USC did seem rather lively though, and I'm not exactly bothered by the area. I probably even slightly prefer it to SB, but am I sacrificing odds of getting into a good grad school in doing so?
I'm out of state for UCSB but I'm going to be in their CCS program, whereas I'm in state at Penn State but am currently on the waitlist for their honors program. Per year cost is 65k/year vs 25k/year. Neither will put us in debt, but obviously the former is quite a bit less comfortable. What...