UVa v. UCLA v. NYU

College Search & Selection
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<p>I really can't decide between these three...</p>

<p>UVA (engineering) - beautiful campus and i'm instate. But how well recognized is their engineering school?
NYU Stern - My parents want me to go here. oh, and it's nyc...
UCLA Sciences - i want to go here, but how does it's prestige compare witht he other two?</p>

<p>I was also considering: UCSD (premed), VTech Engineering</p>

<p>Waitlisted(in order of choice): Cornell, Columbia, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins</p>

<p>How would you all rank these schools based on prestige and other factors? money is not an issue. Should I even bother with the waitlsited schools(cornell was my first choice)?</p>

<p>thanks for any comments/advice! if you have any questions for me please ask!</p>

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<p>u know, you may change your mind and wanna major in something liberal art-ish...... you never know......</p>

<p>UVa is the best overall school.</p>

<p>however, if you are REALLY REALLY set on engineering, UCLA is worth going.</p>

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<p>I personally wouldn't shell out money to attend UCLA as an out of state student. But if you have visited it and love the school the way it is, than go for it. It's all about finding the perfect fit, and perfect fit doesn't mean which one is the most prestigious.</p>

<p>I would say go to Stern. It's Stern for gosh sakes! But if you're not into busines than why even consider it.</p>

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<p>sterrrrrn ///</p>

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<p>Why did you apply to Virginia for engineering? :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>UCLA and UVa are very comparable... I wouldnt say UVa is better.</p>

<p>However, being that you're from Virginia, it'd be hard to turn that down. But yes, why engineering?</p>

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<p>Virginia instate would be the sane choice. I don't think it is "better" than the others by most measures but it is as good and one-third the cost.</p>

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<p>yeah - i don't really see why you would apply to nyu stern and virginia engineering - seems like an odd combo. if u planned on doing business at virginia u would have applied to the college. </p>

<p>but yea - u will not get any advantages going to ucla or nyu over virginia and it will cost u next to nothing in comparison - so i'd give it the nod.</p>

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<p>UVa eng is not bad at all. It's just a little small but it is an area they are trying to improve as we write. They spent big $$$ to hire a top guy away from UT last Fall.</p>

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<p>thanks for the comments.</p>

<p>I was thinking about doing premed, and I thought the best way would be the biomedical engineering program in uva. But now i'm having second thoughts because I got into nyu stern.</p>

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<p>do you want to do business or engineering?</p>

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<p>Go to UVA. You are in-state and it has the best combo of social life and academics.</p>

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<p>NYU is so not worth paying four times as much as for UVA. But, if money's not an issue, then you have to think about what you want to do. Why do you want to go to Stern if you're pre-med?</p>

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<p>I'm not sure what i want to do, that's why i applied to the different schools. How easy is it to transfer in uva?</p>

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<p>if ur already in uva - to transfer out of the eschool to the college is a pretty easy process - i know a bunch of people who suffered through a semester or 2 of e-school and transfered into the college.</p>

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<p>ahh, that is good to know.</p>