You're definitely on the right track. 1) It is a very, very competitive private university, but you definitely get a chance. read more
2) USC is about as hard to get as UCB and UCLA, but UCLA is slightly more competitive. my friend got into USC and UCLA but my other friend was just accepted at USC for the spring semester, but not UCLA. read more
in the beginning i wanted to apply to UCLA but if your not a california resident (and an international student on top of that) its tuff to get in so i applied to USC since it was the other good school in the LA area. i feel like i hav a better shot of gettin into the private school. read more