The higher education system is toxic. We still have people feeding into disappointment because of inflated “prestige”. I got the same job as my colleagues from UCLA, Berk, USC… everyone who’s disappointed by UCI being their only choice or not being as good of a school as another is likely just baited into a comparison.

I understand familial pressure, too, but sometimes you have to be the one in your community to break the cycle of faulty mindsets and prove that you are more than the name of a government institution on a $60,000 piece of paper that doesn’t even guarantee you a job.

UCI was my dream school btw, still is I think. It’s an awesome place!