<p>Say I get into both UCLA and UCSB. I know UCLA will provide better opportunities for me especially since UCSB doesn’t even have a major I really want to do. UCLA also has the big time sports I want on campus, but for some reason I like UCSB better. </p>
<p>I like UCLA and I would love to go there… but UCSB has a better atmosphere to me and I think I would like it better…</p>
<p>So what would you do…??? Go to the school that will provide greater opportunities, a major you’re interested in, great athletics, more prestige…or go to the school you feel is better for you?</p>
<p>This question seems odd to me. What is it, exactly, that you like about UCSB that UCLA lacks? Because based on everything you’ve said, it sounds like UCLA should be the one you’re crazy about. But if what UCSB has is something you think is very important to you, go to UCSB. They are not different enough for the “better education” factor to mean anything, IMO.</p>
<p>i think you’re asking the wrong group of folkes. alot and i’m pretty sure most cc’ers will ALWAYS tell you to go over the better ranked/reputable school, but they fail to care about what feels right, and what they know would make one content inside.</p>
<p>I mean, I can see the difference in living four years at UCSB (beautiful place by the way) and 4 years at UCLA. And I mean, if UCSB is where you’d rather spend your next four years, then you know that’s whee you’ll be happy…</p>
<p>BUT you need to be sure that you evaluate what you are setting yourself up for by going to UCSB. What was your intended major? What would you have to/plan to study now?</p>
<p>Really, if you plan to get into the entertainment industry, you’ll need to see how things stack up…</p>
<p>At UCLA, I plan to study communications with a concentration in mass media. That major prepares for careers in motion picture, television, and music industries, which is exactly what I want. Also MTV (Where I want to eventually work) has internships in Santa Monica and Burbank, so the LA location would make things way easier. Also companies like fox and e! regularly recruit from UCLA, so finding a job shouldn’t be that difficult.</p>
<p>UCSB’s communication department is more theory and I don’t really want that. Another alternative is Bus/Econ, but that is more accounting/finance and I don’t really want that either. And although UCSB’s location is amazing, it isn’t really the best area to be in for the entertainment industry. But I have a back up plan if I end up at UCSB. I would go to law school and become an entertainment lawyer…the problem is if I want to go to grad school or not!</p>
<p>Thanks for all of your opinions though. If these end up to be my top 2 choices, I will definately have one tough choice.</p>
<p>However I still have other options with some great opportunities…UMiami and USC</p>
<p>So hopefully something will work out with atleast one of these schools.</p>
<p>Have you tried adding a fifth or sixth school just in case, b/c I don’t want you to have to fall down to only one school.</p>
<p>Try looking at:</p>
<p>UCSB
Emerson College, though it’s in Boston, you’ll be able to take advantage of their rather close connections with FOx and also their Los Angeles campus in their double semester program which runs internship with many of the companies you’ve expressed interest in. Definitely worth lookin into:
<a href=“http://www.ecla.edu/[/url]”>http://www.ecla.edu/</a></p>
<p>Thanks I was looking to maybe add 1 more oos option. I’ll check it out. </p>
<p>Pepperdine is also one of my options bc it has communications, advertising, public relations, and business majors. And they have some good connections, being in Malibu. Also the campus is amazing and the atmosphere seems really relaxed.</p>
<p>SDSU - My main safety school…I would major in business or communications.</p>
<p>it seems to me that youre allowing your school to dictate your future… in my opinion it should be the opposite… your passions should dictate the school… the difference in education at all of the universities youre talkin about really is minimal… first i think you need to figure out what you Want and create a list that you’ll be happy w/ … dont change majors just b/c of the school… that just seems pointless and makes it appear as if you dont know what you want…</p>
<p>figure out whats best for you and go for it… good luck</p>
<p>what makes you think you can get into UCLA’s communication dept. it’s an impacted major, meaning that even if you make it in the school, it doesn’t guarantee you that you’ll get your major if it’s impacted.</p>
<p>Do you think by going to ucla you’d have enough time in your schedule to intern or work while in school. I would think you can also be at santa barbara and come to la for the summers and work.</p>
<p>"Guys like us, we’re not some brainiacs on the nerd patrol. We’re not members of the factinista. We go straight from the gut. Right, sir?</p>
<p>That’s where the truth lies, right down here in the gut. Do you know you have more nerve endings in your gut than you have in your head? You can look it up. Now, I know some of you are going to say, “I did look it up, and that’s not true.” That’s 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut. I did. My gut tells me that’s how our nervous system works."</p>
<p>““what makes you think you can get into UCLA’s communication dept. it’s an impacted major, meaning that even if you make it in the school, it doesn’t guarantee you that you’ll get your major if it’s impacted.””</p>
<p>Can you not read? It says hypothetical situation at the beginning.</p>