Hi everyone, I’ll make a post in UCLA’s thread as well.
I was a candidate for UC Berkeley’s Regent’s scholarship, so I already heard I was offered admission. I applied for Electrical Engineering in the EECS department.
I found out last week that I was offered admission at UCLA with a Regent’s scholarship, and earlier today that I did NOT win the Regent’s scholarship at UC Berkeley (yet am still admitted).
Now, I’m faced with a tough choice as an EE major — Berkeley, with a higher ranked (and frankly, seemingly more robust) engineering department without Regents (which I’ve heard greatly helps with networking, class registration, etc. in addition to $$$), versus UCLA as an EE major with the Regent’s scholarship.
I feel that, given proximity to Silicon Valley and engineering strength, UC Berkeley is a better choice for tech career prospects; however, I have a slightly better “fit” with UCLA, along with being one of only 50 people per class with the Regents.
Does anyone have any advice? Finances aside, will UCLA engineering be up to par with Berkeley’s? How beneficial is the Regent’s scholarship? Has anyone faced a similar choice?
Any help is appreciated!