<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I have already gotten into USC's Viterbi for Mech E. as well as UCLA for Mech E. I favor USC over UCLA for multiple reasons that I will not get into on this thread. </p>
<p>My question is for your opinion on whether I should choose Cal over USC, (only if I get into Cal of course)? or vice versa, and for what reasons.</p>
<p>Are there any Mechanical Engineering Majors out there that can tell me how the classes are like and such?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>I'm going to say Berkeley, no contest, if only because with Berkeley you get the MechE faculty that have made it one of the top 3 programs in the country (with MIT and Stanford)...USC/UCLA don't even make the list.</p>
<p>Don't ever insult our forums again by comparing Cal to SC.</p>
<p>Are finances a consideration? If you're a CA resident, Cal is considerably cheaper, unless you get significant merit aid. If you're out-of-state, Cal is very unlikely to award much (if any) merit or other aid. USC doesn't use residency in determining aid, since it's private.</p>
<p>I'd suggest you not be overly concerned about where to go until you actually have acceptances in hand.</p>
<p>Tax Bear:
LOL!!!</p>
<p>Funny and true</p>
<p>why are you even asking this? haha</p>
<p>Cal, no contest.</p>
<p>SC Engineering really isn't even in the top-5 in California; it'd be behind Cal, CalTech, Stanford, Harvey Mudd and UCLA.</p>
<p>Hey, I chose Cal over UCLA and USC if that helps.</p>
<p>Seems like a tough choice...</p>