OT: A bit of good news USC set to open classes in the fall

[ed4ourgirls]

In the football-centric world of college sports, USC is Southern Cal just as UT is Texas.

 

[SCGamecock]

It really doesn't matter. They both can be USC within context. I'm a Gamecock fan that's perfectly capable of understanding that USC isn't South Carolina to everybody. When I moved to NYC after college and people asked where I went to school I always said South Carolina, and they immediately knew the Gamecocks. Why complicate things by having to explain which USC. Not worth the extra breath.

 

[Dokey]

USC and UCLA have a great rivalry that goes back decades. It's the west coast version of the Duke-UNC rivalry. No love lost between those schools for sure!

I always suspected that USC didn’t field a softball team because they feared being humiliated by UCLA every year.

 

[azfan]

USC is a long standing prestigious institution of higher learning. It’s a “private” university that does not receive any financial assistance from outside government sources. USC has plenty of money. There is no shortage of students wanting to enroll each year. There is an on going building program that has new buildings and facilities going up year round.

Graduates of USC (Troy) are a proud people. My brother happens to a proud USC graduate with a master’s degree. UCLA and USC graduates don’t have a problem finding gainful employment. People that refer to USC as “spoiled children“ is nothing more jealousy rearing its ugly head. The spoiled children dig has been around for decades (at least 60 years). It’s not a new observation.

Remember the recently exposed scandals of rich folks that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to “buy” their children’s way in to USC? That alone should tell you how USC is perceived here on the west coast. Regardless of how some may perceive it, USC is doing just fine. I would have loved to have gone there, unfortunately it was well out of our price range. Even with financial aid (if you can qualify) it’s still very expensive to enroll there.

Minor correction. USC like Harvard and many other private institutions around the United States do receive significant federal assistance through the student guaranteed loan program. There is only one institution of higher learning in the United States that takes zero federal assistance and that's Hillsdale college.

Types of Aid

Discover the range of financial aid options at USC, including grants, scholarships, athletic awards, work-study programs, and loans. Find out if you're eligible and fund your education.

financialaid.usc.edu

 

[triaddukefan]

Minor correction. USC like Harvard and many other private institutions around the United States do receive significant federal assistance through the student guaranteed loan program. There is only one institution of higher learning in the United States that takes zero federal assistance and that's Hillsdale college.

Actually two institutions ... if you include Hillman College... the real HU