<p>hey...:)
i got admission into both ucla and gatech....
i want to major in either electrical or mechanical...
im having a real tuff time deciding where to go.....
i am an international student....i dont have any weather or cost preferences...
i just want to get into the better university
please help me decide</p>
<p>I’d say go to UCLA. Better rankings and location since many engineering jobs are in California.</p>
<p>The weather in CA is great!!!</p>
<p>Without knowing anything about your specific interests I would say GaTech, but it really does depend on a ton of factors. UCLA is a really good school. I think GaTech is a little bit better overall, but UCLA outdoes them in some areas. As for hiring, both have strong regional and national recruiting. I would personnally give UCLA a strong edge in location - I would greatly prefer California to Georgia - but I also think that this is the least important factor.</p>
<p>If you can give any more details about what you want to do, it will help people to give you better advice.</p>
<p>I’m still a high school student, but i heard Georgia Tech is really good for mechanical engineering if that helps.</p>
<p>are you Asian? There are tons of Asian students and a good number of Asian professors in the engineering department.</p>
<p>I would vote Georgia Tech. Judging by rankings alone, Georgia Tech is ranked #4 for mechanical. Plus it’s a little bit cheaper than UCLA. A warning though – the guy/girl ratio at Georgia Tech is about 7/3. If that’s an issue, you might want to go to UCLA.</p>
<p>I would say Georgia Tech, as engineering is it’s forte and is very known in the engineering world. However, besides the great education, UCLA is better at everything else: more girls, better weather, more fun… so if those matter than UCLA would be better. UCLA is still a great engineering school too so you would do great in both</p>
<p>In your situation, I would contact the Indian student groups at each university to get an idea of the size of those groups and if they provide any support in acclimating to US culture. UCLA is only about 1% international while GT is about 7% so I expect that you might find a big difference.</p>
<p>I think for undergraduate engineering education, Georgia Tech is a better choice academically. Just be <em>sure</em> you are interested in engineering, if you go there.</p>
<p>(But believe me, your job prospects are probably very similar coming out of either school…these “rankings” don’t mean so much in the real world)</p>
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<p>Not Quite. UCLA has around 14% International Students. It ranks 7th in the nation for number of Internationals, while Georgia Tech ranks 24th.</p>
<p>[2009-10</a> | Leading Institutions | International Students | Open Doors Data](<a href=“http://www.iie.org/en/Research-and-Publications/Open-Doors/Data/International-Students/Leading-Institutions/2009-10]2009-10”>http://www.iie.org/en/Research-and-Publications/Open-Doors/Data/International-Students/Leading-Institutions/2009-10)</p>
<p>TOP 25 INSTITUTIONS HOSTING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, 2009/10 </p>
<p>Rank, Institution, City, State, Total Int’l Students, Total Enrollment </p>
<p>1 University of Southern California Los Angeles CA 7,987 34,824
2 University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Champaign IL 7,287 43,723
3 New York University New York NY 7,276 43,208
4 Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette IN 6,903 41,051
5 Columbia University New York NY 6,833 24,188
6 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor MI 6,095 41,674
7 University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 5,685 39,750
8 Michigan State University East Lansing MI 5,358 47,278
9 University of Texas - Austin Austin TX 5,265 50,995
10 Boston University Boston MA 5,172 31,499
11 University of Florida Gainesville FL 4,920 50,691
12 SUNY University at Buffalo Buffalo NY 4,911 28,881
13 Harvard University Cambridge MA 4,867 26,500
14 Indiana University - Bloomington Bloomington IN 4,819 42,347
15 Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus OH 4,796 55,014
16 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Minneapolis MN 4,665 51,659
17 Texas A&M University College Station TX 4,611 48,885
18 Penn State University - University Park University Park PA 4,561 44,406
19 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 4,522 24,474
20 Arizona State University Tempe AZ 4,483 68,064
21 University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison WI 4,312 41,644
22 Cornell University Ithaca NY 4,115 20,609
23 University of Houston Houston TX 4,103 37,000
24 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 4,030 20,291
25 Stanford University Stanford CA 3,934 17,833</p>
<p>You’re including graduate students. That’s how you get GT at 20% international.</p>
<p>For undergrads, you can see this listing: <a href=“http://www.aim.ucla.edu/profile/ProfileFall2005.pdf[/url]”>http://www.aim.ucla.edu/profile/ProfileFall2005.pdf</a> UCLA’s freshman class is 1% international and 95% from California. If you want to include transfers (4% international) you get roughly 1.6% international.</p>
<p>I thought it before posting and I thought including the graduate students would be too misleading. A grad student and an undergrad won’t interact the same way as two undergrads or two grad students.</p>
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<p>Your 2005 data is out of date. Here are the current undergraduate International totals, which are expected to rise in the upcoming year.</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> Profile](<a href=“http://www.aim.ucla.edu/publications/main.asp]UCLA”>http://www.aim.ucla.edu/publications/main.asp)</p>
<p>UNDERGRADUATE PROFILE </p>
<p>TOTAL ENROLLMENT 26,162 </p>
<p>International 1,522 6%</p>
<p>If you want to do engineering, then Ga tech is definitely the best option. California is in a great location, but I personally dont like the LA area. I think tech would be a good choice. It’s located right in mid town of Atlanta and the opportunities for internships/co-ops are endless, if you’re into that kind of stuff. They are top ranked in engineering and job prospects are very high. If you go to tech, you have to work your butt off! I heard it’s very hard. good luck deciding. :)</p>
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<p>That’s the percentage of people who self identify ethnically as “international”. The actual percentage of undergraduates who are not US citizens is 3% from the same document. From the site I linked, you can also see that most international undergrads come in as transfers, not as entering freshman. So it is sometime that the OP should investigate.</p>
<p>Since the original poster is interested in engineering, I seriously doubt that he will have trouble finding other International students in the major. The total number of International undergraduates at UCLA is over 10%, well above the 1% you cited in your original post.</p>
<p>[About</a> the Students — UCLA Engineering](<a href=“http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/explore/facts-and-figures/about-the-students]About”>http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/explore/facts-and-figures/about-the-students)</p>
<p>Enrollment Numbers: Fall 2010
Undergraduate–3287
Graduate–1781
Masters–857
Doctorates–924</p>
<p>Total–5068</p>
<p>Undergraduate: Fall 2010
Percentage of international students–10.53%
Percentage of minorities–9.43%
Percentage of women–16.34%</p>
<p>Graduate: Fall 2010
Percentage of international students–41.49%
Percentage of minorities–3.77%
Percentage of women–19.88%</p>