<li><p>Job Prospects - what % of graduates from each school get a job after college (don’t tell me that USC has good networking, ive heard that a million times)? What is the average starting salary of a graduate in a certain field from each university (who earns more). This all takes place in SoCal.</p></li>
<li><p>Which school has a larger representation of its graduates in the top medical and top business GRADUATE schools after they complete their undergrad? Does one school deliver more accomplished students to a fine graduate school than the other?</p></li>
<li><p>If one plans to go to business graduate school, is a economic major in UCLA more distinguished than a business major from USC of any sort?</p></li>
<li><p>Do the students of one school generally receive a higher GPA than the students of the other?</p></li>
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<p>nothing official, but from what i've observed, the rough GENERALIZATION is that usc students tend to focus on getting a good job out of college, while ucla students go on to grad/professional schools. </p>
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<li><p>job prospects are about equally good, but as for %, i would think usc gets the nod because a higher percent of its students are aiming toward a good job out of college rather than go on to grad school, etc. </p></li>
<li><p>a lot more ucla undergrads go on to top professional and graduate schools. that's not to say usc doesnt send its fair share of them, but a lot more ucla students start off aiming for that in the first place. </p></li>
<li><p>its your job experience that matters when it comes to business-MBA schools, so you're probably asking if ucla biz econ vs usc biz admin will get you the better starting job. i've heard theyre both about the same. </p></li>
<li><p>i dont see the point in this question. berkeley, caltech, etc students have low gpa, yet they become very successful. i dont know what usc's avg gpa is, but ucla's is 3.1 ... also do note that gpa's arent worth the same at every school</p></li>
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<p>I would have to agree with kfc4u's observations about the goals of UCLA students versus those of USC students; it seems like everyone around here is either pre-med, pre-law or pre-business. I'm also guessing that USC generally gives out higher average GPAs than UCLA does, what with all the grade-inflation among California private institutions...</p>
<p>"I'm also guessing that USC generally gives out higher average GPAs than UCLA does, what with all the grade-inflation among California private institutions..."</p>
<p>Actually flopsy, many schools within USC curve their grades so as to avoid this. For instance, business classes are curved to a 2.85 no matter what. I know a student who scored a 91 (of 100) on a quiz, but since the mean was 96, she ended up with a C-. </p>
<p>To my knowledge, UCLA has no such program in place. Not saying that UCLA needs one, as I've never heard anything about UCLA having grade imflation, but USC is no Stanford when it comes to grade inflation problems.</p>