I unexpectedly got off the waitlist for both schools so now I have to make a decision (and soon!) I got in for business econ. for Irvine and Econ-math joint major for San Diego. My ultimate goal for college is to become an Actuary, and hopefully have some fun on the way. My current view is
UCSD: academically strong, socially weak
UCI: socially strong (a lot of friends going), academically…well not so sure tbh
Accidentally posted this on the wrong forum so I reposted in this one instead…sorryy
UCI also has a quantitative economics major. https://changeofmajor.uci.edu/school-of-social-sciences/#quantitative_econ indicates that it is not hard to change into.
Here are the SoA’s VEE listings for UCI and UCSD. You may want to check how accessible these courses are (e.g. if they tend to be reserved for specific majors or whatever).
https://store.soa.org/VEESchoolSearch/VEECourseListing.aspx?sc=1322&sd=University%20of%20California%20-%20Irvine&VEE=displayonly
https://store.soa.org/VEESchoolSearch/VEECourseListing.aspx?sc=1317&sd=University%20of%20California%20-%20San%20Diego&VEE=displayonly