College

1. UCLA: it has a beautiful campus, but traffic to and from LA is terrible

2. UCSD: it's right on the beach, but I don't know if it has what I want academically

3. UCI: it will cost my parents the least, but it's too close to home

4. Columbia: It's one of the best schools in America and it is so difficult to get accepted, but its so expensive.

5. UC Berkeley: it has a better engineering program, but the area outside the campus isn't that safe.

6. Cornell University: it's an ivy league with much prestige, and I would love to experience the East Coast, but is it very expensive