<p>Hey guys!
If you guys want to post up your own comparisons, go ahead!</p>
<p>So I'm a senior and looking at UCLA as a possible choice. My top choice was Berkeley because it just seemed liberal and chill, but got rejected (oops). My second choice, UCSB, I got waitlisted. I plan to appeal and perhaps through that and having the somewhat safety net of waitlist, I might be able to get in.</p>
<p>Well anyways, so right now I'm stuck trying to chose between:
UCLA, UC Davis, Reed college, UCSB (possibly/maybe)
I'm some variation of a neuroscience major atm. </p>
<p>UCLA is... well UCLA. I haven't been to bruin day. I'm a bit scared of the competition and curves honestly. It has great resources for research and internships. I've never been a big fan of LA, even Westwood.. but I don't want to feel like I'm making a big mistake. Not too big on sports either or sorority life (but still I like to party).</p>
<p>UC Davis has a nice agriculture school and I'm debating of switching my major to bioinformatics or maybe genetics. Med school ain't my thing tbh. The campus is a bit too flat but the school offers a lot of potential. But I don't feel happy there.</p>
<p>Reed is a small quirky liberal arts college in Portland. Tuition is double the other schools so I might go into debt. There's about 375 kids per graduating class, which would be smaller than my high school. It's heavy work with grade deflation but gets you prepped for grad school. The kids are really awkward, weird, and introverted though. Not too happy with that, I don't want a similar high school experience.</p>
<p>UCSB for me is a bit more ideal. I love the beach, I love the vibe. It allows for early research (which is golden for grad school) and it may be a bit easier on curves and everyone is really chill. The party school thing doesn't bug. However, I'm waitlisted, so that sucks. I'm just really comfortable there, and way happy.</p>
<p>What do you guys think? I'm visiting each school this month. I don't want to feel like I'm throwing away UCLA.. because it's "UCLA" and I'm going to grad school where they don't look at your school as much as your GPA/GRE scores etc. I'm sure the school factors in somehow, but I should be okay I think.</p>