<p>Yes, comparing the USA and its exceptional private schools to welfare nation states and their subsidized universities is completely inapposite to this conversation. </p>
<p>A) if it is inapposite then YOU should not have brought it up:</p>
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<p>B.) Oxbridge, UToronto, and UBC, among others that fit this category, compare favorably in the metrics you propose above.</p>
<p>I cannot speak to the foreign schools to which you refer because I’ve never lived in such places and have no personal knowledge about the educational systems of which they are a part. Happily, the USA is a vast nation with its own traditions of self government and private schools that make us unique and exceptional. I’ll take your word, however, that such schools are respectable in those respective lands.</p>
<p>@SeattleTW, you made me chuckle with your cute & quaint reply! I will leave it lie and move along.</p>
<p>In all seriousness, I would like to relay my respect for you in fostering a child who needed a safe and stable environment. Too many of us do not have the awareness or take the effort to do that. Putting your values into action is truly admirable.</p>
<p>And my respect is even deeper to hear you are adopting the child. You must have an amazingly large heart.</p>
<p>:smiley: </p>
<p>Thank you. , :-)</p>
<p>I would NOT lump SC in with HYPSM. Just sayin’</p>
<p>I had community college courses that were a lot more challenging than the GE requirements at USC, including an honors dyad the university could not transfer because it was not analogous to the typical undergrad offerings.</p>
<p>BOOM.</p>
<p>My Stanford grad had to lobby to get into an Ochem class at the local CC…seems her Bio courses didn’t quite align. Fortunately it was approved, and premed pre req is almost done. Yup…Stanford to CC. It’s amazing how much she’s learned at the humble CC…illiterate classmates and all. (Insert cute emoticon of smiley/tongue sticking out face here!) </p>
<p>Slumming it, @shellz </p>
<p>Faculty from my out-of-state community college reached out to me yesterday to inquire if I could give advice to another aspiring Trojan. And I did. I gave so much advice. I might even send a copy of my articulation agreement.</p>
<p>Oh god, what if I help another transfer student get into USC? SeattleTW’s brain would explode. Maybe I could start a secret society of transfer students who help one another, perverting the university from within. Mwuhahaha!</p>
<p>@RandomNewGuy I like how you roll. The 'hood will never be the same if all those CC thugs get in to elite colleges. Ok, ok…that was mean. Sorry. Ok…maybe not.</p>
<p>The USC hierarchy:</p>
<ol>
<li> Fall matriculants</li>
<li> Spring matriculants</li>
<li> University transfers</li>
<li> CC transfers</li>
<li> Student athletes</li>
</ol>
<p>USC transfer class: 1,400 + per year (at least 800 from CCs, OMG!)
Stanford transfer class: 30 per year
Harvard transfer class: 12 per year
Princeton transfer class: 0 per year</p>
<p>I’m going to graduate with honors. And the university pays me for my work. And may extend me a fellowship. WHAT SAY YOU NOW, @SeattleTW?</p>
<p>You most likely would not have done so if you had completed your GEs at USC.</p>
<p>P.S.: I graduated with honors and was a Phi Beta Kappa after four full years…my GEs at USC were among the most challenging. I’m sorry you missed out on a more comprehensive USC education.</p>
<p>Seattle…you personify elitism and snobbery at its very finest. Shame on you. I have several friends who are USC grads, and happily, they exhibit none of your obvious character deficits. </p>
<p>I’ve actually had to complete two of my GEs at USC and, believe it or not, I fulfilled the rest through a highly-selective (and competitive) honors program at my community college. For my work through the program, I was nominated for a Portz award by the Maryland Collegiate Honors Council.</p>
<p>No offense to USC, because its resources are second to none, but none of the General Education courses have been nearly as difficult or academically rigorous as the honors courses taken at my community college.</p>
<p>You also have to be nominated by faculty for departmental honors (perhaps I should have been specific), FYI. It’s not dependent on GPA alone (and its the GPA for your major, not overall). Does not reflect my transfer transcript whatsoever.</p>
<p>WHAT SAY YOU NOW.</p>
<p>Spare me. Insert rolling my eyes emoticon. I received departmental honors after drafting a thesis and being approved by my honors professor. You do a major disservice in suggesting that a cc is as rigorous as USC. Just because your cc classmates were cupcake competitors does not transform your GEs into tough classes. They really need to consider the overall gpa before doling out departmental honors. </p>
<p>My overall GPA is also pretty good! I just keep proving you wrong!</p>
<p>Give it up, @RandomNewGuy. This guy has bought into his own skewed reality, despite examples being given that are contrary to his perceptions. Where are the rest of the USC grads? I wonder if they agree with our pompous friend? </p>