<p>@oceanpartier, thanks for answering (and reading my ridiculously long question/message).</p>
<p>I’ve visited all the campus and, honestly, I love each campus for its own quirks and I feel (mostly) comfortable in all of them, so it’s down to which will give me the most opportunities and the best education.</p>
<p>I’m basically native to Irvine so I know the city really well so I feel super comfortable there, but I want to go to somewhere new, you know? Plus, the medical center’s way out in Orange and I know (as you told me) that UCLA has a lot more opportunities.</p>
<p>It’s nice to know UCLA has great TA’s; I assume their professors are just super busy with research so they aren’t available as much as UCI teachers, which sucks because I’m sure they would be a great resource.</p>
<p>I think I’m leaning towards UCLA because UCSD’s a little too far of a drive for me and UCI doesn’t give as many opportunities as UCLA…I’ll just have to work harder than everyone else to get ahead of the curve. :)</p>