Northwestern vs. USC Honors Program (ENGR.)

ViterbiStudent
Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:06:29 +0000

Hi!

I am a civil/ environmental engineering student in the honors program at USC and I absolutely love it (I’m biased of course). I have never visited Northwestern and I am sure they have a lot to offer also but I’m just going to tell you why I chose USC.

As a Pennsylvania native, I applied to mostly east coast schools (USC was the only school west of Penn State that I applied to). I didn’t really think I would like USC because I knew nothing about it, but I visited and as corny as it sounds fell absolutely in love with it. I just felt like I fit and after that I compared all the other schools I visited to USC.

Once I got here I realized how much USC and the Viterbi school has to offer. I have never once felt like a number and I love the atmosphere within the viterbi school and USC as a whole. Everyone here bleeds cardinal and gold and there are a lot of great resources (which I am sure you heard about when you came to visit).

In the end I say follow your gut- you’ll know which school is right for you and in the end, college is what you make of it- you can be happy anywhere.

Good luck!

PS- if you have any questions, feel free to email me at viterbi.student@usc.edu and check out this link where you can see what life is like to be a Trojan Engineer (I’m on there, my twitter feed is Alindy!)

[USC - Viterbi School of Engineering - Viterbi Student Ambassadors](http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/vsa/)