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<p>I would rather be miserable for four short years and enjoy a lifetime of prestige than enjoy four years and then regret not choosing a more prestigious school.</p>
<p>Suffer first. Enjoy later.</p>
<p>i have a friend who just chose ucla over stanford. it isn't as obvious as some people make it seem. She fit better at UCLA. So she is going there. I am glad she went with her heart.</p>
<p>if the OP had provided more info other than "which one should i go to? money isn't an issue," we'd probably do more than state the obvious.</p>
<p>for the record, stanford isn't an ivy :P</p>
<p>how could you be miserable at stanford? if there was ONE school i'd go to in lieu of ucla it might be stanford. i didnt apply since i didnt think i had a chance but if i magically had an offer</p>
<p>I wonder how the grade competition is at Stanford if everyone is supposed to be "brilliant"... What if you're accepted (barely) and you're "average" ? I bet you'd suffer.. but whatever lol</p>
<p>No. There's a lot of grade inflation there. Hard to get in, easy to get out.</p>
<p>You and the other person who created the thread "UCLA Honors or Harvard? Please help!" are both crazy. You are both very funny though I must admit.</p>
<p>I attended a Stanford info session and one of the alumni spoke how she was at the top of her high school and just a regular student at Stanford. She almost sounded as if it was extremely challenging those four years at Stanford. Read into it as you please. I guess it depends on what you want. Is this a true posting as to choosing between UCLA and Stanford?</p>
<p>go to stanford...obvious choice</p>
<p>where did the OP decide to attend?</p>
<p>UCLA. Simply a better environment.</p>
<p>Are you kidding!!!!?? Go to Stanford!
Unless you really really like UCLA or something, I think Stanford pretty much has UCLA beat in all departments.</p>
<p>If you are politically minded, specific to the left, UCLA would be a better fit. Stanford likes Republican politicians. They got Herbert Hoover, Condoleesa Rice, Rumsfield, and others.</p>
<p>We got another troll here -_-</p>
<p>He just likes to make himself look stupid, so let him</p>
<p>wow, i guess there aren't any bruin republicans... >.<
am i not supposed to be here or something?</p>
<p>ucla definitely leans to the left but there are plenty of republicans. i actually find ucla a pretty conservative school, (and i'm more on the conservative side) but then again i come from a city that voted 80% for kerry so puts it in context. in terms of the rest of the USA ucla is liberal. not berkeley or liberal arts lefty, but solidly so.</p>
<p>LA is not as liberal as Cal, but given that it is Los Angeles county, it is fairly liberal. There are plenty of republicans at Cal, yet Cal is pretty left; same logic should work for UCLA.</p>
<p>if money is really an issue for you, you should have no worries at Stanford. i've heard many times that if you parents' annual income is <$60,000, you'll be covered there.</p>
<p>^ Someone didn't take the time to read the thread :rolleyes:</p>