| UCLA has better weather, nice area, nice campus, its very posh, so if thats what you want go for it. UIUC has a very nice campus town, in that, the campus is HUGE and its a college town only. (financially, I live California, so i read about the huge UC System financial cuts; specifically the 100 million dollar one taking effect this next year, hence the tuition has gone up). The one thing that turned me off on the UC system is that the housing is absolutely terrible. Its very likely that you will get stuck in a triple (3 per room), with a really small room, same is the issue with Berkeley. I was accepted into UCLA and UCSD, but im picking UIUC over both, because i wanted to out of state (that doesn't apply to you), the Comp Sci program is more prestigious in the engineering world (i think Bill Gates said they hire most engineers from UIUC), but apart from that, the standard of living at UIUC is much better, naturally, land in the midwest is far cheaper, and therefore campuses are bigger, and housing is better.
btw, its a nice problem to have, picking between two awesome schools is a fortunate problem. congrats on your acceptances! its what you make of your education, so doing well at both schools will keep your future bright. |