UC Irvine or Washington

larationalist
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:29:27 +0000

“While that may be true, I was not allowed to apply to private schools and there was no way I could receive any financial aid if I did apply to these schools. If you take the private schools off the list, UCI is easily one of the top schools available in the public domain.”

I completely understand this, but you have to remember that you will still be competing for jobs against the people from those private schools. Even taking them away, UCLA and UCB grads have an enormous edge over UCI grads in terms of the weight their degree carries.