I'm currently sitting in the lecture hall where they're gonna hold the USC admissions talk with about around 40 other people, parents and students. I was supposed to meet someone from the Public Policy and Development department, but the counselor ended up being busy so unfortunately, I'm not gonna be meeting someone today. Also, apparently I was the only one signed up the meet that department, oh well.
So far I've visited Occidental, Claremont-McKenna and UCLA. The first two being small liberal arts colleges and the latter being the largest UC in the system. The one thing that I've discovered so far is that I like the small school perks and personal attention but the big school environment. Claremont-McKenna has pretty much everything I'm looking for in terms of focus of teaching, personality of the student body, counseling, and quality of food. But right now, the only real downside I can think of is the size. Being on campus it was kind of small and there weren't many people around.
On the other hand, there was UCLA. Big school, city environment, lots of students around. Just stepping on I felt at home, really reminded of being on the Berkeley campus. I've still to visit UCI, UCSD and UCSB, so more big schools with traditions.
Aside from that, being in LA is a lot of fun. Oh, presentation started-
to be continued...