Am I the only one who dislikes my-school -v- your-school threads?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Am I the only one who dislikes my-school -v- your-school threads?</p>

<p>If others tire of them as quickly as i do, please stop posting to that thread that is comparing USC with other schools. </p>

<p>At this point, people have been accepted, and are enrolled, and are attending the classes (at their respective schools). </p>

<p>People attending the others schools (IMHO) should post in their school's threads. Likewise, people attending, are who are of interest in attending USC, should post in USC's threads.
What IS the point, to continue the comparisons?</p>

<p>Do you really think that you are going to change the opinion of someone who does not like USC? </p>

<p>Personally, I think that this website (College Confidential) is awesome. People on this website have answered many of my questions. They have "helped" my son, my wife, and I, as we have had questions, issues, concerns, etc.</p>

<p>The key to me is the word "help". What an awesome thing, to have this forum, that actually HELPS students and parents through this very complex milestone (researching colleges, applying to colleges, financial aid, scholarships, dorms, etc. etc). To have arguments and disagreements about my-school -v- your-school (to me) just seems like "noise".</p>

<p>Others, who keep posting, must feel differently.</p>

<p>p.s. Lest someone go check through my past posts, yes, i have fallen into the trap as well. I guess i just needed to express my desire to stop those "compare" threads.</p>

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<p>Well they can be helpful when you get admitted into 2 schools, and need some help in deciding which one to attend. You can get a feel of the school, without visiting by looking at what actual people who go to the school say about it.</p>

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<p>mikenthemaddog66 - you ARE correct. However, must of the "compare" threads are really NOT used for that purpose. Usually, they end up being arguments. People post one statistic (USNEWS, etc.), and someone comes back and counters with another statistic. It just gets tiring. </p>

<p>For what it is worth, i think that once you get within the top-50 schools, that you will get a good education, and most likely will get a decent job. To debate the differences between being #23 -v- #19 in the USNEWS or BusinessWeek rankings becomes dribble, if you know what i mean. </p>

<p>My brother does hiring in the Computer Science (Programming) field. He has done this for 20+ years. He has seen good, bad, and in-between, from all the top schools. My next door neighbor works for a top Architecture firm in San Francisco. He is involved in the hiring process. As is the case with my brother, my next door neighbor has seen a mixture of results from the top Architecture schools. In both cases, they interview grads from the top schools. They hire some, they don't hire others. There is NO absolute gurantee that one school will get you a job over another school. </p>

<p>The real reality, is that attending and graduating from a top school, will hopefully get you in the door for an Interview. The rest is up to you. Attitude and Maturity and a genunie Interest in working hard, will determine whether you get the job or not.</p>

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<p>Oh no, I just noticed...THAT THREAD is bumped up yet again!</p>

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<p>i asked the site operator to close "that thread", and they did, fortunately.</p>

<p>"Compare" threads are not all that bad by themselves, but they degenerate too quickly into name-calling, flamebait, and derogatory comments about various schools (with a disproportionatly large number directed at USC, unfortunately)</p>

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<p>You guys are right...UCLA does suck.</p>