UCLA          UCSD        UO/CIRL

Academic factors
 US News rank              #14           #20         #60
 Size of CS dept           Big           Big         Small      <-- here, big is good

 Algorithms                Growing       6 classes   Several profs in "AI", some at CIRL
 Complexity                Growing       4 students  None (even though 4 profs list complexity)
 Crypto                    Growing       8 students  None
 HCI                       None?         Some        2 profs and 1 student
 Wearables                 None          None        2 profs and 5 students
 Security                  1 prof        ?           ?

 Profs w/similar interests Meyerson      Micciancio  Luks
                                         Impagliazzo Proskurowski
                                         Bellare     Cantor
Funding
 Feeling about funding     Sketchy       Good        Very supportive

 Guaranteed TA             ?             Yes, 4y     Yes, 1y
 Easy to get RA?           ?             ?           ?

Option for Masters?        Yes, WQE      ?           Yes

CS grad students
 Do I like them?           Some          Dunno       Yes!
 Speak English well?       90%           80%         100%
 Gender ratio              Bad           Bad         Bad       <-- all worse than mudd?!

Clubs/activities
 A Cappella (I'm a fan)    Awesome       Active      Active
  SCAMFest/CACFest         1+1maybe      2maybe      Unlikely                
 Hiking                                              Yes
 Anime                     ?             Yes         ?

Other social factors
 Size of CS dept           Big           Big         Small     <-- here, small is good because...
 Size of university        20000?        15000?      10000?

 On-campus housing?        No            Yes -1y     Yes?
 Off-campus housing 
  within walking distance  Sorta         ?           Yes, but it rains

Travel time from home      45m drive     2h drive    9h (5h flight)

Mudders already there      Tim P, Rob A  Geoff R.    Peter Boothe, Allison
Mudders who will be there  ?             ?           ?
Other friends (undergrad)  Kim P.        Erika T.    ?
Other friends (grad)       ?             ?           ?