<p>Can anyone comment on the overall attitudes of these different schools, or even just the coasts? I was set on Georgetown until I visited and got a very snobby vibe, but I've been told this is just eastern mentality (im from chicago). im a pretty laid back person, and I dont know if I would be happy there. please help me! may 1 is disgustingly close...</p>
<p>I think if you're laid back california is the place for you. In cali it's a lot more laid back, but at the same time when you get into the night scene or la/hollywood scene it can get really superficial. But LA is huge so it's not like you wouldn't be able to find your niche. There's all types of scenes in LA. The sunday coffeeshop book readers, the nighthoppers, the surfers, the musicians, the artists, all kinds.</p>
<p>I think academically Georgetown would be the better choice(except for Film majors).</p>
<p>What's your intended major?</p>
<p>I'm not sure, i was accepted pre-med at both schools, but im now considering journalism (where usc is awesome) or international relations(GEORGETOWN) as well. I really havent made up my mind yet.</p>
<p>Well you need to make up your mind pretty soon.</p>
<p>I know both schools. My son is at USC, and we're from metro DC. I have been on Georgetown's campus several times for business related reasons. I prefer the look and feel of USC's campus, but Georgetown's city location is better than USC's. Many in the Georgetown area of DC do not hold the students at Georgetown in high esteem for their behavior in rented houses and apartments. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that while Georgetown is generally a moderate-liberal place politically, and very welcoming to students from all religions, the University adheres very closely to some issues that are close to the heart of the Catholic Church.</p>
<p>Georgetown, more variety in social life, famed law school, better recognition, more opportunities for summer internship @Capitol Hill & contractors</p>
<p>There probably are other types of scenes at Georgetown as well, although it's a smaller school. </p>
<p>It sounds like you should have checked out schools like Cal, Michigan or UCLA, which are all good but not stuffy.</p>
<p>So I hate to tout this aspect of the school but as far as "more variety in social life" goes, I don't see how USC can be beat by Georgetown. USC is bigger (meaning it offers more varied social opportunities) and is in the middle of the second largest city in the nation.</p>
<p>USC, from on-campus film screenings, to the Sunset Strip & Hollywood, the beach (20 min. drive), ski resorts (1 hour drive), and all of what SoCal has to offer, goes far beyond the frat party stereotype and has Gtown beat in this category.</p>
<p>I strongly disagree megastud. The social life at Georgetown is excellent, probably better than USC's, which is a bit of a commuter school. USC is in the middle of one of the least interesting neighborhoods in the largest agglomeration in N. America (by size, not population), which means a whole lot of driving and LA highways. Gtown is in the middle of a great pedestrian neighborhood with nice hangouts and great food, restaurants and places open till 3am just a few blocks from campus.</p>
<p>I would definitely pick Georgetown.</p>
<p>Hot damn! On-campus film screenings and just a 20-minute drive from the Sunset Strip's cheesy souvenir shops! How can Georgetown compete with those sorts of glorious offerings?</p>
<p>The area around USC is probably the scariest I have ever been in.</p>
<p>Since you want to major in IR, were you accepted into SFS or the college? </p>
<p>Can you major in IR at the college, or just SFS?</p>
<p>I applied to the college, since I was initially interested in pre-med, but I've been told that transferring from the college to SFS is ridiculously easy.</p>
<p>Don't diss the east man. If you go into it thinking it'll be snobby it will be. Be chill, smoke some weed and just chill out. The decision will come in time.</p>
<p>"The area around USC is probably the scariest I have ever been in."
This tells me a lot about your character but I won't even go into that.</p>
<p>"The Sunset Strip's cheesy souvenir shops!"
you're confusing that for the hollywoud shops. you were probably one of those cheesy tourist and couldn't tell the difference.</p>
<p>Living in Los Angeles my whole life, and for a while hating it, there's a reason why I wouldn't change it for anything, and that's because LA offers everything you could ever want. You really don't have a reason to go somewhere else to find something. Georgetown may have a great pedestrian neighborhood, but what happens when you run out of things to look out, you have to drive to who knows where. At least with LA a drive here and there can take you basically anywhere, there's honestly no way for someone to get bored of LA, if they get bored is because they've been lazy on their ass and haven't explored the city/county.</p>
<p>"Living in Los Angeles my whole life."</p>
<p>Maybe you should get out a little more.</p>
<p>LA da sh1t. Don't hate. West coast mentality!</p>
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This tells me a lot about your character but I won't even go into that.
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<p>Yeah, because being afraid of an area where a friend got stabbed going across the street to McDonalds while visiting for a debate tournament = lack of character.</p>
<p>Makes absolute <strong><em>ing sense *</em></strong>**.</p>
<p>Next time you feel the urge to make an ignorant or illogical statement, please write it down and have someone you trust take a look at it before posting it and making yourself look like an asshat on a public forum.</p>
<p>I'm with Smoke&Mirrors. The people who think ghettos are great are usually spoiled rich kids who think driving through one once in a while in their BMW proves they are cool and tough. They'd be the first ones to crap their pants and call mommy on their cell phone if the BMW broke down and they had to walk through the ghetto.</p>
<p><< "Living in Los Angeles my whole life."</p>
<p>Maybe you should get out a little more. >></p>
<p>Whoa, there. That's uncalled for. I've lived in L.A. my whole life and I love it here. It's such a diverse place, in terms of people and places; almost everything is within a half hour drive. People make a big hype about the celebrity factor here in L.A., and I won't deny that. But there is honestly so much more to this wonderful city, and even after 18 years, I haven't even begun to skim the surface of things to do here. I'm going to the East Coast in August for college in order to have a new experience, but in my heart I know that I'll be coming back afterwards to Los Angeles to live. So please don't make random disparaging comments about L.A. that you think are clever, because a lot of people are proud to call Los Angeles home.</p>