<p>which is more prestigious?</p>
<p>XX is more prestigious than YY – because it’s well known that “prestige” is the overriding factor in everything. </p>
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<p>Internationally, UCLA is probably more well-known.</p>
<p>if your OOS, UCLA by far</p>
<p>What are you majoring in?</p>
<p>I’d say Emory. Prestige is a very subjective and is perceived differently from person to person.</p>
<p>UCLA is better known for sports, not for great undergrad education. </p>
<p>I’d go to Emory for several reasons in your case. first, because you should have an experience outside of CA. At UCLA 90 plus percent will be from CA. At Emory your classmates will be from all over the Country and world.</p>
<p>UCLA is in financial crisis. Classes are huge and impersonal. Emory is a resource rich private school where you’ll actually get to know profs. And it has none of the red tape UCLA comes with.</p>
<p>It is every bit as respected by employers and grad schools too.</p>
<p>Definitely UCLA is more prestigious, academic wise, sports wise.</p>
<p>Emory is a JOKE and way overrated.</p>
<p>well it obviously depends on your major…don’t know why people create these sort of threads and don’t mention their major
(btw i judge a school by its major individually not the school as a whole…for that you have U.S. News Rankings)
if it’s business Emory is definitely more prestigious…that being said business is the only field I’m knowledgeable about…it being my major and all…</p>
<p>Emory is not a ‘joke’. If anything, UCLA is the joke that accepts many under-qualified applicants with its gay admissions and blindly fills their school with overachieving asians. So much for ‘diversity’…</p>
<p>Prestige wise I think they are about equal IMO but Emory is ranked a little higher</p>
<p>UCLA hands down. Everyone that has posted made good points. Only difference is that UCLA rejects FAR FAR FAR more qualified kids than Emory does. For that, and many other reasons, I believe it is more prestigious. With person to person, you’ll get different answers.</p>
<p>I thought I deserved to get into UCLA, my top choice… I had a 35 ACT, 3.9 GPA, 4.6 WGPA, Captain of a sport, President of very active NHS, 260+ hours of community service, and have held a job for three years. That doesn’t sound like a bad applicant to me. UCLA didn’t think it was good enough… Oh well, they’re out of the tournament. Suck on that, Bruins!</p>
<p>I would have to agree that UCLA takes the cake here.</p>
<p>While I don’t think Emory is a “joke,” I do think it is often over-rated.</p>
<p>By the way, UCLA runs Emory’s s*** in pretty much all the social sciences. There’s one area it is better. Business sounds like it’s going towards Emory according to Red_Glory. It depends on major, but if you are talking strictly on university attended, I believe U.S. News does UCLA justice on being ranked ahead of Emory.</p>
<p>UCLA is far more prestigious both in the US and worldwide. I wouldn’t make my decision based on that, though.</p>
<p>wait did you find out emory RD already?</p>
<p>about even in academic and recruiting circles…</p>
<p>UCLA much more known to the general public… but that’s not saying much :)</p>
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<p>I’m not sure what you have against UCLA, though at this point it’s very obvious you have SOMETHING against the school, because every time it’s mentioned you go on a rant about it. Seriously, you make the SC students look like UCLA fans!</p>
<p>Firstly, UCLA is actually probably one of the most undergrad-focused public universities in the US. Our undergrad programs are consistently ranked among the top 5-20 in the country. We have year-long courses for freshmen, called clusters, that match top faculty with subjects of their interest, and are specifically for freshmen. This year I took a cluster taught by a professor who had been on the faculty at MIT for 15 years previously, and was incredibly smart. But he also brought the entire lecture candy for Halloween and Valentine’s Day. Freshmen also have the option of taking one-unit P/NP courses, called Fiat Lux’s, which range from topics on film to cannibalism to the atrocities in Darfur. Competition to teach these seminars (they’re 15-20 students) is pretty rigorous, so normally the professors are very experienced, and many have won prestigious teaching awards. </p>
<p>Also for undergrads is the CAPP Quarter in Washington, where UCLA students, and students from other UC’s, can pursue a congressional internship in Washington, D.C. for a quarter. One of my friends scored Inauguration tickets from a CA Senator after her time there. </p>
<p>You say UCLA is not diverse. Wrong again! While 90% ARE from California, you’re forgetting how diverse of a state CA really is. My roommates have CA residency, but hail from countries in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. UCLA has one of the top-10 largest international populations in the country, and also ranks in the top-10 for study abroad participation. </p>
<p>UCLA is not in a financial crisis. Challenge would be a better word. Students are not homeless, and the university has actually done a remarkable job in keeping things in order. Besides, who ISN’T financially challenged right now?!</p>
<p>“Classes are large and impersonal.” Now you just look silly! True, some classes are large. And, for a lot of them you could not show up and professors wouldn’t know. But I’ve had a personal conversation with every single professor this year; one had me over to her house for dinner (and this was in a class of 200 people). Another one set up a lunch meeting for me with a former Presidential candidate (again, in a class of 150). I’ve also had 2 classes of 15 people or less all 3 quarters; a few other classes had about 50-75 students. And these are GEs with 15 people. </p>
<p>So please, stop making assumptions that you have no basis for making. You obviously are completely unfamiliar with UCLA, because my 2 quarters here already contradict your every statement. You just end up looking foolish and unreliable. So for your benefit and the benefit of posters, please stop making such blatant assumptions unless you actually have legitimate, real-life grounds for doing so.</p>
<p>PS: As for sports, well, we ARE kindof a big deal. ESPN writes articles on our basketball gym. <a href=“ESPN - Serving Sports Fans. Anytime. Anywhere.”>http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/news/story?id=3905280</a></p>
<p>I cannot think of any subject area that Emory is considered superior to UCLA. From undergrad to grad and postgrad education, UCLA is superior to Emory. And UCLA is way more prestigious than Emory is all subject areas in professional education --from law to med to business and engineering. I would admit, however, that Emory maybe slightly more convenient at the undergrad level due to its smaller size. But I would think the difference isn’t that significant.</p>
<p>As a whole, UCLA >> Emory.</p>
<p>RML – size is not a trivial consideration. It is a legitimate deal-breaker for many… just not you ane me apparently.</p>
<p>I’d say they are about equal in terms of prestige.</p>