<p>Hi guys, I have currently a hard choice in selecting a college and I am deciding on either Santa Clara University or UC San Diego.</p>
<p>For Santa Clara, I am enrolled for undeclared engineering. While for UCSD, I am undeclared arts and sciences.</p>
<p>So which college should I pick?</p>
<p>Btw I am thinking of transferring or going to graduate school.</p>
<p>Could you be a little more specific?</p>
<p>Why are you admitted to engineering at SCU and A&S at UCSD? This could be a deal breaker. If you want to be an engineer, it looks like you should go to SCU, unless you think you can transfer into that school while at UCSD.</p>
<p>Why are you considering transferring schools when you haven’t even got to college yet? Are SCU and UCSD just the safety schools you wound up getting into?</p>
<p>Thanks for replying to my post! </p>
<p>First of all, I am an international student, so therefore I have no idea of what both schools are like. Therefore I just wanted to know, in worst case scenario, which college would provide me a better chance in transferring out of the school.</p>
<p>In terms of academics and classes, I have no idea what to do but since my strongest subjects are math and physics so I applied to SCU for engineering (picking from the three school). While at UCSD, I was overwhelmed at the amount of subjects so I decided on selecting A&S.</p>
<p>While both schools were my mid choices so im deciding on either one. </p>
<p>Btw in terms of undergraduate reputation, which one is more reputable?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Hello! I am graduating this year as well and I’ve been doing a lot of research regarding Santa Clara University. Both UCSD and Santa Clara are amazing schools. The really big difference is size. At Santa Clara, classes are much smaller than at any UC. In lower division courses especially, class sizes at a UC can get enormous where there can be a hundred, or two hundred people in the class, and they get smaller from there as you get into your upper division courses. Being so huge, the classes can get much more competitive and impersonal, because not everyone can get A’s. Not saying that it’s easier to get A’s at a smaller school, but the atmosphere’s different when you have 100 people trying to get an A versus 30 or so. However, overall, UCSD has a better reputation. From what I can tell, Santa Clara is more known in the surrounding area. Nevertheless, the surrounding area being Silicon Valley where there are tons of technology companies, that’s pretty awesome. </p>
<p>Once again, both are amazing schools, it just comes down to comparing and seeing what environment you’d rather have.</p>
<p>Thanks @somedude342 for replying while others have not!</p>
<p>It’s great to know that someone else is facing a similar kind of situation I am facing.
Importantly, I have decided to select Santa Clara University for my undergraduate school and hope that you will pick the right choice as well!</p>
<p>Glad to hear that, Icy! </p>
<p>The number of students that transfer out of SCU each year is very small, but rest assured that it is easy to transfer between colleges in the US. </p>
<p>I do have to suggest that, on the issue of a major, you pay attention to where you want to live. Getting sponsored by an employer can be difficult, but it varies greatly based on your major. If you pick a field like math, physics or engineering, it will probably increase your chances at staying in the US after graduation, if that’s something you’re interested in. (Not that I agree with our ridiculously burdensome immigration policies, but that’d be going off topic…) </p>
<p>Again, welcome!</p>
<p>@painca </p>
<p>Thanks for the support Painca! Forgot to put that im actually a US citizen born and raised in Hong Kong, so immigration would not be a problem! But thanks for pointing it out!</p>
<p>Both excellent schools</p>
<p>I am a little biased since SCU is my dream college but I would choose SCU over any other school.</p>