<p>I'm considering UCLA Pre Business Econs, BU School of Management and the Kilachand Honors College, as well as University College London (UCL) in the UK.</p>
<p>I have no idea where to go :( I mean, prestige-wise UCL is the clear choice, but London weather isn't fantastic and LA's is. BU I didn't consider until I saw the Kilachand invite, and they supposedly selected only around 120 students, so I was wondering if that makes up for the relative lack of prestige of BU? </p>
<p>I'm also still waiting for decisions from NYU Stern and UMAA but for now these are the colleges I'm considering..</p>
<p>And yes, I'm aware that choosing schools entirely by their prestige is unwise, so any other inputs on social life/internship and career opportunities/academic rigour would be highly appreciated :)</p>
<p>UCL does not have a clear edge over UCLA in terms of prestige. If anything, I think the reverse is true.
UCLA does not only have a better weather, it also has a fantastic campus, a much larger resources, great student body (which is more diverse), and LA (and California as a whole) is a much nicer place than London or UK. </p>
<p>But I think prestige and employability wise UCL is better (if i base it on rankings) …but UCLA is significantly more well known internationally!</p>
<p>Regarding diversity, well I’m pretty sure UCL is more diverse with 40% or so international students, but maybe UCLA has more asians? :/</p>
<p>FWIW, I think rankings wise UCLA is more prestigious than UCL. It must be that extra A that does it ;)</p>
<p>While UCL is more geographically diverse than UCLA, I’m fairly confident that UCLA is more racially and socioeconomically diverse. And diversity means just more than race or geographical origin. Diversity can mean that someone in your class went to the military for five years, or that someone in your class is in their mid 30s. In that sense, UCLA is a very diverse university. </p>
<p>Also I never understood the whole grouping of ‘Asians’ as being not diverse. Asia is a huge content with several countries which all have different cultures. Surely, Asians students from Japan, China, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Taiwan will all have different cultures from each other. And a class composed of different students from these cultures will certainly be a diverse one indeed.</p>
<p>You have great options ahead of you. I personally would go for UCLA or UCL since I’m not a big fan of BU. I’d recommend picking a place where you’d like to live. Perhaps UCL might be better if you can live there after graduation (It’s difficult for international students to live in the U.S. after graduation.)</p>
<p>Hello all, just wanted to announce that I’ve decided on UK! Thanks for all the advice though :)</p>
<p>Based on my stalking of forums and research and stuff, I decided that I don’t really like UCLA’s business econs course and I think going to UK would be better for me in terms of the education that I want to get, and I think that’s my priority, and not the diversity or weather and stuff like that :-/ </p>
<p>@beyphy I’m Asian myself actually hahah and yes I do realise we are made up of many different cultural entities and I totally get your point on how diversity is not necessarily geographical. So in that regards, maybe UCLA is more diverse, maybe not? But like I said, I decided to just focus on the academic factor and I think UK is a better option for me (more focused course and I don’t have to take courses not related to my major just to fulfil a breadth requirement) That said, thanks a lot for your input! :)</p>
so where will you be going? </p>