UCSD Jacobs Scholar vs. Yale

Sweeger
Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:48:42 +0000

Hey everyone!

I’m currently a high school senior from Southern California who was recently very lucky enough to receive admissions from Yale University as well as the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego. The Jacobs School, however, is offering me a scholarship that covers full tuition and includes benefits such as priority course enrollment, a faculty mentor program, opportunities to conduct research right when I begin enrollment, and a whole load of professional development benefits.

I applied as a bioengineering major to both universities, but I’m actually quite undecided as to what I really want to study in college. For a long time, I’ve always planned on going to medical school, but I’ve recently been considering a lot of other potential careers in areas like finance, computer science, and biomedical engineering. As of now, I personally want to keep my options open but I also understand the importance of committing to a certain field as early as possible.

My purpose for this post was to ask any current UCSD students who may have been in a similar situation as me in the past. What led you to ultimately choose UCSD? Also, if you were also a Jacobs Scholar, what parts of the program do you feel are truly unattainable anywhere else?

I haven’t visited either campus yet, but I do think that this will play a big part in my decision. For now, however, I would GREATLY appreciate any insight that you all may have. Thank you so much!