<p>As Citan mentioned, go to UCLA if you want to college experience. You will not get it at UCI as (or so I heard) a fairly large amount of people commute to UCI. UCLA will push you to become more social (I now know that from this quarter), to get out of your comfort zone, as you will practically be forced to engage in clubs / activities if you want to make friends and research / internships / work experience if you want to open up more doors for your future. It’s really up to you and where you think you’d succeed at: UCI or UCLA?</p>