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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]USC

OMG this is the hill I will die on. When I was in college in CA in the late 90s/early 00s, USC was known was being a great school for film, football, and being a loose sorority girl… and aside from that was a total JOKE.

No one will ever be able to convince me that it’s worth any $$$. And I would never let my kid go to school there. [/quote]

Wow, I had to look at the date to make sure this wasn't some old post I had written!   
Same here, I graduated from a southern CA high school in the early 90s.   The people I knew that went there were either wealthy but not that bright, or extremely bright and went because they were given a great financial package (and needed it!)[/quote]
I am class of '93. I grew up in rural PA. I had no idea USC had this reputation until I started reading about it on this board.

I just remember Steve Sanders really wanted to go to USC and didn't his dad, Rush, also want him to go to that school too? I always thought it was a prestigious school back then because of the emphasis they seemed to place on that school. But he didn't get in and had to go to California University instead.

If USC's reputation was University of Spoiled Children - wealthy but dumb - wouldn't Steve have been a shoo-in?

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LOL I wonder if that was a paid product placement by USC to improve their reputation?

I graduated in 1987 from a Southern California HS. A friend's father was an engineering professor at USC and he did a hard sell to try to get me to apply (I was a really good math student) but I woudn't consider it and, even if I had and they gave me a scholarship, my parents would have objected to the dangerous neighborhood in LA.

My top choices were Berkeley and Cal Poly SLO, both much more competitive now. I opted for Cal Poly for their undergrad focus and hands-on learning. My dad also recruited a lot from there are really wanted me there. It turned out to be a good choice for me.

The "UCs are better than Cal States" snobbery hasn't changed, however. I got a lot of crap from classmates about choosing a Cal State. Prestige and ranking really weren't something I was aware of other than the UC/Cal State dynamic. [/quote]

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