UCLA is very big, and in addition to having huge classes, there is a chance, especially with funding issues, an inceasingly larger chance, you’ll get shut out of classes you want to take. That never ever happeded to me at Vassar. You get to know your professors personally, get invited to their homes, and because there is really no grad school to speak of, your professors are soley focused on teaching you, the undergrad.
I dont understand the comment above that UCLA has more prestige, yet then say Vassar is more highly regarded. Thst is ionconsistent. I realize I am biased, but for a wonderfully personalized academic experience, choose Vassar.