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K.QMUL
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Hi all,
I'm currently a physics major in the UK and have been accepted to study abroad for a whole year at a UCal campus, as part of the UCEAP program. At the moment I have to decide on 3 campuses I would like to go to and rank them accordingly, at the moment this is what I have put:
- UC Berkeley as 1st choice (the reputation, location and academic rigour speaks for its self)
- UCLA as my 2nd choice (again reputation and the location)
-And finally either UCSD or UCSB
I'm struggling to decide which would be best (UCSD or UCSB), keeping in mind I'm an international student with a strong passion for space exploration. I hope to either work in the space industry (NASA being the top dream) or go into research in the field of astrophysics. At UCal I hope Ill be able to meet some very high flying intellectual people at UCal, (even outside Physics,) I will have contacts to in the future.
One thing that concerns me about UCSB is the party atmosphere at and its prestige compared to UCSD, I'm not really into the whole partying atmosphere but have heard UCSB's physics program is the best anywhere. Which should I go for?
Please provide some guidance and any anecdotes you may have,
-Thanks
I'm currently a physics major in the UK and have been accepted to study abroad for a whole year at a UCal campus, as part of the UCEAP program. At the moment I have to decide on 3 campuses I would like to go to and rank them accordingly, at the moment this is what I have put:
- UC Berkeley as 1st choice (the reputation, location and academic rigour speaks for its self)
- UCLA as my 2nd choice (again reputation and the location)
-And finally either UCSD or UCSB
I'm struggling to decide which would be best (UCSD or UCSB), keeping in mind I'm an international student with a strong passion for space exploration. I hope to either work in the space industry (NASA being the top dream) or go into research in the field of astrophysics. At UCal I hope Ill be able to meet some very high flying intellectual people at UCal, (even outside Physics,) I will have contacts to in the future.
One thing that concerns me about UCSB is the party atmosphere at and its prestige compared to UCSD, I'm not really into the whole partying atmosphere but have heard UCSB's physics program is the best anywhere. Which should I go for?
Please provide some guidance and any anecdotes you may have,
-Thanks