Hi. First of all congratulations on your admissions! I have been surfing through many forums as I am also interested in VLSI design and have got 2 admits for fall 09. Based on the comments I have read, I would say that USC is far better than BU esp. for VLSI. Also I have heard that there are a lot of USC grads working in the silicon valley.
I haven't yet decided b/w my two admits.
1) Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
2) San Jose State University.
I am interested in Digital VLSI design. What do you think, where should i go??