University of Washington vs. UC Irvine

<p>ive been accepted to both, in your honest opinion which is better??</p>

<p>The University of Washington is better tha UCI as an academic institution. However, it really depends on what you want to do. What are you looking for? I would say that UW is only slightly better than UCI, so it really depends what you are looking for.</p>

<p>What are you basing this on? UCI is ranked higher.</p>

<p>I am basing it on academic rankings. UW has a rating of 4.0. UCI has a rating of 3.6. I am also basing it on departmental ratings. UW has a dozen top 25 departments. UCI doesn't have any. </p>

<p>Notre Dame and Vaderbilt are ranked higher than Cal. Do you really believe that they are better than Cal?</p>

<p>how bout lets base it on, you could live for four years in the awesomeness of seattle, or in the eternal destitution that is Irvine and the whole of southern california? how about, rankings dont really matter. The only use for any rankings is to show which colleges are in the general ballpark of each other, so that people could know that Yale is probably a better school than Ball State, not so that they can decide if Yale is better than Harvard, or if UCI is better than UW. Contrary to popular [your] belief, people have gone on to highly succesful careers who didn't go to the number one ranked school in their field. Its a little thing called, "the rest of your life" and what you do with it alone matters far more than what you did during your life so far with your mommy and college counselors.</p>

<p>Personally I'd take living in SoCal over living in the cold, rainy northwest. But hey, that's just my opinion.</p>

<p>Alexandre-</p>

<p>So you substantiate your statement citing rankings, and then in the very next statement you basically say that rankings are worthless? Which is it?</p>

<p>Can you share with us which rankings you're looking at? I know in U.S. News (which is definitely not the end-all, be-all of college rankings) they have UCI ranked ahead of UW.</p>

<p>"ive been accepted to both, in your honest opinion which is better??"</p>

<p>better in what?</p>

<p>really depends on what kind of college life and what you're majoring in...if you want a HUGE, loud, cool (as in temperature) campus, then go for UW, otherwise, go for UC Irvine</p>

<p>Is cost a factor? Where are you in-state?</p>

<p>UW is too commuter, ive heard its hard to make friends cuz so many ppl live off campus....ive heard nice things about Irvine: beautiful campus, friendly ppl, lots to do</p>

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Personally I'd take living in SoCal over living in the cold, rainy northwest. But hey, that's just my opinion

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This winter's extraordinary warm weather and low snowpack could produce the kind of drought not seen here since 1992, when wildfires burned hundreds of thousands of acres throughout the West while Puget Sound-area residents faced mandatory water rationing, experts say.</p>

<p>Further, climate scientists say, this year's weather may not be an anomaly -- it could be part of a trend that will require major adjustments in the management of water, fish, forests and other natural resources.</p>

<p>"Four of the warmest years on record have taken place in the last six years," said Richard Palmer, director of the University of Washington's Center for Water Resources Management. While this still can't be definitively linked to long-term climate change, Palmer said, it certainly seems prudent to consider what to do if this weather trend persists.....

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LOS ANGELES -- A record-shattering storm slammed Southern California for a sixth straight day Tuesday, triggering mudslides and tornadoes and forcing more road closures, but forecasters predicted it would wane today before a new storm moves in Sunday night.</p>

<p>Officials put the statewide death toll from the current storms at nine, while damage mounted into the tens of millions of dollars. Six deaths were reported in Southern California, three in Northern California.</p>

<p>"It is still spawning some showers and some thunderstorms, but it's not going to be continuous rain for everyone, everywhere,' said Jayme Laber, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. "You might even see some blue skies.'</p>

<p>Sagging, sodden hillsides collapsed throughout Los Angeles on Tuesday, sending homes skidding down slopes and causing a swimming pool to slide into a neighboring home in Bel-Air.

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<p>I hope you are using other criteria than weather to decide where to attend school.</p>

<p>Haha, weather was not the main criteria for deciding my college. And even though this winter has been a little wetter than normal in socal and in washington it has been a little dryer, they still do not compare. And warm is a very relative term. Are you seriously trying to make the argument that the weather in washington is warmer and dryer than the OC in california?</p>

<p>For some departments like computer science and engineering, business, any biology and medical related fields ... the choice is quite obvious, with the edge going to UDub.</p>

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ive been accepted to both, in your honest opinion which is better??

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<p>I'd take UW over UCI anyday. UCI is only known in CA and even in CA its reputation is fairly mediocre - well, at least in the upper rung of academic universities.</p>

<p>Washington has much more prestige.</p>

<p>It really isn't that cold in Seattle....</p>

<p>I've been accepted to both schools also. Free ride and Honors program to UCI, no money or Honors program to UW. For me, if it were between these two schools, the choice is obvious. But UCI isn't THAT bad a school now is it?</p>

<p>I agree w/ you ecnerwalc3321, Seattle/Western Washington is NOT that cold. Plus, cities like NYC get more rain than we do. As for the comment about UW being "too commuter," if you've ever visited UW you'd notice that the residential life is VERY active and it definitely feels like more people live on campus than commute.</p>

<p>Seattle is an awesome place to go to school. It's comparable to Boston (smaller though) and just seems like more of a "college town" than Irvine. And what I think is one of the most important aspects about the University of Washington is that it is both the best university in the NW, as well as a nationally ranked university. UW is the best school in Seattle so where do you think employers recruit the most? I'm not familiar with SoCal, but I would think that as an UC Irvine student, you'd be up against amazing kids from not just your school, but also UCLA and USC. I just think that you'd be open to more opportunities in Seattle because UW is simply the best and has very little competition.</p>

<p>Plus, friendliness on campus? Come on... I think that, if possible, the OP should visit both campuses and come to his/her own conclusions. I'd imagine that both schools are very different in personality/attitude, but friendliness? I've always thought of NW'ers being very laid-back and easy going, just like its west coast neighbors. However, the people of Seattle, and Washington in general, are very amiable and less showy in mho.</p>

<p>But I do agree that SoCal has WA beat in regards to weather, for the most part. I'm partial to warm weather so it sucks having to de-ice your windows in the morning during winter, but eh, we live.</p>