This, and Therefore USC, Blows

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>I interviewed for a Trustee Scholarship, and they send me a big fat notification envelope, and I'm like YES! My prayers have been answered!</p>

<p>I open it, and it's full of forms, yes, this must be it. First line:</p>

<p>"Congratulations! On behalf of the Viterbi School of Engineering it is my pleasure to inform you that you have been awarded a..."</p>

<p>"...DEAN'S SCHOLARSHIP for ONE QUARTER TUITION"!!!!!!!!!</p>

<p>They obviously don't understand the principles behind the carrot and the stick. Screw USC, hello Duke, or Naval Academy, or P-ton...</p>

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<p>Dude, I'd like a semester tuition paid. That would be nice.</p>

<p>Sorry, though, that USC apparently can't work out for you.</p>

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<p>Is money the only factor? I think there should be much more to a school than just cost..</p>

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<p>Did your interview go poorly?</p>

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<p>kritarch.</p>

<p>LOL thats hilarious. i interviewed for the trustee as well and im waiting to see if i get it.. but. they told me that all the trustee candidates will get either trustee or presidential..! those liars. :/ that sucks for you.. but u got into princeton.. cONGRATS! heard they have good finaid.. so screw usc</p>

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<p>I interviewd the trustee and got the same letter. It also says that you can get more then one scholarship so according to me it is not over yet. Furthermore i am planning NW HPME program so at this point it dont matter</p>

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<p>You got into Princeton?? This is a complete non-issue, then. Even if USC gave me a full ride and an extra 5 grand of spending money, I'd still take Princeton. Congrats.</p>

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<p>its ok, its ok. it just means you werent good enough for the trustees scholarship.</p>

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<p>because I understand that you can get multiple scholarships. If you are in the National Merit range you may get one of those scholarships also. That would net out to 3/4 tuition or about $22.5K per year. Translating into an overall cost of $18K/year for you . . . much less than P-ton, Duke (unless you get the Robertson/Morehead thing), etc.</p>

<p>Regardless, you should not choose one school over the other just for the money. You need to really like the school first and then the money would just be a bonus.</p>

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<p>FYI, the National Merit Finalist Presidential scholarship is mutually exclusive, meaning that they will revoke the Deans scholarship if you get the presidential scholarship.</p>

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<p>That is interesting, why</p>

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<p>My thinking is that they don't want to give you two scholarships when they could be giving you one and another person one as well.</p>