<p>How do the two schools compare in terms of program?
Difficulty?
Prestige?
Research opportunities?
How will they differ in getting me in to grad school or professional school, for example, to get a masters in engineering or even a JD or MBA (I'm assuming this will relate to the previous questions)?
Student life? Anything else?</p>
<p>bumpbumpbump</p>
<p>Difference in difficulty? Negligible.</p>
<p>Prestige? Negligible.</p>
<p>Research Opportunities? Only those who attend both schools can truly know. Otherwise, assume it’s equal. Keep in mind you can always gain research experience as a visiting undergraduate student over summers at different universities.</p>
<p>Difference of getting into a grad school or professional school after having graduated from said university? No different.</p>
<p>As to the other questions, I’ll leave it to others who know more.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your reply.</p>
<p>I get the impression that Hopkins is more prestigious and will open up more doors post-grad. However, I also get the impression that this goes hand-in-hand with a program that is significantly more difficult (whether it is due to the content itself or the competitive premeds that dominate the school).</p>
<p>Are these impressions ill-founded? I realize that this is the UCLA subforum, not Hopkins, so any information about UCLA that I could use as a comparison is welcomed.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking a question or two…since it appears you’re most concerned about prepping for a post-bac degree or more…</p>
<p>If you found Chem Engineering at UCLA or ChemBE at Hopkins not to your liking and decided to forego the engineering thing, which could very well happen, would you opt out to some other major to prep for an MBA or JD?</p>
<p>Even if you stayed in engineering and went for a masters would this be your career choice or are you looking at a bus or law career anyway; ie, could you see yourself in a pure engineering setting or is it a means to an end in bus and/or law?</p>
<p>So many questions are just so general in scope, without a hint of the person’s interests besides one school v another. </p>
<p>Are you in-state CA or a non-resident? Do you want to become a professional in CA or the east coast? </p>
<p>Just some things that might help the experts on this board (not me) to help you because engineering education is pretty universal and a good evening out factor for some schools v other more ‘prestigious’ ones.</p>
<p>I can’t say with certainty but I would imagine that I would probably switch to a major in prep for an MBA or JD – however, I might simply switch to a non-engineering hard science.</p>
<p>I could see myself in a pure engineering setting, but I do want to keep my options open to possibly pursue my interests in business and law as well. I figure that even if I end up deciding that engineering isn’t my final destination, it will provide a great stepping stone.</p>
<p>I’m in-state CA, and I’m torn between becoming a professional in CA, where I’m spoiled with weather and location, and going out and experiencing the east coast, which I sort of think now is a good time to do (Georgetown was my favorite school and location when I visited, but unfortunately they have no engineering school and I can’t say that their sciences are very well regarded, which is very unfortunate).</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>… and sometimes one needs to venture out of one’s comfort zone. I don’t think anyone needed to tell you this; you seem to have figured this out for yourself. </p>
<p>Best of Luck…</p>
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That is untrue. While I can’t comment on the resources available at Hopkins relative to UCLA, I can assure you that “prestige” has a negligible impact on grad school admissions. Also, the GPAs of the two universities will be compared directly without adjustment. </p>
<p>For this reason, some students with lofty aspirations turn down Ivies and other top schools and often choose to attend less prestigious universities such as the midtier UCs.</p>