Hi all.
I am new to this forum.
I am wondering if I can get some advices here.
I have got admitted by UCSD and UIUC mechanical engineering graduate school. So, I have to choose which to go.
According to USnews, UIUC ranked 5th in mechanical engineering while UCSD ranked 20th. So, i shall go for UIUC according to this ranking.
But what make me difficult is that I am seemingly more interested in the research at UCSD. So...
Can I know what guys think about these two schools? Are they in the same tier? I mean, would it make a big difference between a PhD from UCSD and UIUC?