Is going to UC Santa Cruz shameful?

To be 100% honest, I thought so at first. I felt ashamed because many of my high school friends were going to UCB, UCLA, Stanford, etc. I even told myself that I would never EVER go to UCSC for …   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [Is going to UC Santa Cruz shameful?]( Carolyn Chan, B.A. Business Management & Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz (2018) • [Answered July 12, 2020]( [To be 100% honest, I thought so at first. I felt ashamed because many of my high school friends were going to UCB, UCLA, Stanford, etc. I even told myself that I would neve... Read more » [Upvote] 900 [Comment] 104](   [Are Americans shocked when they first go to Europe?]( Robert Hill, I know all the countries • [Updated April 7]( [If you’re not shocked when traveling you’re doing it wrong. It means you’re not stepping outside of your comfort zone. A decade or so ago I was in the UK and had a free week... Read more » [Upvote] 265 [Comment] 14](   [Where does relativity end and Quantum mechanics begin? Is it blurred or is it well defined?]( Viktor T. Toth, IT pro, part-time physicist -- patreon.com/vttoth • [Answered October 17, 2023]( [That’s really not the way it works. Contrary to popular accounts, relativity theory and quantum mechanics are not opposites. For starters, there’s Dirac’s almost a century-o... Read more » [Upvote] 246](   [What happened to Anne Boleyn’s “B” necklace?]( Lynne Appino, lives in The United States of America • [Answered May 28, 2019]( [We do not know. It is such an iconic piece of jewelry, immediately identifiable as belonging to Anne Boleyn. She had necklaces with an A, a B, an entwined HA, and a brooch ... Read more » [Upvote] 935 [Comment] 32](   [Why did the rock band Police not get along?]( John Eustace, former record industry veteran in multiple genres • [Answered August 26, 2023]( [Its a common story. They started as a band of equals, with all of them being monsters at their instruments. Stewart Copeland was a fierce virtuoso on a drum kit, able to pl... Read more » [Upvote] 627 [Comment] 69](   [Is there any book that has the potential to destroy my life if I read it?]( Asked in The Good Books • Answered by Melinda Gwin • [April 1]( [Any book that touches you has the capacity to destroy your life. It does, of course, depend on how deeply and enduringly the words caress your soul. One of the first books t... Read more » [Upvote] 169 [Comment] 8](   [Is Ryzen better than Intel?]( Julien Philippe, I.T Technician (2001-present) • [Updated December 10, 2020]( [Is Ryzen better than Intel? Intro : IT Technician here. The question is badly phrased : Ryzen is an AMD brand. AMD’s competitor, Intel, is the company who holds the “Core” br... Read more » [Upvote] 1.2K [Comment] 133](   [What electric guitar makes you feel the best while playing it?]( Asked in Mastering Guitar Gear • Answered by Fox Hobart • [March 21]( [Ryan Roxie likes to say we play the guitars our heroes played. In my experience, at least to start, this is largely true. My first guitar was an Epiphone Les Paul Studio an... Read more » [Upvote] 90 [Comment] 18](   [Which mammal has the fastest reaction time?]( Silk Road, Physics/History Connoisseur, AI Machine Learning. • [Answered February 1]( [You might think that the fastest reaction time belongs to some big and powerful mammal, like a lion or a tiger, but you'd be wrong. In fact, the fastest reaction time among ... Read more » [Upvote] 5.2K [Comment] 144](   [Is a GPA of 2.8 good or bad for a computer science student in college?]( Hans Reiser • [Answered November 9, 2017]( [I once interviewed a very bright, recent graduate of USC. Pretty well-known school in the US. Computer Science degree, 3.6 GPA. Sharply dressed and well-spoken. I had doubt... Read more » [Upvote] 2.1K [Comment] 106](   [Ringo Starr is often seen as the weakest member of The Beatles - do you agree with that assessment, and if so, why?]( Asked in Paul McCartney • Answered by Michael Worrell • [April 22]( [I used to think that. I didn’t like Ringo’s cornball Beatles songs even as a kid, and considered him to be a bit of a dim bulb compared to Lennon, Harrison and McCartney. Th... Read more » [Upvote] 753 [Comment] 161](   [Which was J.R.R. Tolkien's single best line of writing?]( Angelo Alvisi, I fell face first into the LotR book at 12 and never got up. • [Answered December 13, 2023]( [This is one of the most underestimated passages in Tolkien’s writing. It’s beauty is beyond compare and it saddens me how little love this story gets. Much of its strength ... Read more » [Upvote] 2.5K [Comment] 107]( [Read more in your feed]( Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go.   [Download on the App Store]( it on Google Play](   Missing out on Quora emails? Be sure to add us to your primary inbox. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please [unsubscribe](.