USC v GWU Forum

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Sent my $1500 deposit to GWU last week after getting in off the waitlist there, today I got a call from USC offering me a spot for a $500 deposit.

Moving to DC from Cali would be fun but hectic and stressful. I don't know enough about the quality of the schools or job opportunities after to make a decision based on that.

Help

Scholarship offers? Where do you want to work?

Nothing merit based, cost of attendance for either will probably be around $35k in loans. I could see myself working either west or east coast, but I've grown up in California.

[flexityflex86]

where do you want to work?

usc is a better school than gwu, and it's a bit of a jump better, but you'll have a harder time getting back east. that said, gwu won't get you west so it all depends on where you want to be. at = price, i'd take USC. i'd take USC at anything under 40k in COA.

[bk1]

Scholarship offers? Where do you want to work?

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Scholarship offers? Where do you want to work?

Nothing merit based, cost of attendance for either will probably be around $35k in loans. I could see myself working either west or east coast, but I've grown up in California.

[flexityflex86]

i'd take usc. i think it's more respected nationally, and is more respected in LA than GWU is in DC. it isn't head and shoulders though. i just think a usc diploma is more valuable than a gwu, that LA while struggling right now has less competition than DC, that the weather is better and that the usc alumni base is more faithful.

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Clearly the only choice is to move to DC and commute to California.

[ach24]

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[bdubs]

$1500 of lost deposits at GWU are nothing compared to sticker, and are probably offset by the costs of your move.

USC is a better school, go there.