UCLA for Chemical Engineering?

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<p>Anyone know anything about their program? The focus of their research, the strength of the program with respect to others? I am still waiting to hear from Berkeley and UT Austin, so far I have been admitted to GA Tech and UCLA (and others that i'm not considering.) </p>

<p>I am wondering how UCLA's program would compare to GA Tech's program. The tuition is higher, but I think that after a year I may be able to establish residency (long story, but looks like i'd be one of the few who may be eligible.) So if tuition were equal, how would you rate these two programs with comparison to each other. [Obviously Berkeley and UT Austin both rate better than the two i'm asking about, but we haven't gotten word from them yet. ]</p>

<p>thanks!
Angela.</p>

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<p>Man, that was some great response:( I guess I can gather that it just isn't worth it's weight as a ChE program, then?</p>

<p>-A</p>

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<p>i did my undergrad che program at ucla and graduated in 2001. i personally did not enjoy the experience over there. most of the professors in the che program don't have any interest at all in teaching students. many professors read directly from the book when teaching; they are only interested in doing their research. </p>

<p>the material is very difficult and the workload is even heavier. i spent lots of hours studying the material and consistently got stuck doing homework for hours at a time and i still didn't get it right. i found the che program consistently boring.</p>