UCSD vs Boston university

[loud hawk]

Intended major:
ECE / EECS + Economics (possibly finance related ) (double major)

Similarities:

Strong engineering programs
Good internship and research opportunities
Interested in startups/entrepreneurship
Want opportunities in engineering + business/econ
Interested in medtech/wearable technology/AI systems
Both are located near strong startup ecosystems

Costs:
Cost pretty much the same since I am a international student.

UCSD

UCSD Pros:

Extremely strong ECE program, especially embedded systems/signal processing
Strong engineering recruiting (Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Apple, Broadcom, etc.)
Great for hardware + AI + wearable systems
Strong medtech/biotech ecosystem in San Diego
Better reputation for pure engineering/ECE
Strong grad school placement for engineering
California tech ecosystem access
Probably better ROI/value overall

UCSD Cons:

Less business/finance integration compared to BU
More research-heavy/technical culture
Social scene can feel quieter
Large public school environment

BU

BU Pros:

Strong engineering + business/econ flexibility
Boston startup and biotech ecosystem is amazing
Better finance/business/networking opportunities
Urban environment with lots of internships during semesters
Easier interdisciplinary opportunities
Strong for tech + entrepreneurship combination
More balanced engineering/business culture
Intense networking

BU Cons:

Engineering/ECE reputation not as strong as UCSD
Less strong for embedded systems/hardware recruiting
Less connected to Silicon Valley engineering recruiting

Tiebreaking considerations
Is stronger engineering recruiting(intern in labs/companies) or stronger business/networking more important?
Which school is better for engineering startups/technical founders?
Whether BU’s business/network advantages outweigh UCSD’s stronger ECE reputation
Which environment would be better for balancing engineering, networking and startups

[cold hornet]

Are you from a warm place

Or are you from a cold place

If you are from a warm place, go to ucsd

If you are from a Coldplace go BU

[storm spoke]

I mean what do u want to do

Business or engineering

If ur dead set on engineering I recommend ucsd because of its proximity to space, defense, and tech companies, like Qualcomm

[polar scarab]

I would say UCSD

[fiery jolt]

USCD is seems way better for your career and recruiting and I think to your question about business/networking, any top school has similar networking and usually one school is not "better" at networking because it's all just random chance and meeting people with similar ideas.
But, I don't really know much about USCD, so I may be wrong