Congratulations! Maybe our daughters will become friends in the near future. I know. And that’s something she is excited about. They also have a great abroad program. There are many things she loves about Syracuse. She is going on Friday for an admitted student event and is hoping to find her answers after this final college visit. She has been there before but not as an admitted student.
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This is true. Its definitely more for the experience but at least for my daughter, I know she will want to continue to graduate school so maybe if she gets a taste of LA with the comfort of knowing she’s only so far from home temporarily, it will help her get over her fear and she can go to grad school in CA if she chooses.
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She found three other spring admits via IG and they rented an off campus place nearby
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They put on a great event, really well organized!
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Our daughter finished college in CA and then did a two month Peace Corps assignment. She then did move back her to prepare for professional school applications…which she did. Went to Georgia for five years for that, but is now about an hour from us.
I asked why she didn’t return to California and she said she had gotten california out of her system…honest. That is what she said. Her five best friends…only two still are in CA.
California is expensive.
Came across Niche rankings for schools with Communications major. Was a bit surprised. Listed top 25 schools. USC #1 and Syracuse was at #25. (Northwestern #2).
We live in a pricey part of New England. Cost was not a factor in our daughter’s decision. She actually likes our home state!
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Communications is so varied - it’s hard to look at a ranking of an overall school - vs. major specific, etc.
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Yes, I agree. I have always regarded Syracuse’s Newhouse School as among the top 2 or 3 for Broadcast Journalism–especially so for sports related Broadcast Journalism.
USC has received major donations from private individuals related to the film industry which has enabled the school to rise to the top. In 2006, George Lucas donated $175 million to USC’s film dept.
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The funny thing about any of these schools - when they talk about success - they always put up a few alums. Forever at SU, it was in journalism - Bob Costas, Marv Albert, Marty Glickman, Ted Koppell. Today it’s Mike and Ian. For film making it’s Aaron Sorkin. I know the DIck Clark Foundation has donated a lot to SU and its LA offerings.
For USC, George Lucas and I’m sure a few others.
That’s what worries me - most these kids will struggle but they’re not marketed as such.
I just hope everyone goes into these fields eyes wide open outcome wise.
Internships are important. Any program which has connections leading to student internships should be given serious consideration.
Niche ranking has quite a few other factors built into it, such as student life, college athletics, diversity, etc…
So I would suggest not to look at it as a pure indicator of the strength of the academic program.
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I agree with this, that it’s ok to turn down your dream school. MY D23 grew up in LA, moved to the east coast before starting high school, and now goes to film school at Emerson. Since she went to gymnastics camp at UCLA when she was seven, she dreamed of going there for college. But when she researched all the film schools last year, she decided it was not the type of program she wanted since for the first two years she would be taking almost exclusively the general ed classes. She never even applied.
I think one advantage for Syracuse is that it’s easy to do any major once she’s in Newhouse. At USC, it’s nearly impossible to transfer from Annenberg to SCA. The program stressed that in their tours and information sessions.
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I agree. I keep reminding my daughter that she needs to be where she feels happiest, not at the best ranked. Lots of social pressure about college among these kids right now.
About the major, we understand the outcome of the jobs but I can’t make her study computer science, per se, if that’s not her thing. She is an amazing writer and has been since she was a little girl. Creating stories, networking via the internet with international groups, has even been involved with editing a published book in England. I can’t steer her away from her passion. These days, many people don’t get jobs in their major anyway so I’d rather her be fully engaged and learning and doing what she loves while she’s in college. I think she’ll be more successful regardless of what she ends up doing
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Looking forward to it
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Do you think the Olympics will be a disruption to the campus? Not sure how early they come to prepare for summer Olympics. 2028 will be my daughters graduating year
Often times they become a classroom experience. Imagine a documentary or something they’d have access too - or film crews to work on as a stringer, etc.
For a student, it should be a positive.
What great stories she’d have to create and tell…
USC’s graduation is in early May. The Olympics aren’t until July 14- July 30.
I imagine that a lot of students will be working (or volunteering) at the games.
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But assuming the student isn’t yet employed, it could provide a wonderful opportunity.
But it might be the same for kids from other schools too - that are brought in.
It isn’t just students. There will be tens of thousands of people working/volunteering. My spouse and I have already signed up to be notified when they need volunteers. It is a once in a lifetime experience.
The Olympics are going to take part across Los Angeles. The Athletes’ Village will be at UCLA. The Media Village and Main Press Center will be at USC. This website has a map of the different venues and their locations.
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