<p>accepted 2 weeks ago...</p>
<p>^ Congrats!</p>
<p>There's a whole thread for spring admits. Do a little search.</p>
<p>i know that. i was just curious if anyone in this thread is a spring admit.</p>
<p>Just reading this thread reminds me of my past few years at USC. All I can say is: YOU BETTER GET USED TO IT! No offense to you future Trojans, but don't say I didn't warn you. For the next four years of your life, you will be charged for everything that you do, prices that are twice or three times what you could buy them a minute away from campus, website links that don't work, classes that are overcrowded with 400-500 hundred people in them despite the school claiming that they have a 13:1 teacher student ratio, emails that don't come, staff that is unknowledgable and unfriendly, and an overwhelming sense of school pride despite the fact that things are always getting f-ed up. Seriously, I think the only reason tuition is so high and you get charged twice for things is because they don't know how to run an efficient business...yet at the same time they keep marketing how great and wonderful there b-school is. I think alot of it can be attributed to the people who run operations are undeducated high school drop outs from the surrounding area, and the school is so large and disorganized that it doesn't even know its right hand from its left. Go Trojans and welcome to USC!</p>
<p>I wouldn't believe everything he says 100%. Look at this guy's previous posts. The post itself is odd. I'd say this guy's a troll.</p>
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<p>How is it you've spent a few years at USC when you're starting at Berkeley in Fall 2006?</p>
<p>Judging from his previous posts, he's starting as a transfer student after dropping out from USC. </p>
<p>I actually found the post quite entertaining. :)</p>
<p>After all, everybody knows the school is run by a bunch of high school dropouts. :D</p>
<p>If he's a transfer student and still in school after spending a "few years" at USC, I suspect that says more about him than USC (grin!).</p>
<p>His posts also state that he was in Marshall and Thornton. I don't know what kind of bizzare enjoyment he gets out of making deceiving posts like this. Weirdo.</p>
<p>ehh, sounds like another UC troll again. ;)</p>
<p>For your information, I went to USC as a music major(Thornton), switched to business(Marshall), and dropped out after two years. In other words, I spent two years taking courses in Thornton, and one year in Marshall. I suppose my previous statement that I was there for "a few years" might have been deceiving. I was there for TWO years. If you read my posts more thoroughly you would probably recognize that I am now transferring to Cal Fall 2006 after spending a year at a community college. I do not write deceiving posts...I am simply talking from my own experiences at USC, and some of my other friends who dropped out(I can count a total of 10 including myself). Alot of people LOVE USC, and there were many things that I really enjoyed about USC. I could write a whole essay on that. But this thread is not entitled, "Things you love about USC", it is entitled "What is with USC?", with many of the posts having a rather negative tone towards the school. So I apologize to anyone who I may have offended or discouraged from attending the school. It just wasn't right for me. Maybe it works for you. Fight On!</p>
<p>If you didn't like USC because "the classes are overcrowded" and everything was large and disorganized, then of course Cal will be better! [/sarcasm]</p>
<p>Hahaha. Good one.</p>
<p>keep in mind that lower level classes (aka general ed courses) are usually much larger in size. once students get to upper-division classes for their major, the class size gets nice and small. so no matter where you go, whether berkeley or USC, general ed classes are going to be huge.</p>
<p>Seriously: if the poster found discontent with the beauracracy at USC, which compared to Berkeley is a well-oiled machine, then they're in for a rude awakening. Especially if they couldn't hack it at USC.</p>
<p>"Especially if they couldn't hack it at USC."
There really is no need to be rude ... itdoesn'tmatter did not appear to be attcking anyone in his/her original post and it seems he/she is entitled to his/her opinion, even if it is negetive and goes against what we believe. kkgirl is right though, you will find large GE classes in almost any college you attend, which can be kind of an adjustment for incoming freshmen, especially those from smaller high schools.</p>
<p>you just have to deal with the general ed classes. sometimes they break up into smaller study groups, which might help. that's what i've heard from the colleges i've visited. i'm going to USC (annenberg---their upper level classes are small) next year, and i've accepted the fact that most of the classes i will take won't be small.
if you really want small classes right away, you might wanna try a smaller college/liberal arts school.</p>
<p>a university is a business, and sometimes businesses are out for themselves. they have (@ USC) 35,000 students to deal with, so you have to understand they can't satisfy everyone at once.
i think what is most important to remember is if you want something done, do it yourself. if you want that specialized attention in your field of study, seek people out, and join activities pertaining to your field.</p>
<p>Actually, I've read that that's where lots of folks meet kids who are in different fields than the one they're planning to major in, so having lots of people can be interesting, especially if you're social.</p>
<p>that's true too :)</p>