Hello, I’ve had the honor of being offered admittance into both USC honors college and just recently honors Carolina at Chapel Hill. I will pay relatively the same amount of tuition at both schools. Can anyone help me in comparing these two. I myself am a high achieving student that has loves for business, economics, and statistics.
Please help with any information you can.
UNC is a GREAT, highly competitive school. And it’s beautiful. I don’t know much about USC, but gaining entrance into UNC Chapel Hill is an accomplishment in its own, especially with honors. Make sure you take into account where you could see yourself spending four years and not just going some place based on academics.
It honestly depends on where you prefer. If costs are relatively the same, then it’s a personal choice. Visit the schools, talk to the faculty, and just get an overall FEEL for the places. I would choose UNC but then again, that’s me. Not you. So visit, immerse yourself in the environments, and make your decision off of that.
@butleraa133 @TheDidactic which one would provide me the best graduate school opportunities though and job opportunities because USC honors college is ranked number one for public universities but UNC is UNC
Undergrad is really what you make of it. You’ll have lots of grad opportunities if you keep your GPA up, get involved in clubs, join internship, do research, etc.
If you’re IB, USC is top undergrad in IB. In honors you get a conditional admit into IB program which is big since it has gotten very competitive. Final financial offers come out in March so you can compare final amounts. Are you NMF? If so that is automatic, stackable award at USC.
Your goals are too vague to really answer. Most people hiring outside the immediate area won’t know about honors programs and would rate UNC over SC. However, PhD programs don’t really care about reputation in which case it comes down to faculty and research opportunities. Also, “grad school” is too broad a term. Law schools, b-schools, med schools, and PhD programs all value different things differently.