<p>Chemical Engineering in UIUC vs Chemical Engineering in UMich, Ann Arbor vs Electrical Engineering in UCLA... Where should I go??? Please keep the following things in mind:
1. Cost
2. Internships
3. Job opportunities after college
4. Resources for engineering at the college
And since I plan to pursue an MBA after this, which of these colleges will make my app. look better?</p>
<p>Definitely USC.</p>
<p>(P.S: I am aware that the original poster didn’t mention it as a choice. Don’t question. Don’t… Just… don’t)</p>
<p>I would say UCLA for the prestige, UIUC for engineering and UMich for engineering and prestige…You should have applied to more colleges…Why not Purdue ??</p>
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Somehow this comment fits your username. ;)</p>
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Well, I don’t know…which one is cheapest for you?</p>
<p>All are pretty equal in terms of the other factors…just different environments.</p>
<p>Have you visited? Academically, in your fields, the differences in program reputation are minor. Go with the money. If money is not determinative, then go with vibe/student life. Although I think it would be hard to differentiate between U of I and U Mich on these factors. UCLA certainly has it’s own vibe (positives and negatives).</p>
<p>“If money is not determinative, then go with vibe/student life. Although I think it would be hard to differentiate between U of I and U Mich on these factors. UCLA certainly has it’s own vibe (positives and negatives).”</p>
<p>You obviously have no clue about the midwest in general or B10 schools in particular. I’ll just leave it at that.</p>
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<p>Well, you are wrong on both accounts, so it seems your powers of perception are as underdeveloped as your emotional maturity and manners. I might question your knowledge of the midwest or any institution of higher learning, as it is generally not typical behavior of midwesterners or academics to brand someone as clueless, simply because their opinion does not conform with our own. I’ll just leave it at that.</p>
<p>If you see no difference between UI and UM on student vibe/life, I’m with rjkofnovie–you are clueless despite your Hinsdale background. And won’t quite leave it at that. I have been to both several times and had good friends who went to both and they would happily admit the differences.</p>
<p>I apologize for my somewhat harsh remarks. I have been in discussions with too many people lately on CC lately who incorrectly assume that Michigan is just another large public school in the middle of the country. I should have realized from your screen name that you are/were from a suburb of Chicago, and therefore might be well aware of the vibe/student life at UIUC. I just wonder how well you know Ann Arbor and the campus at The Unversity of Michigan. I personally have been to both and I feel they have quite different vibes.</p>
<p>^I will concede that my many visits to both campuses, generally revolved around athletic events, and generally involved large groups of current students, parents, and alumni from the same or nearby towns . So that might account for my feeling a very similar vibe between the two. I will also note that I am an enormous fan of both schools.</p>
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<p>^ You consider it appropriate to be rude to someone who expressed an opinion differing from yours on something as subjective as vibe? And you based your apparent knowledge of this immutable fact (that is the dramatic difference in vibes) on such weighty evidence as “I have been to both several times and had good friends who went to both and they would happily admit the differences”? Is it not possible that someone might experience a differing opinion than yours, considering the size of the populations at these schools, and that “vibe” is generally felt within a particular social subset inside the massive scale of these institutions?</p>
<p>No because you are clearly wrong. They could hardly be more different. If you want a school more like Illinois I would start with Purdue. For UM, Wisconsin with a little more UVa east coast influence.</p>
<p>^While it may not offer relief from the apparent void in your life, it is perfectly acceptable to share you own opinion or insights without demanding your thoughts be recognized as fact, and without declaring as “clueless” or “wrong” anyone that offers an opinion that may differ. In fact, it is a fairly common practice amongst the educated.</p>
<p>And sometimes a cigar is a cigar. Right is right. Nobody except maybe you would put Ann Arbor and Chambana at the same level so far as best college towns are concerned and much has been written on the topic by others besides me. Just Google “best college towns” and see what you get. So sometimes a fact is a fact and your opinion is not a fact. Mine is as far as those types of things go. 99.9% of people would agree with me over you. Actually you are the only person who has ever made this claim here or anywhere I have ever seen and I have been at this for many years.</p>
<p>^I am actually a little embarrassed for you. But I only wish you the best in your search for what is missing.</p>
<p>Sure , whatever. Same for you. At least I know A from C.</p>