UC-San Diego

My understanding is that they play very good DII baseball, but it is VERY difficult to get into the UC system as an out of state student, and UCSD is one of THE most difficult in the system.
I've also heard "through the grapevine" that they coaches don't come off as the warmest, but that they really aren't that bad.
Good luck in your search.

It is a GREAT university with an outstanding academic reputation in a BEAUTIFUL setting (La Jolla).

Check out their website, they usually have a camp every summer. I think last few years they have had two different 5 day sessions for HS players. Worth checking out.

Like the others said, great school and great location and have a solid D-2 program from what I hear. It is a tough school to get admitted to.

A friend of my son-out of state-was admitted to Penn, Cornell, UC Berkeley and Stanford and was rejected at UC-San Diego.

Think that says a lot about its academic strength.

It is a very difficult school to get into ... and with the California budget crisis over the past few years, and fees increasing on a regular basis, the difficulty for out-of-state students is probably increased.

Also, the last I heard, UCSD still wasn't offering any baseball scholarships ... a hold-over from their recent D-III days. They CAN offer them as a D-II, but I don't think that is the direction the school leans toward. Many ... if not most ... of the UC's put the decision to increase athletic funding to the student body ... I know they did that at UCR and UCI ... because it increases the student fees to support the higher level athletics. Don't know if that is something the UCSD students are interested in doing to themselves, especially with in-state fees going up $500 plus per quarter already.

Correct - UCSD does not offer athletic scholarships. The coach is a UCSD alumnus, but doesn't appear to be very aggressive in recruiting. The school is difficult to get into, but so is Stanford and Cal and they get their share of outstanding players. Many players seem to overlook UCSD in favor of DI programs or some of the more visible and winning DIII SoCal programs.

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A friend of my son-out of state-was admitted to Penn, Cornell, UC Berkeley and Stanford and was rejected at UC-San Diego.

Think that says a lot about its academic strength.

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With all due respect to UCSD & VIDad: There are any number of reasons that applicants are accepted or rejected. To conclude that UCSD is academically strong because they rejected a student applicant who had been admitted to Penn, Stanford, et al is twisted logic. It may be that UCSD is very strong academically, but one cannot reach that conclusion based on the admit/reject list in VIDad's post.

Good points, IScream. Degree of admissions difficulty is also related to a certain major and UCSD is most competitive in computer science, engineering, etc. Being admitted to Penn and Cornell and rejected at UCSD doesn't say much - Penn and Cornell are the easiest of the ivy league schools to gain admission with admit rates at about 21% for Penn and close to 30% for Cornell.

Ok we have a bunch of word technicians here.

All rationale persons reading my post knew exactly what I meant. With all "due respect".

End of my input.

For the question that was asked, UCSD is a very difficult school for admit, especially for out of state. Read into that what you want but not only is it extremely popular in CA, it is recognized as also being a very high quality education right along Berkeley and UCLA.
On the baseball side, they are DII and only 4 roster spots are out of state students. They did well this year but still finished 3rd in their conference behind Sonoma State and Chico State. If you have ever seen the campus it would be obvious that recruiting players there would be a cinch if they can get admitted. Coach has been there a long while and still not to the top. I think that does says something about the program.

My son talked with them quite a bit and seemed to possibly fit skill and test scores wise. The coaching staff as a policy will not talk at all seriously until you have applied and had a preliminary acceptance through admissions. They required a 3.625 on a 4 point scale for admission for out of state students. That is a .25 premium above Cali residents. This is taken on core subjects for Sophomore and Junior years only. a 1400 SAT and 32 ACT surprisingly didn't help. This is tougher than Vandi, Columbia and several others in the upper tier academically.
Additionally, I believe tuition, room and board was in excess of 35,000 per year. These numbers are as I remember them from last fall but should be close. The coaching staff gets frustrated by this process but any student must go through the preadmission regardless of talent.
Coach Addison 858-822-2910 is a good contact there. I hope this helps.

Current tuition and fees for out of state students runs approx $6,800 PER QUARTER ... $20,400 per year plus housing. I don't know how expensive the housing is in San Diego, but I think rent is pretty high. My son lives in Riverside where a 2 bedroom apt is $1,000-1,200 per month plus utilities ... usually shared by 3-4 students. So that gives you an idea of how expensive it is for non-residents.