decision between UCLA and Cal engineering?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Im really stressing out if I should go to Cal or not. Is the civil engineering there hard? Ive been a socal native all my life, and I like the weather and stuff here. However, I'm dont think its smart, considering that I am giving up a chance to go to the #1 civil engineering school in the nation(berkeley). I can sustain top grades in high school, but I know college is a different story. If you were to base this decision on (1) lifestyle/dorming (2) 4 years away from friends/family worth it? (3) education ?, what would you do... </p>

<p>Mainly: I want to know how "freakin hard" engineering is at Berkeley? For any Cal grads/current students, can you explain a regular day/week/even month and the amount u put in for the grades you get</p>

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<p>just work hard... i'm thinking of the same predicament myself.... i hope i dont get c's when i get there, besides, its purely math and science when it comes to engineering, for me i just have to watch out for my humanities and english....gah!</p>

<p>for engineering we have to do these
<a href="http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/current_students/hssreq.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/current_students/hssreq.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>for comp sci these are the sample schedules</p>

<p><a href="http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Programs/Notes/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Programs/Notes/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>only 4 per sem, seems fine, the weekends just have to be burned off with studies...</p>

<p>i don't know about civil engineering but at least eecs and civil are both engineering and so i hope i could share this with you</p>

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<p>IMO, college is more about testing your time management skills.</p>

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<p>wow i have the same problem. The thing is, if i go to ucla, its less competitive and ill probably get better grades. When applying to grad school (which i definitely will do), do they know that cal's civil eng will be significantly tougher and then compensate? OR, am i better off going to ucla?</p>

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<p>If you're planning to go to grad school, you should go to the better program. Grad schools know which are the top programs and will adjust accordingly. I'm doing a PhD in EE at Stanford, and the vast majority of the students are from top 5-10 programs like MIT and Berkeley, with only a couple of UCLA students.</p>

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<p>Grad schools adjust for the college and major. I got in into many top 10 MBAs with a B avg out of Cal engineering.</p>

<p>CE at Cal is the best, and it has a good atmosphere. The grading gets easier in your last 2 years, which looks good for jobs and grad schools.</p>

<p>Come to Cal for the great engineering dept, yuo'll love it for all the other things. Leaving SoCal for a few years will do you good.</p>