You should study in France. I dare you.
As a high school student, you can study in France alongside other French high schoolers for a semester or a year. Your credits will transfer, allowing you to still graduate on time. Or you can spend a summer studying in France.
Once you are in college, you can study your major in France. Both the UCs and the State colleges have exchange programs, enabling you to pay in state tuition while studying in France. Again, your credits will transfer and you will graduate on time.
Or you can start in Paris and use it as a way to get into USC.
Here are the links with the pertinent information:

High schoolers:

Studying in France for a semester or a year, staying with a French family:

http://www.afsusa.org/study-abroad/high-school-abroad/display-program/?destination=29&category=1

OR

http://www.ciee.org/hsabroad/high-school-study-abroad/france/index.html

For your college days:

If you want to go to USC, but can't meet all of the requirements, use the USC Trojan Transfer Plan and study at the American University of Paris for a year first. Meet the requirements, and you are in to USC as a 2nd year student:
https://www.aup.edu/admissions/undergraduate/university-of-southern-california-freshman
(see attached power point for more information)

For UC students:
http://eap.ucop.edu/OurPrograms/Pages/default.aspx

to see what one could study in Bordeaux, for example:
http://eap.ucop.edu/OurPrograms/Pages/Searches/SearchResults.aspx?programid=56

For Cal State students:
http://www.calstate.edu/ip/programs/programs.shtml

 

Another option is to do your entire Bachelor's degree entirely in France.  This can open many doors of opportunities as well, and it is way cheaper than studying in the U.S. For more details on this, see the below Word document entitled, "Getting a university degree in France."