Down to the wire: Vandy vs USC - anyone with experience with both?

<p>Writing this on behalf of a friend's daughter who has to decide today between USC (thematic option / honors program, with scholarship) and Vandy. Her interests are English and math. Mother is USC alum, sister currently at Vandy.</p>

<p>She strongly desires to have small class sizes, get to know professors personally, and have as few TA's as possible, and is concerned that that is not as easy to accomplish at USC (given size) as it is at Vandy. </p>

<p>The thematic option / honors program would seem to make that less of an issue, but she has also heard that there is some "busy work" in the program.</p>

<p>She's really struggling and having the family relationships with USC / Vandy is probably clouding the whole thing more than if both schools were "blank slates" to the family! </p>

<p>Anyone with experience with both who could add perspective? Thanks!</p>