<p>Hey! I was accepted to Clemson earlier in the fall, and I'm now trying to make a decision between USC and Clemson. I know that Clemson has a higher academic standing than USC, but what are the reasons that you love Clemson? Why should I go to Clemson over USC? Do you think that Clemson is preparing you for graduate school and the real world? How knowledgable are your professors and are they willing to help? </p>
<p>Also I'm a USC fan, but I recognize that Clemson is a better school. I'm trying to make the decision based on all the factors including academics, social life, and sports (it'd be hard for me to root for Clemson, but I suppose I could).
Thanks in advance for answering my questions!</p>
<p>From reading this post, it appears to me that you already know which school you should be at but you are just trying to rationalize going to the other school because you are their sports fan just saying</p>
<p>Are finances important to you? Is one school more affordable than the other? Also lastly, the #1 reason you are in college is for academics. A social life, sports and others are nice as well but where you are going to get the best education is important. Clemson is great for engineering, USC has a great international business program. </p>
<p>Think about those questions first. When I have more time, I’ll try and be a little bit more persuasive about why you should go to Clemson haha</p>
<p>haha yeah I feel like you’re probably right about where I should be. I got palmetto Fellows from the state (about 7000 a year), and a merit scholarship from Clemson. They indicated they would give me more money once palmetto fellows stuff comes in, so money isn’t a problem I don’t think. I want to double major in environmental science and philosophy. I know those are really different subjects, but I’m interested in both. Clemson has a better science department, and still has ties with marine science down by the coast. Or I’ve heard that Clemson has better sciences than USC. </p>
<p>And thanks for answering! I’d love to hear more about Clemson anytime you have more time!</p>
<p>What department is environmental science part of at Clemson? I see environmental engineering and earth sciences but could not find environmental sciences.</p>
<p>USC is number one in international business. I am not sure about other departments.</p>
<p>At Clemson, Environmental Sciences is called “Environmental & Natural Resources”: [Bachelor</a> of Science Program : College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences : Clemson University : South Carolina](<a href=“Page not found”>Page not found)</p>
<p>there’s also the Geology major with an Environmental Science concentration/minor. I guess it depends what you want to do with your environmental science degree. Upon looking further it doesn’t appear that we have a truly “environmental science” degree, but a bunch of different ones similar with different emphasis areas. It doesn’t look like USC has a major titled “environmental sciences” as well but a bunch of similar majors related to it.</p>
<p>Academics wise, Clemson has a great engineering, science, business, nursing, education and agriculture program. South Carolina has a great business, nursing, journalism, chemistry and hospitality management program. With philosophy, I’m not sure if that’s a major that either school excels in or not. I just don’t know too much about it since I’m an engineering major haha</p>
<p>If you enroll in the College of Engineering & Science, you’ll get an additional $3,300 a year so that’s probably the additional money they’re talking about?</p>
just saying</p>