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    Familiar a bit with UCLA and a bit with USC. Like you, I like both campuses. But, not a "fan" of the area around USC once you step off the campus. To me, it is pretty rundown area. I know that they have volunteer "police" that patrol the neighborhoods outside of campus proper and provide walking escorts, etc. as needed, but I still would not feel real safe there. UCLA is to me, in a much better neighborhood.

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      People during winter often ask how I could've ever moved to Minnesota. I tell them the winters are tough but the summer is really perfect for about 4 days in July. (Kidding, May->October here IMO is fantastic, minus mosquitos right at dusk).

      Anyway, thanks for the insights, yeah personally I'd be overwhelmed (in a good way) with all of the history and film/music at those schools. How fantastic to be in those halls (and parking lots).

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        At UCLA, did you see the Jim Morrison locker?

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        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

          Familiar a bit with UCLA and a bit with USC. Like you, I like both campuses. But, not a "fan" of the area around USC once you step off the campus. To me, it is pretty rundown area. I know that they have volunteer "police" that patrol the neighborhoods outside of campus proper and provide walking escorts, etc. as needed, but I still would not feel real safe there. UCLA is to me, in a much better neighborhood.

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          @taiwan_girl said in Reflections on college visits:

          Familiar a bit with UCLA and a bit with USC. Like you, I like both campuses. But, not a "fan" of the area around USC once you step off the campus. To me, it is pretty rundown area. I know that they have volunteer "police" that patrol the neighborhoods outside of campus proper and provide walking escorts, etc. as needed, but I still would not feel real safe there. UCLA is to me, in a much better neighborhood.

          We noticed that too. Also the university has a deal with Lyft for free rides for students in the evenings within a certain radius of school. There’s a reason the place is so expensive.

          The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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          • KlausK Klaus

            At UCLA, did you see the Jim Morrison locker?

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            @Klaus said in Reflections on college visits:

            At UCLA, did you see the Jim Morrison locker?

            Nope. They didn’t mention it.

            The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              @Klaus said in Reflections on college visits:

              At UCLA, did you see the Jim Morrison locker?

              Nope. They didn’t mention it.

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              @jon-nyc said in Reflections on college visits:

              @Klaus said in Reflections on college visits:

              At UCLA, did you see the Jim Morrison locker?

              Nope. They didn’t mention it.

              That locker was in the computer science building when I visited UCLA.

              It's full of stickers, and it is said that most stickers are laced with cocaine

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              • MikM Away
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                Eh, if they were they would have been taken long ago. College students don't have the money for 8 balls.

                "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                  By the way, we saw the college republicans setting up a booth at Berkeley. Brave young souls.

                  The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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                  • KlausK Klaus

                    @jon-nyc said in Reflections on college visits:

                    @Klaus said in Reflections on college visits:

                    At UCLA, did you see the Jim Morrison locker?

                    Nope. They didn’t mention it.

                    That locker was in the computer science building when I visited UCLA.

                    It's full of stickers, and it is said that most stickers are laced with cocaine

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                    @Klaus I did a pilgrimage of sorts* to see his gravesite at Pere Lechaise, that’s enough for one lifetime.

                    *All the way from Chopin’s grave, a good 500m.

                    The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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                      By the way, we saw the college republicans setting up a booth at Berkeley. Brave young souls.

                      MikM Away
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                      @jon-nyc said in Reflections on college visits:

                      By the way, we saw the college republicans setting up a booth at Berkeley. Brave young souls.

                      Surprised the Red Guard didn’t attack them.

                      "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                        In fairness they were still setting up. They may not have seen them yet.

                        The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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                          What subject does boy-nyc want to study?

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                            He’s narrowed it down to either medicine or aerospace engineering. With a minor in music.

                            The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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                            • MikM Away
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                              A rich life.

                              "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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