Original sentence: (As of 2005, UC Merced is slated to open in the fall of 2005 and has already begun accepting students.) Majors and graduate degrees are offered in a broad range of academic fields.UCSC has the smallest student body of all the UC campuses and is the second youngest along with UC Irvine, which opened at about the same time as UCSC
Edited sentence: Despite its reputation, it is still ranked below UC Berkeley and UCLA.Its peer schools, in relative prestige, includes UCSD, UCI, UCSB and UC Davis.UCSC is a popular choice for California high school students.UCSC is considered by most to be a better school than UCR and UC Merced.UCSC's Astronomy department is considered the best in the nation, due to its impressive facilities and geography