<p>Hi there!</p>
<pre><code> I have been admitted in both Santa Clara University (leavey) and University of San Francisco and I am certainly undecided. I am a junior international transfer student for Fall and it´s kind of difficult visit them both because I live in Europe... What should I attend? My mayor will be finance and I am gay if it helps. Hope it won´t be a problem...
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<p>Thank you for reading me and good luck to all!</p>
<p>They’re both fairly different campuses, but, no offense to either schools, they’re fairly equal academically, give or take a few points depending on major. Both are pretty famous locally for their business schools, so that’s sort of a moot point.
Then there’s the local atmosphere. I live close to both and visit SCU pretty often, and I have to confess, if you take out all the bells and whistles coffee shops and parties, you don’t have much. There’s still San Jose and El Camino Real, but directly off campus isn’t praiseworthy. USF is placed in the heart of the mecca of contemporary lifestyle and it’s always bustling, which isn’t always a good thing. It is relatively easy to get swept away though. If you feel that you need a place to settle down and not be tempted too much but still have options for jovial festivities when deemed necessary, SCU is great. If you feel you have the self-control to not succumb to the SF lifestyle, then USF might be a problem. Take this with a grain of salt though, because one can always learn to not succumb to SF-itis.
The thing about being in SF though is that you have 200 miles to network in, and there is sure a lot of networking done. If you plan on staying in California, the jobs/internships/people you’ll encounter because of USF/being in SF are irreplaceable.
Both schools are known for their small class sizes, but SCU is known for boasting about it more. I don’t exactly know the grounds of this, though. SCU has a better faculty:student ratio, but USF is said to have smaller class sizes, but it’s not like you have to worry about that being a transfer Finance student.
Oh, and there’s financial aid. but that’s your own personal worry. sorry :c</p>
<p>Considering how local both schools are to me, I know a lot of people that have been in relatively the same predicament as you. They’ve all said that the environment around them and how they utilized it played a huge role in their decisions. That, and aid packages. I can attest that most of them are happy with their decision though, since SCU and USF are both prestigious and wonderful institutions in their own respects.</p>