UCSD v. USC please help decide!

<p>This is actually not for me but for a very close friend of mine.</p>

<p>He has been accepted to both UCSD and USC, and is agonizing over where to go. He received a half-tuition scholarship from USC so financially he is in approximately the same situation for both schools.</p>

<p>I was wondering of some people here could give some pros and cons of UCSD. I will be posting this same thread in the USC forum.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>