I’m having a really hard time deciding between these two, for the past week or two I’ve been constantly going back and forth between these two schools and I can’t make a final decision. UCI is know to be a more prestigious school compared to UCSC and I think that has some fault into why I’m struggling. Not only that but UCI has always been the school I wanted to attend but since the beginning of this year I slowly started to fall in love with UCSC more and more, and it baffles me to think that.
I’ll list a few pros and cons for each and I want to see where you guys would stand or choose:
UCI Pros
-Biological Science Major
-Great campus and (to me) easy to navigate
-Sightly better financial aid, I would pay less
-Close enough to home but far enough to dorm at (I live in Long Beach)
-I absolutely LOVE the Mesa Court Towers
-Great teachers and programs
Cons
-I don’t know anyone else who is attending there
-I feel that it would be way more competitive and harder to earn the grades I would desire
UCSC Pros
-Human Biology Major
-The campus is BEAUTIFUL and I fell in love with it
-It has the type of environment I like since it’s very calm, chill, and has so much nature
-My bestfriend is going there and it would probably be the only place I would see him now because his family is moving away to another state
-It’s really close to the beach
-I feel like I could excel academically better there
Cons
-Farther away from home (like 6 hours)
-Slighty more expensive, I would have to pay just a bit more than UCI
-The dorms seemed smaller and older
Any advice would be most appreciated, thanks!