<p>hi
new to this forum and im sure you get a lot of these whats the better college. </p>
<p>based on uc irvine, uc santa barbara, uc davis, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo which is probably the best for engineering? im probably going in electrical/manufacturing or some kind of engineering along those lines. could you rank them what you think is better based purely on academics?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>i think ucsb compared to ucd isn't good for engineering. you can check the college specific threads for more information.</p>
<p>well i was thinking of UCI originally since i live close and lots of people are going there that i know (im a shy guy) so i just wanted to know how are the engineering courses compared academically</p>
<p>any help please?</p>
<p>Check out the following link for US news 2005 engineering ranks:</p>
<p>personally though, I'd say </p>
<p>1.UCSB/SLO (tough call)</p>
<p>2.UCD</p>
<p>3.UCI</p>
<p>ucsb, great school, rising in prestige, getting increasingly selective, right on the ocean, beautiful, fun, research opportunities, everything you could ever ask for.</p>
<p>how difficult would you think UCSB vs SLO be in engineering. I am right now enrolled for UCSB-economics and SLO-manufacturing/industrial engineering. however ucsb i will prob change to an engineering. </p>
<p>im also concerned about the 4 year pass rate for SLO which is like 17%. </p>
<p>socially im a shy person and party school isnt my #1 thing but how do you think sb is in that area? i would think SLO would be more of a nerdy school since its an polytechnic.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>i'm going to ucsb. if you are shy i will be your friend and help you break out of your shell. hahaha.</p>
<p>Are you sure you can switch into engineering from econ at UCSB. I hear that its hard to switch into engineering at all of the UCs.</p>
<p>not sure. according to my brother who goes to uci he says its no problem whatsoever</p>
<p>SLO is very good for engineering, SLO is basically geared to ship out experienced undergrad students out onto the engineering work force right away.</p>
<p>The UC's however are more research oriented and less technical than SLO. But, as a result, you are better equipped for grad schools. </p>
<p>UCSB engineering in particular has "the 5 year plan", where you can get a BS + MS in 5 years.</p>
<p>well im planning to go MBA after undergrad. any different routes after saying that?</p>
<p>and is the 5 years ms and bs true?</p>
<p>Yeah, SB has quite a few BS+MS programs...I know someone doing it in chem.</p>
<p>hows the difficult at SB? i hear its the least studying school of the UCs but then i hear that its like split 50 50. some study hardcore and some simply dont at all.</p>
<p>Davis also has a good engineering program, and a 5 year BS+MS program.</p>
<p>how difficult are these 5 year programs. are they actually doable in 5 years. also what is sb, davis, and irvine known for (like majors) and how difficuilt compared to each other? to other colleges?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>suggestoins would be good :)</p>
<p>hmm</p>
<p>alright</p>
<p>coudl you rank UC IRvine, UC Santa Barbara, and Cal Poly SLO in which is the best in engineering? (and eventually into MBA)</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>our tour guide at UCSB said it is VERY hard to change majors...she said that you end up taking an extra year and that costs big $$$ just to switch.</p>