<p>Hi,
I'm an English student applying to American colleges as my whole family is American and for other reasons too.
I want to study business and my two favourite schools were Georgetown (both my brothers and father are alum) and USC.</p>
<p>USC has a better ranked business school and I believe I would enjoy my college experience more there than at Georgetown but I would be happy at both.</p>
<p>I'm worried about how important name and location is of the schools.
I think Georgetown has a better name and reputation but USC is getting there.</p>
<p>If i went to USC would I be stuck in California for a good job.. because I don't know whether I would come back to England to work or go to the East Coast like NYC</p>
<p>assume I got in to both - How do i make my decision??</p>
<p>Please help me figure this out,
Thanks alot,
James.</p>
<p>Their reputations and rankings aren’t all that different…any differences in reputation within the U.S. are tiny compared to the difference between going to school in Wash. DC and in the middle of Los Angeles. If you’ve been to both cities, it’s hard to believe one isn’t WAY more appealing to you than the other.</p>
<p>USC is a well respected school across the country - you will be fine looking for jobs on the east coast. If anything you will add a little intrigue being an applicant from the west coast. Don’t worry too much about slight differences in reputation. Quick example, my brother is a university of Wisconsin grad, had a good GPA in finance and he landed a nice job working alongside a lot of northwestern people. I’m sure he beat out other NU applicants, reputation helps but its not everything.</p>
<p>If you’re British, you’d rather “enjoy” being in LA - sun, pretty girls, nice location, Disneyland, Hollywood, etc… Having said that, Georgetown has the stronger name overall. But USC has a better network in Southern California. I’d choose USC over Georgetown if I were British. I’d even choose it over some ivies. USC is quite good for business and LA is the best city in America!!!</p>
<p>yeah thanks thats helpful.
however, my older brother graduated from georgetown mcdonough and immediately got a great job banking. He told me that banks like goldman sachs look at a few main schools to recruit and they’re usually on the east coast.</p>
<p>I really loved USC though and I guess the East coast might find a west-coaster from the UK quite interesting.</p>
<p>Another thing RML is as im from London, im used to big cities and i feel that the people in LA and NYC and others are similar and i feel i definately need that as most parts of America would be too different for me.</p>
<p>Im obsessed with weather and the girls in LA are unbelievable.
LA is also VERY exciting, i feel DC is less so… but i may be wrong</p>
<p>james, I went to Cambridge for college and have lived in London for a year after earning my degree. I have not lived in NYC longer than a month but I can assure you that LA is quite different from the other two mega cities. LA is much funner… Of course, some people would think differently.</p>
<p>Getting a job out of college has to do with you. Which means internships, networking with whoever and anyone, etc. It will help to attend a school in the area you want to work because the school’s career resources will generally be with companies in the area or in the region. If you want to work after graduation in the east coast, go to a school that is on the east coast for better resources or connections with east coast companies/positions. if you want to work on the west coast, go to a school on the west coast for better resources or connections with west coast companies/positions… You don’t have to attend a school in a given area you want to work in, it just will take that much more motivation to look for a job on your own, or pray that your school has good connections or companies recruiting.</p>