MIT or SAC of USC?

jack1232
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:49:28 +0000

Thank for the input from all of you.

my D haven’s visited any college yet. We plan to visit USC for scholarship interview in Feb. and MIT for CPW event in April. After seeing the campuses, she may come out some ideas which school is a better fit to her.

If in MIT, she will be in double majors, visual arts/computer, and then plan to continue graduate study at the Media Lab.

If in USC, she will be in interactive intertainment major, and may continue in the same field for MFA. after graduation, she will work on video games. Indeed, these are two very different career paths.

Considering financial aid, USC is much better, it will probably provide full-ride merit-based scholarship. MIT only has need-based aid. In our case, it is expected to get very little aid from MIT.

anyway, we will respect her choice.