UC Irvine or Washington

Fycus
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:42:21 +0000

In my opinion the social life wasn’t sub-par at irvine, it just wasnt outstanding. I would most likely be forced to join greek life (not necessarily a bad thing) if I chose to go to UCI. I agree that OC doesnt have much to offer, but as a california native coming from suburban norcal its definitely an improvement going off to college in general.

I actually love seattle, bellevue, etc, but found the area immediately surrounding UW to be a little underwhelming. It reminded me a lot of the area surrounding UC berkeley, which I do not like too much. Full of homeless and hippies, trashy street scene. For the most part it was clean and wasnt a huge deal. I do agree that academically UW has the edge especially in my field of specialty. I plan on going into business administration with a minor in environmental policy which would be suited perfectly at washington.

I also don’t mind the squares at OC, seeing as im a little nerdy myself, as well as any of the kids getting into these more competitive colleges. I do find the social aspect of college very important thats why I am so curious.

Also, I am taking into account future internship possibilities. I know I can probably work anywhere with a decent background, but I would actually prefer to go back to california for an internship, and then off to a california graduate school. I am worried that going to washington will hurt my chances of returning to california for an internship or grad school.