I have been admitted as a Regents Scholar to UC Davis and have also received the Provost Award, making my total scholarship USD 20,000+ per annum. I have also been admitted into UC San Diego (Warren College). I am an undergraduate majoring in Computer Science for both and I need to choose one of them.
UC San Diego has a wonderful, wonderful program according to what I’ve heard (comparable to UCLA’s) which is really a cut above that of UC Davis. Also, its professors and internship opportunities are better, according to what I’ve read online and heard from current undergraduates. For example, Qualcomm has a hiring facility set up specially for UCSD students. I don’t think UC Davis has anything like that.
However, at UC Davis, I would graduate with more than 80,000 extra USD in my pocket. Also, I am in the honor’s program, meaning that I will get a lot of very useful perks. Enhanced interactions with professors and the other perks of the honors program would help me stand out at UC Davis, and this might surprisingly provide me with better opportunities of getting an internship at a top company like Google as compared to UCSD, although I’m not too sure about this.
I am not opposed to either college’s campus and I love them both. Also, while the extra money is an important factor, I can definitely afford UCSD without too much difficulty.
Could I have some help choosing between these two options?