<p>@caliboundsb</p>
<p>you are correct on Sunday being the worst day of the week and having to wait but then again so are these last 3 months of school. I feel like I’m in a waiting room waiting patiently for the next part of my life to start.</p>
<p>perfect. description. </p>
<p>honestly… i dont think i will be able to wait for anything ever again hahaha ive used up all of my patience on the united states postal service :p</p>
<p>whats worse? my mom teased me earlier today that maybe they dropped off my acceptance letter at the wrong house by accident… now im completely paranoid ahah</p>
<p>werty1992- I think you misunderstood- go back and read that part of the thread again. The post after yours was not referring to you. I think he was referring to the OP when he said “You must not be in WRIT 140 this semester.” That is a class that is required for some USC students and takes up a lot of time. I think he was saying that if the OP HAD been in WRIT 140, he wouldn’t be bored and answering questions on that thread.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/870694-bored-usc-student-answering-your-questions-business-accounting-double-major-3.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/870694-bored-usc-student-answering-your-questions-business-accounting-double-major-3.html</a></p>
<p>tornados I hope Ben brings you that package. Our mailman would not give it over even though my daughter followed him around the neighborhood. You have a much nicer mailman!</p>
<p>hope all the mailmen bring good news today!</p>
<p>Yes, the wait is agonizing, but nice to have some many people to “hang out” with on the CC board. Also waiting on UCSB, but would probably go with UCSD, if USC doesn’t come through. Any thoughts on that? I’m from the East, so no first-hand knowledge of California schools. Friends here can’t keep those “U” s straight! Was excited last week about UCSD, but my GUIDANCE COUNSELOR said, “I thought you got in there months ago?” He was referring to USD – urrgggghhhh</p>
<p>There is the agony of the waiting … and then the agony of deciding. My S is in the interesting position of being accepted to USC, UC Berkeley (Regents) UCLA, UCSD and UCSB (ELC) with five more OOS private to hear back from. It’s probably good he has spring break coming up, so he can ponder all this while waiting on the others. There’s lots of good stuff out there on the college web sites.</p>
<p>Good luck on the USC admittances. My H is on faculty there. It’s a great school.</p>
<p>So no one got my Lost reference earlier? Dang.</p>
<p>Screamer also on the East Coast, we relocated from San Diego- s is also waiting on USC, but was accepted to UCSD and UCLA-- UCSD is an excellent school in probably one of the best locations in the US if not the world. UCSB is also in a great location and is very good school. IMHO, UCSD wins over UCSB! Hopefully you will get accepted to USC and you won’t have to make that choice.</p>
<p>Smithanan…Ben is really a good guy. I am actually looking forward more to saying hello to him today, then to getting the big fatty envelope. My mom and I made him cookies to thank him for his understanding and kindness.</p>
<p>Thanks crunch! Yeah, I was really happy to get into UCSD. At least I’ll be in California one way or the other. No more cold NY winters – yippee!</p>
<p>MagicalMalik…Richard Alpert is your mailman…what year do you believe it is? You seem so “hostile” to me…</p>
<p>Yours truly,</p>
<p>one of the others.</p>
<p>Thank you, tornados, thank you. I can now die in peace.</p>
<p>I live very close to UCSD. Husband went to USCB. It depends on what you want to study as to which school to choose. I would choose the school that has the stronger program for your area of study. Both are in gorgeous locations, but UCSD does not have a college town feel. UCSB has more of a college town feel to it. Also, UCSD is broken up into different colleges where UCSB is not. Both are on the ocean and have great climates. </p>
<p>UCSD and UCSB feel very different. I would suggest a road trip if you are unsure.</p>
<p>My S is still hoping to hear from USC. I hope something good comes in the mail this week for all of you. :)</p>
<p>Thanks. We did fly out to California last spring and drove from San Fran to San Diego, visiting colleges. But, D was discouraged – didn’t think she would get into either UCSB or UCSD. Ironically, I don’t think we realized QUITE HOW COMPETITIVE USC is – that has always been her first choice. But, now having been accepted at UCSD, she is looking at it in a different light. To complicate things, she’s been offered a very nice scholarship to Univ. of San Diego. I know that that school is not ranked as highly and that it is much smaller. But, I think she has been picturing herself there. In short – one way or the other, I think another trip is inevitable.</p>
<p>I want to preface this comment by saying that it is my own opinion and not necessarily the opnion of others.</p>
<p>The more prestigious of the schools that your son has been admitted to is Berkeley followed by UCLA. It depends on what he wants to study. All 4 of the campuses (UCB, UCLA, UCSD and UCSB) are all very different in the way that they feel. I would definitely visit each of them over spring break if you can. My husband attended UCSB for Undergrad, UCLA for his medical residency and UCSD for his fellowship. He always talks fondly of his years at UCSB.</p>
<p>Berkeley is the farthest north. (Bay area) I would suggest flying into LAX. UCLA is fairly close to the airport on 405 North. Santa Barbara is about 1.5 hours to the north and San Diego is 2.5 hours to the south. (In SoCal people usually refer to how long it takes to get from place to place versus how many miles it is) Berkeley is about an 8 hour drive from San Diego, so about 5.5 hours from LA.</p>
<p>The advantage of USC over the other 4 is that it is private and has a huge endowment fund. (3.5 billion) Therefore, it is not subject to the state budget cuts. Although, it is not as prestigious as Berkeley. With CA state budget cuts, all of the UCs are hurting. One of my close friend’s daughter is a senior at UCLA. She told me a couple of weeks ago that she was glad to be graduating because of all of the cuts. For example, she is a Geography major and needed 2 classes to graduate. Normally, the first was offered in the Fall and the second in the Spring. This year, both are offered in the Spring, so she has to leave one 15 minutes early and be late to the other class.</p>
<p>She also said that her upper division seminars are 100 students instead of the traditional 30.</p>
<p>USD is a gorgeous school. I have friends who attended USD from the east coast and never left San Diego. Since it is a smaller Catholic school, it will be a very different experience than attending USC (large school) or one of the UC’s.</p>
<p>One thing that I would like to share with all you. My older son is a junior at CU Boulder. His first choice was UCSB and he was crushed when he was not admitted. But, he absolutely LOVES Boulder. I attended a parent luncheon and a vert popular professor spoke. I have never forgotten what he said. “Success in college is NOT predicted by your GPA or SAT scores. Success is predicted by how you visualize yourself as a student in the campus community.” What he was saying is that in order to be sucessful in college, you need to participate in the student community and be involved.</p>
<p>My son was a pretty shy kid. In fact at orientation, he wanted me to stay with him. I told him that I would stay until the first person showed up. (who has turned out to be his best friend) Two hours later, he had made 10 friends and was happy as could be.</p>
<p>He joined a fraternity and had 60 instant friends and participated in many social activities such as bowling night, hiking, particiapting in intra-fraternity football (although he was not very good) and in Greek Week activities. He made lots of friends. He is now in Greenpeace and another Anthropology club.</p>
<p>A friend of mine had a daughter who went to Boulder the same year as my son and she never joined any clubs and really never got involved in anything. She was miserable and came home after the first year. I’m not saying that Greek life is for everyone, but there will be hundreds of clubs to choose from when you get to college. There will be many other kids in your dorm. You really need to be inolved.</p>
<p>Even if you do not get admitted to USC, which I really hope all you do, you are going to land in a place where you will be happy. If you truly want to attend USC and are not admitted, then you can appeal or find out what you need to do to transfer. My youngest son thinks it is going to be the end of the world if he does not get his letter from USC this week, but I know that it won’t be. :)</p>
<p>My mail man doesn’t have a name, but I was looking out the window today waiting for the mail. When the little cart pulled up to my mailbox, I watched as the mail WOMAN had a few tiny envelops in her hand and was about to put them in my box. Suddenly she turned back to her pile of mail and pulled out a huge envelope! I got really excited and waited for her to drive off to the next house. I ran out with no shoes in the rain, opened my mail box and pulled out this big envelope! It was addressed to my dad, with no sign from USC…</p>
<p>did anyone in the chicago area get letters today?</p>
<p>Screamr where in NY?</p>