A famed Irish poet by the name of W.B. Yeats once said that, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but rather the lighting of a fire.” Deciding my life’s course at such a young age is a daunting expectation, but the first step is choosing where I will be taught how to work through my new life. Choosing this place, like W.B. Yeats said, shouldn’t be finding a place to goof off and just memorizing information, but it should be a place where I will gain a spark of knowledge that will cause me to innovate and change the world instead of just dragging my feet through it all. I, however, am having troubles deciding on which creativity inducing place I must choose. The two universities that I am having trouble choosing between are New York University in New York City and The University of Southern California in Los Angeles. My desires of where I should go seem to be leaning more towards USC right now and not as much towards New York University based upon their costs of living, majors they provide, and overall atmosphere of the location itself.
The University of Southern California’s school tuition prices are expensive, but their non-academic student plans make things a lot cheaper that are required on a day to day basis. Total tuition costs at USC usually run for about …show more content…
USC offers tons of extracurriculars for it’s students to participate in with clubs and social organizations like ROTC and College Quidditch (“University of Southern California”). There is also a really great football team at USC which allows for more fun outside of class. For more academic fun, USC has a motion capture lab which really interests me for both the cinema and game development majors I would like to pursue (“University of Southern California”). Finally, the great weather of California makes everyday better and the city itself offers thousands of things to do to keep me intrigued with the
The University of Southern California’s school tuition prices are expensive, but their non-academic student plans make things a lot cheaper that are required on a day to day basis. Total tuition costs at USC usually run for about …show more content…
USC offers tons of extracurriculars for it’s students to participate in with clubs and social organizations like ROTC and College Quidditch (“University of Southern California”). There is also a really great football team at USC which allows for more fun outside of class. For more academic fun, USC has a motion capture lab which really interests me for both the cinema and game development majors I would like to pursue (“University of Southern California”). Finally, the great weather of California makes everyday better and the city itself offers thousands of things to do to keep me intrigued with the