<p>I applied to 4 UC's and 4 CSU's like the fee waiver let me and here are my results.</p>
<p>I got accepted to:
UC Santa Cruz
UC Irvine
UC Davis
Cal Poly Pomona
San Diego State</p>
<p>Denied by:
UC San Diego
Cal Poly SLO</p>
<p>Wait-listed by:
CSU Long Beach</p>
<p>So, of my options, which is the best college for me to go to for Electrical Engineering? I'm really leaning towards UCI right now, since it's close to home, but I'll do what's best for my education.</p>
<p>Well, in the Engineering Majors forum, there is a thread or two about UCI versus Cal Poly Pomona…</p>
<p>Surprised you did not include San Jose State in your applications. Being in the back yard of a cluster of electronics and computer companies means that said companies are more likely to recruit there because it is convenient. UCSC is somewhat local, and UCD is still (barely) within day trip driving range for recruiters.</p>
<p>If you ask newsweek, it’ll go Davis > Irvine > Santa Cruz mostly due to, I assume, name recognition and prestige. Then the CSUs would be ranked differently since most (if not all) of them don’t offer doctorates. Personally I think a smaller campus gives a better education (within reason) since you have more opportunities than what you would have at a big campus. </p>
<p>UC Santa Cruz, from what I understand, focusses more on electronics engineering than pure EE. I don’t know much about the EE programs at Irvine and Davis, but they’re all accredited, so I can’t imagine all of the information being drastically different.</p>
<p>I’m in a similar boat to you, OP.</p>
<p>Same as ucbalumnus, I’m surprised you left out SJSU especially for EE major.</p>
<p>This is the order I’d put them in:</p>
<p>UC Davis
UC Irvine (off campus may have more offerings than Davis)
Cal Poly Pomona
CSU Long Beach (if eventually accepted)
UC Santa Cruz
San Diego State</p>
<p>I’d put them into 2 baskets; Davis & Irvine in one, the rest in a 2nd. Within a basket the distinctions are not really worth making. Engineering is acredited by ABET so you’ll study the same things no matter what school you go to. The difference, really, is in the raw material the school has to work with. At Davis and Irvine the students are going to be a bit stronger academically which means the classes can cover material in a bit greater depth or rigor. </p>
<p>I suggest the OP spend some time looking into what firms recruit graduating seniors at each school to get a sense of what industry thinks of each place.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I agree to some extent, but it’s hard to determine which basket to put CPP. The Cal Polys have such awesome reps and employers know that their eng’g grads are well educated with very good hands-on experiences.</p>
<p>You should go with UCI for Electrical Engineering. I also was accepted to UCD and UCI as an engineer and I have looked thoroughly through the engineering department’s programs and such and UCI provides more opportunities in engineering in terms of research and educational advancement.</p>
<p>I would put CPP above UCI and UCD for engineering. UCI is known for CS and UCD is known for bio, but the engineering is ok.</p>