USC University of South Carolina (gamecocks)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I knew DCUM would be as kind as ever when posting.

My concern isn’t creepy. I’m not naive enough to think all colleges are the same, and I know the vibe of some schools all too well. Just wanted to hear some more recent experiences with the school.

I have the same concerns about sending my son to a southern school. I'm not ruling it out, but it is in the back of my mind.

[Anonymous]

Yeah the more frequent and open racism, huge Greek culture, conservatism of the State and the school being a bit of a let down for those who didn’t get into Clemson all seem like big turnoffs to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a fun atmosphere between Clemson and South Carolina,

South Carolina is often referred the little brother and the social media between the tow is hilarious. with that said, the truth is, if you can't get into Clemson you go to south Carolina, if you get into Clemson you go to Clemson. The saying is, if I got into Clemson I would have gone there but I didn't so I am here in Columbia.

Great rivalry

I went to high school in South Carolina. For the kids staying instate for college and not interested in CoC, those that could go to USC honors went there, Clemson was second, and USC non-honors was third

USC also has by far the best business school in the state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah the more frequent and open racism, huge Greek culture, conservatism of the State and the school being a bit of a let down for those who didn’t get into Clemson all seem like big turnoffs to me.

Why are we continuing to perpetuate stereotypes based on experiences you all had over a decade ago?
I have a student there now. No indications of any of these things mentioned. Great school overall. Even better business school.
Super fun sports and social scene. Strong academics.

But, I guess that doesn't meet the DCUM narrative. Sorry it isn't an Ivy. In many ways, it is better!
GO COCKS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah the more frequent and open racism, huge Greek culture, conservatism of the State and the school being a bit of a let down for those who didn’t get into Clemson all seem like big turnoffs to me.

Why are we continuing to perpetuate stereotypes based on experiences you all had over a decade ago?
I have a student there now. No indications of any of these things mentioned. Great school overall. Even better business school.
Super fun sports and social scene. Strong academics.

But, I guess that doesn't meet the DCUM narrative. Sorry it isn't an Ivy. In many ways, it is better!
GO COCKS!

Because they are narrow minded hyper-emotional humans that harbor an irrational fear and thus zero tolerance for anything divergent from their ideology.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah the more frequent and open racism, huge Greek culture, conservatism of the State and the school being a bit of a let down for those who didn’t get into Clemson all seem like big turnoffs to me.

Why are we continuing to perpetuate stereotypes based on experiences you all had over a decade ago?
I have a student there now. No indications of any of these things mentioned. Great school overall. Even better business school.
Super fun sports and social scene. Strong academics.

But, I guess that doesn't meet the DCUM narrative. Sorry it isn't an Ivy. In many ways, it is better!
GO COCKS!

My son is there and there is frequent use of the n word and racism.

Not by the university or teachers but definitely by students.

It’s not a stereo type it’s a fact.

My sons SC friends are not racist but most other people he meets don’t think anything of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah the more frequent and open racism, huge Greek culture, conservatism of the State and the school being a bit of a let down for those who didn’t get into Clemson all seem like big turnoffs to me.

Why are we continuing to perpetuate stereotypes based on experiences you all had over a decade ago?
I have a student there now. No indications of any of these things mentioned. Great school overall. Even better business school.
Super fun sports and social scene. Strong academics.

But, I guess that doesn't meet the DCUM narrative. Sorry it isn't an Ivy. In many ways, it is better!
GO COCKS!

Because they are narrow minded hyper-emotional humans that harbor an irrational fear and thus zero tolerance for anything divergent from their ideology.

I'm the PP who posted who attended and graduated 10 years ago (which frankly is not too far in the past). I'm also from the south, have friends who live in Columbia and Greenville and have attended football games. I've also as recently as 5 years ago attended alumni events for my sorority (tri-delt).

My view is that it's a good school for some things. I did incredibly well there, got research opportunities in the sciences and had great health care volunteering opportunities. My social life was good, if not a bit unfulfilling because the social truth of the environment I was in was exactly how I described. Yes, there are liberal people, yes, there are black people, but holy hell, the racism was something I still try to unpack sometimes because it was everywhere. It was super ugly.

But what was so crazy was the let's get married or one night stand dichotomy that ruled the dating world down there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah the more frequent and open racism, huge Greek culture, conservatism of the State and the school being a bit of a let down for those who didn’t get into Clemson all seem like big turnoffs to me.

Why are we continuing to perpetuate stereotypes based on experiences you all had over a decade ago?
I have a student there now. No indications of any of these things mentioned. Great school overall. Even better business school.
Super fun sports and social scene. Strong academics.

But, I guess that doesn't meet the DCUM narrative. Sorry it isn't an Ivy. In many ways, it is better!
GO COCKS!

Because they are narrow minded hyper-emotional humans that harbor an irrational fear and thus zero tolerance for anything divergent from their ideology.

I'm the PP who posted who attended and graduated 10 years ago (which frankly is not too far in the past). I'm also from the south, have friends who live in Columbia and Greenville and have attended football games. I've also as recently as 5 years ago attended alumni events for my sorority (tri-delt).

My view is that it's a good school for some things. I did incredibly well there, got research opportunities in the sciences and had great health care volunteering opportunities. My social life was good, if not a bit unfulfilling because the social truth of the environment I was in was exactly how I described. Yes, there are liberal people, yes, there are black people, but holy hell, the racism was something I still try to unpack sometimes because it was everywhere. It was super ugly.

But what was so crazy was the let's get married or one night stand dichotomy that ruled the dating world down there.

Lot of racism at University of Minnesota as well. Racism is everywhere, including the DMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah the more frequent and open racism, huge Greek culture, conservatism of the State and the school being a bit of a let down for those who didn’t get into Clemson all seem like big turnoffs to me.

Why are we continuing to perpetuate stereotypes based on experiences you all had over a decade ago?
I have a student there now. No indications of any of these things mentioned. Great school overall. Even better business school.
Super fun sports and social scene. Strong academics.

But, I guess that doesn't meet the DCUM narrative. Sorry it isn't an Ivy. In many ways, it is better!
GO COCKS!

Did you just say that with a straight face!

[Anonymous]

Then go start a thread about University of Minnesota.

Don’t try to block or downplay someone who has a relatively recent experience at a school when that’s exactly what was requested. 2012 is not 1992.

Anyone with more recent or firsthand experience with the school, (USC), keep it coming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah the more frequent and open racism, huge Greek culture, conservatism of the State and the school being a bit of a let down for those who didn’t get into Clemson all seem like big turnoffs to me.

Why are we continuing to perpetuate stereotypes based on experiences you all had over a decade ago?
I have a student there now. No indications of any of these things mentioned. Great school overall. Even better business school.
Super fun sports and social scene. Strong academics.

But, I guess that doesn't meet the DCUM narrative. Sorry it isn't an Ivy. In many ways, it is better!
GO COCKS!

Did you just say that with a straight face!

Yes, I did.

It is all over hoodies, shirts, hats, etc. It is short for Gamecocks. At football games, basketball games, soccer games, and everywhere, the PA system and cheerleaders get one side of the stadium yelling "GO" and the other side yelling "COCKS".

Does it get sophomoric and juvenile at times? Sure. But it is all in fun and not offensive. The only people victimized by that saying are the ones that are victimized by everything and everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah the more frequent and open racism, huge Greek culture, conservatism of the State and the school being a bit of a let down for those who didn’t get into Clemson all seem like big turnoffs to me.

Why are we continuing to perpetuate stereotypes based on experiences you all had over a decade ago?
I have a student there now. No indications of any of these things mentioned. Great school overall. Even better business school.
Super fun sports and social scene. Strong academics.

But, I guess that doesn't meet the DCUM narrative. Sorry it isn't an Ivy. In many ways, it is better!
GO COCKS!

Because they are narrow minded hyper-emotional humans that harbor an irrational fear and thus zero tolerance for anything divergent from their ideology.

I'm the PP who posted who attended and graduated 10 years ago (which frankly is not too far in the past). I'm also from the south, have friends who live in Columbia and Greenville and have attended football games. I've also as recently as 5 years ago attended alumni events for my sorority (tri-delt).

My view is that it's a good school for some things. I did incredibly well there, got research opportunities in the sciences and had great health care volunteering opportunities. My social life was good, if not a bit unfulfilling because the social truth of the environment I was in was exactly how I described. Yes, there are liberal people, yes, there are black people, but holy hell, the racism was something I still try to unpack sometimes because it was everywhere. It was super ugly.

But what was so crazy was the let's get married or one night stand dichotomy that ruled the dating world down there.

Not discounting your experience at the time.
But also not consistent with current student experiences now.

Of course, this is all about single source anecdotal data. Your experience vs a current student experience. Both a sample size of one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah the more frequent and open racism, huge Greek culture, conservatism of the State and the school being a bit of a let down for those who didn’t get into Clemson all seem like big turnoffs to me.

Why are we continuing to perpetuate stereotypes based on experiences you all had over a decade ago?
I have a student there now. No indications of any of these things mentioned. Great school overall. Even better business school.
Super fun sports and social scene. Strong academics.

But, I guess that doesn't meet the DCUM narrative. Sorry it isn't an Ivy. In many ways, it is better!
GO COCKS!

My son is there and there is frequent use of the n word and racism.

Not by the university or teachers but definitely by students.

It’s not a stereo type it’s a fact.

My sons SC friends are not racist but most other people he meets don’t think anything of it.

This is a big concern for my liberal DC who is actually considering the school after a surprisingly great visit where, obviously, none of this was present. They found the community to be diverse, down to earth, and even liked Columbia. Does your son regret choosing UofSC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah the more frequent and open racism, huge Greek culture, conservatism of the State and the school being a bit of a let down for those who didn’t get into Clemson all seem like big turnoffs to me.

Why are we continuing to perpetuate stereotypes based on experiences you all had over a decade ago?
I have a student there now. No indications of any of these things mentioned. Great school overall. Even better business school.
Super fun sports and social scene. Strong academics.

But, I guess that doesn't meet the DCUM narrative. Sorry it isn't an Ivy. In many ways, it is better!
GO COCKS!

My son is there and there is frequent use of the n word and racism.

Not by the university or teachers but definitely by students.

It’s not a stereo type it’s a fact.

My sons SC friends are not racist but most other people he meets don’t think anything of it.

This is a big concern for my liberal DC who is actually considering the school after a surprisingly great visit where, obviously, none of this was present. They found the community to be diverse, down to earth, and even liked Columbia. Does your son regret choosing UofSC?

No regrets at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah the more frequent and open racism, huge Greek culture, conservatism of the State and the school being a bit of a let down for those who didn’t get into Clemson all seem like big turnoffs to me.

Why are we continuing to perpetuate stereotypes based on experiences you all had over a decade ago?
I have a student there now. No indications of any of these things mentioned. Great school overall. Even better business school.
Super fun sports and social scene. Strong academics.

But, I guess that doesn't meet the DCUM narrative. Sorry it isn't an Ivy. In many ways, it is better!
GO COCKS!

My son is there and there is frequent use of the n word and racism.

Not by the university or teachers but definitely by students.

It’s not a stereo type it’s a fact.

My sons SC friends are not racist but most other people he meets don’t think anything of it.

So you are condemning an entire student body based on your son's experience? And then resolve your son's friends. And then say most others don't think anything of it?
Sounds like a lot of double standards being applied here.