I am a student who is debating between multiple schools right now.
I have been (or am likely soon to be) accepted to all the colleges listed above. I am likely to get a Trustee scholarship at USC (already interviewed, went very well), and for all of the other schools I would likely just be a regular student without any notable scholarships.
I have very little family income, and I am a California resident, so just need based aid alone is likely to cover most of my college (so kinda try to limit the $ factor in your opinion).
Which school is best overall? (academics, social life, reputation, fun, job prospects, people, frats, ect)
& I know this is a specific form but please try to keep it objective.
Also, this is for Comp-Sci (& business at USC and hopefully Has if Berkeley)
Sorry for typos, on a phone
If this is a scholarship that will cover your full tuition, then I think it’s well-worth going there. As much as I trash-talk about U$C day in and day out, it’s still better than almost all other private schools when it comes to learning along with work-life balance.
Unless you have a strong desire to work in the bay area after college, I’d say go w/ $C - rich football tradition, passionate fanbase, less-stringent academics but still get to learn to do well in life, etc.
Berkeley CS is quite decent too, but I have yet to see anyone who doubles up with Haas. Either people struggle to pass through CS, or if they are gifted, they graduate a semester or year early and start making some serious money and there’s not much reason to double-major in business.
Assuming those likely scenarios are certainties, the Trustee scholarship would be hard to pass up (covers all tuition but not room and board??). Yet, depending on how low income you are, you may get comparable financial aid for all those schools (not sure about Berkeley).
If that’s the case, you’d want to visit to see which vibe suits you best. They’re all great schools. I know that didn’t help much, but the atmospheres and climates are very different so you should decide what you think you’d like. Warm climate in big city close to home, rural with natural beauty with waterfalls and snow (lots of snow)… etc. Are you ok being far from home? Again, all great schools. Pick what suits you.
Let us know what you decide 
I don’t think you could really go wrong with any of the above schools, which are all great in their own right.
Decisions like this come down to the little things: the school’s atmosphere, distance from your family (is close by a good thing, bad thing, or neutral?), even the weather!
Have you visited any of the schools, or will you be able to?
Thank you for the input UpMagic
Yeah, I am totally good with leaving California. Thank you for the input Renomamma 
I have visited all but Berkeley, Vandy, and Washington U
Have you received likely letters from all of these schools? If not, how do you know you’ll be accepted…?
I can opine on the wonderful qualities of Vanderbilt at length, but I will say that if you are determined to pursue business as an undergrad, it’s not for you. They have a wonderful economics department and some solid business classes. VU also has a top ranked MBA program in the Owen School, but it has no true business undergrad program. I teach in a business discipline and find that life’s experiences make for better business students, so I can understand why many top schools, like Vanderbilt and Princeton, don’t have traditional business majors for undergrads.
What you will get at Vanderbilt is a solid foundation in critical thinking skills, although science tells us that the ability to maximize those skills don’t peak until the mid-twenties. Many of the top MBA programs like to enroll students with at least 2 years of real world experience and I think that’s part of the reason they don’t want too many students who aren’t in the 24-26 age bracket when they matriculate. It’s not essential that you major in business as an undergrad to end up in a great MBA program.
I suppose I don’t 100% know, but the point is that I want to have a ranked list for myself in a sense, so that I know where I want to go and am not scrambling like all the kids at my school the night before May 1st.
That’s another thing… I definitely plan to go back for an MBA, so then would it be more wise to undergrad in CS? I guess in the end I just want to be an entrepreneur anyways, so perhaps being a business major wouldn’t help that much anyways?
We’re from Nevada, and USC was my daughter’s first choice until she toured Cornell. Berkeley and UCLA were out of the picture since there’s no aid for out of staters, Vandi and wash u were off the table since she didn’t want to go south (although many I hear love it at Wash U). It’s a great time in your life to venture out to another part of the country. But I won’t lie, travel in and out of Ithaca is lengthy and pricey. And it gets extremely cold during the winter. My daughter (freshman) loves it, though. If you can afford it, I’d suggest visiting your top choices. But don’t go to Cornell until probably April (due to weather). It’s really beautiful there.
you should get back to us when your admissions are in hand. Vanderbilt is more of a four year life experience around a peer group of high achievers on a beautiful campus with a positive relationship with its host city. Many Californians like the experience of four years in Nashville. I chime in agreement with 2VU above that an MBA program of merit will not want you till you have worked 2-4 years.
In this respect you should select/pursue your academic and social life preferences in undergraduate school with an eye on finding a berth in the workforce with an undergraduate degree. I think graduating debt free for your first four years should be a priority so that you can attend a well-ranked MBA program. MBA programs are seldom underwritten or funded. If you have talent in computer sciences, you can obviously make headway in job readiness from any of the schools you have listed. But a Comp-Sci program with a proven track record in job placement should be your goal. Save debt and loans for grad school. About ten years ago, I recall Evil Robot on these boards. A Californian with an admission to Yale who accepted a merit scholarship to Vandy and was hired at Google (with a fifth year masters from Vandy) in computer engineering. He found his return to California to be pretty seamless. Since then, many more Californians opt for four years at Vandy. Good luck!
Berkeley is best for comp sci of the schools mentioned, and one of the best period.
Berkeley comp sci plus Haas would be great. Tough to turn down USC trustee scholar invite though.
I understand where OP is coming from. It’s not unreasonable to rank your choices before you get notified to have a plan once/if she has choices to make. It was presented oddly to assume all of those acceptances and scholarships though.
You’d be nuts to turn down a full ride anywhere nowadays. What other schools are likely to offer you full tuition?
@AnneFrankenstein UCB and Cornell are probably going to be ahead of the others as far as academics and reputation for CS go, but as UpMagic said USC might be a better academic/life balance. I don’t know if it is the same with Wash-U, but Vanderbilt has a lot of school-wide requirements, like a first year writing seminar, so that may be something to consider.