How cutthroat is the engineering competition at ucla and ucsd compared to uc davis and cal poly slo?

Question by SkyO: How cutthroat is the engineering competition at ucla and ucsd compared to uc davis and cal poly slo?

In undergraduate engineering what is the competition like? Are they overall the same or is ucla full of uber geniuses compared to slo? How hard are the professors on grading? etc etc
Any comments, opinions, and anecdotes are helpful
and if it helps, I’m not one of the brightest students in high school
weighted gpa 4.19 (right under ucla avg for all freshmen)
AP US 5, AP World 5, AP English 3
sats 1990
act 31
math 2 800
us history 750
and I know most freshmen engineers have stats better than mine
So what is the competition like at these schools relative to each other? Is ucla and ucsd so hard in engineering that I would not have a college life cuz of the workload?
ok yeah that answer had good details t now im scared cuz if it turns out I don’t love engineering I’ll probably end up in medical school which i need a good gpa for
more opinions comments and experiences plz

Best answer:

Answer by Alec
I dont know about cutthroat competition, but i think UCSD would be an excellent choice. yes it is pretty competative but i think u have the scores for it. san diego has a very scientific and techy field market, anything from software developement, to nuclear physics, to building tracer bombs. it provides for great opportunity career-wise after u obtain your degree, its a very well established school. my dad works in computer science and looks at UCSD for interns and grad students all the time (in fact his offices are right across the street, lol)

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