<p>Chompchomp - As a native Californian myself, I have many friends come out of UCI, Cal, and UCSD IR and most of them are unemployed or working in completely unrelated jobs in public policy. As someone who did a personal visit to UCSD’s IR school and from my friend’s experiences, UCSD’s IR school is VERY conservative.</p>
<p>Just my perspective. UCSD IR is a great school as well and I know the in-state tuition will likely help you. If you pay huge costs to come to SIS then I would pick the in-state tuition as well. Your choice really.</p>