UCSD Vs. UCD

[blueyoshi]

<p>I'm having trouble deciding which college to go to. UCSD is ranked higher and is closer to my home (parents want me near home, personally I kind of want to go far and out of my comfort zone). While for UCD, after reading so many posts about both colleges, seems to suit my personality much more and I don't think UCD is outranked by UCSD by "that" much. Both colleges cost around the same for me. I'm leaning more towards UCD since I think I would do much better there and I have already planned out which programs I was going to do as well. At UCSD, you need a car to get around, but at UCD, all you need is a bike so that's a plus for gas money, but going home on break might be troublesome. I'm getting a lot of pressure from the people around me as well, asking me how I could give up UCSD for UCD since it's thought that UCSD is far superior to UCD. I live in southern California, therefore I'm not sure about what northern Californians or people elsewhere think about both schools. Can someone give me some good advice on what to do? Thanks in advance.</p>