<p>I am an international student who was accepted by the above schools to major in electrical engineering. I was also accepted into the James Scholar Program for UIUC. None of the above schools have offered me any scholarships, so I'll have to pay the full tuition fee for either of the schools. Any opinions on the respective engineering schools in these colleges, and how international students thrive in these schools? Thanks!</p>
<p>How much is the difference between UIUC and the other schools? How much is the scholarship worth?</p>
<p>^Note that the OP didn’t get any scholarships and thus will be full pay.</p>
<p>UIUC is the best out of those colleges for engineering, and coincidentially, the cost of attendance is the least for international students.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about how international students are treated there, though.</p>
<p>Honestly, UVA is not in the same league as the others for engineering.</p>
<p>thanks for the response. but the locations of the other schools are all more superior than UIUC, right? UCLA and USC are at the heart of Los Angeles, for one. And is the problem of large lectures a serious problem at UIUC, or is it also a problem at the other schools (which is what I think is the case)? Can I conclude that UIUC is the most recommended, given its wealth of resources?</p>
<p>With an F1 (student) visa, you will be able to work in the US for a certain number of months after you graduate in order to gain practical experience. However, if you have not been offered a job here by an employer who is able to arrange an H1B (work) visa, you will have to leave. This means that you need to ask potential employers in your home country which university they think is the best. If there is one that would mean that you would never be hired in your own country, then you should not attend it even if it is the least expensive.</p>
<p>As an international, IMO you should choose the school with the highest prestige factor: UCLA.</p>
<p>I would like to know how Pomona College, Swarthmore College, Vassar College and UC Santa Barbara compare in multiple areas, specifically atmosphere, biology, religion, creative writing and literature. Any help I can get will be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Also, how do I start a new post, rather than a thread on a post unrelated…as I have done here?</p>
<p>hmm, yup, UCLA is the most well-known amongst the list. but I mean, beyond these prestige and jobsite reputation, how are the teaching like in these schools? Like I mentioned, will big lectures be a problem?</p>
<p>to estura, on the page of each sub-forums, above the list of discussions, there is a “new thread” button that you can click on. yup, think there’s how you can start a new thread (that’s how I started mine, for one)</p>
<p>mystery:</p>
<p>ALL publics will have large lecture halls. Some faculty are great teachers, others are not. But that is true everywhere.</p>
<p>yup, I do noted that. guess I’m right to say that it’s still all up to ourselves and how we want to live our 4 years in undergrad, right?</p>
<p>Mystery, are you going to hate snow and cold weather? Do you need to be in or very near a big city? Do you want to have lots of Asians in your classes? Do you want the classic American college environment with big football games? These types of issues will help people with their recommendations.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions. I think a cold weather is perhaps not so for me, though forcing me to stay in hostel and study may yet be a benefit of that. (I know UIUC is colder than the others) A lot of Asians in my class is not necessary, since I’m not coming to the US to see people who I can otherwise see in my home country (Taiwan). In fact, I would say I’m interested in the classic American college environment, since getting to know another country’s culture is certainly interesting. I think an important issue for me is how easy do international students blend into the school environment.</p>
<p>Ok, so UCSD is out because it doesn’t offer the “classic” American experience (no bigtime sports). And UIUC is out because it’s cold. UCLA has two things going against it for you: (lots and lots of Asians, especially in engineering), and (2) the football stadium is way across town, eliminating SOME (but not all) of the classic football-weekend atmosphere. That would leave USC and UVa. Most people seem to think UVa’s engineering is a bit weak, and from what I’ve seen, most foreign universities are in cities, so the college-nestled-in-a-quaint-college-town atmosphere is not what they think of when they think of a university. Soooo, I’d say USC looks like the best combination for you.</p>
<p>Smaltz’ quote:</p>
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<p>The bold is clearly an allusion to UCLA. UCLA is divided into North and South Campuses. North - way north is art, Film TV, etc…mid-north is humanities, social sciences; South - is physical sciences, math, engineering… way south is life sciences, bio, etc. Bio and premed in particular are heavily Asian.</p>
<p>1) Most Asian students are south campus; most whites are north campus. 2)UCLA isn’t 50% Asian as some would say, but is closer to 35% Asian, about the same as whites if those of “unstated” race were to reveal their racial identity. </p>
<p>If you get tired of seeing predominantly one race or another, just venture off and take classes in north and south; get a good mix of the two campuses. ; )</p>
<p>bluebayou:</p>
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<p>As do a the research-oriented moderate-sized private universities.</p>
<p>*ALL publics will have large lecture halls. Some faculty are great teachers, others are not. But that is true everywhere. *</p>
<p>And, some privates do as well…which surprises some people who think paying for private means that all classes are small/intimate.</p>
<p>Drax12, you are right about UCLA being what I meant. I think mystery needs to know that the possibility exists that he leaves Taiwan to get something “different,” and at UCLA he might be (in engineering) among lots of other Asians (and although most would presumably be Asian-AMERICAN, quite a few of those might be first-generation Asian-Americans).</p>
<p>Btw, USC engineering would be heavily, heavily Asian, and of that subset, mainly international.</p>
<p>The good thing about UCLA’s internationals is they become very adapted to California lifestyle. </p>
<p>USC is more int’l than UCLA, and campus trends wouldn’t affect their students as much as the very California UCLA campus.</p>
<p>Smaltz, isn’t Cornell Engineering also heavily Asian?</p>
<p>I think that’s a national trend rather than, say, a UC one. If a school doesn’t have a lot of Asians in premed, engineering, then one has to wonder about the standing of those majors/departments.</p>