<p>vc08, I think it is time for you to start using some facts. You can have your opinions, but as a teen college freshman, you will better yourself by thinking logically based on the facts. </p>
<p>Ok, here is where you got wrong: USC has only ~15,000 undergraduates, and the freshman class is shrinking year by year. At USC, you don't have impacted classes, and you don't know the nonsense called "priority registration".</p>
<p>Thank you all. I am interested in law school in the long run but for my major, probably either Econ or business. Definitely minor in English. I do lean more towards being an independent thinker although a bit of guidance isn't unappreciated. </p>
<p>I've visited USC and UCLA before but I didn't really get to tour around UCLA too much since I missed the campus tour and I had no real time to walk around (plus it looked a bit huge to just start walking aimlessly). USC looked beautiful when I went and the surrounding area didn't seem too bad compared to the areas I've been exposed to in the Bay Area. It really may come to the decision of what kind of lifestyle I want to live since part of me wants to stay with Cal where I'm a bit more familiar with everything and Cal is an awesome school. Part of me just wants to venture out into something new.</p>
<p>PS. What type of people are usually associated with Cal, USC, and UCLA? Like if you were to describe the academics, student body, and the campus life, how would you describe it?</p>
<p>if you're looking for business marshall's business would beat ucla's business econ major at the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>i tend to see USC as the most social school of the three. I have a feeling Cal students are more serious about their academics, where UCLA is halfway between USC and Cal.</p>
<p>UCLA is actually a smaller campus than Cal. It doesn't appear that way from the outside, since UCLA is surrounded by huge streets, and you have to walk "in" a bit to get to classroom buildings. Your majors mean you'd be a "north" campus person, which is the prettier part of the campus. I still think it would be a good idea to visit UCLA. It does have a very different feel than Cal; Cal is grittier, right smack dab in Berkeley, while it's a 5 to 10 minute walk from the heart of UCLA's campus into Westwood. </p>
<p>As far as the difference between the student bodies: I went to both Cal and UCLA. Naturally, I went to home football games for both schools, and sat in the rooter section. At the UCLA games, as we approached half-time and the card stunts, the cheerleaders would tell the crowd "Please don't throw the cards; they're really heavy, and they could hurt someone."</p>
<p>At Cal, the cheerleaders would tell us "Please don't throw the cards until after the card stunts are over."</p>
<p>^ And at USC games they hold their "V" signs up like sheep...</p>
<p>Hahaa. If you were to stereotype the students at Stanford, Cal, UCLA, and USC, what would you say?</p>
<p>Stanford has a triple plus (if you can afford it). It's got great academics, a really incredible research library/libraries, and the grading system allows you to drop a class entirely without record of it on your transcripts after you receive your final grades for the term.</p>
<p>Cal has solid academics and also has a great research library/libraries (10mil books).</p>
<p>I don't know much about UCLA or USC other than they are also both great schools.</p>
<p>I see. What about the campus life? I'm interested in joining a sorority in college as well. I heard the greek life is prominent in USC but what about Cal and UCLA?</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:
<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>
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<p>I can’t spend money on a flight ticket, so I really need your help…</p>
<p>Please be bluntly honest… any help is greatly appreciated… so remember, I would like to have your opinion on:</p>
<p>VITTERBI VS SAMUELI ==== the 2 engineering departments…</p>
<p>Thanks in advance… what a tough choice!</p>
<p>USC = university of second choice? That would be true if it was like 1998. It’s 2010, and let me tell you that USC is becoming a premier school in the west. I’d say in terms of overall balance you’re better of choosing USC or Stanford if you can get in. If you go to Berkely you’ll become a number, and at UCLA you’ll find a good balance but with california budgetary problems among other things, it isn’t the ideal choice. In this economy, connections are going to take you a lot farther. You help family first before you help anyone else, and even if you hate USC, you cannot deny they’re extremely loyal to their own. Surrounding area? Ok get a grip guys, some of the wealthiest and most influential families send their children to USC, obviously it’s not that bad. I’m biased because I go to USC and wanted to go to Stanford at one point. I’m from Nigeria, but grew up in Australia and Connecticut. I’m a part of the greek system here, and am friends with people who are heir to fashion lines, billion dollar companies, and people who were just “smart kids” in high school. I LOVE this place. It never made sense to me why out of all these schools, SC kids always seem the most obsessed with their school. Ummmm hello? Shouldn’t that be a sign that maybe the school is doing something right? And think about it this way, you go to SC and you know what you get? Our surrounding area gets remodeled, our academic ranking increases, and you make a couple of sick connections? Tough life</p>
<p>Much of this depends upon the major. What is the intended field of interest?</p>
<p>How are those NCAA sanctions helping that Trojan pride? 
[NCAA</a> hands USC two-year bowl game ban, major scholarship reduction in football - latimes.com](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-usc-20100610,0,7548894.story]NCAA”>NCAA hands USC two-year bowl game ban, major scholarship reduction in football)</p>
<p>Lame Kitten is in for a fun two years.</p>
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<p>Stanfurd band will have some fun with '$C the next couple years. ;)</p>
<p>There were a couple OJ references last time they played at the Rose Bowl. I’d love to see them next time they’re at the Coliseum. I wonder how many USC fans will be there to see it.</p>
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