So I don't want to start studying for finals, and the other thread regarding asking a Junior about the UC system was very interesting. Thus I decided to start my own thread so I wouldn't threadjack the other user.
I am originally from the bay area, (went to High School 40 minutes from San Francisco) and have applied to the UC system and have a bunch of friends in pretty much every UC school (from UCLA to Cal to UCSB to UCSC).
I go to, and am graduating from the University of Southern California as a Mechanical Engineer. I have lived in Los Angeles for the past four years and feel like I have a pretty good knowledge about the university system, both private and public (UC and CSUs) as well as life either up in NorCal or down in SoCal (maybe not so much San Diego).
Feel free to ask whatever you would want to know, and I'll try to respond in an unbiased manner.