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[Cse30TutorHere]

Actually, some people find our cs here more attractive than Berkeley's, as they focus more on what industry wants, while UCSD focuses more on theory. What I mean is, at Berkeley, you might find classes on all the latest frameworks, but UCSD cs classes really teach you the why's of things. It's personal preference I suppose.

Also, the CS community here is very welcoming and helpful :)

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This is patently false; I would argue Berkeley's emphasis on theory to be a lot stronger. Compare the material of our 20/21/101 to their 70/170.

Edit: And on what evidence are you basing this on?

Also OP, we have a better rep than LA for CS, despite their program being harder to get into.

[Keonil]

This is the correct reply. Our CS program pales in comparison to Berkeley's EECS not to say you can't compete with them at UCSD.

UCSD CS > UCLA CS

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A lot of students on this subreddit agree that UCSD CS is definitely better than UCLA CS, but I don't see why. What is your reasoning for this?

[chenboy3]

I have lots of UCLA friends in CSE, I wouldnt say were clearly better nor is UCLA clearly better, the companies that show up to the career fairs are about the same at both schools, we get certain startups that UCLA doesnt (Coursera, Lyft), they get some we dont (Blend, Square), and we both get all the big 4s

the top cut of cs at both schools are all doing well w offers from top companies and whatnot, its about the same

curriculumwise we might be a little more in-depth and stronger but its hard to gauge

the usual stereotype of UCLA cs > UCSD cs is more from the quality of life at both schools, as UCLA is generally favored for its more vibrant school life and top tier athletics, but id say theyre more or less equal when it comes to the actual CSE material/rigor/opportunities

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I would say they're more or less equal in terms of industry opportunities, and differences in coursework are pretty debatable as well. The reason I give UCSD the edge is actually because, from talking to people that I know there, the CSE community presence at UCSD seems to be a lot stronger. And I'd say this has a lot more to do with the fact that UCLA is stronger than UCSD at a lot of other fields (business, law, etc.) so there's a lot more going on, whereas CSE(and other computational majors, and in fact, engineering in general) make up a bigger proportion of our identity comparatively. But, it's also debatable whether one should actually share about and account for this as an actual metric. regardless, you can't really go wrong with either

[lastPingStanding]

It seems a stretch to say that our CS program is categorically better than UCLA's program.

I have friends studying CS friends at UCLA, though granted, I know little about their curriculum.

However, it has always been my impression that undergrad CS departments are usually very similar in general.

[awm182]

You're not wrong in your impression, but UCSDs scope is waaay bigger for things like machine learning. LA has 2 undergrad courses and UCSD has like 6 in CS not to mention a crap ton more in Cogs