If you were me- Mechanical Engineering: UCDavis vs Uwashington seattle

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<p>Kindly state you preference for mechanical engineering: UC Davis or Uni. of Washington-Seattle.</p>

<p>Giving a reason or two for your preference will be highly appreciated and will be helpful</p>

<p>thank you. </p>

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<p>Well both are almost equal but do you have a direct admission in the mechanical engineering dept and are you an
international applicant.</p>

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<p>In Univ of washington</p>

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<p>@blx347 i am not a direct admit to uw and i am an international but i am direct admit for uc davis</p>

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<p>Well, just asking are you an indian as I am one. I am also accepted in davis and washington. I am dropping out Univ of washington as it is quite difficult to get into CS and engineering majors as highly qualified students would be competing for a limited amount of seats.</p>

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<p>@blx347 were u accepted to any other uni??</p>

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<p>UC irvine, U of pitt, OSU,ISU,U of mass,ASU,SBU and many more. What about you?</p>

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<p>BUMP</p>

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<p>That direct admit is worth a lot, and probably makes UC-Davis preferable. However, Seattle is a much nicer city than Davis, and the UW campus is very nice. Still, if blx347 is correct, getting into the engineering school could be very difficult.</p>

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<p>@NROTCgrad thank you for replying. in UW-seattle i have been admitted to pre-engineering major-College of Engineering. I would need to complete pre-reqs to get into mech. eng. . </p>

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<p>Pre-engineering just means that you get advising to take the proper prerequisite courses so that you can apply to your desired major after completing them: <a href=“http://www.engr.washington.edu/curr_students/admissions/preengr.html”>http://www.engr.washington.edu/curr_students/admissions/preengr.html&lt;/a&gt; . Admission is competitive.</p>

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<p>@ucbalumnus ya “competitive” word make me feel to go with uc davis… how much different ucd and uw-seattle are in terms of mech. eng. academics?</p>

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<p>You can compare curricula here:
<a href=“Mechanical Engineering”>http://mae.ucdavis.edu/undergraduate/mechanical-engineering-major/&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.me.washington.edu/files/students/docs/2013-14advisingguide.pdf”>http://www.me.washington.edu/files/students/docs/2013-14advisingguide.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@ucbalumnus what i meant in the previous question was academic reputation. still links are useful, i am checking them out.</p>

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<p>I can’t understand why anyone would apply to a school about which they had no idea of its “academic reputation.” Is this a common practice among applicants from abroad?</p>

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<p>@LakeWashington for most of the students “academic reputation” is only based on the ranking lists. but when we compare different ranking there is lot of variation I feel. so getting extra bit of information and opinions can be important in choosing the uni to attend for next 4 years. </p>

<p>we can definitely compare from their website but CC has already admitted student who can offer good insight.</p>

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<p>If it were my kid, and cost difference was not substantial, I would say go with UC Davis. Reputations are comparable but the risk of not getting into ME as a sophomore would be the deciding factor. </p>

<p>The rah-rah factor of PAC-12 sports is likely lost on international students. Seattle is an international city, Davis is a bit of a cow town, but proximity to both Sacramento and SF helps. We live 12 miles from UW and know lots of students there. </p>

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<p>@magnetron thanks for replying.</p>