UCLA vs. Georgetown

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>I want to major in linguistics or Japanese. I love music, ancient history, literature, languages, movies, international stuff. I want to work or study abroad after college, but I don't know exactly what profession I'll go into. Cost doesn't matter. I live in the California Bay Area.</p>

<p>UCLA
Pros:
-It's a larger university that could offer me more languages to choose from (i.e., it has Dutch)
-Great linguistics program
-Easier to get home
-It has those interesting courses in ancient studies
-It's in a really awesome place for anything related to the movie industry</p>

<p>Cons:
-Large public school, less individualized attention
-The people - I'm kind of sick of all the self-segregation between whites and Asians at my high school.
-It's still in California. I'd feel like I didn't push myself hard enough to go somewhere new.
-I don't really like LA in general</p>

<p>Georgetown
Pros:
-Amazing language program
-Private, smaller university
-It's in a different part of the country
-International bent of the school</p>

<p>Cons:
-The social scene - I'm not sure if I'd fit in with all those partiers, and I'm not exactly preppy
-The religion - I'm Jewish and not religious at all
-Weather - I'm a little afraid of that snow and I get cold easily
-Far from home - I don't know if I want to pack up and fly for 5 hours so often...
-I've heard some iffy things about the linguistics program (that the different sections [like, say, morphology/syntax] are too separate from each other)
-There's a freakin' jet pathway right above the campus.</p>

<p>Anyway, what do you think? I appreciate all input :) Thanks!</p>

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<p>"-The people - I'm kind of sick of all the self-segregation between whites and Asians at my high school."</p>

<p>-I know how you feel, I hated that crap so much when I was in high school.</p>

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<p>Do you know if it's like that at UCLA?</p>

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<p>Yeah, it is. Not only that, it's overwhelmingly Asian.</p>

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<p>nm, just go where you'll be happiest.</p>

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<p>Asians and whites do mix at UCLA. there are cliques, of course, but far from exclusive. come on.</p>

<p>georgetown is white, wealthy, preppy, conservative, materialistic. these are not bad things just neutral observation. and the weather sucks. if that's you, go there. if not, go to ucla.</p>

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<p>International stuff?! G-town SFS for the win!</p>

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<p>yeah - but I'd be in the college (as a linguistics major), not SFS.</p>

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<p>Niomi,</p>

<p>UCLA's classes are not that large compared to even a number of private universities.</p>

<p><a href="http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/peers/current/research_intensive/class20.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/peers/current/research_intensive/class20.htm&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/peers/current/research_intensive/class50.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/peers/current/research_intensive/class50.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>And as far as "international bent" goes, UCLA is pretty international. I wouldn't say that G'Town is some mecca of globalization compared to UCLA. But anyway, I think you should visit both. Remember that UCLA is not in the LA you might be thinking of. Westwood's a very different place from downtown, for example. Furthermore, G'Town's not in DC proper, but in a nice little semi-suburb. Very nice location for G'Town, though...</p>

<p>Oh, and the religion thing? Don't worry. I know tons of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and atheists who are more than happy there. They're pretty open to their non-Jesuit friends.</p>