<p>I am just a Junior in High School. I am from California and planning to go to college. My mom wants me to go to USC and my aunt and uncle want me to go to UCLA. Either way i would have to work to make it through college and I really dont see the diffences in them beside one is private and the other is public. I still have my Senior year to go through High School and i got to pick one before the end of this year to put on my my paper to tell my school what college i have in mind to go to</p>
<p>CaliforniaGurl: There is a tremendous difference between USC and UCLA and every university. Every school has it strengths and weaknesses. For instance, UCLA does not have a Bachelors in Business. Your major has to be Economics. If one wants business in a BA (now just referring to UCLA and USC) SC is your only choice. In general, better universities have reputations in departments. SC has film, communications and business. UCLA has other strengths I’m sure. One “strength” UCLA has is lower tuition, but I have read on these boards that tuition/room/board is going to be $30,000 next year. And, my friend’s daughter, who graduated happily from UCLA said that in many majors there is no job placement assistance at all. (During my time at UCLA this was definitely true.) SC has the Trojan Family.</p>
<p>My suggestion is to do research on majors, costs, positives and negatives. Include financial aid as well. Do your homework and then apply and see where the chips, or acceptances, land.</p>
<p>so… just to fuel this debate.
i’ve just been accepted to ucla. however, after that explore session, i feel i have a large amount of trojan blood… so i really felt no excitement at all when i saw my ucla acceptance… lol…
anyway, honest question, what are your views on usc marshall business administration vs ucla college of letters and science with pre business economics?</p>
<p>^ Oh cool, my Explore USC host is going on that trip! </p>
<p>This thread is more than 2 years old, lol…but I guess the USC v. UCLA debates are destined to continue forever :)</p>
<p>My own two cents…I’m OOS so I never considered any of the UC’s…money was definitely a problem. And now there’s the abundance of students who can’t graduate within 4 years…I’ll just say I’m glad I made the decision I did.</p>
<p>As for job placement connections, Trojan family <3!</p>
<p>When I think about it, I would love to stay in college for 5 years without it looking bad. People in a way should be grateful…at least if they love college.</p>
<p>^ I understand where you’re coming from, but at the same time paying thousands for one extra, unnecessary year of college isn’t ideal for many families. Especially when that extra year could’ve been used to EARN money rather than spend it.</p>
<p>So now I am really confused… I just got my fin aid letter from USC today… and apparently both USC and UCLA have offered me a full ride… </p>
<p>I need your help… </p>
<p>I am a computer engineering TRANSFER STUDENT major and need to know from all the los angeles natives out there and throughout the US what you would choose… </p>
<p>Prestige?
Faculty Dedication and Support?
Technology?</p>
<p>Here’s what I know:
UCLA is safer, better looking.
USC has quite some “names” associated with it (University of Second Choices… among others)
If CA has cuts in the funding, some of the promises made this year might also be cut next year
Parking is horrible for UCLA</p>
<p>Do I really have a better chance of shining at USC because of all the geniuses asians who screw up the grading curve for everyone else?</p>
<p>If I am interviewing back in Boston and say I graduated from USC or UCLA, which will have a more positive effect on the employer?</p>
<p>Are upperclasses bigger in UCLA? If so how big?</p>
<p>Accessibility to resources and faculty… which is better?</p>
<p>Before this devolves into the usual “mine is bigger than yours” argument let me offer my insights as a former hiring manager in the Northeast (Boston mostly) and now living in the Midwest. While there will be a few people who will have mild preferences between USC and UCLA the vast majority of older managers will have reactions something along these lines:</p>
<p>“USC? Good school. Used to have a good football team, went downhill until Carroll showed up. I hear it’s in a bad part of town. Cute Song Girls.”</p>
<p>“UCLA? Good school. I remember when they were good at basketball. Cute cheerleaders.”</p>
<p>That’s it. Both will be viewed as good programs. One isn’t going to cause managers to laugh derisively while the other causes us to fall to our knees thanking God for the opportunity to be in the presence of one of their graduates. In Boston, or Chicago, or New York or wherever, you’re going to be up against the local grads. You might get an interview because you’re a geographic oddity, not because of the rankings minutiae. To old f@rts like me, there’s MIT, Caltech and then a few hundred schools that are essentially interchangeable. Business will assume that if you have a degree from a major university then you possess the requisite training and skills necessary for an entry level position. Your ability to get hired will have more to do with your interviewing abilities than USC v. UCLA. (In fact a USC manager might hire a UCLA grad just to have someone to argue with during football season). Go to the place where you think you’ll be more comfortable and therefore more likely to do better.</p>
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<p>You mean like “ZooMass”, “Moochigan State” or “Arizona State - America’s Safety School”? Until I found CC I’d never heard USC referred to as the “University of Spoiled Children”; I suspect most of these names come from their rivals, the same way Michigan grads talk about Ohio State.</p>
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<p>Seriously? You think that your competition at USC is going to be weaker? Don’t they have their share of “genius Asians”? You’ve been offered free rides to both schools, obviously at least one person at each college thinks you can handle the work; if you’re worried about the competition already, maybe they misjudged.</p>
<p>Assuming you’re not some UCLA ■■■■■, would you care to share the “facts”? Not your hearsay, not your biases, not what you picked up on the UCLA forum, but actual published and verifiable facts, we’d all be interested.</p>
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<p>No, the size of the pond is irrelevant; it’s about the inhabitants of the pond and what size fish you believe yourself to be. If the pond holds 50 people of equal intelligence or 500, either you are smart enough to perform at a major college level or you aren’t. Alamemom brings up a good point, since you seem to be convinced that the competition at USC will be inferior, perhaps you should take the opportunity to run with the “big dogs” and challenge yourself against the hordes of genii at UCLA.</p>
<p>You clearly see UCLA as a superior school and USC as an inferior school where you’ll be able to shine because you’ll be a big fish in a (presumably brain-size wise) smaller pond with fewer of those pesky smart Asians. Good grief – Go to UCLA. Not just so we’ll all breath collective a sigh of relief over here, but because you’ll be soooo much happier at a school that you have more respect for.</p>