Picking between UCLA and UCSD

College Search & Selection
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Hello, I am a transfer student that got accepted into both UCLA and UCSD! I was accepted into UCLA for mechanical engineering and I got into UCSD for chemical engineering. I am having trouble picking which of the two colleges to attend.

I love both of their campuses, but I enjoy the La Jolla and beach area near SD more than the LA scene. I don’t get any financial aid from either campus so pricing will be about the same. The most important factor in choosing a college, to me, is the research opportunities that I’ll be able to get. Are the opportunities about the same at each college? Are there any differences in hiring prospects after graduation?

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Seriously? This matters more to you than whether you’ll end up being a mechanical or chemical engineer?

And for some reason this is the deciding factor when you’ll be entering the job field of engineering where undergrad research is not at all important?

3

I want to work in the alternative energy field and I know I can go into the field with either major.

4

UCLA, because it’s larger, more prestigious, and in a larger city, is probably going to have more research and internship possibilities. It’s also only 20 minutes to the beach, so not so bad.