UC Irvine or Santa Clara University........ one should I go to?
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Santa Clara university is an overall better school
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Don't be conflicted.  It's easy...if your primary concern is money, go to community college and transfer later.  Save about 2 years worth of UC fees in community colleges, for real!  UC offers up to Ph.D and State Universities only offer up to Master's Degree.  UC, of course, is bigger and better financial offerings.  If you are going to major in sciences, UC's are better because they have more money to fund researches.  Other than that, the Bachelor's Degree is the same.  One cannot discriminate a person from UC and State in the working world since some perfect A's students go to State just because it is close to home and less debt for college money.  What really matters is that how you define yourself after you get out from college...Good luck with the rest of your quarters...Don't give up!!!...Don't think community college is academically easy too...
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MIT without a doubt.  Yes, I'm biased because I'm an alum, but I have friends at Stanford and Cal Tech who wish they were at MIT.  We're more diverse than Cal Tech (not just by race & culture, but a diversity of thought).  Honestly, for tech schools, Stanford isn't even in the running.  MIT vs. Cal Tech, MIT wins every time, including our stellar business program.
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I will assume you are a bit above average student...\n\nForget Nevada completely if you will reject UNLV and UNR.\n\nYou seem to be the perfect candidate to go to University of California-Santa Cruz since it is academic, mostly without sports, and has no greek system. The other close options for you would be UC Irvine (not into sports, mild greek, and decent academics) and UC Davis (huge in women's sports, small greek, but great academics). Under your description avoid: UCSD, UCSB, and any state school. You may want to gamble with UC Merced, but the prestige they'll have is unknown.\n\nIn Washington your only option is University of Washington, and in oregon, I highly suggest the University of Oregon for you since it fits under your description.\n\nIf you are a high ranking student, I suggest you Apply to Cal Tech, Berkeley, and Stanford. USC appears to be a good school, but it is heavily into sports, decent greek, and it is located in the ghetto. UCLA has the same problems as USC.\n\nHope this helps.
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Since you don't seem ready to apply yourself to a specific major, I'd recommend that you try undeclared. To be honest it is not difficult to change majors or select a mojor once you are at a University. Of course there is some paper work and you will need to meet with some advisors, but you will have to do that anyway.\n\nPopular majors are pretty standard across the board. Guess why? No one really knows what they want to do for the rest of their lives, liberal arts majors especially, which is why those are so popular. \n\nBusiness is popular\nCommunications\nElectrical Engineering is becoming impacted\nBiological Sciences\nPolitical Science\nPsychology\nAlong with other liberal arts\n\nJust go for the best University and worry about choosing a major after you get your feet wet. But please don't choose a major just because it can get you money or because 'you're good at it,' do something you like and you will be much happier.\n\nThe UC's stack up against eachother as follows:\nBerkely (Best Public University, good for any major)\nUCLA (Great Reputation, ok University / Good in law and medicine)\nUCSD (Just a hair behind UCLA / Great in science and engineering)\nIrvine\nUCSB (PARTY!!!)\nDavis (About the same as Santa barbara)\nSanta Cruz\nRiverside (About the same as Santa Cruz)\nMerced (Brand new and no one really knows)\n\nHope this helps.
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i have heard cal poly is better but that is just one data point. here is another way to analyze
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It depends on what field you are looking for. In engineering Berkeley was rated as top university.  But I think overall Harvard is the best in the world.
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Check out San Jose State University, (my Alma Mater). You'll find everything you need there in the Bay area. Its a great school!
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I graduated from UC Irvine, and I absolutely loved it.  It is an awesome school.  But, like any college, you get what you put into it.  They have good research opportunities, and great programs to study abroad.  Make sure to take advantage of all of the opportunities, and the peaceful environment.  This is not a "party" school.  It's more laid back.  Oh.. and the gym "the ARC" is the best.
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If you're an undergrad - its the best bio schools.\n\nHere's a couple\n\nJohns Hopkins, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UoP. \n\nThe first few would be the premier. I would say that UCSD and UC Irvine are good match schools and U o P would be a safety school.
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Harvard is preppy and MIT is nerdy. I'd go with MIT because geeks are cool!
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Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh---- very excellent in computer science, they do allot of research with new technologies. Problem is it is expensive to go to and they have high standards for their prospective students.\nWest Virgina University is also good for computer science along with Pitt, Penn State, Drexel. The question is how much do you want to spend for your education, and can you get scholarships to help defray the costs?\n \nMy advice is go to a two year local community college and take the basic courses, make sure they transfer though and  \nthat way if you pick an expensive school the tuition wont kill you.
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in Tucson I would recomend U of Arizona.. they got a pretty sweet facility
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San Diego State is a much larger university than CSUS and would more likely have more resources (teachers, classes, etc.). Also, living close to the beach beats living close to a cow pasture.  I would choose SDSU!!!
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The university you haver in mind is good. Check this under google.com
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Stanford or UC Berkeley
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As a professor, I would counsel someone to only accept the school that you will actually attend.  If there are some extenuating circumstances, such as finances, the school is geographically distant from your home and you are not sure that you would like to be that far from your familiar surroundings, etc., I highly suggest that you visit all the campuses before you make your decision.  \n\nIf you accept at ALL of the Cal State Schools, they will all find out.  I do not know if there are any official channels of communication between Cal State and UC, but the administrators of these schools often speak to each other.  There was a time when you could only apply to ONE UC campus for exactly this reason.\n\nFurther, if there was one campus that you absolutely wanted to go to, and got in, are you now changing your mind?  If so, you should try to determine why that change is taking place, and choose your school accordingly.