UCSD vs UC Davis vs UCI vs Pitzer vs Scripps - Neuroscience

Gumbymom
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:12:20 +0000

Does she want a large campus within a larger city? Small campus with a suburban area? Large campus in a small town but a city nearby? What is her goal in studying Neuroscience? Is she looking for diversity in the student body?

As an International student, access to a nearby airport is a requirement.
For UCI, you have the smaller John Wayne airport or farther is Los Angeles.
For Pitzer/Scripps, you have the smaller Ontario airport or farther Los Angeles.
For UCSD, you have San Diego airport and for UC Davis you have Sacramento Airport.

She can Uber from these airports to the schools and some have shuttles but transportation to get around while in school should also be considered.

UCI: UCI Transportation and Distribution Services
UCSD: https://transportation.ucsd.edu/
UCD: Campus & Community Transportation
Scripps/Pitzer: Transportation | Pitzer College Transportation

Scripps/Pitzer would be the least desirable in terms around the community transportation. The suburban area of Claremont really has no specific student transportation available and many students will need cars to get out of the area for activities.

She needs to answer some questions and also ask some specific questions about each campus to help determine her best fit.

As stated by @aunt_bea, all these schools are very different with different student populations and locations. I have visited all of the campuses so I can give some input with specific questions.