<p>Help me........please. I didn't realize it would be this hard to decide.</p>
<p>Cal is better than UCLA at Engineering in general</p>
<p>Ooops I just realized I made a boo-boo. *Frustrated ===sigh=====</p>
<p>Let me summarize it this way, as another fellow (officespace) in the same position as I just put it. I was accepted everywhere I applied. I didn't have much interest in CAL (not until recently) since I considered it a reach school.
I was dead set on UCLA (I have always loved that school).</p>
<p>Then again, I would be a crazy man to turn down UCB, especially after being accepted to the college of engineering, I should be *****. The school is top 3 and it's closest to home.</p>
<p>But....but.....UCLA.......the sweet thought of being a Bruin...but....but.....it's CAL.</p>
<p>dude....the SIR is due in like 10 minutes...
I can see that your heart is set on UCLA - you'll be quite fine there!</p>
<p>SIR is due June 1.</p>
<p>I had my heart set on UCLA. Why else would I be here to ponder this question.</p>
<p>I need to check out the financial aid packages to see if I'll be swayed by any absurd differences between the two.</p>
<p>If there isn't a SIGNIFICANT difference in the mechanical engineering departments at Cal and UCLA (It's not like you won't get a job with a degree from UCLA...), then I'd recommend choosing the school based on other factors, namely how comfortable you are there, financial aid, etc.</p>
<p>How is MechE at CAL? Okay that's a dumb rhetorical, don't answer it.</p>
<p>Would any of you choose UCLA over CAL if you had the chance to do so right now?</p>
<p>My daughter is majoring in mechanical engineering. Her goal is to become an imagineer for Disney. We were deciding between UCLA,UCSD and Cal. In all honesty, there are alot of mechanical engineering jobs that you can get whether you go to Cal Poly, UCLA or Cal Berkeley. All are good and will get you into most fields of mechanical engineering. If you have goals of having the best chance into a competitive niche like Yahoo or Amazon or Disney, we are banking on a higher ranked program to gain some advantage. My daughter did an internship at Boeing last summer and the engineers she worked with graduated from Cal Tech, Stanford, Cal Poly and UCLA. All I believe had the same job and presumptively making the same income. My daughter decided on Cal because she loved the environment.</p>
<p>TheIcon,
oh please I hope you double checked last night - from the UCB website: Freshman SIR deadline: MAY 1</p>
<p>TheIcon is a transfer student. I am in a similar situation, Berkely, UCD, or UCLA for philosophy?!?!?</p>
<p>I would have gone for UCLA because I live so close to Berkeley, but now that I'm at Berkeley, I do not regret my choice. I love it here. (I'm also a MechE)</p>
<p>go to ucla.... u wont regret it because u have always wanted to go there... and engineering is amazing there anyways so its not like u will be out in the streets after u graduate....</p>
<p>Your prestige has me on the fence.</p>
<p>Don't let prestige confuse your mind. Take a shower and consider the pros and cons of each college.</p>
<p>cheba go UCD :P</p>
<p>I'm leaning more towards UCB now. It's too great of an opportunity to pass up.</p>
<p>If only there's a way I can compare CAL MechE to LA MechE besides rankings.</p>
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<p>OK!</p>
<p>And I just noticed that I spelt Berkeley wrong :(</p>
<p>If it helps, about 2/3 of students choose Berkeley over UCLA. This should tell you that their reputations are not comparable.</p>
<p>The</a> New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices</p>
<p>^^ It makes me wonder how they decided to order the college listings.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link im_blue.</p>
<p>To digress slightly from topic, does anyone have any information regarding the amount of time it takes incoming transfer students to graduate from their respective departments? I just need a basic idea oof how to manage my time, what classes to take and how much work is required, and how to pick my classes so that I will be able to graduate in 2 years (4-semesters). I am under the assumption that many transfer students are able to graduate in two years in the engineering department.</p>