<p>One thing. Despite popular belief, USC isn't all that conservative, at least not the students. There are certainly conservative alumni, but that campus atmosphere isn't all that conservative.</p>
<p>hahahahahaha semiserious,
i love how you yelled at me for stereotyping SoCal but then jumped all over the stereotypes for Dallas...which I think you are mixing up with Houston for bad weather. </p>
<p>anyways, you totally missed the point of my post - did i say anything about adults who want to live in SoCal? no i didn't. I said "preppy and shallow teenagers"...part of where the stereotype came from because they all DREAM of sunny beaches, warm winters, and plastic surgery.</p>
<p>Wait, did I say anything about adults in my post? All I said was I don't think being "shallow" is a prerequisite to wanting to live in a place with good houses, great weather and even better beaches. </p>
<p>Also, I didn't stereotype any people, only the city itself. If you want to say, "Orange County has a lot of beaches and the weather is nice," go ahead.</p>
<p>Why don't you just give up with stereotyping California? It's an incredibly diverse place with a large mix of people, and all of those different types of people can and do end up at USC. End of story.</p>
<p>Wow, semi and kcirsch, get a wrestling ring or something...</p>
<p>And I'd pick USC, because the Trojan Family(alumni) is really really tight. They will go to great lengths to help out another Trojan.</p>
<p>semiserious i agree with you kcirsh is dumb as you can see by our arguement earlier. Calling dallas the fattest city isnt a stereotype, its a fact a big big very very important fact. VERY VERY BIG fact, makes sense for the BIG D doesnt it yes it sure is BIG, large, and certainly in charge. I could make the stereotype that people in Dallas cant drive, i nearly died like 50 times, but i wont becuase there are a few good drivers that were over there, for example me.</p>
<p>I find it amusing that some would seek to stereotype 32,000 people into the very narrow cultural niche that is Orange County's Gold Coast. As a USC student of almost three years, I can understand where the OC stereotype comes about (as much of the greek scene looks very OC-like), but can debunk the notion that this is by and large the average disposition and mentality of USC students.</p>
<p>As tsdad pointed out earlier, USC is extremely diverse... and even with "the row's" homogenous look, even stereotyping THAT subculture is a stretch -- let alone the rest of the school.</p>
<p>Look, I have four friends who go to NYU who all happen to be very boho and very artsy. NYU is also in the Village. Does this mean that the vast majority of NYU's 37,000 students are all boho and artsy? Of course not. Forming perceptions of a place based on visiting and knowing a handful of people who attend that school is OK; parading one's perception around as fact, however, strikes me as being somewhat obtuse.</p>
<p>To the OP considering both schools, be weary of those who would try to stereotype any school you're looking at. Would most USC students look different than most NYU students? Probably -- their settings support different campus cultures.</p>
<p>But not all of us go around wearing aviators and popping our collars.</p>
<p>USC isn't so close to Las Vegas, and I would be surprised if it's four-hour-drive distance factored into anyone's decision.</p>
<p>semi and south are both frankly rude.</p>
<p>Quote:
You've got to learn how to deal with ignorant people with a texas attitude after W got elected twice</p>
<p>I know I don't have anything to do with this, but politics did not need to be brought into this. I got to school with kcirsch, and trust me, not everyone from texas is a bush fan.
Also, lets just say that stereotyping doesn't account for much in the grand scheme of things. Go visit both schools. You will be able to tell wich one you like better. Do not base it on the sterotypical overviews. Only you know what school is best for you.</p>
<p>Umm..
I didn't go to Google Maps and check it, but I "thought" I knew about USC's Location from a verse by The Game, and other West Coast Rappers. Guess, they were wrong...My bad. I do know, and have heard that the surrounding area is filled with black people. And white people will always be scared of hard-bodied, tattoed black men.
It's true.
But, I do agree that they are both solid schools, and aside from biz-school, their strengths lie in different areas.</p>
<p>QUICK SUBTOPIC: Which school do you think is harder to get into?</p>
<p>USC is slightly harder to get into, but they're pretty similar in selectivity.</p>
<p>USC
84% in top ten percent
27% acceptance rate
SAT Math: 620-710
SAT Verbal: 640-730</p>
<p>NYU
63% in top ten percent
35% acceptance rate
SAT Math 610-700
SAT Verbal 610-710</p>
<p>People living around USC are mainly Hispanic, and some black people south of the campus. Majority of them are working people, even though in low pay jobs. They are city poors, not bad people. If you come by this area, you can see they quite enjoy their lives here. We wish we could be like that.</p>
<p>Anyway, not a superb neighborhood, but doesn't deserve that bad rep.</p>
<p>I have to admit.... USC does have a better alumni network by far, but in other cases..... NYU and USC pretty muc equal each other out when it comes to academic categories.</p>
<p>"NYU
63% in top ten percent
35% acceptance rate
SAT Math 610-700
SAT Verbal 610-710"</p>
<p>For this year's freshmen, NYU has 72% in the top 10% and and a 50% SAT I range of 1290-1450. I also think using % in top 10 is pretty stupid. I went to a very selective boarding school, and we didn't even rank just like most better high schools. </p>
<p>"USC does have a better alumni network by far"</p>
<p>That depends whether you're in NY or LA, Wall St. or Beverly Hills?</p>
<p>Alumni-support wise, NYU likely has an advantage in only one geographic area: New York City.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://alumni.nyu.edu/groups/regional.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://alumni.nyu.edu/groups/regional.shtml</a>, NYU has a total of 14 alumni groups... worldwide.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://alumni.usc.edu/clubs/us.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://alumni.usc.edu/clubs/us.cfm</a> and <a href="http://alumni.usc.edu/clubs/international.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://alumni.usc.edu/clubs/international.cfm</a>, USC has a total of 77. </p>
<p>Note that USC has more alumni groups abroad than NYU has in total. Also note that NYU doesn't seem to even have an alumni group in New York City, whereas that alumni group of USC happens to be its second largest. However, even given this, I would still think the sheer saturation of NYU-ers in the city give it the edge.</p>