<p>USC is her dream school so in-state vs. out-of-state might not matter at all. But she also liked UCSD (we toured last week). We went to a application consultant on Friday (her dad is a pessimist, I’m an optimist, and as a law student, I sadly don’t have the time needed to help her on this journey so I thought we needed a neutral opinion to develop her application strategy). She’s got good stats, good ECs and is a “double hook” according to the consultant, ethnic and geographic diversity. Her dad is not well off, though I think his circumstances have improved somewhat.</p>
<p>I really appreciate all the input. I will definitely try to get to those links. I start a summer internship tomorrow though, and have NO idea how much time I will have over the next 10 weeks :).</p>