Berkeley vs Michigan vs UCLA

<p>Hi all, I need help on deciding where to study. Cost is not a factor. </p>

<p>Berkeley
Pros: Admitted to Civil Eng. program (#1 ranked), lively town, awesome Bay Area location
Cons: No Aerospace Engineering program, difficult to change engineering major</p>

<p>Top-notch Aerospace Program, relatively easy to declare and change major (GPA requirement), Ann ArborCons- Weather, didn't like how spread-out campus was (bus often needed to get to class), cold</p>

<p>UCLA
Pros: Similar to Berkeley but has an aerospace program, safe/nice location in Westwood
Cons: I feel that Berkeley and Michigan are stronger in engineering, difficult to change engineering major</p>

<p>I'm pretty confused. First of all, I'm not sure whether to major in civil or aero. Second of all, I'm leaning towards Berkeley but I'm reluctant to go to a school that does not even have an aero program and is difficult to change majors. </p>

<p>If one school has both of your possible majors and is easier to change into them, wouldn’t it be the top choice?</p>

<p>ucbalumnus, that’s a good point.</p>

<p>I really liked Berkeley’s Civil program though and felt that it’s engineering program was a smidge better than Michigan’s. But I don’t know if that’s enough to outweigh the lack of an aerospace major. </p>

<p>Maybe I’m biased because I live in Michigan, but I would say UMich is your best bet. Though it’s true that the campus is pretty big and the weather can be bad, the city is absolutely gorgeous and filled with things to do, and in the summer and spring the weather is really nice. You are correct that it’s easy to change majors, and it seems like you don’t know exactly what you want to do yet. UMich has top ten programs for almost all of its engineering majors, and even its non-engineering colleges like LSA all have great programs. Even if their CivilE isn’t #1 you’ll still find a job pretty easily, and if you want to do Aero then you’ll be at the best aerospace program around! </p>