<p>If you are in SoCal, or if you can spend a bit of time here without financial hardship, it might be worth missing a couple of days of hs to spend a day at UCLA sitting in on classes and a day at USC doing the same thing. If you could organize overnights with students you know from your hs at each of the colleges and soak up the atmosphere even more, so much the better. Be sure to see if you can sit in on at least one TO class when you’re at USC.</p>