Reply to Thoughts on USC

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Thoughts on USC"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a decent school, hardly a standout. Greek life tends to dominate the social scene. And I wouldn't consider it "midsize" at all; if anything, it feels impersonal and overwhelming.

Academically, it has its strengths, I suppose. I know they're big on entrepreneurship, so that may be a plus. The B-school is mid-dish, though, and they're not exactly known for math/STEM.

And of course, there's the exorbitant tuition and the high COL.

I'd consider more prestigious/respected schools with better reputations that meet such criteria, like Pepperdine, LMU, UCI, UCSB, Cal Poly SLO, obviously UCLA - the UCs are also large-size, but figure one can eventually find where they fit in in such a large pool. You might also think about Miami, W&M, and UF (UNCW's also right by the beach, but obviously doesn't have quite the school spirit/pride of CH).

[/quote]
[b]This is correct. Another CA person. 
This person clearly doesn’t know SoCa[/b]l and I would take what they say with a huge grain of salt. There is absolutely no way that Pepperdine, LMU and CalPoly SLO are more prestigious/respected than USC. UC Irvine is debatable. Take this from someone who has their kid in one of the private schools in SoCal that sends a lot of kids to USC and other privates. Most of the upper class folks here would much prefer USC over the large publics, and likely over East Coast top LACs and even lower Ivies. [/quote][/quote]

I'm also a Socal person and this person is correct.  "no way" they are more prestigious.  On the other hand most of us still think of USC as a the Univeristy of Spoiled Children and it was that way for my nephew who just finished.

It's also now $99,139 a year.  I don't think it's worth it.  And I've never liked the location.  If your kid wants a greek party scene and you are willing to pay for it, then go for it but I think you can get a far better education for less elsewhere.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics