<p>hi guys i'm in dire need of advice haha</p>
<p>i got into UW-Seattle and UCSanDiego but I don't know which to choose! I got into Pre-Science at UW, and Undeclared at Warren for UCSD.</p>
<p>UW(Pros): in state so less money (27k a year)
if i do get into comp sci UW has a really good program
UW(Cons): i do not like living in washington
i heard dorms are bad?? not sure if it's true
really hard to get into comp sci
class sizes are really big i hear</p>
<p>UCSD(Pros): california is my favorite state
10 minutes from beach
easier to get into comp sci program
UCSD(Cons): more expensive(47k a year)
comp sci program not as good as UW</p>
<p>please help! thank you :)</p>
<p>I really don’t think it’s worth $20,000/year MORE to be closer to the beach. For that money, you could go on several nice vacations in California and probably have more fun on the beach than you would going to UCSD. Or you could save the money, and move to California after you graduate. You have your whole life to go to California–it’s really not worth the extra money for 4 years. Especially considering you’re going to have to spend time studying, doing internships, working, etc, and you may not have as much time to go to the beach as you think you do.</p>
<p>Also, remember that you’re also going to have to apply to computer science at UCSD, and there’s no guarantee that you will be accepted. It’s based entirely on grades and is space permitting. I don’t think they have any data on how many students are successful in getting into impacted majors. From the little I read about UW’s policies, you also have to apply to get into the computer science major, but the review process is more holistic, which can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on you. They also say they have about a 50% accept rate, which is pretty good, in my opinion. I don’t know if I would necessarily say that getting into CS at UCSD will be significantly easier because there’s so little information given about the prospects.</p>
<p>To be honest, I’d recommend UW. It sounds like you mainly want to go to UCSD for the beach and to be in California, but that’s really not worth the extra $20,000/year. Save that money, and take a nice vacation in California instead =D</p>