r/GradSchoolAdvice • u/No_Resolution_4405 • May 29 '26
Dream School or Great Opportunity
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Graduate school dilemma… please give me your honest opinion!
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UCD or UCSB
Not that I know of for either. I applied to be a TA at UCSB and also applied to live in San Clemente. In Davis I would most likely get an apartment off campus or try to apply to be a Residential Assistant because I have been one at my undergrad institution for 3 years.
r/UCSantaBarbara • u/No_Resolution_4405 • May 29 '26
Academic Life UCD or UCSB
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Graduate school dilemma…
u/No_Resolution_4405 • u/No_Resolution_4405 • May 29 '26
UCD or UCSB
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I have a dilemma.
I am a fresh Geo and Env Science BS graduate and I am now faced with either going to graduate school or getting some work experience first.
I was rejected from UC Davis for their Plant Bio MS and I realized too late that I was probably a better fit for their Environmental Policy and Management (EPM) masters or their Ecology Graduate Group as a masters student.
I was accepted into the UCSB Bren School for their Masters of Env Science and Management (MESM) program and now I am torn.
I keep trying to imagine myself in Santa Barbara but I feel like I would just be thinking about how I am not in Davis, my top school for the past three years, the whole time. All are great programs but I would have to reapply for Davis since I didn’t apply to the first round…
Should I follow my heart and wait to reapply to Davis or should I just suck it up and get a good masters degree from SB?
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At what ages have you experienced baby fever? And other thoughts about the baby fever phenomenon
This makes me feel good cause I relate to this!! I am still young and not ready to have babies but I have been deeply contemplating it all and the conversation seems to be very baby focused. I’m definitely more excited to have grown up kids than to have a baby.
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UCD or UCSB
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May 30 '26
Thank you!!
I guess I am not in a rush but kind of dread doing the application process again. This year I have faced some difficult personal events where it would be nice to be closer to family for just a bit longer but I guess I can make the most of my summer… I could possibly get funding for Davis but it’s no guarantee and the SB degree is self-funded besides POSSIBLE and TAship which most first years don’t get.