<p>I went to UC Irvine as a Mechanical Engineer. I don’t know too much about the civil engineering program but what I really liked about the school was that we got to do a year-long project that allowed us to apply our theoretical knowledge into a real-life problem. A lot of people know that UCs are based more on theory rather than hands-on, which is what Cal States focus on. But I liked that we were able to apply that theory into a project.</p>