#Georgia Tech CS vs UCI CS

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visual talon
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CAREER GOALS: Get into the startup space, either found or work as a founding engineer at a startup (do not want to go into FAANG)

UCI Pros

  • [ ] Close to family (30 min drive)
  • [ ] I would have my car
  • [ ] Love the city (basically where I grew up)
  • [ ] Close to the beach
  • [ ] Beautiful campus
  • [ ] Super Asian student population (I like this cuz I grew up around basically all Koreans)
  • [ ] Less rigorous (in theory not sure if this is actually true) so I would have more time to dedicate to my business ventures
  • [ ] Would get to room with a really close friends
  • [ ] Good at subjects other than CS so more diverse perspectives and experiences
    UCI Cons
  • [ ] Too close to home (would staying in a place so familiar limit my growth as a young adult?)
  • [ ] Ranked #31 for cs (by no means bad but much much worse than GT which may say something)
  • [ ] Housing crisis ?

GT Pros

  • [ ] T5 CS Program
  • [ ] Much better startup culture than UCI (create x program, general entrepreneurial atmosphere)
  • [ ] Beautiful campus
  • [ ] More diverse of a community
  • [ ] State of the art facilities (ai supercomputer lab, great makerspaces)
  • [ ] Extremely easy to acquire research opportunities
  • [ ] Around more ambitious, intelligent people = more growth and pushing myself? This might be a pretentious thing to say but same could be said for any top university
  • [ ] Internship recruitment much better (not a big factor since I already have lots of referrals to companies through family that would basically guarantee me interviews)
  • [ ] Got into the Grand Challenges LLC which is pretty cool
    GT Cons
  • [ ] I didn't really fuck with Atlanta, or at least the part around GT, had the big city feel but FELT super empty around tech square
  • [ ] As someone very dependent on my parents, going this far away would be challenging. I'm confident I'll figure it out but just something to consider
  • [ ] Everyone I met on my tour and online seems very nerdy, not my preferred group of people
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please help im desperate and completely split

lofty palm
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buddyy u cant want to grow up and not leave ur parents

modest folio
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did someone say makerspace???

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also question is cost an issue?

lofty palm
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ur gonna find ur ppl no matter where u go

modest folio
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bc if not really GT is a no brainer over UCI

lofty palm
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by the sounds of it garv cares a whole lot abt social life but doesnt wanna leave home

modest folio
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ok also tbf the ppl at tech are also....normal

lofty palm
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ur right if i were in his shoes gt would be a no brainer

modest folio
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like the nerdy weird population is for sure a very overrepresented minority

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honestly it sounds like your heart is in irvine

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also i am SLIGHTLY biased (i attend georgia tech)

potent sinew
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Gatech is awesome

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I would have went if i was instate

modest folio
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based

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gt in state for stem is a no brainer rlly

potent sinew
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In ur case if money isn't a concern for OOS, i would take Gatech over UCI

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maybe my situation isn't as extreme since i am still staying instate, but I got into UCLA CS and it's like 20 mins away, and although it would be nice to be around my parents, i realized that eventually i would have to grow up and be more independent

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ended up choosing berkeley cuz i prefer the faculty > ucla

visual talon
visual talon
potent sinew
visual talon
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legit everyone is telling to exit my comfort zone so i think i might have to do taht 😂😂😂

modest folio
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Gatech

lucid timber
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Gtech 1000%

gaunt sentinel
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uci is gonna be like hs 2.0

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go to gtech

warm robin
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I think I'd pick Georgia Tech if I were in your position

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very biased here though since I'm an OOS student in the first place so I never was too dependent on my parents

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I actually have no immediate family around me LOL

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If you have any questions regarding UCI or living alone as an OOS student, feel free to reply ping/dm

potent sinew
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@warm robin can i ask you too even tho im not OOS im just curious to learn more about you