<p>Can someone please tell me more about these schools: USC, Lehigh, Boston College, and UCD? Thanks!</p>
<p>UC Davis is an urban campus in a very college-town atmosphere, with about 25,000 undergrads and 7,000 postgrads. It started out as an agricultural school but now has programs in just about everything. It’s particularly strong in the life sciences and arts and humanities, though. The acceptance rate is about 60 percent.</p>
<p>Boston College is about 9000 undergrads, in Chestnut Hill, a suburb of Boston. Getting into downtown is a 20-30 minute ride on the T (subway) which also stops at Boston University, where it becomes insanely packed with BU kids. Never try to ride it on a weekend night, it’s a nightmare. Campus is quiet and pretty. Academics are good. Sports and school spirit are good, especially Beanpot, which is the big hockey tournament between BC, BU, Northeastern, and Harvard.</p>
<p>As for the student body, you have to love J.Crew and Polo. Kids are rich and religious. The school claims you won’t notice the religious affiliation but my non-religious friends say they sometimes feel alienated because they aren’t Catholic or Christian. The best part about BC is that you’ll be able to make friends with Yachts which you can party on.</p>
<p>That’s my personal (and biased) opinion. I just get annoyed with the judging looks I get when I visit, just because I’m not in my complete Northface/Ugg boot/Louis Vuitton/Tiffany bracelet get up. Still, I have very cool friends there who really, really love it. And BC is in a great location, it’s very traditional, grassy, spacious campus but with easy access to a city that caters entirely to college students.</p>
<p>I have visited both USC and Lehigh. USC has a beautiful, compact campus and a strong sports rivalry with UCLA. The neighborhood around USC is not the best (think urban downtown), but the USC campus police patrol heavily in a 5 mile radius around campus and keep it safe. USC has a strong alumni network, especially in California, and job placement is excellent. The school is known for its film program and Marshall school of business, but is also excellent in engineering as well as many other fields of study.</p>
<p>Lehigh is a smaller school in a small town in Pennsylvania. The campus is located on the side of a hill with the frats at the top of the hill and the bookstore at the bottom. The bookstore area is situated near one end of the town’s main street. There is a separate campus/location for the athletic facilities and a shuttle runs students from the hill to the gym. I think there may also be some dorms at the other location, but I didn’t see them. The rest of the dorms are just below the frats on the hill. The school has very flexible engineering and business programs. It’s easy to double major in engineering and business at Lehigh, or major in one and minor in the other. Lehigh students are highly regarded by businesses on the east coast. It’s not as well known on the west coast.</p>