UCLA vs. UW...help!

vociferous
Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:22:09 +0000

First of all, I am glad you are open minded enough to see yourself at all of these places (UCLA, UW and NYU). As for your decision, don’t let hearsay dictate what you decide. There are materialistic and non materialistic people everywhere. It depends who you keep company with. Now that aside, UCLA is a bubble if you don’t have a car. Public transportation can take you west (to Santa Monica, the beach and Venice) BUT going anywhere else in LA is kind of a pain on the bus but if you can get around L.A. has ALOT to offer.

As for UW, yes it does rain ALOT in Seattle and overall I just don’t think UW quite matches up. It is a GREAT place, but if it was in the UC system I would place it 3/4 after UCLA and Cal.

Now if there is a significant cost difference I would opt for UW but all things being equal. UCLA would be my choice.