<p>I am trying to choose between SCU and Santa Clara. What do you guys think? Can someone try to sway me either to or against LMU? Who’s going to go to LMU? Why or Why not? I am really worried and stressing. I am from the east coast so I can’t go visit either again. (I already visited both but without students at either.) Santa Clara is higher ranked and a better academic school, but LMU fits more of what I am looking for in a school.</p>
<p>Don’t pay attention to the rankings. LMU is just as good academically, if you make an effort. My D is a junior there, and she and her friends are hard-working students who are getting excellent educations. And they’re having fun, too. </p>
<p>They are quite similar schools. Santa Clara has better access, of course, to Silicon Valley. LMU has all of LA at its doorstep, with internship and job connections, plus the weather and the beach.</p>
<p>LMU seems to be shooting up in popularity. Apps have increased a lot in the last three years, and they’re turning away kids they would have taken when my D was applying. That’s true for many schools, of course.</p>