Help! Can't Decide - USC vs UCLA vs UCSD

UCLAri
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:30:24 +0000

ucchris,

USC isn’t a LAC, that’s true. But then again, neither are Dartmouth and Brown.

I’m not saying that there isn’t great opportunity at UCSD, nor am I saying that undergrads don’t do research. I never said that. What I said is that most undergrads are never going to touch the best stuff. That’s left to grad students and PhDs.

I’m not denying that UCSD is excellent. Hell, I’m here right now. What I’m saying is that research is not always the best thing for an undergrad-- even those in the sciences. USC may not offer the labs that UCSD or UCLA offer, but it may offer more students an opportunity to actually get into a lab.