<p>Admitted to
*USC, Annenberg, Communications major, Spring 2012
*UCBerkeley, Letters and Sciences, Undeclared, Fall 2011
No scholarship to either.</p>
<p>I am unsure of which choice would be better. Campus feel/atmosphere is important to me, so I will be doing college visits. I'm not much of a partier. Student-to-Faculty ratio is also important to me, I don't want to be in a lecture hall with a million other students. :/</p>
<p>While UCBerk is prestigious and affordable, I want to major in communications (in relation with advertising and public relations) and UCB doesn't have that. If I were to choose UCB, I would pick something of personal interest and hopefully pursue a graduate degree at Annenberg at USC.</p>
<p>I am uneasy about waiting a semester to go to USC. I may not graduate with my class, and the price is definitely steep. Things like course selection and finding sanitary/clean/neat housing ON CAMPUS worry me as well.</p>
<p>What should I do...</p>
<p>I have the same thing to consider although my major is different. From what I heard from some berkeley students, at Berkeley there is a lot more competition and some freshman classes have an insane amount of students. However it is cheaper.</p>
<p>USC however has all the benefits of a private school(small classes, more interaction with professors) but is way more expensive. Also, we have spring acceptance. But from what people have been telling me, taking classes at a Community college for half a year or just making up the classes with summer school would easily put us back on track and if you take the CC way, then youll get the same credits but itll be extremely easy as well. </p>
<p>What are you leaning towards?</p>
<p>Go Berkeley. The undergraduate major you pick really isn’t a huge deal especially if you plan to go to grad school, and that sounds like the only reason you’d pick USC. UCB has better academics in general, is cheaper, and lets you in a semester earlier. Seems like an easy choice to me.</p>
<p>I’d recommend USC’s Annenberg if you had the money; but go to Berkeley if finances are a serious concern.</p>