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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]L.A. poster: most of what you say is right, no question. But I went to grad school at USC. It is in a very bad neighborhood. You wouldn't be so complimentary of your environs if you lived in South Central.

As for USC, we joked it was a corporation that ran a very profitable football program with a university attached to it.
The UCLA students called USC the "University fo Spoiled Children."

I do think it has improved academically since then but would [u]not[/u] send my kid there. I would be too nervous for his/her safety.[/quote]

Californian here.  All above is true.  USC is a party school.  And frighteningly expensive.  I see no reason why this young woman should be skipping senior year (which in VA means could be taking Honors or AP Math, Science, English, Foreign languages, you get the point, for FREE.  Once completed, she could have her chance at the Ivies.  USC wouldn't be offering this program if it could get the type of student it wants through regular admissions, right?  Why else would USC offer it?  Same with Columbia.  I don't know if the program still exists, but Columbia Law tried to snag me in college to start law school a year early.  Why?  Because Columbia Law needed to raise the caliber of student that was applying.  I decided against it, finished fourth year of college and was accepted at Stanford, Michigan, Yale, and Harvard Law.  Went to the latter.  This program works only in USC's benefit.[/quote]

+1.  This adds considerably to the discussion. Thank-you. [/quote]

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