<p>Thanks so much for all your advice. From reading it though I still have mixed feelings. Princeton is indeed princeton, and cornell still has the best arch, but USC still has the strong appeal of me having been there. Unfortunatey dielhdun, I cant visit princeton or cornell before I have to make my decision because I cant fly to the US until classes begin (the trip is pretty expensive). I know the arch course at USC is tough, the summer program ran classes from 9am to 9pm monday to friday but i think im ready for that. Princeton and to a lesser extent cornell (because I still havnt heard if im off the waiting list for financial aid and thats now a big factor) are both unknowns to me in terms of campus, atmosphere, surrounding areas and so on. Basically im going off reputations, ivy league status and as many web realted info sources as I can find…the decisions!!!</p>
<p>Dielhdun, if you dont miond me asking, why are transfering to cornell? our positions are weirdly similar lol</p>