Looking for help!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Hello, I am a prospective undergrad for this coming fall. However, like just about every other senior, I have no idea on which college to choose. I've narrowed it down to a top 3-ish and was wondering what anybody could say to recommend any one university over the other, as each has it's perks and cons. My concerns are price, as they are all OOS or private, quality of education, enviroment, and fun factor.</p>

<p>My top 3:
1. USC - I haven't gotten accepted yet, but I'm pretty sure I will. I'm just at the grade and test score level, wrote a beast essay, and have legacy. Problem is that it is PRICEY!!! My whole family is originally from LA area so it is my dream school, I love SoCal. Prestigious Academics, Exciting Athletics, and I hear nothing but praise from my grandpa and other grads about the alumni connections</p>

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<li>University of Arizona - I'm down for the nice weather coming from the great and wet Pacific NW, and UA has good ranked programs. They offered me some pocket change (4k/year and Macbook Pro) as well, so as of currently this is looking like the most likely option. I'm visiting real soon and that will help solidify my opinion. I'm liking the good mix of ranked programs and fun times, but I'm getting discouraged about what I hear about Tucson. Can't be too bad though can it?</li>
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<p>3.(Tie) Cal Poly: SLO - I'm in love with the idea of the perfect sized college (about 20,000 I think) in a easygoing town just minutes from the beach. I've been accepted into business and offered 2k/year which is nothing really for OOS. Only thing keeping this a low prospect is not being able to change majors, I'm still undecided on the inside. I could do business, but I am real interested in various sciences as well and would like to be able to explore my options.</p>

<p>3.(Tie) Oregon State - If it comes down to it I could be a Beaver, even though I'm from Eugene and a devoted Duck. I just hate Corvallis, it's too small of a farmy town, I feel like I would never leave campus. However, it is the most practical option, a good education with in-state tuition. I would just rather leave Oregon for a while.</p>

<p>I haven't heard from Gonzaga and University of San Diego, but unless they offer lots of money then they are not really in the running.</p>

<p>I've posted this in each university's forum to get the widest array of answers, which I hope you do! It would be really really appreciated, Thank you.</p>

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<p>I would say that you should wait until you actually get your letter of acceptance to USC. Not all legacies get accepted. It’s an amazing school, I’m hoping to get the good news myself. But if you DO get accepted, you might feel differently after you see the letter. If USC truly is your dream school and you feel like it’s where you belong, then why not take out a student loan? I realize that you’ll be in debt but in my opinion, the debt is worth it if you’ve got a top school on your resume for employers to see. But, fortunately, you’re open to other schools besides USC… and if you’ve got money at SLO and Arizona State (and saving money is more important to you than prestige), then I say go for it.</p>

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<p>Gonzaga is amazing! Just visited last week and its a great medium sized liberal arts university with a great school spirit, beautifullllll campus, and it just feels like everyone there is so friendly!
It was love at first sight just like when I visited USC!! And they gave me a 40,000 dollar scholarship so I will end there probably if I don’t get into USC.</p>

<p>Oregon State… ehhh. I wouldn’t what to go there either…</p>

<p>My dad went to CalPoly… don’t really know much about that school or the rest on your list.</p>

<p>but USC beats allll. :)</p>

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<p>Yeah I’ve heard great things about Gonzaga as well, my best friend is set on going there. I love that they have the spirit and it’s a good education, but any farther north than Oregon just seems to have unappealing weather. And I’m not familiar with eastern Washington…but it doesn’t seem to have the feel I’m looking for. </p>

<p>I’m just going to have to wait for the last few letters to roll in…which seems like forever.</p>

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<p>Yeah I heard they get a quite bit of snow in the winter, rain in fall but apparently spring through early fall is really pretty.</p>

<p>But I deffff get what you mean… & waiting is so hard.</p>