<p>Anybody know which schools are really strong in this besides the Ivies and USC?</p>
<p>What do you mean? You mean alumni networks?</p>
<p>lol what else would i be talking about?</p>
<p>I don't know, on a Sunday night, post collegiate networking schools sounds like some unheard-of grad school category ;)</p>
<p>I don't know if there is such a list, but as for LACs, Wellesley has the best alumni network, perhaps too supportive b/c Wellesley girls hunt eachother down, be cautioned before placing a Wellesley bumper sticker on your car.</p>
<p>It depends on where you want to live after you graduate.</p>
<p>Smith's alumnae networking is legendary, which is generally true for alumnas of women's colleges.</p>
<p>Notre Dame, from what I hear</p>
<p>Texas A&M -- Aggies</p>
<p>UVA, UM-Madison, UMich for state unis</p>
<p>Most top LACs have phenomenal networks. In particular, Williams, Amherst, and Dartmouth are famous for having strong networks. Williams actually had the first alumni network in the country.</p>
<p>in the original post, you mention the ivies and USC. Starting with those two examples, the ivies are certainly strong in this and are so pretty much nationwide. USC? outside of SoCal, where it is huge, you will certainly find it elsewhere, but I don't think you'll find it will be too strong in other parts of the country (certainly not in Northern Cal, lol). In most parts of the country if you say USC, they think you're talking about South Carolina.</p>
<p>Typically networking can very limited to the general area/state where the school is located. I also think that private schools and your top LAC tend to have strong networking support. Alums have the common bond of all that tuition spent, lol.</p>
<p>I've spent most of my life in the bay area and northern california. There are USC plates everywhere. The Stanford-USC game at Stanford is usually predominately attended by the cardinal and gold(at Stanford's own home stadium). I'm not exactly sure what you are talking about, but USC's presence is pretty huge in northern california.</p>
<p>I can't really speak for the rest of the country, as I haven't spent a considerable amount of time anywhere else.</p>
<p>(sigh) Is there always someone lurking around waiting for a post about USC so they can jump in and discredit it?</p>
<p>Bullwinkle, tell me, if USC's network is limited exclusively to SoCal, then why does it have 58 domestic alumni clubs (per <a href="http://alumni.usc.edu%5B/url%5D">http://alumni.usc.edu</a>)? Fifty-eight! Please note that the second largest club isn't even in LA, but New York City. Obviously, Kansas City won't be as saturated as, say, San Diego, in terms of Trojan alums but a sizeable club exists nonetheless. And FYI, Northern California has 9 distinct clubs. FYI #2, only in South Carolina do people think USC means U of South Carolina. Do you really mean to tell this board that U of So. Carolina has greater name recognition on the East Coast than USC? The school's athletic heritage alone guarnatees it name recognition.</p>
<p>Further, if USC's network is limited exclusively to SoCal, then why does USC have 21 international alumni clubs, from Athens to Tokyo? I doubt many schools exist with a larger alumni network (Notre Dame does and deservedly gets my props). But at USC, there's even an alumni club of the Pearl River Delta for crying out loud.</p>
<p>We have a saying that goes "Wherever you go, there will always be a Trojan." It is not without merit.</p>
<p>I would argue that MIT has an alumni network that is comparable to that of the Ivies.</p>