<p>So I've been accepted to these two schools and I'm deciding right now between them...any suggestions?</p>
<p>I like USC because of the strong alumni network and strong community</p>
<p>NYU because it's in NY! loads of internships :)</p>
<p>but I'm from LA and spent the last 18 years of my life there so maybe NY would be a better experience?</p>
<p>but USC is ranked higher!</p>
<p>It depends on your major. What is your intended major or school within each university you have been accepted to?</p>
<p>NYU! best school ever</p>
<p>fruitchews,</p>
<p>Do finances come into play at all? </p>
<p>I have lived in LA and it is certainly a vastly different urban area than NYC. In L.A., you have what equates to a number of spread out suburban towns, though there have been attempts to develop the downtown area. In L.A., there really is no vibrant city per se with people walking around almost all hours of the day and a bustling nightlife like in Manhattan. You will encounter a lot of young people on the streets in NYC, while the young people in L.A. seem to congregate in the strip malls of the various towns/ cities within L.A. </p>
<p>NYU is rather spread out in NYC, though most of its school buildings are in the Soho, Greenwich Village area, while NYC action is concentrated in a small island with additional activity in well-populated communities in the outer boroughs like Brooklyn and Queens.</p>
<p>Kind of like the flip side of USC (which is centralized and has a distinct campus) but it is located in a city that is spread out.</p>
<p>If you do not mind having no well-defined traditional campus and you are able to reach out to make friends (e.g., be involved in some extracurricular interests and commitments or live in the closer-knit residential college), then NYU/ NYC can provide you with your own social circle of friends and it will be a wonderful contrast to L.A. While L.A. now has the Disney Center and the theatres in that complex in downtown L.A., there is no place in the USA that beats NYC for overall cultural events, theatre (Broadway and off-Broadway theatre more than Hollywood type film-making), musical venues, art galleries, museums, etc. </p>
<p>What is your field of interest? That is important to determine which school is a better fit for you? Are you in CAS or another school?</p>
<p>I do not think the difference in ranking between USC and NYU matters as much as what you want from the college experience and also what your intended major/ profession is in comparing the relative strengths and weaknesses of NYU and USC for you specifically. </p>
<p>In my case, I had them both, NYC for college and L.A. for graduate school. I am glad I had both experiences. I have missed L.A. a lot, but I also love the cultural opportunities in NYC.</p>
<p>I hope this gives you something to think about in contrasting the two schools. But more information about what field you are thinking of pursuing and what types of experiences you are looking for in college is required before more meaningful feedback can be offered to you.</p>
<p>As a fellow Angeleno, I would personally go to NYU. I assume that you have been to the USC campus? What do you think of it? I think that it’s one of the worst campuses that I’ve ever seen… well, that I have ever seen. I’ve visited USC a couple times and have always been disgusted by the location that it’s in. It’s a shame that such a strong school is located in such a bad area. USC is the butt of jokes with my UC friends (UCI, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, and UC Berkeley). None of us would ever want to go to the school unless we had to for academic reasons because we all despise the campus. It’s all subjective though, but I would go to NYU as it is in such a vastly different area and NYC is one of the greatest cities in the world. You’re going to have to adjust to the very different weather in NYC though. What I love about LA is that even though it can get really hot in the summer, it’s dry heat. Summer in NYC is always worse than in LA due to the high humidity (bleh). Also something else that I love about LA is that it has mild winters, especially compared to NYC. Prepare yourself for blizzards and ice! You’re going to experience cold that you’ve never really experienced before… and I don’t mean like spending a day or two in Big Bear… I mean actually have to live in it and deal with it every day.</p>