Tell me about USC?
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Anonymous
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It looks like a potential fit for my kid, but other than that it's in California, and a reach, and a few things I've read on the internet, I don't know much.
What should I know? |
Anonymous
| One thing that surprised me is that they favor instate students even though a private school. Just south of 40 percent are Californians. Which makes acceptance odds for oos students even lower than the 10 percent overall rate. |
Anonymous
A lot of private schools have more kids from the home state. It’s not favoritism. |
Anonymous
| Beautiful, walled campus near downtown Los Angeles. Location is close to some very dangerous parts of the City (hence the wall). Big Greek life. Classes in the first two years are large. Tenured faculty typically are excellent, but there are a lot of "visiting" and "adjunct" professors that are not of the same caliber. Strong alumni network and career services. |
Anonymous
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USC's nickname is "university of spoiled children".
If I recall correctly, the school does have a football team (but not sure about cheerleaders). |
Anonymous
| Nothing better than their cheerleaders in the whites... |
Anonymous
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Simply a great T25 level school. No explanation necessary unless you have specific questions. |
Anonymous
If you recall correctly? 2022’s Heisman Trophy winner was the quarterback from USC. He’s a local - went to Gonzaga. |
Anonymous
You mean it has 2022’s Heisman trophy? |
Anonymous
/s fail |
Anonymous
yea, spoiled children produce these results Top feeders to engineering #1 https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-engineering Top feeders to Wall Street #10 https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking Top feeders to Silicon Valley #8 https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech |
Anonymous
| Diverse study body, clean attractive campus, school spirit, tons of opportunities, top notch professors, they spend lots of money on the details (nothing is neglected). Location is eh. It’s adjacent to downtown and area is sketchy. Excellent alumni network. A real powerhouse in California in business, finance, real estate and entertainment. Not sure how the alumni network extends outside of CA. A lot of kids seem to respond very positively to USC. |
Anonymous
this is a peak "I went to college in 1992, let me give you the inside scoop" DCUM post. |
Anonymous
This is a "open" secret. For e.g. UPenn has tons of kids from Philly area, Harvard from Boston, Rice from Houston. I think feeder schools is a real fact. |
Anonymous
Thanks! My kid wants to study engineering, so that is nice to see! -- OP |