BU vs UCSB (Computer Science), please HELP!!

College Search & Selection
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Hi CC scholars!! I’m a transfer student deciding between UCSB and BU (I know they are completely different), I was accepted as CS major in both school.

I have a difficult time deciding because of :

  1. I was living in a city and hope to live in a city in the future as well. Also, I don’t drive, which would be very inconvenient to live in California. So the location of UCSB is a big concern for me.

  2. I really like Boston, I visited there once in the winter and still liked it. My only concern about BU is that the CS department in UCSB seems to be better than the one in BU from the ranking on the internet. And I am sure that I will go to grad school, so would it be better to go to an academically stronger school at undergrad?

Since I am an international student and my family is very supportive, so the cost is not a big concern. Please let me know your opinions!! Thank you guys so much for reading this and giving me suggestions!

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One is a colder region but with beautiful fall and late spring weather with an urban sprawl type campus. But also in an amazing city with a lot of local tech and the other is California sunshine and campus. With Cali tech opportunities

UCs are known to be excellent and BU is top notch too.

Go where you like it better

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I agree. Either is fine. Don’t worry about rankings.