<p>i'm trying to decide between the two and i am completely torn! i visited both campuses and they are so different from each other, I don't know what to do. My major problems with UCLA is that it is on a quarter system and that i has SO many students. UVA has fewer undergrad but it's in charlotessville which is super tiny.</p>
<p>Another one of my concerns for UCLA is diversity. (and i do not mean to be racist in any way, as I am a minority myself). However, i really want to go to a school with a diverse student body.</p>
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<li>the quarter system really, really isn't a problem. i swear. </li>
<li>ucla is plenty diverse. i swear. </li>
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<p>because really? it's hard NOT to be diverse with 30k+ people. it's just intrinsic to the nature of a population that large. </p>
<p>-yeah, there are lots of people, but the campus and your experience are what you make of it. you have the ability to make your education as personal as you want, you just need to make it happen. the resources are abundant and available. just take advantage of them.</p>
<p><em>allie</em> i read in a different post that you said the acceptance rate for the communication studies major was 15-17%. Do you mean 15-17% of UCLA students who apply get that major? or do you mean 15-17% of students who apply FOR ucla get into that major? thanks for your help!</p>
<p>the student i was talking to was a transfer so the stats i quoted were for transfers. 15-17% of transfer applicants in comm are accepted. so generally if 500 people apply to comm, around 70 will get in. because comm is one of the highly impacted majors, it requires direct admission into the program. freshmen and sophomores apply during the school year, transfers apply directly into the program. so the number is for students who applied to UCLA explicitly for admission to comm.</p>
<p>University of Virginia is ranked higher than UCLA because it's freaking ancient. I mean, when the 3rd president of the United States decides to build it... Yeah, with age tends to come recognition, and a chance to accumulate a hefty endowment/reputation. UCLA hasn't been around for half that time, and its built a solid reputation in the sciences and the humanities.</p>