Initial comment regarding USC admissions -
My response -
Response to my comment -
LOL, I was just trying to say USC’s football team isn’t anything special at the moment, not that athletics had no role in number of admissions.
As for comments about USC’s acceptance of lots of transfers and spring admits as a tactic to game the rankings, even back in the late 80s when I was going there, USC had lots of transfers and rolling admissions. That’s actually one of the things I admire about the school - it’s always been much more accommodating to non-traditional students than many, if not most, highly-ranked schools. Over on the USC forum there are occasional discussion where a few people want the school to stop accepting so many transfers and spring admits, which is an idea that I find abhorrent because it takes opportunities away from deserving students.
That said, I do think it games the rankings, but so do lots of other colleges.