<p>I was accepted to both, but I live in Indiana so I would get almost no aid from UCB since I'm OOS. The UCB financial aid said i would get only about 6k in scholarships and have to pay the rest which is about 50k/year. For USC, I know I'll get about 20k for being a national merit finalist and i think they'll give me some university grants to cover rest of the 30k (USC costs about 50k as well). </p>
<p>So pretty much, the decision is either go to USC for less than 30k a year or go to UCB for 50k a year. I want to major either Biomedical Engineering or Business Administration (not sure yet...). I know that Berkeley has more prestige and is ranked 2nd in Engineering and Business Undergrad programs while USC is 10th in Business Undergrad and I think Top 25 for Undergrad Engineering. If money wasn't a problem, I would want to go to UCB, but what do you guys think... Is it really worth it to pay 50k/year?</p>