<p>I don't need people to tell me where to go, but I do need information. I've visited both schools and love the locations and campi, and I have relatives near both schools. I've been accepted to USC with a half-tuition scholarship (though my parents assure me that money is not an object), thematic option (honors GE courses), and the BA and BFA acting programs. As for Northwestern, I've been accepted as a Communications Century Scholar and Theatre major.</p>
<p>What I would like to do in college is act, sing, dance, and study engineering and/or business. Double majors/multiple minors are desirable, but I'm not above the one-track attitude of USC's BFA acting program (though I keep hearing differing things about its content and training). At any rate, I need info about the possibility of cramming these things together in 5 years or less, the quality of my training in all of them, and the value that professionals place on each degree. I consider myself a talented actor and thinker, but a less than stellar, though able, singer and dancer.</p>
<p>You get more money and an overall superior academic institution at Northwestern. And of course you have the Northwestern Mafia in L.A., NYC and Chicago. This list is pretty nice too.</p>
<p>In general, Northwestern is one of the best places to cram multiple majors/minors because of its quarter system and the fact that it requires 45 courses (48 for engineers) to graduate, more than average. </p>
<p>That said, I'd think twice about pursuing engineering + theater at NU due to the heavy workload in the engineering school and the limited room left for another minor. If I am not mistaken, NU requires one of the majors has to be in the arts&sciences school anyway if you double-major across two schools. But then there are dual-degree programs in Music/Engineering and Journalism/Engineering so I am not sure. Like its theater program, their econ program is top-notch; you can probably do something like econ + theater double-major + minors in dance and/or business institutions and/or integrated marketing communications.</p>