<p>I've been admitted to both, here's what I worry about now -
1) I feel like I've worked too hard to go to a state school
2)my goal is Law school at university of washington
3)I LOVE love love the atmosphere at UCSB, sdsu feels like a large high school.
4)My boyfriend is going to be in san diego, and I have many friends at sdsu, as well as contacts in the theater dept.
5)I'm very into acting and I hear sdsu is good for that, and I don't have info on UCSB's.
6)I got in to sdsu as an international business major, theater minor, which is perfect
7)the area around sdsu seems like there is alot to do, while UCSB, not so much.
8)jobs might be easier to find at sdsu??
9)Impacted classes as SDSU - probably could graduate from UCSB in 3 years, and sdsu might take 5??</p>
<p>Any input would be sooo helpful this is the hardest decision I've ever had to make :p</p>
<p>I’ve been admitted to both schools. I must say that I love the atmosphere and campus of UCSB. I think it’s a school with one of the most beautiful campuses out of all the campuses that the UC schools have. I mean, they own part of a beach. </p>
<p>Are you planning to major in acting/theater or just minor? Major choices can greatly impact your decision. Perhaps check out the specific classes you would have to take for your major at each school and compare. UCSB has a great accounting program though, if you wanted to go down that field of business. </p>
<p>In terms of what there is to do around a city, it really depends on what you like. SD is a really popular city with lots of tourist attractions. I do know that UCSB is really close to a train station though, and apparently a lot of people commute that way.</p>
<p>You really shouldn’t choose a school based on your boyfriend or what your friends are doing. You’d be much happier if you made your decision based on what you wanted. If you’re unhappy at a place and try to justify that based on your friends, you’ll just end up unhappy.</p>
<p>On the other hand, you shouldn’t think that SDSU is a “bad” school because it’s a state school. Out of the CSU’s, SDSU is pretty high up. Personally, I think that you’ll also be exposed to a more technical rather than theoretical method of teaching. The UCs after all, are primarily research universities.</p>
<p>Ultimately, I would say that visiting the campus of both schools can really affect your decision. I never thought that a campus could be the deciding factor because I always felt that you could grow into a campus but that’s not always true. I ended up getting in for Business Administration at SDSU and UCI and I chose UCI.</p>
<p>I was in the same kinda of situation. I was hell bent on transferring to UCSB ever since I started cc, but after visiting both colleges I absolutely fell in love with sdsu. The majority of my friends either go to UCSB or go there in the weekends but I chose to go where I thought I would be happy. Sdsu is a really good school and looking down on it because it’s a sate school isn’t fair. UCs and CSUs are so different from each other, from what I have researched csu try to teach you how to work within your major while uc focus on research. I also believe that sdsu is now a tier 1 school as well as being the number 1 small research facility so it has that aspect as well. When it comes down to it you just have to look into it for yourself and go where you think is best for you.</p>
<p>well, my end goal is ultimately law school at University of Washington (couldn’t afford the undergrad out of state tuition) and to as an undergrad, I’m sot of looking for a more business oriented degree, especially international business, and I’m looking into theater just because I absolutely love performing in it, and would like to continue to do so, but not really as a major. More like a minor, or at least go to a place with good access to theater and commercial work</p>
<p>If you want to attend law school the go to UCSB!! Have you read the rankings on UCSB? The UC’s prepare you for graduate work and they have pre-law advisers. UCSB is a research university and will prepare you for law school. You also need a very high GPA to get into any top law school so don’t pick a major that you can not do well in. You will also need a very high LSAT score so it is not really what school you attend but your GPA along with your test scores. My friend graduated from Stanford and did not get into any of the top law schools because his GPA was 3.3 which is not good enough even coming from Stanford</p>