UC Irvine vs. Purdue

College Search & Selection
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<p>I got accepted into followings:</p>

<p>UC Irvine - Undecided/Undeclared
Purdue University - Mechanical Engineering Technology
UC Riverside - Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois, Chicago - Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>I think I am going to go to either UC Irvine or Purdue University.
Which one do you think better? Area of Interest is engineering.</p>

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<p>What kind of cost and debt are you looking at for each school?</p>

<p>UCI change of major requirements:
<a href=“http://www.changeofmajor.uci.edu/CoM_Engr.html”>http://www.changeofmajor.uci.edu/CoM_Engr.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Purdue: note that mechanical engineering technology is not the same as mechanical engineering. For Purdue, you need to change into First Year Engineering, as described here:
<a href=“School of Engineering Education - Purdue University”>School of Engineering Education - Purdue University;
Then complete the requirements with a high enough GPA to get into your desired engineering major:
<a href=“School of Engineering Education - Purdue University”>School of Engineering Education - Purdue University;
<a href=“School of Engineering Education - Purdue University”>School of Engineering Education - Purdue University;