<p>hi
i am not sure if i should attend UVa or UCB..
I am an international student
and i am truly undecided when it comes to my major
but i am interested in econ, international business, international studies, advertisement, and mass communication</p>
<p>so....what do you think?</p>
<p>o and i got admitted to the Echols Scholars Program for UVa</p>
<p>I would pick UVA because we are definitely stronger in those fields.</p>
<p>If you didn’t have Echols, I would personally choose UC Berkeley, but because you have Echols, I’d have to say UVA.</p>
<p>the thing is i dont really get how Echols helps me
i know that it gives me a huge advantage in course selection, helps me focus on what i like (but this is not exactly what i need cuz i’m not really sure what my focus will be yet), and that i will be taken care more by the advisers…but…hmmm i mean it’s not like i get money :(</p>
<p>Dude, that’s your answer then. Go to Berkeley. There are plenty of other students who would give an arm and a leg to come to UVA, let another deserving student who really wants to attend UVA do so.</p>
<p>Where do you want to work? East Coast/West Coast of the US? Return home? If it is the latter option then name recognition can actually be quite important, not in a prestige ***** sense but in a “employer recognising that you went to a challenging university and have a quality degree” sense, so perhaps give that some thought before spending a crazy amount of $ on OOS tuition which is very high at both institutions (I assume you have no aid)?</p>
<p>wahoomb/Dude…410 asked a legitimate question. Why do you think that because he/she questions the Echols status, he/she doesn’t want to come to UVa? Personally, I think there is a lot of confusion as to how Echols actually benefits students…</p>
<p>D is a 4th year at UVa. We live 45 min. from Berkeley. She has been to Berkeley’s campus many times. She was not Echols. Her roommate was. She didn’t think it made an iota of difference. She chose UVa because she preferred the culture and environment…and wanted to gain the experience that being in such a different environment (from what she knew) offered. She has often said she has learned as much out of the classroom as in it.</p>
<p>Both schools have exceptional academics. Their cultures couldn’t be more different. I think it is a matter of personal choice and financial considerations if need be. Agneisse’s point is good also–do you have a preference about where you want to end up after school?</p>
<p>thanks for your advice guys!
i think i don’t wanna go back home…i hope to go to a graduate school and get a job in the US.
i only lived on the east coast when i was young so i dont know much about the west coast (not that i know a lot about the east coast lol), but i think i’ll like the west coast better cuz i’m a pretty laid back person </p>
<p>to me uva and berkeley are pretty much equal except that i have echols for uva and i prefer the west coast for berkeley. If the benefits of echols outweighed being on the west coast, i was going to consider uva. But now that i see that echols doesn’t really make a difference i guess i’m leaning more towards cal. </p>
<p>and i don’t have financial aid 
it sucks to be an international student </p>
<p>once again thank you hehe</p>
<p>^ which country do you come from? If you’re Asian, I suggest that you go to UVa. If you’re not Asian, I would suggest that you go to Cal. Both are great schools and very well respected. Berkeley has just more national and international prestige over UVa as Berkeley is a powerhouse in research and excellent in all professional programs.</p>