<p>Im a engineering student here in Sweden and I want to attend a semester at a university in US.</p>
<p>I can choose between UCSD and CSUF. In Sweden they dont really know about the diffrent universitys reputation. They might know Harvard and MIT etc but they dont se any diffrent in the other schools.</p>
<p>I know that in US UCSD is a greit school to attend and have a high ranking aswell. </p>
<p>Wich school should I choose? Should i save my money and go to Fullerton? OR is it worth the extra 4000USD and go to Sandiego?</p>
<p>I plan to take courses in business, economi, management or architecture.</p>
<p>Well since this is posted on the UCSD forum I have to say UCSD!! It’s an amazing school for engineering and economics. UCSD is definitely considered “better” in those respects. San Diego is also a very big engineering/science town. There are a lot of great companies that you could try to get internships with. However, read up on the UCSD and CSUF environment (people, clubs, etc.) I can only speak for UCSD. We have several engineering and economics clubs as well as co-ed frats. Also, UCSD has one of the best International houses in the US! If you can afford it go to UCSD. You won’t be disappointed.</p>
<p>And is it a huge diffrent in Cal state Fullerton comparing with Ucsd? A studip example: should anyone wearing a CSUF hoodie feel proud wearing it? </p>
<p>Cuz when it comes to ranking i couldnt find Fullerton among the top 500!
But since i dont live in the US i dont know how the reputation about that school is over there.</p>
<p>First of all congratulations! Okay so now, UCSD is ranked significantly higher than Cal State Fullerton. Fullerton is not necessarily a “bad” college, but it isn’t known as a “good college.” It is simply a college average high school students attend. UCSD does not offer Business as a major for undergraduates, but Management Science is a popular major that’s very similar. UCSD is also a pretty good school for economics. I don’t know very much about the architecture program. I strongly recommend calling up the UCSD office and discussing your major and finances with someone. If you’re planning on attending graduate school keep in mind you have to pay for that as well.</p>
<p>You are “comparing apples to oranges”. This is an English expression that mean one is not better than the other, they are just different.
Both are public schools in Southern California. But they are in two different public systems,different communities and cities; admission standards and requirements are not the same, graduate school opportunites differ, the level of work and effort for the same grade could be vastly different. Do more research and decide what you are looking for.</p>
<p>I loved my experience at UCSD for undergrad, but I’d be wrong to prescribe others to come here without knowing their preferences. I had plenty of HS friends who went to Fullerton, and they loved it there, too. Two completely different institutions, and given that your home country doesn’t distinguish the ‘prestige’ difference between the two, you’re looking at a lot of comparing to do.</p>
<p>$4,000 is also only the first part of the increase in cost; living in La Jolla costs a good amount more than living in Fullerton/Orange (comparing my La Jolla/UTC rent to my friends’ rents in Fullerton)</p>
<p>Visit both universities if you can and then decide for yourself which campus environment you prefer. Walk around campus, check out the library, maybe sit in a lecture and see how you like the environment. There is no point in going in a prestigious school if you do not enjoy going there.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about prestige. Prestige is just for bragging rights. I have talked to people in the engineering field and they have told me that the school that they went to was not a factor in finding a job. What really mattered was getting experience. They told me the best way to get experience was by communicating with peers to find job opportunities. That’s why I recommend going to an university that fits you better. The only way to find out is by visiting the campus.</p>
<p>Again, prestige means very little. Schools become have high rankings because they have great researchers in certain fields, not because they have great lecturers. The engineers that I have talked to have told me that the school that they went to did not restrict them from any jobs. If anything, it was their experience. The only people that looked down on him going to a lesser known school was his parents; nobody else cared.</p>