Sorry if this seems like a bitter back-and-forth -- I'm trying to argue against the obvious, really.
Talking to professors and students at both places.
Are these unimportant compared to the positive things I said about Cambridge?
Again, what I know comes from current students and alumni...
I'm sorry if anything I said makes me look completely idiotic, and I assure you that I am nowhere near making a decision. However, it would be helpful to get a precise response to the argument for UCSB. Thanks!
Where UCSB gets a big lead over Cambridge is the factors that you mention, plus research opportunities (UCSB CCS >>> Cambridge for that) and being able to experience all kinds of physics and math (see the point about segregation in my list). I would think that these are extremely important for...
Thanks for the replies, everyone!
I do hope to attend graduate school in the US.
Now, I don't know why I didn't mention this, and it might be a major factor: Cambridge is offering me a full tuition waiver. Assuming my parents can fund me at UCSB as well (of course, the Cambridge scholarship...
As an international student who has recently completed high school, I now need to decide what college I will go to. Since "Cambridge, duh" gets a bit irritating after one has heard it a thousand times, I decided to write up a little list of the pros and cons I associate with each of the two...