Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:USC's nickname is "university of spoiled children".

If I recall correctly, the school does have a football team (but not sure about cheerleaders).

yea, spoiled children produce these results

Top feeders to engineering #1
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-engineering

Top feeders to Wall Street #10
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking

Top feeders to Silicon Valley #8
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech

Thanks! My kid wants to study engineering, so that is nice to see!

-- OP

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One thing that surprised me is that they favor instate students even though a private school. Just south of 40 percent are Californians. Which makes acceptance odds for oos students even lower than the 10 percent overall rate.

A lot of private schools have more kids from the home state. It’s not favoritism.

This is a "open" secret. For e.g. UPenn has tons of kids from Philly area, Harvard from Boston, Rice from Houston. I think feeder schools is a real fact.

Anonymous wrote:USC's nickname is "university of spoiled children".

If I recall correctly, the school does have a football team (but not sure about cheerleaders).

this is a peak "I went to college in 1992, let me give you the inside scoop" DCUM post.

Diverse study body, clean attractive campus, school spirit, tons of opportunities, top notch professors, they spend lots of money on the details (nothing is neglected). Location is eh. It’s adjacent to downtown and area is sketchy. Excellent alumni network. A real powerhouse in California in business, finance, real estate and entertainment. Not sure how the alumni network extends outside of CA. A lot of kids seem to respond very positively to USC.

Anonymous wrote:USC's nickname is "university of spoiled children".

If I recall correctly, the school does have a football team (but not sure about cheerleaders).

yea, spoiled children produce these results

Top feeders to engineering #1
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-engineering

Top feeders to Wall Street #10
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking

Top feeders to Silicon Valley #8
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech

Anonymous wrote:USC's nickname is "university of spoiled children".

If I recall correctly, the school does have a football team (but not sure about cheerleaders).

/s fail

Anonymous wrote:USC's nickname is "university of spoiled children".

If I recall correctly, the school does have a football team (but not sure about cheerleaders).

You mean it has 2022’s Heisman trophy?

Anonymous wrote:USC's nickname is "university of spoiled children".

If I recall correctly, the school does have a football team (but not sure about cheerleaders).

If you recall correctly? 2022’s Heisman Trophy winner was the quarterback from USC. He’s a local - went to Gonzaga.

Simply a great T25 level school.
No explanation necessary unless you have specific questions.

Nothing better than their cheerleaders in the whites...

USC's nickname is "university of spoiled children".

If I recall correctly, the school does have a football team (but not sure about cheerleaders).

Beautiful, walled campus near downtown Los Angeles. Location is close to some very dangerous parts of the City (hence the wall). Big Greek life. Classes in the first two years are large. Tenured faculty typically are excellent, but there are a lot of "visiting" and "adjunct" professors that are not of the same caliber. Strong alumni network and career services.

Anonymous wrote:One thing that surprised me is that they favor instate students even though a private school. Just south of 40 percent are Californians. Which makes acceptance odds for oos students even lower than the 10 percent overall rate.

A lot of private schools have more kids from the home state. It’s not favoritism.

One thing that surprised me is that they favor instate students even though a private school. Just south of 40 percent are Californians. Which makes acceptance odds for oos students even lower than the 10 percent overall rate.

It looks like a potential fit for my kid, but other than that it's in California, and a reach, and a few things I've read on the internet, I don't know much.

What should I know?