<p>Hey,
Ive been reading CC compulsivley for the last almost 6 months now leading up to app deadlines. I live in Australia and applied to a lot of colleges in the US and just got all the decisions in the last few days. Now for me my choice is between USC, Princeton and Cornell. At USC I got offered the trustee scholarship, and at Princeton I got offerred around the same amount in financial aid as they give aid to international (I'm expecting Cornell to be about the same with financial aid). Im planning on majoring in Architecture.</p>
<p>Last year I did the summer arch program at USC and loved it so Im kind of biased towards a place I know and already love haha trojan spirit is infectious!</p>
<p>My question to all you knowledgeable people on CC is where do you think I should go?</p>
<p>i got into princeton and cornell too!! i got into usc but no scholarship :( i think you should go to princeton though, even with your bias towars usc...i think if you went to princeton you would like it a lot!!</p>
<p>Do you realize you ask this question to a USC forum? :D It's best to ask this type of question in the College search & Selection. You'll get an unbiased view that can help you make better decision.</p>
<p>I would go with Cornell mate. It's the tip top choice although, unless you're Tasmanian, you'll probs hate the weather. But then again, Cornell was my dream. Don't waste the opportunity mate, I'd love to be in your shoes right now.</p>
<p>I would carefully investigate the different philosophies of each school of Arch, as well as the direction the school takes - look at the course catalogs, requirements, the particular strengths of each program, as well as the background/credentials of the school's director/dean (USC has a fairly new director, look up his work) and certain profs who may be well known in the field. Often, particular schools can be quite different in their philosophies and focus, at least that's how it was when I was in Arch. See what attracts you, a school that's highly creative, theoretical?, or gives you a good grounding so you come out being well rounded in the creative aspect as well as in the nitty gritty structural/construction/execution sense?
Consider where you may eventually want to work..the east? the west? Calif? back to Australia? ..since you will make contacts through the school for eventual internships.
Best of luck in your decision.</p>
<p>thanks for all the advice!! but its just confused me more. I like USC because ive been there, its in cali, its campus is beautiful and has the strong alumni connections in SoCal. Cornell has apparently the best arch and Princeton is, well, Princeton. However Princeton and Cornell are both on the east coast (coldness lol), the competition would be intense, both are somewhat remote and i have no idea what the place (campus, general atmosphere) is like. But then theyre also smaller than USC which could be an advantage.</p>
<p>Has anyone been to or goes to Cornell or Princeton and could tell me what they were like?? Because going off websites, rankings and reputations only gets me so far lol</p>
<p>Princeton is great! The campus is big..but not too big. They have housing like harry potter so you'll be in your own residential house. I think there are big rivalries between the houses which is always fun. It feels very safe there with a cool town around it. You're like an hour away from about 5 major cities which they provide transportation too. There is no greek life however; just eating clubs. The architecture there is amazing and filled with history (I think George Washington won a battle there). It really is a great school...But so are the others. haha.</p>
<p>i;ve been to both.. princeton IMO best campus of all the ivies (i think i've been to all but brown) well, you can't beat columbia's location.. but i the princeton feel is nice, small, gated, clean, cute...</p>
<p>cornell is HUGE.. i think its literally like half the city.. i would think more snow than princeton.. my uncle lived near princeton i should ask him how much snow he gets.. cornell has a preally big campus so walking around in snow = maybe bad?</p>
<p>There is an absolutely adorable train station right on campus that can whip you into NYC in no time. Literally door to door in about a half hour to 45 min. I am used to the subway in Boston so trust me, this train station looks like something out of a storybook.</p>