francisco by subway. The academic atmosphere is rich. Various student groups are very rich.
Suitable for students: excellent academic performance, clear about their future development path. Berkeley is a typical open and free campus representative, encouraging students' creativity. It is not enough to get good grades.
2. University of California, Los Angeles
Advantages: Excellent academic performance, mass media and social studies have always been among the best in UC.
Campus characteristics: big city, big campus, UCLA is the best representative. This means endless opportunities and conveniences. The most important thing is the high proportion of Asians.
Suitable for students: students with good family background, no need to worry about expenses, independent spirit and clear direction
3. University of California, Santa Barbara
Advantages: Located in Santa Barbara, California, it is a small town with beautiful scenery and strong literary atmosphere because of its unique geographical location.
Campus features: Surrounded by the sea on both sides, the scenery is charming, the campus is particularly beautiful, and the accommodation conditions are first-class. Students' activities are like holidays, surfing, fishing, whale watching and walking on the beach from time to time.
Suitable for students: it is difficult for international students to be admitted.
4. University of California, Irvine
Advantages: One of the best research universities in the University of California system, with strong scientific strength and first-class network equipment. The geographical advantage of being close to Silicon Valley also provides a lot of internship and employment opportunities.
Campus characteristics: Irvine is a place with three characteristics: convenience, safety and beautiful environment. A circle of dormitories and teaching buildings, the campus extending in all directions, clean and tidy. Although it's only a five-minute drive to Newport Beach, there are many immigrants from China here.
Suitable for students: students interested in high technology and computers.
5. University of California, San Diego
Advantages: academically equal to UCLA, with first-class research centers in biology, physics and computer, and oceanography and neuroscience as top majors.
Campus features: a very beautiful campus, you can walk to the seaside in a few minutes and to the city in 20 minutes. The campus is divided into five parts. There is a free bus on campus, and it is also responsible for picking up and dropping off the airport on holidays. Smoking is prohibited on campus.
Suitable for students: students majoring in biochemistry and medicine are worth a visit.
6. University of California, Davis
Advantages: Davis, California system is famous for its biological and agricultural resources. Good academic atmosphere, medium class size, many famous professors and friendly campus.
Campus characteristics: a relatively safe and independent campus environment. Here, you can have more exchanges with professors and students and establish deep relationships.
Suitable for students: suitable for students who love learning and quiet.
7. University of California, Santa Cruz
Advantages: There are still advantages in social sciences, humanities and arts, biological research and other majors. The employment rate is very high.
8. University of California, Riverside
Advantages: First-class research ability, the top four social sciences in the United States, and the second academic star in the United States. Small class education, rich student activities, public school fees, private school atmosphere, high cost performance.
Suitable for students: suitable for students who pursue personalized education, need to teach more attention and pay attention to the cost-effectiveness of studying abroad. Business students can consider.
9. University of California, San Francisco
Advantages: independent medical college, with the top public health, medicine and nursing majors in the United States. Every year, the federal government funds are invested first. The school is located in the city center and has all the conveniences provided by the city.
Suitable for students: students with very clear career goals should also have academic conditions that match this first-class medical college.
10. University of California, Merced
Advantages: The youngest branch school in California welcomed its first students in 2005. In research universities, the more students there are, the more than 2,000.
Campus Features: Located in Merced town, it takes about two hours to drive to the surrounding big cities. But the town is very dynamic, and I believe it will develop in the future.
Suitable for students: students who want to enter the California system and study research subjects.
Application for studying abroad
Application time node
Remember! There is only one deadline for freshmen to register:165438+1October 30th.
As we have already introduced to you in the previous article about early application, the application of the University of California is different from that of most American universities. There is no distinction between early application (ED/EA) and regular application (RD) in the application system of the University of California. All universities in the University of California (UC) have only one autumn application time-11+65438.
Fill in the application form
Nine campuses * * * use the same system. After registering the account and knowing the information to be filled in, everyone can prepare to apply for it in June 1 1.
UC Except the University of California, San Francisco (Graduate School), all the other nine campuses use the same application system. In other words, no matter how many campuses you apply for at the same time, you only need to submit one application.
Note that compared with other schools, the University of California has shorter application cycle, longer online application time and more contents. So when you fill in the application form, you should be careful and patient enough to complete it. The content of UC application system is mainly divided into the following eight parts:
About you;
◇ Choose campus and major (campus &; Professional);
Academic history;
◇ test scores;
◇ Extracurricular activities and awards (activities & awards; Awards);
◇ Scholarships and projects);
Personal opinions/application documents;
◇ Review submission (review &; Submit).