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he academics are excellent and nothing to complain about, with 8 noble laureates teaching here.
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<p>six. well... four, as two are at the kavli institute and dont really teach. but the other four combined to teach two classes this term. thats not bad. ones only open to graduate students. and the other is an very high level graduate class. but hey, im sure theyre inspirational to the undergraduate population or something. yeah, something like that.</p>
<p>why not USC? good academics (excellent in some cases, depending on what school you're in), great college football and ridiculous school spirit, and right in the middle of Southern California. and the beach is relatively close...actually, just 10 minutes ago, my floormate just walked out of his room with his surfboard.</p>
<p>come to think of it...i remember a while back you were considering USC. what changed your mind?</p>
<p>^ I had a bad semester and now I don't really have a shot at USC.</p>