<p>THE RANKING DOES NOT MATTER</p>
<p>Have you read through this thread at all? The best thing you could do is save up some money or ask your parents to come visit San Diego to get a feel for it yourself. A poster already posted that his friends got jobs at Google / Intel / Zynga from Davis…so top SV jobs. The only difference with the schools is going to be different companies at the career fairs. Some do recruit at UCSD- google, microsoft, and facebook do from what I’ve heard. For other companies you would like to work at-say Samsung, Tesla, or Apple you just send in a resume to the hiring website. If you have the credentials, they will contact you for an interview. </p>
<p>Curriculum wise, they will both get you where ever you want to go. It’s the environment that will be completely different and that is what you should base your decision on. If you get accepted and it’s one of your top choices you should visit…not look at some brochure. Not to mention UCSD has a college system similar to different learning communities with their own graduation requirements which gives it a unique feel. </p>
<p>[How</a> Does the College System Work?](<a href=“http://admissions.ucsd.edu/colleges/about/index.html]How”>http://admissions.ucsd.edu/colleges/about/index.html)</p>
<p>To answer your last question, the rankings are based on a scoring system. I know for a fact that UCSD is more selective in admissions so that’s one factor right there. </p>
<p>UCSD overall is a better school (ranking wise). Lots of top 20 programs not just engineering. You can take a bicycle to the beach. UCD is a great school where lots of innovative research is done. Plus it’s a 90 minute drive from the most technological innovative area in the country. Your call. </p>
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<li>You lived in Nor Cal your whole life and you want to expand your horizons- UCSD</li>
<li>You for sure you know you want to work in the Bay Area and want internships there - UCD</li>
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