<p>Back to the subject, I too had a close friend who was making the same choice. She decided on UCI. She told me that the honors courses were the only things making college worth it for her. She misses the competition that we had in high school (we came from a very rigorous high school), and she has a lot of regrets about not coming to UCLA. On the other hand, she laughs at me whenever I complain about the elevators in Dykstra breaking down (again) and she loves the dorm life in the honors college.</p>