WaPo Story on Marshall Student Accpeted to USC at 16 - Read This if DC Did Not Get Into TJ.

[Anonymous]

USC is a great school, but it kind of has that "rich kid" GW vibe, while UCLA has the better academic reputation. On the other hand, the WASPy culture of USC may be on the way out, as the student body is becoming more diverse today. The percentage of Asian students has been steadily going up, and the school has put a lot of effort into recruiting students from China, South Korea, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:USC is a great school, but it kind of has that "rich kid" GW vibe, while UCLA has the better academic reputation. On the other hand, the WASPy culture of USC may be on the way out, as the student body is becoming more diverse today. The percentage of Asian students has been steadily going up, and the school has put a lot of effort into recruiting students from China, South Korea, etc.

that's because they pay full tuition which helps to support USC's expensive football team.

[Anonymous]

Not sure where people come off saying tuition supports the football program. According to the Orange County Register, USC's football program had revenues of $34 million and expenses of $23 million in 2011-12. For many schools with winning programs, football is a net revenue generator.

[Anonymous]

" And I say to you gentlemen that this college is a failure. The trouble is we're neglecting football for education."

-- Groucho Marx, "Horsefeathers"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure where people come off saying tuition supports the football program. According to the Orange County Register, USC's football program had revenues of $34 million and expenses of $23 million in 2011-12. For many schools with winning programs, football is a net revenue generator.

O.k., I stand corrected. Thanks for looking that up.
Woah. The football team costs 23 million. The surplus can go fund campus security to build fences to keep the neighborhood thugs out. Place sounds like the Green Zone in Baghdad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My initial thought when I saw the article to wonder why a 16 year old going to college is newsworthy? I'm sure this happens to thousands of grade-skippers all across the country each year. I was 16 when I started college... I'm certainly not exceptional.

Same here

+2. Know lots of people who went to an Ivy League school at 16. My brother went to Hopkins at 14. Why is this news?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My initial thought when I saw the article to wonder why a 16 year old going to college is newsworthy? I'm sure this happens to thousands of grade-skippers all across the country each year. I was 16 when I started college... I'm certainly not exceptional.

Same here

+2. Know lots of people who went to an Ivy League school at 16. My brother went to Hopkins at 14. Why is this news?

Not suprised when you buy your way in

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My initial thought when I saw the article to wonder why a 16 year old going to college is newsworthy? I'm sure this happens to thousands of grade-skippers all across the country each year. I was 16 when I started college... I'm certainly not exceptional.

Same here

+2. Know lots of people who went to an Ivy League school at 16. My brother went to Hopkins at 14. Why is this news?

Not suprised when you buy your way in

LOL! Our immigrant parents who spoke little English and operated a dry cleaners "bought" our way in.

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Anonymous wrote:LA poster --what century are you living in? If you lived in the DC area, and all the suburbs Virginia included, you would know that it is very mixed all over. Perhaps back in the 1950s it was all white, but that was long ago. Are you OLD?

Great, I am so happy to hear that the residents of McLean in particular are so diverse and progressive.
I will copy your positive thread the next time I read an "ugly" Fairfax County public schools post complaining about the children of immigrants, particularly Latino immmigrants, crowding your schools, needing extra classroom time or support, living multiple families to a home.

LA is diverse and has lots arts and music - so going to USC in South Central is safe? Um... o.k.

I'm not the LA poster but I was at USC for an event three weeks ago. After the new light rail stations opened next to campus, and after a number of violent gang attacks on USC students, the school put up an impenetrable fence around the perimeter of the entire campus. The gates close at 7PM, after which only one highly secured entrance is open. The surrounding neighborhood is very, very dangerous but USC itself is now safe, and the school is a couple miles south of downtown which is becoming a world class destination for restaurants and the arts. In fact, many USC students live downtown in loft apartments, which is much safer than living off campus near USC.

They've had that one gate open after certain hours and on the weekends for a long, long time. The crime rate in and around that school is very high. It's not only the neighborhood people but other students who are criminals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:USC is a great school, but it kind of has that "rich kid" GW vibe, while UCLA has the better academic reputation. On the other hand, the WASPy culture of USC may be on the way out, as the student body is becoming more diverse today. The percentage of Asian students has been steadily going up, and the school has put a lot of effort into recruiting students from China, South Korea, etc.

that's because they pay full tuition which helps to support USC's expensive football team.

This. They have the most international students of any American university. More students who then become alumni who support the school. They send their offspring there and tell their friends, family and other villagers to go there. Very much like how some religions encourage couples to have many children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LA poster --what century are you living in? If you lived in the DC area, and all the suburbs Virginia included, you would know that it is very mixed all over. Perhaps back in the 1950s it was all white, but that was long ago. Are you OLD?

Great, I am so happy to hear that the residents of McLean in particular are so diverse and progressive.
I will copy your positive thread the next time I read an "ugly" Fairfax County public schools post complaining about the children of immigrants, particularly Latino immmigrants, crowding your schools, needing extra classroom time or support, living multiple families to a home.

LA is diverse and has lots arts and music - so going to USC in South Central is safe? Um... o.k.

I'm not the LA poster but I was at USC for an event three weeks ago. After the new light rail stations opened next to campus, and after a number of violent gang attacks on USC students, the school put up an impenetrable fence around the perimeter of the entire campus. The gates close at 7PM, after which only one highly secured entrance is open. The surrounding neighborhood is very, very dangerous but USC itself is now safe, and the school is a couple miles south of downtown which is becoming a world class destination for restaurants and the arts. In fact, many USC students live downtown in loft apartments, which is much safer than living off campus near USC.

They've had that one gate open after certain hours and on the weekends for a long, long time. The crime rate in and around that school is very high. It's not only the neighborhood people but other students who are criminals.

To be fair though many colleges deal with crime from outside and inside elements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My initial thought when I saw the article to wonder why a 16 year old going to college is newsworthy? I'm sure this happens to thousands of grade-skippers all across the country each year. I was 16 when I started college... I'm certainly not exceptional.

Same here

+2. Know lots of people who went to an Ivy League school at 16. My brother went to Hopkins at 14. Why is this news?

Not suprised when you buy your way in

LOL! Our immigrant parents who spoke little English and operated a dry cleaners "bought" our way in.

THE Millionaires next door

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My initial thought when I saw the article to wonder why a 16 year old going to college is newsworthy? I'm sure this happens to thousands of grade-skippers all across the country each year. I was 16 when I started college... I'm certainly not exceptional.

Same here

+2. Know lots of people who went to an Ivy League school at 16. My brother went to Hopkins at 14. Why is this news?

Not suprised when you buy your way in

LOL! Our immigrant parents who spoke little English and operated a dry cleaners "bought" our way in.

THE Millionaires next door

Yes, Now they are.

[Anonymous]

I taught those 16 year olds at college. Just so sad. Why would parents do that?

[Anonymous]

why should a 16 year old attend college anyway?
She's clearly bright, but there is a big difference between bright and gifted.