UCLA vs. USC for engineering

<p>Which school....
will better help me get into a good grad school?
has a better program ( overall)?
has more connections with major employers?</p>

<p>somebody answer this question please. I would like to know as well. lol. </p>

<p>Personally, I think that USC will give you more connections with major employers with the alumni network. Please dont flame me.</p>

<p>let me know what you think please.</p>

<p>alumni connections - that’s EXACTLY what i heard!!</p>

<p>thanks mraoshi :)</p>

<p>ANYONE WANNA BUMP??</p>

<p>What’s better </p>

<p>relying on alumni?</p>

<p>or</p>

<p>working hard yourself at a perhaps more prestigious institution and educating yourself to be prepared for the real world.</p>

<p>It won’t matter which undergrad school you went to when you go apply for grad school. It will be mostly on GPA, GRE, research experience!, and letters of recommendation. Go to the school that has the what you are most interested in.</p>

<p>UCLA is better in every way.</p>

<p>the only thing usc will give you is a huge ego and possibly herpes</p>

<p>^^LOL</p>

<p>Well food for thought: Let’s presume, for a moment, that UCLA and USC are considered “equal” academically.</p>

<p>You got into UCLA, so you’re smart.</p>

<p>So WHY on EARTH would you pay 2 TIMES as much money to live in between Inglewood, Compton and Watts when you could LITERALLY have a view of Santa Monica and the Getty Center from your room?!</p>

<p>LOGIC people, LOGIC!!</p>

<p>^ because USC Football >>>> UCLA football</p>

<p>UCLA people are still talking about the '06 win…SHIIT! I want a ****ing championship…Championship or ■■■■! :mad:</p>

<p>UCLA: Cheaper, large research facilities, top tier engineering school, big campus (although some of the departments are pretty small - my bioEng class is around 60 people now)</p>

<p>USC: Price, lots of money for research, huge alumni network (and a supportive one at that), smaller campus</p>

<p>Depends on what type of engineering are you also.</p>

<p>brownman777: if i had gotten into ucla, i would have def gone to ucla. but too bad i only have usc :(</p>

<p>I will be majoring in Electrical Engineering.
According to US News, USC is ranked a tad-bit higher than UCLA.</p>

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<p>You’re telling this to a school with the most NCAA championships in the country, the first to 100 NCAA Championships, and the most basketball NCAA championships EVER. Really? LOL.</p>

<p>We also had 2 Rhodes scholars this year, who are both athletes here (football/rugby). You had OJ Simpson.</p>

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<p>According to US News, Emory is also ranked higher than Berkeley. Some things you just have to learn to take worth a grain-of-salt.</p>

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<p>Contrarily, UCLA Basketball >>>> USC Basketball. And USC Basketball fans (oxymoron though that might be) have already forgotten about last friday.</p>

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<p>Most of them are for meaningless sports. The only sports that really matter are basketball and football. Who watches that other **** anyway?</p>

<p>WOW u guys are REALLY helpin me out here…</p>

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<p>Well, maybe if you STARTED watching them, you’d win a few more.</p>

<p>They both are great schools with great engineering schools. Go to the one you feel more comfortable at. I doubt going to one over the other will make a great difference in your chances of acceptance into a good graduate program.</p>

<p>P.S. I prefer UCLA and went there for my MBA (Anderson School of Business). My son prefers USC and applied, but after a request for mid-year grades (meaning he was really close to acceptance), he was rejected as a junior transfer to the Marshall business school.</p>

<p>where did you get this stat?</p>

<p>If you’re into sports, our football program is coming back. I’m predicting a 8-9 win season, and the team will be top 25 within 2-3 years.</p>

<p>As for USC being a huge advantage in networking, yes. But as a feeder school for specific companies in the industry, no. There are many schools in the Midwest and East coast which like to recruit students from these certain universities.</p>

<p>Although I have little knowledge of either school in the manner that others have (i.e. attending there), it seems a poor idea to pay more for USC if you are instate, especially if you are considering graduate study, unless there is an especially compelling reason to do so (beyond the academics, which are assumably equal or negligibly different, according to nearly everyone else in this thread.) If they are a similar price, consider the other aspects of attending college, such as social scene, location, athletics, and even composition of the student body. I think, in most instances, UCLA would win over USC. Ultimately, though, it is your preference, so you research these before making a decision. As for alumni connection, engineering is a less prestige and less connection driven field than many others, such as business or banking. I don’t think USC’s advantage in that area is as pronounced for someone considering engineering.</p>

<p>Also, as a note, UCLA will not have more than 8 wins next season (regular season). You’ll lose to Cal, Oregon, OSU, and USC. As long as you beat Tennessee, though, you’ll have a special place in my heart. I love watching SEC teams lose.</p>