<p>Based on the following qualities, which school in your opinion is greater? This is less about the overall academic qualities of each school I am generally aware of each school’s academic strengths.
-Math department
-Psycology and science department
-Athletic events
-social scene
-drug safety
-parties
-overall atmosphere
¬Campus
¬Weather
¬Nearby cities
-free time
-workload
-professors</p>
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<p>I’ll only explain answers where i give a definitive edge to one university.</p>
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<li>Tie.</li>
<li>Slight edge for UCLA in psych, for science in general i’m not sure.</li>
<li>Tie.</li>
<li>Tie</li>
<li>Tie (?)</li>
<li>Tie.</li>
<li>Michigan (probably bigger campus)</li>
<li>UCLA (more sunshine.)</li>
<li>UCLA (in a major city) and San Diego and Santa Barbara are fairly close.</li>
<li>Michigan (since it’s on semesters)</li>
<li>Tie.</li>
<li>Tie (?)</li>
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<p>“2. Slight edge for UCLA in psych, for science in general i’m not sure.”</p>
<p>Virtually tied for Psychology. Michigan has the edge overall in hard sciences.</p>
<p>"-Math department"
Equal in terms of quality and reputation. I would check specific program offerings. I know Michigans mathematics department is undergraduate friendly and has a very strong sequence.</p>
<p>"-Psycology and science department"
Pretty much equal in most of those disciplines. Michigan may have the slight edge in the Life Sciences and Physics, but otherwise, I would say the two match up nicely. Again, I would check specific program offerings. For example, Michigan has a strong undergraduate leaning in Chemistry. </p>
<p>-Athletic events
I would say both are great here, but Michigan probably has a slight edge in the major revenue sports (Football, Basketball and Hokey)</p>
<p>-social scene
Both have unlimited offerings in this department. </p>
<p>-drug safety
Not sure about this one</p>
<p>-parties
I guess that depends on the individual</p>
<p>-overall atmosphere
¬Campus
Both have nice campuses. Have you visited. You probably should. </p>
<p>¬Weather
If one likes warm weather, UCLA has the obvious edge. </p>
<p>¬Nearby cities
It depends on whether you want to be in a major city or in a college town. Some prefer the intellectual and quaint feel of Ann Arbor while others prefer the big-city feel of LA. </p>
<p>-free time
That’s impossible to quantify. It really depends on the individual. Michigan has a very long summer vacation (late April to early September), which makes summer internships or summer classes very manageable. </p>
<p>-workload
Depends on the individual and the major. I would assume both universities have similar academic intensity.</p>
<p>-professors
Again, both universities will have leading faculties in most disciplines. No advantage here.</p>
<p>When choosing between Michigan and UCLA, I recommend visiting the two schools and basing one’s decision on fit.</p>
<p>A lot of those are subjective and are more about preference than being objectively “better”</p>
<p>-Math department: Tied
-Psycology and science department: virtually tied
-Athletic events: tied
-social scene: tied
-drug safety: don’t know
-parties: UCLA has a broader array of parties (nightclubs, bars, house-parties, frats, ect) but both have partying.
-overall atmosphere: Depends what kind of atmosphere you like.
¬Campus: Matter of preference
¬Weather: Obviously UCLA
¬Nearby cities: UCLA
-free time: Do you mean amount of free time? Or things to do for free time?
-workload: Probably comparable
-professors: tied</p>
<p>These two schools are different enough to where if you vist them you would probably get an idea of which you prefer pretty quickly.</p>