Trojan Man

"Congratulations! I am pleased to offer you admission to the University of Southern California..."
So the big envelope from USC came today, bringing the college choices up to 2:

USC
Location: just outside downtown LA
Climate: warm and sunny
Price: Painful, - possibly scholarship
Mascot: Trojan ("Tommy Trojan")
Engineering Major: Undeclared Engineering (admitted to Viterbi School of Engineering)
Music: Badass Trojan Marching Band, very good school of music, well-known faculty
Housing: Traditional dorms or apartment-style
Transportation: Crappy. Airfare home in the $200 range, train/car is 30+ hours

UW
Location: just outside downtown Seattle
Climate: just like home
Price: In-state with $2500 scholarship
Mascot: Husky
Engineering Major: Direct-admission to the College of Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering
Music: Marching Band (maybe), other good programs
Housing: Dorms seem to have a bad reputation
Transportation: Train or car, 4 hour drive


So I'm going up to visit UW for the direct admission information session a week from Monday, and I may go back down to visit USC sometime in the next month or two. I guess I have until May 1st to decide, but I'd like to know by early April so I can get decent housing at either place. Still haven't heard from Cornell, but thats pretty much out for me... East Coast is just too far away for me to really consider right now.

The next week looks busy, but hopefully I'll be able to post sometime relatively soon. Dad leaves for Uganda tomorrow morning, Wednesday is my Eagle Scout BOR, Friday and Saturday I'm down at WOU presenting my lazy excuse for a senior project.