UCLA v. USC

[mfleur]

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Any input on USC v. UCLA???

 

[UCLA2000]

UCLA is in a MUCH nicer area, has newer facilities, is ranked higher, and costs about 20K less per year...🙄

 

[CCHieb's]

See this discussion on the UCLA Interview thread.🙂

 

[Jalby]

UCLA is a better place to go when you factor in the cost, far and away. If USC gave you a scholarship to make costs even, I would make the schools about even, with UCLA prolly having the lead.

UCLA has a better location, better opportunities for research. USC has a better curriculum (lived with a UCLA med student last year, am an SC student. He and all of his friends kept saying how they got screwed by UCLA. Nobody has complained here). USC has a more social class (comparing UCLA class of 2001 vs. USC class of 2005 and 2006). USC also has a lot better clinical training, but at UCLA you prolly would have a better chance to use state of the art equipment.

So if I had a choice of choosing between the two, costs being even, UCLA would win.

 

[neofight]

A no brainer. UCLA.

 

[geromine]

My impression:
UCLA: better research opportunities, better area of the city.
USC: better clinical exposure, school atmosphere.