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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UCLA and cal are great schools. Most see it as a step above Michigan, uva, and the like. Honestly, they’re probably the two best public universities in the country. And they both have pretty cool campuses. I get it.

Just be aware, if coming from a fancy east coast school there will be some social adaptation required. California is very different. Take the flip flops, but leave the sperry topsiders and vineyard vines polos at home.[/quote]

I agree that they’re great schools, I just don’t understand why a Big 3 student would choose a huge, public, cattle-call like environment over a comparable private university. I also don’t think there’s really any appreciable difference between Cal, UCLA, and Michigan. They’re very much peer institutions. It just depends on what you want to study and where you want to live for 4 years. [/quote]

In the end, they didn't choose the big public. But when looking for schools that were strongest in their interest, it included UCs. It also included Michigan but they were not interested in both huge and cold (since huge was already not exactly in their target). When looking for schools, one has to choose a wide set that match most of what they want. And in the end, it can also end up that none of their acceptances has everything they want, so you weigh the pros and cons. Does a huge public have potential cons - yes. But that doesn't mean you take it off the list to start, because you don't know where you will be accepted in the end.  This is all just about life and making choices and about the college process where you need to spread the net wide to hopefully get something that will work.  Right?  [/quote]

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