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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD attends a top private and is a junior; kids from her school seem to have a growing interest in UCLA and USC. The number attending has been rising the past 3/4 years and over spring break her instagram was filled with LA/California college visit pics.  These are kids that 5 years ago would have gone to an Ivy from her school. Smart kids, honors classes at a top private but not tippy top smart or recruited athletes.  I know USC has long been called "University of Spoiled Children" but these are kds with a very high caliber of academics. [/quote]

In the DMV folks often group USC and UCLA and many opinions seemed to be ossified from an earlier era. USC and UCLA are ranked the same by USNWS, both are in LA and they are rivals - but the schools are very, very different. UCLA is an elite public school that has become predominately Asian and ony about 20% OOS. All of the California public schools have faced budget cuts. USC is one of the nations largest private schools and a favored destination of the children of the 1% - now more than 50% OOS.

I'm not sure a campus tour alone would give one an appreciation of the difference between the two. [/quote]

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