NerdmoD wrote:Thanks for all of your comments / thoughts everyone!
As a pretty darn exciting update, after following the advice of many of you, I actually just got a call from Dean Schwartz (at UCLA) a few days after the first deposit date, and was awarded $66,800 in merit-based scholarship aid!
Kind makes this thread moot, but I am very excited, and figured I would let you all know...I hate when an advice thread goes unresolved.... (besides, I just might have to open a new one next week if SC gets back to me a competitive offer...

Wow totally missed this- congrats!! Go to UCLA,

unless USC can beat that offer significantly.