COSC and my existential crisis....

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the SUNY system is well known, as is the UC system in california, but do you know each individual SUNY or UC school?

Anyone heard of UC Merced? Do any of you even know where Merced is? It is right smack in the middle of CA, halfway between Sacramento and Bakersfield on Hwy-99. You wouldn't want to go there (Merced), it's horrible. I'm sure the school is fine. But, if you apply to the UC system (you apply to all 8 schools at once), if you don't get into your first or second choice, you are automatically accepted at UC Merced, which has a 74% acceptance rate. Yep, the loser school.

So, even though it has a "UC" name, one of the most prestigious in the country (in my opinion), there are still not great, not well known schools within that system as well.

And no, I can't name a single SUNY school, because I'm from CA and have never lived anywhere else, certainly not in NY. I agree with Synicaal most people know schools near where they live, and a few schools because they're just well-known schools. Or they can figure it out because the State/City is in the name (Sacramento State University is obviously in Sacramento, for instance).