<p>Ok my friends, those are my favorite schools...Tell me the + and - of each one.</p>
<p>I visited both of these schools.<br>
They are both beautiful schools with outstanding academic reputations.</p>
<p>I decided to go to USC for engineering. </p>
<p>I liked Northwestern, but I liked USC more. Bigger school, more diverse, better weather in the winter. More school spirit and Trojan pride. When I visited USC, I just knew that I wanted to go there - it's hard to put that gut feeling into words. </p>
<p>You are from Brazil? In the winter, you will get that very cold wind off of Lake Michigan at Northwestern.... Brrrrr!!</p>
<p>I can't say i have visited Northwestern
But when I visited USC, I pretty much had the exact same experience. I just reallly liked it.</p>
<p>Also, I live in Southern California and it, to me, is just a great place to live because you can do whatever you please. And, if it happens that you DO want to get to snow liike at Northwestern, its a hour and a half drive to 3 different ski places.
And the Beach
And... LA's cool I guess.
Personally, I can't evene see myself living outside of southern california (maybe Texas)... Cold's not my thing</p>
<p>What is your intended major?</p>
<p>I want to major in communication(radio/tv/film)</p>
<p>I went to NU and live in LA. </p>
<p>Northwestern:
+
1. higher peer assessment score--better academic reputation
2. surrounding areas look nice (upper-middle class look) and safe
3. next to Chicago (Evanston shares the city line with Chicago; the downtown is 12 miles or 40-min train-ride away)</p>
<h2>4. Chicago looks like a cleaner version of NYC with good public transit</h2>
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<li>cold winter</li>
<li>geological setting is flat</li>
<li>campus isn't really in Chicago; 40-min train ride is a lot for some</li>
<li>no powerful football or basketball programs (though some think that's a +)</li>
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<p>USC:
+
1. nice weather
2. LA with mountains and beaches
3. football
4. more school spirit</p>
<h2>5. celebrity sightings? ;)</h2>
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<li>surrounding area looks somewhat ghettoish and boring</li>
<li>needs a car everywhere you go (public transit is pretty bad)</li>
<li>many people feel LA looks more like clusters of suburbs and kinda random and not pretty though there's nothing suburban about the traffic.</li>
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