<p>I was accepted to both as a biology major. But, I'm thinking about switching to psych or business major with pre-med. I received a 20k scholarship to NYU, which makes it worthy of consideration and I love the environment. In other words, my heart is at NYU but my mid is at UCLA where the prestige is.</p>
<p>Follow the prestige. Come to UCLA. :D</p>
<p>Many people who think they’ll like NYU end up not liking it because of its lack of a campus. Have you visited both universities?</p>
<p>prestige is not important for med school…going to a school which gurantees u a higher gpa is…therefore avoid ucla and go to nyu</p>
<p>i visited both. they’re both completely different.nyu’s exciting life makes up for the lack of campus</p>
<p>@mnop444
NYU doesn’t “guarantee” you a higher GPA. It may be ranked a bit lower than UCLA but, similar to USC, it actually has more stringent admissions standards. The student body over there is more competitive than over here.</p>
<p>(from CollegeBoard, though their data is usually a tad bit dated)
NYU profile:
Avg SAT: 1985
ACT: 29</p>
<p>UCLA profile:
Avg SAT: 1930
ACT: 27.5</p>
<p>UCLA has a better pre-med program no doubt. I got into NYU, Cal, and UCLA and am decide between the latter two. If you’re a strong student, you’ll excel at NYU and get a strong GPA whereas UCLA has a lot of competition. It’s known worldwide for it’s pre-med program which is exactly why a lot of students go there.
If you want it easy and fun, go to NYU.
If you want to work and gain medical experience, go to UCLA.</p>
<p>…of admitting students. And each university, even in the UC system handles the process differently.</p>
<p>Class rank – median, mean, whatever you want to reference – of UCLA students would be higher than NYU’s. There is no floor to which NYU can accept students (same wrt USC). </p>
<p>UCLA is bound by state charter to accept only those that graduate at a certain percentile or above that; ie, it has an admissions floor, and consequently admits those from poor-performing high schools with lower SATs in order to match its diversity index (AA wrt wealth, or lack of it, if not wrt race). A top student from a poor-performing hs would also probably have a good unweighted, but fairly pedestrian weighted gpa.</p>
<p>NYU (and USC) can fish for students who have graduated lower in their respective classes, many of whom taken the SATs more than a couple times and raised their scores to be marketable to colleges and universities.</p>
<p>And since cost is much of the time a factor in attending NYU (and USC), this could mean that elevated SATs by a student applying there could mean significant coaching because he or she could afford it, which gives reason for those who’ve said that the SAT is no longer a standardized test, that, wealth runs commensurate with higher scores.</p>
<p>Is this the the complete case as to whats happening wrt to UCLA v NYU (and USC) ? Not totally; we cant pigeon-hole any university wrt its (their) admissions policies, but there is some trending towards this.</p>
<p>But since SAT scores are more of a short-term achievement, I would rather go with grades as a primary measure of admission, a more long-term accomplishment. The results show this: UCLA is a much more competitve university than NYU (and USC). </p>
<p>Wrt the rivalry: USC’s probably always has had higher SATs than UCLA, but UCLA produces much more high-powered professionals, because UCLA students are much more accomplished in the classroom and have greater grad school options.</p>
<p>My question to you, sentiment, that since you forwarded the notion that higher SAT scores -> tougher admission policies -> more competitive university, does that mean that USC with its higher SATs would be more competitive than Berkeley?</p>
<p>Yes. lolz. Berkeley is overrated, if you asked me. </p>
<p>On CollegeConfidential, I’m a Berkeley skeptic for taking their #21 rank at face value.</p>
<p>EDIT: Some Cal students such as anon5524485 would be eager to tell you UCLA is more competitive than Berkeley even if it makes their school look good.</p>
<p>“gain medical experience” go to UCLA??? lol u are very ill-informed if u think that ur gonna get medical experience during undergrad lol</p>
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<p>So people like leftist are going around saying that UCLA is more competitive to try pursuade more of the fence-sitting students on CC to Berk? I’m not sure I’m comprehending. So a less competitive university is a good thing, and you similarly want to portray UCLA as such.</p>
<p>But I don’t think there are more than a handful of students who would say that USC is more competitive than Berk at either institution.</p>
<p>If you had your choice, where would you attend? </p>
<p>I’m going to a tech school. More socially awkward students would be happier there. I’m guessing this might be the case with you. UCLA is a tough university to attend when one is this way because he/she sees all the action going on around him/her, and feels left out.</p>
<p>mnop, there’s internships, research, clubs, amazing profs, and other things available. Please take your lazy ass and ■■■■. I honestly think you just deter everyone from UCLA because you’re butthurt that you have no friends. :</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/843511-i-had-really-bad-first-quarter-am-i-screwed-forver.html?highlight=mnop444[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/843511-i-had-really-bad-first-quarter-am-i-screwed-forver.html?highlight=mnop444</a></p>
<p>and to sentimentxg4</p>
<p>conveniently excluding GPA?</p>
<p>My quote should read:</p>
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<p>This is apparently the case w/ mnop per that link supplied by incognito. Again, people who have “no game,” would indeed find UCLA a tough place to attend, but might find a tech school easier because they are around more similar types of people.</p>
<p>"In other words, my heart is at NYU "</p>
<p>You said it clearly. Go to NYU so that you wont have any regret. Your heart is telling you what you should do.</p>