I've been living in Southern California my whole life...so should i go to UC Santa Barbara or New York University??
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I also live in CA.  Santa Barbara is a beautiful college. I'm thinking of transfering there myself. No one can really answer this question for you, but here are some things to consider:\nDo you want to stay close to home?\nDo you like the busy life of New York?\nAre you a big partier? (I'm not saying there's no parties in New York, but let's face it, UCSB is the place to be for a good party)\nWhat is your field of interest?\n***Make sure you compare both colleges to see which one's right for you.
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Santa Clara isn't a UC. UC Santa Cruz is - but its rated the worst UC.\n\nI'd go UCI Bio for sure.
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What kind of foreigner are you? What country and what kind of school are you interested in?. I've lived in Los Angeles all my life and I could help you if you were more specific...
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UC Berkeley, hands-down, is the best public university.  That's why UC Berkeley is the only UC school who gets to call themselves simply "University of California."  That's why when you say I go to "Cal" it means UC Berkeley.  Each state designates one university to be the flagship state university, and in California "Cal" is the one.  Cal also remains the highest ranked UC in all major ranking publications.\n\nP.S. However, if you are considering private schools (i.e. Cal Tech, Stanford), that's another story.
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UC Davis. (Univ. of California, Davis) is really good for veterinarians... i heard that from different friends and stuff.
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How about ASU?  You should be able to get into there.  You also might be able to get into USC - but it's very expensive.
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santa barbara or santa cruz
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Michigan state.... if u got the gpa right try something like bc nyu... columbia or some stuff in the east coast.. trust me it's better
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Hey, First get thee to the west coast, go to Northern Calif and go to CAL...the Bears have the best collegiate team in the US and check out the Santa Barbara Grunions in Southern California...they will win Div II this year and move on up to Div I club side.
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Julliard is over rated. My honest suggestion is if you are interested in opera, head to the west coast. There are some good schools (USC, CSULB, and Chapman) that have good undergraduate programs (although USC is more grad based) in any case make sure that the program you are looking at has not only a good teacher for you but also opportunities for undergraduate performance in opera. If you are never going to get on stage in an opera...what's the point of going to that school to study opera? Oh and Cincinatti school of music is good too...but again...graduate centered opera. (don't go to a choral school...go to an opera school)
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In CA, the best would be USC or UCLA.\n\nHowever, there are a lot of other good schools not in California if you would be interested, including Columbia University, NYU, Ithaca College, and Weseleyan University.  Hope these names are something different than what you've been hearing. Vote me for best answer! :)
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USC by far!\n I went to SC and had friends that went to ucla. The class size at UCLA is insanely big and they just teach you the basics and really dont interact with you. USC on the other hand is a haven for networking. I had a class taught by Paul Orfalea, the founder of kinkos and in most of my upper division classes, we had these really successful CEOs (alums) come and speak to us. USC is a wealthier, more prestigious and better learning university than UCLA. If you were asking about grad school, the 2 are close but for business undergrad--USC all the way. UCLA in undergrad business is like most other PUBLIC schools and nothing more than that. The Marshall name and network is huge and priceless. \nPlus if your into football -- UCLA is a joke
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Stanford or UC Berkeley
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I'll give you a couple, based of my findings. Word of advice though- don't stop at master's, get your Ph.D.\n\nAnthro with a cultural focus; Columbia, UC Berkeley, U Hawaii @ Manoa, Indiana U\nAnthro with an art focus; Columbia (hands down)\nAnthro with a biology focus; SUNY Stonk Brook, Arizona State, Syracuse\nBest all around; Yale, Harvard, Cornell
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Actually, Berkeley and UCLA have very comparable English programs. But if you're into *really* old literature, Berkeley has better resources. The Bancroft library houses rare and old manuscripts. From Mark Twain to medieval times, it's all there.\n\nAs for the program itself, at both schools, you will have to deal with large departments, low faculty:student, and strong competition.\n\nSo the matter is, which environment suits you more? Berkeley is Berkeley. We've always had a reputation for being some brilliant and eccentric minds. UCLA is preppier. Berkeley is rainy and gloomy. UCLA is sunny. Berkeley is full of bohemians. West LA is full of rich snotballs.\n\nMy college boyfriend of 3 years was an English major. When he got really drunk, he had a tendency to strip off his clothes and recite Chaucer. But two of my dearest friends were UCLA English majors. I've not seen then take their clothes off under any contexts.\n\nAnyway, I'm horribly biased. I think you should go to Cal if you have the opportunity and the mettle to do so. UCLA is nice and all, but Berkeley is THE University of California.
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Columbia university in manhattan its a very good school and you can get the degree your looking for there.
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As a CA native, born and raised......all are good schools that you mentioned. USC is great, but the location it is in can be described as " Ghetto " and it's in a really bad part of the Los Angeles Community. Although that has nothing to do with the school itself. \n\nBerkley is great and would be a good choice! UCSB is good, I had some friends that went there but it isnt better than Berkley or USC.