UVa vs. UT Austin (Chemical Engineering major)

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I am an international student from Saudi Arabia. I have been admitted into both schools and have been asking many people and they all have different opinions. </p>

<p>I am personally leaning towards UT Austin for their highly-reputed engineering programs and its location/weather. However, I am also considering UVa for its campus, overall ranking and prestige. </p>

<p>Most of my friends are telling me to go to UT Austin but the professor who supervised my research told me to go to UVa, and he had a lot of great points (more prestigious, more selective, more well-rounded undergrad education, rich campus life, etc).</p>

<p>Where should I go?</p>

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<p>“more prestigious, more selective, more well-rounded undergrad education, rich campus life, etc).”</p>

<p>Absolutely true about UVa. I don’t know for engineering but UVA is better overall. UT-Austin is extremely big and its 90% texans. University of Virginia has only 70% in-state. UVa is more expensive. </p>

<p>University of Virginia is an elite public university. University of Texas at Austin is a top public university.</p>

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<p>UVA is a vastly overrated university with a second tier faculty. UT for engineering easily.</p>

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Your professor is mis-informed:</p>

<p>University of Texas:
Overall engineering #10
Chem engineering #4
Petroleum engineering #1
Chemistry #12
Physics #14
Math #14</p>

<p>University of Virginia
Overall engineering #34
Chemical engineering #20
Petroleum engineering n/a
Chemistry #45
Physics #40
Math #46</p>

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What specifically make UVa more well-rounded?</p>

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Most people will tell you that UT-Austin offers a richer campus life. Btw, Austin is called the live music capital of the world.</p>

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Austin is the silicon valley of the south. Texas is the oil center in the US. Which university is more prestigious in Saudi Arabia?</p>

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<p>For engineering this isn’t really debatable. Texas all the way!</p>