<p>My youngest D is applying to both (of course there is no real guarantee she’ll get into either). Assuming she is accepted by both how do the two compare to each other? We have visited and toured both schools. She absolutely fell in love with UT, but we all came away impressed by USC as well. She plans on majoring in music education.</p>
<p>Do you live in Tennessee? If so, the lottery scholarship could be very helpful at UT. Unfortunately, our DD decided on a school out of state so she was not able to benefit from it. We have spent numerous Saturdays on the UT campus (Go Vols!) in the past, and DD had childhood dreams of going to school there. During her h.s. sophomore year, she started leaning toward smaller schools and expressed more of an interest in LACs. UT does offer a wonderful honors program and we were told if she joined the honors program, they would match the lottery scholarship. There are many additional scholarships. If your DD is looking for a fairly large school with tons of school spirit and a great honors program, I would absolutely suggest UT. I’m sorry I can’t give you any info on South Carolina other than to say - does your daughter really want to be a Gamecock? 
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<p>Good luck to your D on her application process.</p>