<p>Hello, I am a foreigner from China. Maybe, my English is quite poor for your understanding. But thanks for your help!</p>
<pre><code>I want to transfer to University of California. The intended major is about electrical and eletronic engineering or electrical/communication enigeering. Here are 4 schools in my consideration: UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UC Irvine. But I have no idea about how to choose school from them and have little information about them.
Would anyone be so kind to help me and tell me how California residents or American people think about these 4 schools? Thanks a lot!!!
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<p>I don’t know that much, but UC Santa Barbara is especially known for it’s engineering program. I’m sure you already knew that, though. The most generally “prestigeous” is UC San Diego, but that’s just the reputation. Both campuses are on the beach. This means that they are stereotyped as “party schools,” SB more extremely than SD. UC Irvine is close to the beach too, but you would need a car to get there. It’s more known for it’s medical program. I know nothing about UC Davis. If anyone can add information, I’d greatly appreciate it since I’m having this debate myself. I hope I helped.</p>
<p>If you’re doing engineering, between the schools you picked, I’d go with UC Davis. They may not be as well known because of UC Berkeley and UCLA, but they have great science programs in all areas of science. One of my friends girlfriends just graduated from UC Davis with an Engineering degree, is going to work for Intel, and might make $75,000 out of college. UC Davis is very good with their science programs, especially with engineering and medical science. If you wanted to do liberal arts research or business on the other hand, I’d go to UC Berkeley, but if you’re doing applied science, UC Davis is the way to go, especially since Davis is so centrally located as far as the state of California is. It’s close enough to the bay area, but yet far enough to decide to possibly take jobs in Southern California since jobs in North Central California outside of government and health care are few and far between. You can decide to work anywhere in the state instead of kind of being stuck in one spot. If you’re looking for a job in the private sector right out of college, UC Berkeley could be good since it is somewhat close to San Jose, where most of the jobs in California are now. </p>
<p>If you’re looking for overall education in Engineering, go to UC Davis, but if you’re looking for some education and close to job prospects, go to UC Berkeley or UC Irivine.</p>
<p>Yeah,I’ve heard that UCSB is one of the most beautiful universities in US because it has its own beach! Its engineering program is well-known. Up to now, I’m still confused about the strange management of SD which is unique in US. Comparing to SD, maybe I will prefer SB more for its great campus,haha~ But it may take me a lot of time to adapt to the environment of “party school”.</p>
<p>The 4th floor has a detail information about UC Davis. Thank for your help!</p>
<p>Thanks for your advice! I want to have an overall education in Engineering, so Davis is also a sensible choice. I have learnt more information about employment and major from your helpful advice. Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>The online applications usually open on November 1st, and close on December 1st. If I were you, I would apply to all of the UCs, and see which ones you get into. Also, I would recommend applying to USC and maybe Stanford, where you might have a better shot at financial aid.</p>