UCLA Chem Eng v. Berkeley Chem Eng v. SLO General Eng

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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Hi! So I recently got into Cal Poly Slo for General Eng, UCLA for Chem Eng, and Berkeley for Chem Eng. I have no clue what to choose. Let me walk you through what I am thinking:

SLO:
PROs: Great Engineering, love the campus, love the professor in charge of general eng, love that the professors seem like they want to help students, can mold own course of study
CONs: Not as prestigious as UCLA or Berkeley, only General Engineering and not chemical eng, more for people who want to work in industry

UCLA:
PROs: My brother goes to UCLA, more prestigious, hard chemical eng, met a lot of people already, the choice everyone expects me to choose, can work in industry or go to grad school
CONs: Professors don’t really seem to care, really hard, not the best program

BERK:
PROs: Better chemical engineering option, more prestigious
CONs: SUPER hard and competitive, in the college of chemistry so if I end up not like chem eng it will be harder for me to switch to a different engineering

My main concerns have to deal with whether I will like chemical engineering and the prestige of the school? My heart is telling me SLO but my head is telling me UCLA or Berk. Please any Chem Es, help me out!

Thanks!!!
A confused senior with 14 days left to decide!

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Girl (or boy idk) you trippin lol.

SLO is an amazing school! My calculus teacher, who studied at Harvey Mudd (a school known for earning undergrads the HIGHEST salaries over ivy leagues and other prestigious school and #1 for engineering where graduate degree is not offered) said it’s an amazing school too.

Not only have they beat MIT at engineering competitions, but engineers who studied at SLO for undergrad were some of the highest paid undergrad engineers!