Anonymous wrote:After the Ivies, isn't USC one of those that has enormous name brand recognition (i.e., whether in the states or abroad, most would have heard of it).

Mainly because if football in the US and because they have more Asian alum than any other school.

After the Ivies, isn't USC one of those that has enormous name brand recognition (i.e., whether in the states or abroad, most would have heard of it).

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Anonymous wrote:seriously attractive student body.

certain sororities there seem to be filled with extremely beautiful people.

Which is why people from less looks obsessed regions ( looking at you DMV) don't fit in and leave. Southern California is not the place to be for plain looking people.

It's not just 'college pretty' like a young pretty thing at a SEC school or at vandy where girls get 'done up' for football games and are attractive.

SC girls are seriously hot and given the size of the school the sheer number of them is astounding.

i don't think any school is at its level when you combine usnwr ranking and sex-appeal of students.

This is important. If you go to college to breed and hope to have the healthiest offspring.

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Anonymous wrote:seriously attractive student body.

certain sororities there seem to be filled with extremely beautiful people.

Which is why people from less looks obsessed regions ( looking at you DMV) don't fit in and leave. Southern California is not the place to be for plain looking people.

It's not just 'college pretty' like a young pretty thing at a SEC school or at vandy where girls get 'done up' for football games and are attractive.

SC girls are seriously hot and given the size of the school the sheer number of them is astounding.

i don't think any school is at its level when you combine usnwr ranking and sex-appeal of students.

If you are interested in entertainment - USC is a big feeder.

Welcome to the jungle (aka the 'hood). Not kidding either.

Anonymous wrote:seriously attractive student body.

certain sororities there seem to be filled with extremely beautiful people.

Which is why people from less looks obsessed regions ( looking at you DMV) don't fit in and leave. Southern California is not the place to be for plain looking people.

seriously attractive student body.

certain sororities there seem to be filled with extremely beautiful people.

As someone from the West Coast, USC has improved rather dramatically over the last decade or so. Used to be not well respected academically, big sports school and typically wealthy students who did not get into UCLA. Not even close to Stanford, Berkeley or UCSD, and probably the Pomona Colleges. But it is improved -- not top 25 nationally in any serious sense but a good conservative school in a not great LA location. I would suspect that it is very heavily CA in students and placement outcomes, and not sure why someone would travel far and away to go there, other than if you were interested in getting away or for the sports.

Ick. I wouldn't send my kid to USC if they paid me.

#23 National University by USN&WR.

Anonymous wrote:USC is a top 25 school with one of the strongest international alum networks. That said, the school is least well understood on the East Coast and South where some confuse it with South Carolina. For someone sure they are going to end up on the East Coast, Vanderbilt, Georgetown or even Wake Forrest may be a better choice. For someone interested in the West Coast or Asia USC is a better choice

Top 25? By what measure?

USC is a top 25 school with one of the strongest international alum networks. That said, the school is least well understood on the East Coast and South where some confuse it with South Carolina. For someone sure they are going to end up on the East Coast, Vanderbilt, Georgetown or even Wake Forrest may be a better choice. For someone interested in the West Coast or Asia USC is a better choice

I only know one person who went there. He went to a prestigious private school in Baltimore. He absolutely hated it and it's location. He transferred back to the East coast.

Has anyone had any recent experience with USC, coming from the East Coast. What is campus life like? Would someone from the WDC be a fish out of water? Is there enough of a prestige factor to get hired by firms/companies back on the East Coast, or is it seen as a party school for rich kids?