UCLA vs. UW...help!

map_the_soul
Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:56:36 +0000

I don’t know much about UW, but I got into UCLA too and I’ve crossed it off my list.

LA does have a lot to offer…only if you are willing to drive and battle LA traffic. It’s not like NYC, where you can easily walk or take the subway to where you need to go. Transportation is 100x better in New York, which makes things much more accessible. That’s not to say that LA isn’t a great resource you can take advantage of (I mean, I love LA!), it’s just a little bit harder.

When I visited UCLA, what I noticed was that the school was really focused on math and science, and it seemed to have a lot of great research opportunities. So if you’re into physiology and plan on going to med school, UCLA may be right up your alley.

Some of the things that personally turned me off from UCLA were the valley-girl-students they had speak to us (really, out of the 25,000 kids they could have talk to us, those were the ones they chose?), and the fact that the professors seemed distant and too reliant on TAs.

So, really, UCLA has it’s pluses and minuses : /