<p>Help me please! I'm really not sure whether I should choose UVa or UCLA and time is definitely running out for me.</p>
<p>I live in California, so I would get in-state tuition for UCLA, but UVa works out to be about the same price with financial aid. I'm not sure what I want to major in, but I would be an Echols Scholar at UVa or in the Honors Program in the UCLA.</p>
<p>I had originally wanted to go to UCLA, but the more I hear about UVa and the tradition and the welcoming people the more I like it. Is UVa more well-known on the East Coast? Would it be a lot harder for an OOS student to fit in there?</p>
<p>eh, tough choice...if tuition is the same, I'd choose UVa (assuming they have similar programs for your major). I chose UCLA over UVa due to tuition differences, but I didn't have the benefit of Echols/$$. congrats, you can't go wrong with either one!</p>
<p>Tinydancer18, 1/3rd of UVa students are from out of state, so I think you'll be able to fit in fine. Plus, going to UVa will be a unique collegiate experience with its history and traditions. Personally, I would pick UVa just to experience college in a very different way. Hey, if you don't like it, it would be much easier for you as an instate Californian to transfer from UVa to UCLA than the other way around.</p>
<p>Hey, so I currently go to a community college in N. Va and have the opportunity to transfer to either UVa or GMU (George Mason University). I’m interested in majoring in Economics with a minor in either env. science or international relations.
Now, I know UVa is a fantastic school with an extremely rigorous academic program and is ranked as the second best public school in the nation, however Mason is fairly well known for its econ program and would mean saving my parents about 10k on tuition and room and board. Money isn’t the biggest issue, but it is one to be considered. Although going to UVa might offer better prospects when it comes to landing a job right out of my undergrad, I do plan on getting my masters, and I’ve heard that when applying to grad school the school you received your undergrad from is not given as much emphasis as your GPA is.</p>
<p>Any and all opinions would be great, I’d really love to hear from those of you have had experience with at least one of these schools, preferably with the econ programs.</p>