<p>@anthroflo, I’m 99% sure you’re going to pick Berkeley. Just read what you wrote down. What does LA offer you that Berkeley doesn’t? Seemingly only music. You’re an Anthro major who apparently wants to get a masters in the field at Stanford. You can always pursue music in Berkeley or after you graduate in LA. Let us know when you SIR to UCB! </p>
<p>I didn’t think anyone was actually going to read my rant @Zalrons 
I have thought of that, that LA only offers me the music (and a damn good education), but the music is enough to keep me considering it seriously. I often go between Cal and LA, but have spent much more time thinking that I am going to go to UCLA… </p>
<p>It is still up in the air for me, and I often switch from thinking “okay, UCLA it is” to “maybe it’s Cal.”</p>
<p>I don’t really think music in the bay area could hold a candle to music in LA, granted I’m not dreaming of getting signed to a major label or becoming a major act (indie label is perfect and selling enough records to pay rent).</p>
<p>Of course I will let you guys know once I submit my SIR ;)</p>
<p>@anthroflo, Well good luck either way! You can’t go wrong :D/ </p>
<p>@AnthroFlo you really can’t go wrong either way! You just gotta have conviction in whatever you decide. Let us know when you SIR! Good luck choosing!!</p>
<p>Heading up to Cal tomorrow to check it out. I’m really leaning on it right now, hopefully seeing it in person will push me to SIR.</p>
<p>@Freetofly112 </p>
<p>Go to UCLA too if you haven’t already.</p>
<p>I mean, UCLA > Berkeley. ;)</p>
<p>@Cayton
Heh, of course. I actually did last week, I live pretty close by. It was an awesome campus, I really enjoyed the atmosphere… but Cal is hard to resist too: The faculty is pretty top notch (Searle is teaching there!), they have a cool looking rhetoric major I might double in, they have a more performance based music minor I might also consider (UCLA seems to be focused on music history), and I’ve always wanted to experience NorCal.</p>
<p>UCLA is so sunny and close to home though. Its proximity and weather has kept me from committing fully to Cal. lol</p>
<p>@Freetofly112 </p>
<p>UCLA has excellent faculty in the field of philosophy and is actually ranked higher in that field than Berkeley is, so there. [-X </p>
<p>And Los Angeles as a city > Berkeley. :)</p>
<p>what do you guys think about ucla biz econ or ucb econ?</p>
<p>@evanwong Oooh that’s a tough one. UCLA’s biz econ is crazy hard to get into. Most people who apply for biz econ at LA are also aiming to get into Haas at Cal. For this comparison I think I’d go with LA but I know nothing about Cal’s economics department.</p>
<p>you can’t go wrong with either. just pick the one you will be happier at. </p>
<p>Isn’t Haas just as hard, if not harder, to get into than UCLA’s business econ?</p>
<p>I think everyone should go where their heart is telling them to go. College is about adventure and trying new things. They r so close in ranking than it really does not matter. I chose Berkeley over ucla cuz I felt at home there… That was my main reason. </p>
<p>When you’re comparing UCLA and Cal, you really have to start splitting hairs. Berkley is definitely ranked higher than UCLA, but UCLA is still a top-ranked university. You’ll have highly rated professors at either school. </p>
<p>Rather than thinking about which school is slightly better in one category one another, just think about the atmosphere that will make you happiest for the next two years. Think about what city you want to live in after you graduate. When you go to apply to grad school or when you go to get a job no one is going to look at your UCLA degree and say “they weren’t smart enough to get in the Berkeley, so the ONLY went to UCLA”. </p>
<p>Choose a school that will give you the atmosphere and the experience that you want. Academically speaking and reputation wise you cannot go wrong with either school.</p>
<p>@2016Candles luv the fair point u hav made here. I am so eager to get in UCLA simply due to the desire of minoring in their fabulous TV & Film college and gaining a second degree in playwriting there. It definitely is amongst the so-called “UCLA offers much better chance than Cal” checklist. And 2 my knowledge, items within this checklist are not at all as rare as some people would reckon.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity @Cayton, I believe you’ve mentioned that you live relatively close to UCLA and I always wonder, what is the weather like down there? I’ve been down to southern California many times but never long enough to really know what the weather is like…</p>
<p>@2016Candles I think everybody can agree that when it comes down to it, there aren’t enough huge differences to make choosing between them an easy choice. But really, nobody can go wrong with choices like these.</p>
<p>@AnthroFlo just gonna butt in haha, the weather in SoCal, specifically at UCLA is amazing. I’ve been here since I was in elementary school and after traveling around the state, country, and abroad, I’ve concluded that you’d be hard pressed to find weather as nice as SoCal’s (well except for Hawaii but thats a far off dream haha)</p>
<p>@CalBruin I know the choice is far from easy. I’m not choosing between the 2, so I’m just an impartial observer. I’m a Bruin all the way :-). </p>
<p>I really just meant that choosing Cal over UCLA primarily for the prestige factor really won’t make too much difference. The 2 schools are so phenomenal yet so different, so folks should just go to the school that speaks to their heart.</p>
<p>@AnthroFlo I’ll butt in too. I’ve been in LA most of my life, minus a few years in Texas. The weather is beyond amazing! You can pretty much wear whatever you want year round. Coats are for fashion- not necessity. There are maybe 2-3 months I don’t wear flip flops. No humidity, not a lot of rain, not too many days above 90 in the UCLA area. </p>
<p>Thanks for the info @2016Candles and @CalBruin
I fear that going down south is going down to massive heat, while I like the sun, me and any temperature above 80 degrees with no cool coastal breeze, we just don’t get along too well </p>
<p>Los Angeles has a Mediterranean climate, which means we get long hot summers and rather cool and somewhat wet winters. It’s a common misconception that LA is a desert. August, September, are our hottest months. Expect 90F+ days during those months. Occasionally does get hot during October as well. Rain season beings in October and continues on through February and maybe March sometimes. January and February are the wettest months, which really isn’t a whole lot, considering we average about 14" of rain annually (not counting this year or last year). During May and June, the marine layer will be crawling in at late night and remain until the early afternoon, when the heat finally burns it off, hence “May Gray” and “June Gloom”. The air is always very dry here, especially during the summer where negative Celsius dewpoints are so you don’t have to worry about humidity very much.</p>
<p>Something like 90-95% of our days will be sunny, the rest will either be overcast or rain. It never gets terribly cold here… the lowest you’ll see during the day is low 60s during the late fall and early winter months. Occasionally, during winter nights when an arctic cold front is blowing through, you’ll get temps in the 40s and maybe lower 30s but that happens maybe like 5 days a year or something like that. But the majority of the year, temps will be about 70F~ or higher, give or take a few.</p>
<p>The only weather forecast you need to know here in SoCal: “late night, early morning low clouds and fog otherwise mostly sunny throughout the afternoon.”</p>
<p>Also, the further inland you go, the hotter it gets. The closer you are to the beach, the cooler it gets. There’s usually about a 10F difference in temperature between Santa Monica and Downtown LA. The San Fernando Valley (eww) and the San Gabriel Valley is something like 15 to 20F hotter than Santa Monica. </p>