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mom of four · 04-14-2008, 01:47 AM

D's top 2 choices are UCLA or UNC. Would appreciate comments helping us to make an intellegent decision based on D's interests, etc.

UCLA is located about 1 hour from Brea, the city we live in. UCLA in state cost will be about $22k/year, UNC out of state cost will be about $29k. D got invited to apply for Honors program for both, however we didn't get any merit aid for either school.

UNC is about 19,000 undergrads, UCLA is about 24,000.
We are Asian but d goes to public school where Asians are about 5% of student body. In UCLA, about 40% are Asian, at UNC Asians are probably only 15%, if that. Not sure if D would like going to a college with 40 % Aisians, however as a Californian, would she "stand out" as different at unc, and be less likely to have friends since she doe't know anyone?

D is fairly conservative, doesn't smoke, drink, or do drugs, and at this point, not interested in the frat scene. D is interested in attending college outside of California. Her major at this point is History and she is planning to go to law school and then work in Calif.

At UCLA, I hear that class size might be large, making it hard to get the class you want ( and potentially making it hard to graduate in 4 years). Is that true for UNC? In Calif, available funding is getting less and less, is that true for UNC ( wouldn't want to pay $18K tuition and still have problems with class size, decreased public funding, etc).

Do you think we should pay $10k more a year to attend UNC vs UCLA? Any comments would be appreciated.

04-14-2008, 01:47 AM	#1
mom of four Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brea, CA Threads: 16 Posts: 112	UCLA vs UNC (d is from S. Calif) D's top 2 choices are UCLA or UNC. Would appreciate comments helping us to make an intellegent decision based on D's interests, etc. UCLA is located about 1 hour from Brea, the city we live in. UCLA in state cost will be about $22k/year, UNC out of state cost will be about $29k. D got invited to apply for Honors program for both, however we didn't get any merit aid for either school. UNC is about 19,000 undergrads, UCLA is about 24,000. We are Asian but d goes to public school where Asians are about 5% of student body. In UCLA, about 40% are Asian, at UNC Asians are probably only 15%, if that. Not sure if D would like going to a college with 40 % Aisians, however as a Californian, would she "stand out" as different at unc, and be less likely to have friends since she doe't know anyone? D is fairly conservative, doesn't smoke, drink, or do drugs, and at this point, not interested in the frat scene. D is interested in attending college outside of California. Her major at this point is History and she is planning to go to law school and then work in Calif. At UCLA, I hear that class size might be large, making it hard to get the class you want ( and potentially making it hard to graduate in 4 years). Is that true for UNC? In Calif, available funding is getting less and less, is that true for UNC ( wouldn't want to pay $18K tuition and still have problems with class size, decreased public funding, etc). Do you think we should pay $10k more a year to attend UNC vs UCLA? Any comments would be appreciated.