<p>Just wondering, bc i was accepted and am still in the process of weighing my options and deciding if its the right place for me.</p>
<p>If anyone has their mind set on USD please post here.</p>
<p>maybe also where you are from and why you chose USD?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>My daughter will go and visit, but she really is crazy about another school, so we will see. She hasn't ever been to USD, so the trip will either cement her decision, or confuse her completely!</p>
<p>still waiting to hear from Loyola Marymount...but USD is probably #1 now (if D does not get into LMU), Chapman and University of Portland are all possibilities at this point....we will go to visit the schools in Southern Cal next week or the following, and D will then know. We did tour the southern cal schools last year, but need a closer look now that she is accepted. Visited Portland last week and liked it, but the rain.....</p>
<p>BayArea- Your daughter would turn down USD for LMU/Chapman/Portland??? Interesting...</p>
<p>we toured the southern california schools last spring, her junior year. she will have to see what she thinks of the schools when she goes back down again in the next few weeks. she will have a different set of eyes than she did last year, so we are definately open.</p>
<p>to be very honest, we loved USD, very beautiful campus, seems like a great school, great city, etc...but we were all very taken aback by how blonde, beautiful, skinny and well dressed with expensive sunglasses and purses all the girls were. enough so, that it turned myself and both my daughters off quite a bit. and, a gal we know came back from her freshman year at USD very, very, very skinny, and she had a great figure to begin with! am sure this happens everywhere, though.</p>
<p>any feedback from any of you on the student profile that you saw while at USD?</p>
<p>we did not feel that so much at the other schools, and the kids in Portland were very nice, down to earth and normal (and we were very impressed with the school)!!!</p>
<p>we may find the same thing at all the schools down there....it is just one of many components about a school, and whether or not you "fit in" and feel comfortable at a school.</p>
<p>we did get a call from a student from USD, who was very nice. she was from a public high school in san jose, so not used to that kind of student body, and she said it was not as prevelent as what we saw....so that was good to hear!</p>
<p>BayAreaCAMom, we will be visiting USD and honestly, my daughter doesn't fit that profile. She is a lovely girl, very athletic and does not care about clothes at all. She is a normal, healthy weight, not super thin. We aren't exactly poor, but she has many "very rich" friends who do not care at all about clothes, as long as they are clean! She is considering some of the private schools with that reputation and isn't concerned one bit. </p>
<p>All of this said, I do think that the "feel" of a campus is very important and
if your daughter isn't comfortable, then I would take another look and then make a decision. Some of these blonde, beautiful rich types are very nice, though, so give them a chance. Your daughter will be able to find great friends and simply avoid the snobs. </p>
<p>As for the girl who came back from USD very skinny, maybe the food was bad!</p>
<p>I will report back after we visit USD, and I will pay special attention to the female types and ask my daughter to take notice, too.</p>
<p>I'm going for sure!!!</p>
<p>BayArea,</p>
<p>From your visit, Do you feel that a minority student would feel comfortable at usd? I'm considering the school and I am highly interested , but I am used to diversity in a school system and I def don't fit the skinny, blonde and rich profile...</p>
<p>i don't want to steal your post misschicago but i heard that the vast majority of the student body at usd is noticeably conservative...</p>
<p>is this a fact?</p>
<p>we are headed to San Diego for the Sunday in San Diego event this Sunday, 4/20, so we will see what we think. Don't think you know until you are there for yourself and have a look around, so we will see! But, we are very excited to visit knowing that this could be the real deal!</p>
<p>Miss Chicago - I am originally from Chicago! </p>
<p>To answer your question - I do not know, only you know your comfort level. We are from San Jose area which is very diverse in some minorities (Asian, Hispanic) but not in others (African American, Jewish) so it depends on your view of diversity and how much, and if you are interested in a particular minority. Look at the demographic profile for USD on their site and other college sites and perhaps compare it to schools you have already visited - Princeton Review says 2% African American, 8% Asian (which is pretty low for California schools) 13% Hispanic, 1% Native American, 36% out of state, 2% International (and not sure how up to date those numbers are). So, it is not real diverse, but not sure there are that many schools that are.</p>
<p>USD is a very good school, the campus is absolutely gorgeous, one of the most beautiful anywhere, and San Diego is a great city.</p>
<p>also, I think almost any of the Catholic schools tend to be more on the conservative side than the larger public schools.</p>
<p>I wouldn't call USD any more conservative than most private schools. More conservative than say most public schools like UC's? Yeah maybe a bit, but not by a huge margin or anything like that.</p>
<p>I'm liberal and going to usd!
obama <3</p>
<p>My liberal DD is at USD and couldn't be happier. Not a URM, but she is not 'skinny, blond OR rich'.</p>
<p>My cousin is going to USD- just decided today. He has about a 3.7 UW at a very strong Catholic HS and a 1900 or so on the SAT. He was deciding between USD, University of Washington, UC Davis, and Santa Clara.</p>
<p>Visited USD today! Lets just say that my daughter has a new number one school.</p>
<p>Revision: D Officially going to USD. PM if you want to know about the campus visit, etc. It was a big decision and she had some great choices, but USD is her choice. Good luck everybody!</p>
<p>BayAreaCAmom-
I felt the same way about the diversity there when i visited on 4/20...tall, blonde, very skinny and designer purses everywhere! I am from San Jose as well and love the diversity we have here. I was disappointed and turned off by the lack of diversity there which is ironic because in their application they ask "how will you bring diversity to usd?" I will definately bring diversity to USD (i am swiss, german, mexican, chinese) but what happened to the diversity that is already supposed to be there?!?!</p>
<p>If you go to USD do you agree with it? USD is still one of my top choices for fall 08 because of their academics and class sizes, but what else should i take into consideration?</p>
<p>Kbeez,</p>
<p>Nobody said this was the most diverse campus out there! You going WILL add to the diversity. </p>
<p>It is a great campus, but like many private, Catholic colleges, will not have the level of diversity of say, a UC campus, such as Berkeley. It will be so diverse at UC Berkeley that you will have several hundred students in a course. Here, those class sizes will be smaller - maybe 20 or slightly larger. </p>
<p>Michelle</p>