<p>So I was taken off the waitlist for UCI for my major, computer engineering. Should I go to this school over UCSB (which I SIR'ed to), although I am an undeclared student at UCSB?</p>
<p>Academics are roughly tied.
I’m going to argue that YEAR ROUND internship opportunities are somewhat better at Irvine as it’s in a more urban area(I could be mistaken I’m not familiar) though if you’re on top of the game and intern during the summer this won’t matter a ton.</p>
<p>Which environment do you like better? I’m guessing by your name that you’re asian, but I could be wrong… there’s plenty of things for Asians at UCI, but there probably are at SB as well, it’s just SB is more white.</p>
<p>it also depends on what kind of social life you want. There many factors to take into consideration…UCSB is by the beach, theres a lot of asians at UCI, ect…</p>
<p>UCI is a much better school in comparison to UCSB in terms of rank and their academic prestige. However, college life is what you make out of it…Your choice. But it really depends on your personal preference - do you like living near the beach or in a city life? Do you want to be surrounded by a lot of white people or asians? etc…</p>
<p>Actually, UCSB is ranked higher than UCI in terms of academics. That shouldn’t really matter, though. You should decide based on which campus you feel more at home at. The most important thing is that you must be happy at the campus at which you’ll be spending years at.</p>
<p>As Mikksmix was mentioning, UCSB is academically silightly ranked higher than UCI. However, this information doesn’t tell what kind of education you’re looking at. I think UCI has a better Biology program than UCSB. However, UCSB is better in Engineering program (#21) compared to UCI (#39). This doesn’t mean that Engineering program at UCI is not good. Also this difference is small that souldn’t play a role in deciding between these two great schools.</p>
<p>Uci’s bio program is more high ranked, however, I’ve heard that UCSB’s bio program is actually better due to fewer grad students competing for professors’ time and attention</p>