<p>No I'm not talking about the game. haha allthough I will be watching it. In regard to their engineering departments, which one is better? I hope to major in Mech Eng. Which has better facilities, reputation, academic rigor, and research opportunities? I appreciate your guys' feedback!</p>
<p>ps. maybe I should decide based on who wins the game.(im kidding)</p>
<p>I am having the same curiosity on which is a better school. They both have their pros and cons. For me, USC would have to be way better in a dept. to pay the extra money to go there</p>
<p>anyone have any input? :)</p>
<p>As a research school in engineering, USC wins as it is a private university. I was enrolled at USC for a year and there were plenty of openings for undergraduates to start helping out with research. </p>
<p>For reputation, I believe the ranking usually ends up with Cal, UCSD, USC, UCSB and UCLA in that order.</p>
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<p>Both have rigorous programs.</p>
<p>Honestly, the reason I left was financial. If you think you can deal with paying for a private university for undergraduate studies, I would choose USC over UCLA.</p>