UCLA vs. Cornell vs. Rice (Environmental Engineering)

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Hi All,

I’ve been extremely fortunate to have been accepted to 3 great engineering programs and I’m hoping you could give me feedback or help me think of things to consider when deciding between these colleges and their environmental engineering programs?

I’m strongly considering each school and could use some push/pull in one direction or another. I love Cornell because of the distance from home (I’m from Southern California) and the name recognition it has. Rice is great because of the relatively small size and beautiful campus (it’s also a good distance from home). UCLA has a gorgeous campus, great weather, and my parents are both alums. I mention the somewhat superficial reasons I like these schools because I feel I can’t go wrong with the engineering programs and education I would get at these 3 universities.

Any guidance you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

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congrats! I’m applying to Env. engineering too… how did you hear about Rice already? im guessing you found out about ucla and cornell through likely letters…

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@Collegeappkid21‌ Yup, I found out through likely letters. Rice flew me to their campus for their Vision program. What other colleges are you applying to?

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nice nice. I applied to majority of the UC’s USC some 3-2 programs and then like CMU, Rice, JHU, Cornell…Wbu?

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USC, UCLA, UCB, UCSD, Cal Poly SLO (Denied…go figure), Davidson, Pomona, and some Ivies.

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yeah i got waitlisted a SLO too? and at UCSB? but then I got into UCSD…and likely letter for UCLA. I dont even understand. What got you interested in Envir.Engineering?