UT Austin vs UCLa Engineering. I CANT PICK!!!!

socaldad42
Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:22:03 +0000

As an LA guy who has a daughter about to enroll at UT, here are my thoughts.
I can not offer an opinion comparing the EE programs. I can speak to the differences in the cities. From a college perspective, Austin is a smaller city. It is much easier to get around. You do not need a car. L.A. is very big and spread out. Public transportation is poor. While Westwood is a nice little village, it is not the best college area. It pales in comparison to 6th street as far as night life. If you are willing to go to hollywood, you can find a great club, music scene. However, it will not feel like a college experience. It will mostly comprise of 25-35 year olds. 6th street is much better for a collegian. Off campus living is very expensive around UCLA. Austin has more options that are predominate students and less money.
UCLA is a higher ranking national institution. While texas is awesome, its reputation is not as far reaching as UCLA. It is hard to grqduate from UCLA in 4 years. I expect with the governators budget cuts, that will only get worse. I can not speak for Texas budget cuts or how long it takes.
Either way you can not go wrong. I would say that UT offers a more fun and spirited experience. Austin might get small by year four, but I doubt it. If oyu do well in school, it should not matter much. It all depends on what you want out of your four years.

Good Luck and congrats on having great choices.