<p>Maybe OP is putting us all on.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input guys but my parents have INSISTED i go to USC just BECAUSE it is a private school…they feel bad that i went to a public school for 2 years and will do anything to send me to a private school. After looking through the facebook profiles of UNC class of 2016 and USC, I have realized that i made the right choice :)</p>
<p>All my friends are from private schools…i went to a public U and did not make a SINGLE friend. rampant reverse snobbery</p>
<p>30K is not really that much money when you figure that you will be out in the work world for over 40 years.</p>
<p>That’s less than $1 thousand a year.</p>
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Really hoping that doesn’t mean what I think it means.</p>
<p>I don’t think you really want advice, as the decision seems to be made. So I will just wish you good luck.</p>
<p>foridadad55, OP has already stated that grad school is a distinct possibility. If he/she can handle the debt, go for it. </p>
<p>“All my friends are from private schools…i went to a public U and did not make a SINGLE friend. rampant reverse snobbery”</p>
<p>I really don’t think anyone would care if you went to a private hs or not. Are you sure that was the issue? I went to a private hs and a public college and it was not an issue in the least.</p>
<p>Trust me going to a PUBLIC school was the most miserable year in my life.</p>
<p>also, all the people i met were mean to me. it wasnt like my prep school where everyone was open about everything, well dressed, and generally friendly…i was absolutely miserable.</p>
<p>I visited my friends at hpy/gtown and met more interesting people/made more friends in DAYS than i did in a whole year at public U. i immediatly had stuff in common with the people… </p>
<p>“oh you rowed for st pauls? cool i played soccer for groton…Oh yeah I did NOLS academy too!!!”</p>
<p>I am so excited for USC and just hope I will find a job afterwards so the debt wont be too bad… I already know many freinds from schools like seatle prep/TSAO that go there 
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<p>That st pauls/groton/NOLS namedropping ain’t gonna get you too far at USC. Who ever heard of these places on the West Coast? It’s more like, "my dad directed “Shrek 4” or “my mom’s Kim Kardashian’s divorce lawyer”. What CELEBRITIES do you know? Does your house in the O.C. have a hot tub? Good luck finding any friends.
If your idea of the ideal college man is one of the Winklevoss twins, you are definitely on the wrong coast. Here in L.A., the epitome of the cool college guy is more like James Franco. At USC, you might bump into one of the Scharzweneggar offspring, or a Katzenberg, but no guarantee they’ll talk to you, unless you are dating one of the Olsen twins. It’s not about what prep school you went to, it’s about what studio your daddy runs, and which celebrities he plays golf with. Sorry.</p>
<p>huh? arnt there multiple frats there that are primarily boarding school/cali prep school kids???</p>
<p>i know tons of SI kids there that basically run a few prep school frats… i know california culture is different but there is definitly a formidable amount of prep school kids there</p>
<p>As OP himself posted, a perception of snobbery is an issue in his life with respect to the choice between public and private schools. If his parents are insisting on private, methinks the apple has not fallen far from the tree. He graduated from his private high school (wonder where, snort) at least two years ago and only recently joined CC. Interesting CC name choice for someone in his situation.</p>
<p>OP cannot be real.</p>
<p>How will a student who needs substantial loans keep up with the ultra wealthy white preps that he wants to befriend on campus?</p>
<p>Life at a boarding school is much more insular than life on a free wheeling college campus…I’m not sure where the OP is going to find the funds to hit the clubs and restaurants, etc…that some of the ultra wealthy students may choose to frequent in their free time.</p>
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<p>Well, if you projected the same attitude at your “public school” that you have here (that coming from a private school background makes you superior somehow), it’s not surprising that you would not make friends easily. </p>
<p>My daughter attended private schools all of her life and had no trouble making friends at UNC.</p>
<p>I still doubt the OP is for real. He allegedly graduated from high school 2 years ago, yet states he is 24 years old in his profile, and his elitist comments seem deliberately inflammatory</p>
<p>Yes, I think he is messing with us. Or he lost a bundle on the Facebook IPO, and wants to vent.</p>
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<p>The OP is either a ■■■■■, a middle school kid (given the poor spelling and grammar), or is just clueless, perhaps because of leading a private school insulated life and this at a private school where he didn’t learn to capitalize or spell.</p>
<p>I’d guess that the capitalization issue (and possibly the spelling) is due to posting from a small hand-held device rather than from a computer with a full-size keyboard.</p>