<p>Has anyone else gone to UCSD instead of a higher ranked or more prestigious institution for a CS PhD? I chose UCSD over UCLA because one of my professors thought UCSD was a better school, and because UCSD has in recent years had a better overall publication record, but now I am worried I made the wrong choice. In fact quite distraught, cannot even sleep at night. Can anyone give some reasons why UCSD might be better than UCLA, or another more prestigious school, for CS? I am considering reapplying next year to UCLA and other schools, but maybe UCSD is good enough? I'm not sure.</p>
<p>The newly appointed chancellor, Pradeep Khosla, is a computer scientist himself, and was former Dean of Carnegie Mellon Engineering; Under his supervision, I can only hope that his presence will strengthen the engineering programs overall, if not only the CS department</p>
<p>This forum deals almost exclusively with undergraduate transfers and I doubt that many people here know much about PhD programs. Maybe you should try the Graduate School forum.</p>
<p>Thanks burkana! That’s really cool. I didn’t know that. :)</p>
<p>Lemaitre1 – Good point; will repost in the graduate forum. </p>
<p>Though, if anyone has anything to add here I would still greatly appreciate it.</p>