So I got into USC and UCLA for ME and I’m stuck deciding between the two.
USC:
- Got the presidential scholarship which is $25,000 a year
- Smaller class sizes
- ME scholar so I get special seminars/ connections
- Beautiful campus
- I like the engineering + program and the whole “hands on” approach
- More connections (USC alumni)
- My dad went so I’d be legacy
- Sketchier surrounding neighborhood though
- Also even with the scholarship it’s still $10,000 a year more than UCLA
- I don’t know anyone going there
UCLA
- Cheaper than USC
- I love the Westwood area (I didn’t really want to go to school in the city and UCLA feels less like the city than USC)
- I got a scholarship for $1,000 for a research project my sophomore year
- Lots of my friends attending
- I have an internal bias of UCLA being better than USC
- More people = lots of connections but I’m scared I’ll be lost in the crowd
Overall I like both but I don’t know which one is better. Anyone have any advice regarding the particular engineering departments at each school? Is it easy/ hard to get classes?How are the class sizes? Also what’s the atmosphere like at each? I don’t want a party school so…
Any insight you guys have would be great! Thanks so much 