I’m currently choosing between UCSD and Eugene Lang the New School for Liberal Arts. I doubt I will spend the whole 4 years in either school (they’re not my top choices) unless I end up falling in love with either one.
If I am looking to transfer after freshman year - I’ve heard that all classes for freshmen at UCSD are large lectures, so it’ll be pretty hard to get a good recommendation letter. On the other hand, Lang has a drastically lower ranking and reputation, but all classes are seminar so the rec letter won’t be a problem.
But then again, Lang has a really narrow selection of classes (mostly humanities oriented, no sciences/maths, business) and I might be interested in exploring a bit of business or maybe computer science, even though I’m a lit major. Not that UCSD has a business major either, but they have related courses.
Would the chances of transferring from either school be different?