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Undergraduate - USC vs UNC
 

blackid's picture
(Monkey, 65
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 12:24pm
College

Hey, I'm a transfer for a local community college (had to go for financial and personal reasons).

Anyway, I've been accepted to USC and UNC. Waitlisted at Harvard and Amherst and rejected at Brown and Cornell. Columbia and Penn release their decisions today, but I'm not expecting much.

For USC I've been accepted into the Marshall School and UNC the College of Arts and Science. Which one would be the better choice? Also, I'm a minority so which school will be more diverse and all that? I've only been out of Texas (home state) a handful of times for conferences and extracurricular related stuff, so I'm pretty clueless about the social scenes at both schools.

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Also, Amherst is my top choice and I'm drafting a waitlist follow-up letter. Does anyone have any experience writing these for business school? I'm sure the advice would be useful even in my situation.

Thanks in advance.

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duffmt6's picture

USC is really diverse in the

IB
(Neanderthal, 2,312
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 12:34pm

USC is really diverse in the sense that there's a ton of Asians.

Any chance you can get into the bus school at UNC? I would personally go Chapel Hill in regards to undergraduate experience.

"Social cohesion and puritanical morality place roughly on my list of concerns between whether I'll pick up jock itch at the gym this week (not likely, since I don't go the gym) and whether it'll rain in Christchurch, New Zealand next Tuesday."
-Eddie

blackid's picture

I might be able to pull off

(Monkey, 65
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 12:36pm

I might be able to pull off the necessary GPA to get into K-F, but that would have to be after a semester at the very least.

NYU's picture

Harvard gives you the best

PE
(Baboon, 160
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 12:38pm

Harvard gives you the best chance of writing your own ticket in the future in my opinion. Go there if you can. Amherst is another great school.

If it's between USC and UNC: I'd go UNC unless you're very well off. USC and LA are awesome if you have money to spend to keep up with all the Kardashians out there. I think you have plenty of time for that when you're out of school and living in a city. UNC has more of a college atmosphere which you only get one crack at in life.

cibo's picture

If you get Harvard or

(Baboon, 164
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 1:01pm

If you get Harvard or Amherst, you take those.

Between USC and UNC.

Go USC. You want to do college in the west coast. Fuck this bullshit about college atmosphere, the weather rocks and the city always has something to do.

Old Grand-Dad's picture

Go to Carolina, kick ass and

IB
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 1:11pm

Go to Carolina, kick ass and get into Kenan Flagler. What year are you?

SECfinance's picture

You say you had to go to CC

IB
(King Kong, 1,414
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 1:13pm

You say you had to go to CC for financial reasons among others - what is your financial situation like? UNC is cheaper than USC, and like NYU said, it takes $$ to be able to have a good time in LA.

What year will you be - junior?

blackid's picture

I'm a junior and school money

(Monkey, 65
 
Points)
 on 6/14/12 at 4:25pm

I'm a junior and school money isn't really an issue as I'm a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar (basically 30k scholarship). As for my financial situation, I'm pretty broke, haha. I'm really interested in entrepreneurship and finance, but I'm hoping to work for a BB for 2 years, get an MBA (hopefully full ride) at McCombs and open shop.

andyinsandiego's picture

cibo: If you get Harvard or

CF
(Orangutan, 333
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 1:41pm
cibo:

If you get Harvard or Amherst, you take those.

Between USC and UNC.

Go USC. You want to do college in the west coast. Fuck this bullshit about college atmosphere, the weather rocks and the city always has something to do.

This is the correct answer. I'm originally from Texas, and while Texas is far and away the greatest state in the country, the best area of the country to complete your undergrad is southern California.

andyinsandiego's picture

Also your username is great.

CF
(Orangutan, 333
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 1:42pm

Also your username is great.

SC911's picture

IM HARVARD

(Baboon, 118
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 1:56pm

IM HARVARD

NYU's picture

Southern Cal is amazing and

PE
(Baboon, 160
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 1:59pm

Southern Cal is amazing and your jaw will hit pavement when you see the quality out there but the sad part is they all want to go to Hyde and hook up with the guy they saw Seacrest interviewing 10 minutes ago on Extra.

SC is a target rich environment but relatively speaking you have a pea shooter out there if you aren't pushing a hot car and pounding up every doorman while being whisked away to your table near the dance floor.

Needless to say it sounds like you have good problems to work through.

kmzz's picture

white grls love black guys go

O
 
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 on 5/10/12 at 2:15pm

white grls love black guys
go to sc

npr00's picture

andyinsandiego: cibo: If

 
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 on 5/10/12 at 2:15pm
andyinsandiego:
cibo:

If you get Harvard or Amherst, you take those.

Between USC and UNC.

Go USC. You want to do college in the west coast. Fuck this bullshit about college atmosphere, the weather rocks and the city always has something to do.

This is the correct answer. I'm originally from Texas, and while Texas is far and away the greatest state in the country., the best area of the country to complete your undergrad is southern California.

Truer words have never been written!

duffmt6's picture

I chose Wake Forest over USC

IB
(Neanderthal, 2,312
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 2:33pm

I chose Wake Forest over USC when I was deciding on undergrad - didn't love the USC campus (a gem surrounded by ghetto) and didn't love LA when I visited. Had I gotten off the UNC wait list, Wake and USC wouldn't haven even been in the picture. It's obviously a very personal decision, but I can at least tell you that UNC kicks ass.

"Social cohesion and puritanical morality place roughly on my list of concerns between whether I'll pick up jock itch at the gym this week (not likely, since I don't go the gym) and whether it'll rain in Christchurch, New Zealand next Tuesday."
-Eddie

West Coast rainmaker's picture

cibo: If you get Harvard or

ER
(Neanderthal, 2,072
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 2:53pm
cibo:

If you get Harvard or Amherst, you take those.

Between USC and UNC.

Go USC. You want to do college in the west coast. Fuck this bullshit about college atmosphere, the weather rocks and the city always has something to do.

Absolutely. USC is probably one of the best college experiences in the country. I would have gone there myself (or UCSB, UCSD) if I was not so prestige obsessed. Also, Marshall is better than a "maybe" for Kenan Flagler.

iamUNC's picture

I was actually in the same

CO
(Monkey, 31
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 3:01pm
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As long as everyone is

(King Kong, 1,676
 
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 on 5/10/12 at 4:32pm

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andyinsandiego's picture

duffmt6: I chose Wake Forest

CF
(Orangutan, 333
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 4:35pm
ginNtonic's picture

Go to UNC. Unless you become

(Gorilla, 562
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 4:42pm
cibo's picture

LA doesn't need as much money

(Baboon, 164
 
Points)
 on 5/10/12 at 5:21pm
blackid's picture

So I just got my results from

(Monkey, 65
 
Points)
 on 5/11/12 at 1:06pm
andyinsandiego's picture

I'm interested to see your

CF
(Orangutan, 333
 
Points)
 on 5/11/12 at 9:43am
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My daughter is struggling

 
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 on 5/11/12 at 10:51am

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blackid's picture

andyinsandiego: I'm

(Monkey, 65
 
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 on 5/13/12 at 5:08pm
holla_back's picture

blackid: I'm allergic to debt

O
(King Kong, 1,091
 
Points)
 on 5/13/12 at 6:11pm
blackid's picture

Any more comments? I'm still

(Monkey, 65
 
Points)
 on 5/15/12 at 1:39am
holla_back's picture

If it counts for anything,

O
(King Kong, 1,091
 
Points)
 on 5/15/12 at 1:41am
OMS's picture

this is easy, go to USC.

PE
(King Kong, 1,886
 
Points)
 on 5/15/12 at 1:51am
blackid's picture

Why do you pick USC?

(Monkey, 65
 
Points)
 on 5/16/12 at 4:04am
duffmt6's picture

oldmansacks: this is easy, go

IB
(Neanderthal, 2,312
 
Points)
 on 5/16/12 at 6:58pm

"Social cohesion and puritanical morality place roughly on my list of concerns between whether I'll pick up jock itch at the gym this week (not likely, since I don't go the gym) and whether it'll rain in Christchurch, New Zealand next Tuesday."
-Eddie

Johnny Ringo's picture

kmzz: white grls love black

HF
 
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 on 5/17/12 at 10:00am

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2fast4u's picture

Waitlisted at Harvard? That's

(Chimp, 8
 
Points)
 on 5/17/12 at 8:01pm
blackid's picture

You will need to write a

(Monkey, 65
 
Points)
 on 5/17/12 at 8:21pm
2fast4u's picture

thanks man, i appreciate it

(Chimp, 8
 
Points)
 on 5/18/12 at 10:25am
blackid's picture

I was accepted off the

(Monkey, 65
 
Points)
 on 6/14/12 at 4:08pm
J_monkey's picture

blackid: I was accepted off

O
(Baboon, 165
 
Points)
 on 6/14/12 at 4:24pm
blackid's picture

Is the difference between

(Monkey, 65
 
Points)
 on 6/15/12 at 2:46pm
cibo's picture

blackid: Is the difference

(Baboon, 164
 
Points)
 on 6/16/12 at 11:11am
seedy underbelly's picture

blackid: I was accepted off

IB
(King Kong, 1,090
 
Points)
 on 6/16/12 at 11:39am
seedy underbelly's picture

blackid: Is the difference

IB
(King Kong, 1,090
 
Points)
 on 6/16/12 at 11:44am

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