Location is something she is considering but to be honest it is a distant second. The biggest issue she is grappling with is quality of the engineering program. Perceived or in actuality. I know that is is rather subjective but we were hoping there was a strong lean one way or another. Another issue is that one school (USC) has the exact major she wants and the other has a more general program. That would be a good tie breaker except that she doesn’t have a strong reason for wanting that exact major. It all falls under engineering so she is being advised to take the higher regarded school but it’s still a tough decision for her. And what if USC is 5K more year? Does that sway anyone?