<p>"Some of the kids telecommute to their classes. The only highly ranked private schools with engineering (Harvey Mudd, CalTech, Stanford) are as difficult to get into as Duke. USC is a huge school and in a terrible neighborhood in LA. Not the best choice for someone from out-of-state."</p>
<p>Haha... I don't go to USC but I think it is a had a great engineering program. Perhaps you should do a little research before applying your prejudices to this topic.</p>
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Haha... I don't go to USC but I think it is a had a great engineering program. Perhaps you should do a little research before applying your prejudices to this topic.
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<p>To expand on that: </p>
<p>A quick check of the USNews Graduate School rankings (flawed, but an indicator nonetheless) shows USC in the top 10 for graduate school engineering. I don't have access to the undergrad ranking, but I'd imagine a strong graduate program translates to a strong undergrad program as well.</p>
<p>I agree with calmom about having a couple of safeties you'd be happy to attend. My daughter's college counselor was discouraging about our daughter's chances at schools she wanted to attend.She picked a safety she'd be happy at but applied to an Ivy Ed. She didn't even tell her counselor, show him her essays or anything. Guess what she got in ED! The look on his face we won't soon forget.By the way , the perfect stas classmate got deferred. Your stats look very competitive so apply where you want.</p>