<p>I know these two are vastly different, but reputation/education-wise, is there much of a difference? I got lots of scholarship money from NYU so price is not an issue. Please give me your opinions, rhetoric is welcome!</p>
<p>Read this thread and use Google on your own for other threads that may bear on your inquiry:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-san-diego/689349-why-should-i-choose-ucsd.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-san-diego/689349-why-should-i-choose-ucsd.html</a></p>
<p>I had to make this choice last year! IMO there is not that much difference reputation/education wise. The reason I chose UCSD is because I want to live in Southern California for the rest of my life and I think a UCSD degree will carry more weight here than an NYU one. That is just my opinion though.</p>
<p>There probably isn’t much of a difference between education/reputation… and if money isn’t an issue, I would base my decision based on the location (which, as you know, is vastly different). If you haven’t already, visit both of the campuses. La Jolla/San Diego is a world away from New York - not necessarily better, or worse, just completely different.</p>
<p>san diego’s better.</p>
<p>but new york has more non-naturey things to do. if you prefer museums and clubbing to beach outings and bonfires, then you probably know which school suits you better.</p>
<p>new york weather SUCKS. you pretty much put on a peacoat and boots at the beginning of november, and can’t take them off until mid-april. weekend subway service is also near-nonexistent (though not much of a problem if you live in the NYU area, where everything is within walking distance).</p>
<p>Thanks a lot, everyone! I visited SD and I’m visiting NY next week :)</p>
<p>in that case, check out pommes frites, soba-ya, and max brenner’s while you’re there (all in the st. marks / union square area). </p>
<p>i guess i should mention that i went to UCSD for undergrad and am now at columbia for grad school – this isn’t a horrible city to be in, but deep down inside i know i’m a californian girl to the end. my cali friends out here have similar sentiments.</p>
<p>Astrina, when I checked out UCSD, I just got this feeling that it would be just like high school but 10 times bigger. I went to some lectures where people were texting, leaving 20 minutes early, not listening, etc. and it didn’t seem like people cared. Students sighed as they walked into class and started smiling as they left. What kind of experience did you have?</p>
<p>not the one you mentioned above. if there was a class i deemed not worth my time to attend, i wouldn’t go. i think it’s a waste of your energy and time (and rude to the professor) only to attend classes so you can socialize and surf facebook at the same time. </p>
<p>you’ll find that freshmen are a lot like high schoolers; they’re only one year removed, after all. classes got more and more interesting for me as the quarters passed by – i got to pick ones that i enjoyed, had more opportunities to interact with the professors and ask questions about stuff that interested me, etc. </p>
<p>but it’s not just ucsd – i’ve also sat in on friends’ classes at a handful of other universities and students are the same everywhere.</p>
<p>Thanks! Yes, so college is what one makes of it.</p>
<p>I totally saw what u saw ^.</p>
<p>But it’s true, its what you make out of it!</p>
<p>It may vary with subject and profesor too. I attended a huge physics class with a pretty dynamic lecturer. There were lots of laptops and a few people net-surfing but for the most part, students were attentive and everyone was courteous.</p>
<p>I have this same decision to make … 
right when I think I’ve made the right choice, my thoughts begin to sway again booo. hahah
well I’m originally from los angeles so SD is a lot closer and also a lot cheaper
but nyu has been my dream school since 8th grade. I would drop everything and go if it wasn’t for the cost</p>
<p>No one should turn down their dream school since 8th grade. It’s easier to live with student loans than with “I wish I had gone…”</p>
<p>Except when you graduate with thousands of dollars of debt, it becomes hard to live with “I wish I hadn’t picked such an expensive school.” </p>
<p>It works both ways.</p>
<p>Yeah, there is a difference between 120K in loans and 20K. I’ll grant you that, depending on the fin/aid offered. But in the grand scheme of things, the income of someone graduating from either of these schools is likely to be high enough to cover the loans. Not many people even have a “dream school since 8th grade” and if you do and you are lucky and hardworking enough to get accepted, then it seems like a life experience you should go for, even if it means some sacrifice along the way. I keep thinking that I heard people regret the things they didn’t do so much more than the things they did do even if they didn’t all work out great. I don’t want to be 80 years old, with money in the bank, wishing I’d followed my heart and gone a different path. Live your life according to what you dream of. It’s not always the easiest or most practical plan but you’ll end up where (and who) you were meant to be. Including if your heart tells you debt will overburden you and you don’t want to face that, then that’s who you were meant to be too. Both are good schools but from what I can see, they produce rather different kinds of graduates. If the OP is in love with the pace and setting of New York, they will turn out building a different style of life than someone from SD.</p>