Perception of USC outside SoCal

<p>i've told it's a "fun school" - this coming from a junior in Stanford.</p>

<p>For the record, here in Washington, DC, everyone educated (key word) knows about the UCs, USC, and many of the better schools in California. I mean, why do YOU care if some bum off the street doesn't know about your school? Educated people know about education, and since they should be with whom you establish your ties and build social capital, you're golden.</p>

<p>Besides, you can always just say, "Watergate" and people will know which school you speak of. ;-P</p>

<p>It's OK if the people back east don't know anything about California schools. Most people out west have never heard of Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, and many have no clue what the IVY League is or Dartmouth and Brown either.</p>

<p>"many have no clue what the IVY League is or Dartmouth and Brown either."</p>

<p>Uhh...I think that's making too big of a generalization.</p>

<p>If I'm planning on living on the west coast after getting my B.A., is it better to go to a west coast school like USC or an east coast LAC like Amherst?</p>

<p>It's better to go to the school where you'll shine. Many of my friends who went to East Coast LACs did great. </p>

<p>However, there is something to be said about the "Trojan family." A network never hurts.</p>

<p>Krazy,</p>

<p>Coincidentally I know about five people from Houston (The Woodlands, to be exact) here at USC all majoring in computer science.</p>

<p>That's nice. I said that from the people that I know, there aren't very many. Interesting that they all come from the Woodlands.</p>

<p>Is the Woodlands an affluent area?</p>

<p>I'm fairly certain. It's a northern suburb of Houston with lots of big trees.</p>

<p>I'm from Sugar Land, though, which (at least in my area) is also affluent, though perhaps not quite as much.</p>

<p>the woodlands and kingwood are the two affluent houston suberbs that i'm aware of....</p>

<p>i'm from dallas, most people here consider USC to be the school that takes everyone who didn't get into UCLA (although i know that's not true).... and UCB is most definitely reguarded as a top notch university. people do realize that cutting edge public schools (cal, UVA, UT, UMich, UNC, etc.) rival a lot of big name schools on the east coast or west coast. Many top students in my class are turning down Ivies for UT.</p>

<p>UT is a great school with LOTS of money. Endowment is a big thing, and UT has it.</p>

<p>Most of the subdivisions that zone to my school are upper middle class, not incredibly rich, though there is some money floating around. There also are some poor areas nearby.</p>

<p>"Many have no clue what the IVY League is or Dartmouth and Brown either."</p>

<p>Uhh...I think that's making too big of a generalization."</p>

<p>You'd be surprised. I took a community college English class a few summers ago where the professor made a remark about "ivy league schools like Purdue."</p>

<p>This coming from someone in academia!</p>

<p>Lmao..........</p>

<p>In my alphabetical-order-for-testing-class, filled with not very bright people... one asked me where MIT was and had never heard of it. She graduated a year early.</p>