<p>I have to decide between the two of them (athletic opportunity), and need advice. Why do you love USC/UCLA?! Be brutally honest!
I'm planning on double majoring in communications/international relations</p>
<p>THANKS :)</p>
<p>bumppppp!!!</p>
<p>For your situation I'd say go with USC. You actually enter your department and program, unlike UCLA where you apply for your communication major once you're a sophomore. USC trojan network will definitely help you if you plan on staying in the LA Area.</p>
<p>I respect USC because it's original - unlike UCLA.</p>
<p>By the way one thing I think many people don't really mention on CC, is the political-ness of UCLA. Try getting in contact with admissions(by email or phone) and ask them a question that involves issues regarding you, and see if you like the way they treat you. </p>
<p>Do the same thing with USC, and you'll see that at least with USC you actually get the attention you need.</p>
<p>thanks so much!
any more takers?</p>
<p>Communications?</p>
<p>USC. Annenberg. Of course.</p>
<p>Bumpppppppppppp</p>
<p>I see you're from Georgia. USC will potentially be more generous with financial aid than UCLA.</p>
<p>yeah thats what I am hoping, as well as some athletic scholarship money.
I am just a little concerned about USC after hearing what happened today.....</p>
<p>^ What happened?</p>
<p>chelsea, do you have to make a decision or commitment this soon? (I have no idea about the rules of athletic recruitment.) Can you apply to both, go over the scholarship offers from each, and add that into your decision-making process?</p>
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<p>I just posted that in answer to the question "What happened?"</p>
<p>I asked my husband about it. He's been on the faculty of the USC math department since '86. I asked whether he felt the campus was safe and whether this recent crime, and two other violent (sexual assaults) crimes since the beginning of the school year were statistical anomolies.</p>
<p>He said that while there was concern about increasing burglaries on and off campus, from a faculty perspective, he believes the campus is safe.</p>
<p>It should also be noted, to take things into perspective, that areas around large campuses are subject to higher crime rates, and sometimes these are due to student on student crimes.</p>
<p>USC does make campus safety a prioirty and goes further. They are big in trying to uplift the community that surrounds the campus, both with hard cash and volunteer hours. The idea is that this will have an impact and attract the right element, the law abiding people, to the areas outside the campus. From hy husband's perspective since '86, this has worked well.</p>
<p>Wow, that is scary. Really makes me want to rethink whether I should even apply to USC now because of the many incidents in that area this year.</p>
<p>Brutally honest?</p>
<p>USC is a bastion of privilege. Lots of rich spoiled kids. UCLA is a public university. Lots of poor kids, kids from immigrant families, lots of Asian kids. USC is a private school, you're much more likely to get pampered there, especially, I'd imagine, as a recruited athelete. UCLA is probably facing some budget cuts, or at least limited increases, and that might affect some things.</p>
<p>^ I wonder how I got in? I'm not rich, and I'm certainly not spoiled (though I will let my parents know that now that I am at USC they HAVE to spoil me 'cause kenf1234 said so!). When all the financial aid and scholarship offers came in, USC and UCLA ended up costing almost the exact same amount for me (CA instate). I do agree that I am being pampered, though - beautiful dorm, my classes have 9, 12, 19 and 28 students in them, and no problem getting the classes I needed/wanted. They are both great universities and I loved them both when I was making my decision. The vast majority of students at each actually applied to both, so in reality, there is little difference in the students themselves. (Until they arrive on campus, that is - then they are either Trojans or Bruins!!!)</p>
<p>Well, you asked for brutal honesty, so here it is: ever since "the Bush push" i can't look at a USC athlete - even a guy as upstanding as Sanchez - without connecting him with that play and cheating. Plus UCLA has way cooler colors.</p>
<p>baby blue is cool??? :)</p>
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<p>I strongly doubt that the vast majority, or even a majority, of UCLA students applied to USC. Most in-state kids from public high schools apply to UCs and maybe CSUs and that's it. They don't even consider private schools.</p>
<p>Do you actually disagree with my statement that "USC is a bastion of privilege. Lots of rich spoiled kids."? Might be helpful to give some realistic perspective to someone looking to make an important decision.</p>