<p>Do you guys think that USC will surpass UCLA??</p>
<p>I bet USC moves up, just not enough to pass UCLA. When are the new rankings released?</p>
<p>i think sometime around august?</p>
<p>dude i think USCs competitors like the UCs are showing downward trends, with bankrupcy and all, but USC is still pretty strong - it should surpass UCLA</p>
<p>Read this thread: </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/913331-us-news-rankings-2011-a-15.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/913331-us-news-rankings-2011-a-15.html</a></p>
<p>Start with post #213</p>
<p>USC will overtake UCLA just like Stanford passed Berkeley a couple of decades ago… It is inevitable. Steven Sample has made it clear he wants USC to be like Stanford and those who will follow him will not abandan that mission. The only advantage UCLA has over USC is their faculty. It’s top notch at EVERY single department. At USC the film school, the school of communication and few other do but some others do not. The loyalty current Faculty at UCLA is showing to UCLA is amazing considering they could go to private schools and earn a lot more money. Our endowment is quite a big bigger and it needs to grow even more so we can hire the best faculty available. The current economy in the state is killing the UC system. It’s a shadow of itself.</p>
<p>^I’ve heard positive reviews of Marshall faculty… Am I wrong in thinking that Marshall has solid professors?</p>
<p>^Warren Bennis is still part of the faculty right?</p>
<p>USC has several top faculty in its professional schools, such as film, comm, public policy, acct, business, ect. However, USC College needs to strengthen their already stellar faculty to another level, where the university is ranking in nobel winners and such. </p>
<p>I also truly believe USC will inevitably beat UCLA in the US NEWS ranking.</p>
<p>Here is a list of some of the notable faculty at Marshall. These professors are highly respected in their fields. There are academic biographies of these individuals on the Marshall website. In no order…</p>
<p>Warren Bennis–Distinguished Professor of BA; named the “Dean of Leadership Gurus” by Forbes Magazine
Edward Lawler–Distinguished Research Professor of Business and Director of the Center for Effective Organization
Wendy Wood-Provost Professor of Psychology and Business-Scholar of human behavior, persuasion and social influence
Sarah Bonner–USC Associates Professorship in Accounting
Nandini Rajagopalan–Professor of Management and Organization; Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Director of Research at the Lloyd Greif Center
Tim Campbell-Charles Sexton Chair in American Enterprise
Richard Chase–Justin Dart Professorship in Operations Management
Harry DeAngelo–Charles Cook/Community Bank Chair in Banking
Linda DeAngelo-Ken King Stonier Chair in Bus. Ad.
Mark DeFond–Joseph DeBell Professorship in Business Ad.
Shantanu Dutta–Dave and Jeanne Tappan Chair in Marketing
Valerie Folkers–USC Associates Chair in Bus. Ad.
Tom Gilligan–E. Morgan Stanley Chair in Bus. Ad
Gary Frazier–Richard Hurd Chair in Distribution Management
Lawrence Harris–Fred Keenan Chair in Finance
William Holder–Ernst & Young Professorship in Accounting
Thomas Lin-Accounting Circle Professorship in Accounting
Lloyd Levitin–Professor of Finance
Deborah Macinnis–Charles Hilliard Professor of Bus. Ad.
KenMerchant–Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair in Accountancy
Ian Mitroff–H. Quinton Distinguished Chair in Business Policy and Professor of Management and Organization
and many more which can be found on the list of notable faculty…</p>
<p>As a completely disinterested party, why would anyone ever go to USC over UCLA? Even ignoring the fact that I (like most people) have a higher opinion of UCLA as an academic institution, there’s ZERO chance that USC would ever be considered fantastic enough to spend the extra cash required to go there.</p>
<p>If you got into both schools and chose USC, you are either: a) from a wealthy family (and good for you, I’m not knocking it); or b) crazy.</p>
<p>i find it a bit hypocritical that you title your post “who cares?” and yet you bump a thread that had its last reply in june</p>
<p>ps: you forgot a 3rd category, which would be “from out of state”</p>
<p>^whoa, hold your horses with the judgment. I know you weren’t trying to be outright mean, but I got into UCLA and was offered academic scholarships from them ($9,000/year) and STILL chose USC (who didn’t offer me academic scholarships but offered me much more university grand aid). I’m neither from a wealthy family nor crazy.</p>
<p>My reasoning? If I’d gone to UCLA, I would have to apply for the Film school to start junior year and then concentrate in screenwriting senior year. At USC, I’m majoring in screenwriting specifically for four years, with a better film alumni base, smaller classes, and better facilities.</p>
<p>I respect UCLA as an academic institution, but passing judgment on a group of people you don’t know is kind of rude.</p>
<p>I chose USC over UCLA. I don’t like the curriculum at UCLA and I think it’s absurd that you have to apply for many majors at the end of sophomore year. Also, the out-of-state tuition is about equal - in fact, it would have been about $10,000/year more expensive for me to go to UCLA. </p>
<p>I have respect for UCLA as an academic institution, but I also know that at that school, I would have been nothing more than a number. So, I’m not from a) a wealthy family or b) crazy and proud to say I’m going to USC.</p>
<p>^ah, jose! You beat me to it.</p>
<p>@timish, wow we wrote almost exactly the same thing…</p>
<p>I’m also going to be in SCA - a choice that makes a LOT of sense over UCLA.</p>
<p>Maverick-Besides USC’s dominance in SCA many student’s have chosen USC for other reasons. My son chose USC over UCLA because he is double majoring in business and accounting with an emphasis in either finance or entrepreneurship- a total “no-brainer” as far as we were concerned (UCLA doesn’t have accounting- and doesn’t have a “real” business program). Plus- whether you agree with me or not- as a business graduate USC’s alumni base and contacts far exceed those of UCLA’s. While UCLA is a fine institution- to dismiss USC’s educational quality in the manner that you just did clearly illustrates your ignorance.</p>
<p>there are about 65% of USC freshman are in state students, which prove that USC deserve the extra tuition. (i think there are few people who are rejected by UCLA but admitted by USC)</p>
<p>UCLA doesnt have undergrad business, b&bsmom I totally agree about the networking too</p>
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Daughter accepted by (amongst others) UCLA, Berkeley and USC. Chose USC.
a) We are definitely NOT wealthy
b) She’s definitely NOT crazy</p>
<p>*Note to ChongShu: approximately 52% of entering freshmen last year were from California, 37% from other US States, and 11% from outside the US. <a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2009.pdf</a></p>