<p>Turned down half-tuition at USC for Duke. Kind of a hard decision because I absolutely loved USC when I came for my Explore USC day, but... I just got "that feeling" at Duke...</p>
<p>lovetocamp, we just enjoy ridiculing the empty-headed USC students and getting a good laugh every once in a while. ;)</p>
<p>dragon - mabye a bit of envy? maybe some regret? It's ok, we welcome you to USC threads. </p>
<p>I do have to wonder, do those who said yes to Stanford and Harvard ... do they keep going back to UCB, UCLA, USC threads? I kind of doubt it. </p>
<p>Some people are happy and content with their final decisions, and move on with their lives. Others aren't and don't. </p>
<p>We do accept other school attendees in our threads, at our football games. Heck, you can even contribute to our alumni association, or purchase USC merchandise (hats, coffee cups, etc.). Thanks for spending your time (and hopefully money too) with us.</p>
<p>dragon17- Dude you are just sad... =_=;; It's not that long ago when you were considering USC so i don't know what your problem is... If you were a true bruin, you wouldn't even consider USC in the first place. So shhhhh and go away, because your head seems emptier and you seem to change sides in a second. Geez, i don't go back to other school's forums and many people aren't coming back here, but you must be just really bored or have no life.</p>
<p>"We don't take kindly to your kind around here..."</p>
<p>uyulove - it's ok. If he has USC envy, we shouldn't be mean to him. He has realized the errors of his ways, and wants to spend time with us. Maybe he can buy a Trojan hat, and display it proudly at his football games.</p>
<p>^ lovetocamp, I admire your sympathy...but still, HA! :p</p>
<p>It is disturbing to see that so many people (and their parents) sound too much like hard-core, narrow-minded fanatics of USC. </p>
<p>Sure, USC is a fine school. However, there are other scholls and other students out there, among of them many great schools and a lot of great students.</p>
<p>We, future non-USC students, are coming back to this thread, because during the college application process you and me and sara and dragon and lovetocamp (and many others), we all were friends on the same side of the barricades. As in People vs. Institution. </p>
<p>And because some guys have chosen USC, and other guys have not, it is definitely not the reason to start a war.</p>
<p>You shouldn't have started this thread in the 1st place TanCat.</p>
<p>TanCat - </p>
<p>There is no war. Really. </p>
<p>My only concern is when people post of their acceptance to another school with a smug tone or with ugly comments. You tell me what the purpose is (in these otherwise supportive threads) when someone posts of their acceptance to some other school with an "in your face" attitude. Are we supposed to "enjoy" reading such posts. (There was one such post a few days ago, that was removed by the Admin - because it was so ugly and nasty). </p>
<p>I do agree with you - that there have been many friendships established through the many posts of camaraderie ("3 more days till they post the acceptances", and "I hope we are both accepted", etc.). It is really unfortunate to see people get ugly and nasty - just because they chose a different school. </p>
<p>Some of these Fall/2006 Freshman, who are going to different schools, may end up working side-by-side years from now. Now is the time to start showing the mature attitude that employers will be looking for in 5-6 years. (Can't you just see it at JPL, NASA, Microsoft, or some other high tech firm: "I'm not working with 'him' on that project... afterall, he went to XYZ college").</p>
<p>Bottomline, any comments from me asking for people to take their comments to another school's thread, is when they have exhibited a less than mature attitude in their post. At this point in the process, when people have made their final decisions, there just is no reason for people to get ugly or to exhibit a smug attitude. </p>
<p>I currently work with people who graduated from many different schools (Stanford, USC, UCLA, UCB, UC Davis, SF State, Chico State, UCSD, and many other schools). Good grief, there is enough stress trying to complete projects when you are working "together". We would never get anything done, if people had an "in your face" attitude due what school that they attended. </p>
<p>Best wishes to you in your future college days, and career search. May you find happiness and success.</p>
<p>im most likely going to Boston University's 7 year liberal arts/MD program</p>
<p>it hurts to turn down that full ride but i didnt get into the Bac/MD thing at USC so u know what??
BU it is</p>
<p>I'm going to UCSD intead of USC because</p>
<p>-Out of the two I visited, I liked the UCSD atmosphere/location/campus more (not to say the USC wasn't beautiful because it is, just not my preference)
- UCSD is cheaper for me
-and I've been obsessing over UCSD for ages so...</p>
<p>lovetocamp,</p>
<p>You said "He has realized the errors of his ways, and wants to spend time with us." What error is that? Please enlighten me. What error could I have possibly made if I have not even sent in my SIR yet?</p>
<p>Turning down USC Marshall for Wharton@Penn</p>
<p>I made the decision to go to USC. I am far from the "hard-core USC fanatic" and I love UCLA considering two of my closest friends goes/is going there but I will defend my school.</p>
<p>People making snide comments such as "empty-headed USC students" really need to get a life. I consider that nasty. There is no war. If there is one, we are certainly not the ones starting it.</p>
<p>I second twilightdarlings's post.</p>
<p>dragon17, What do you gain when you make such a low-class, unsound, and utterly derogatory comment labeling USC students as "empty-headed?" Do you feel better about yourself for further antagonizing potential or current USC students? Do you really get a "good laugh" from your alleged "ridiculing" of USC students (on an Internet Forum?)? </p>
<p>lovetocamp's post asking why non-USC collegebound students still post on the USC board was an open-ended one that directed no personal attack against anyone. Yes, she may have been overly biased and personal, but she posed the question out of mere curiosity and expected simple answers. And I'm sure after being in this forum for a while, she's grown tired of seeing unwarranted degrading posts in threads created solely for the purpose of helping potential USC students. </p>
<p>When you leave such vague and controversial comments such as "Viterbi school of engineering is not very good, especially in comparison with other UC schools" on a USC Board, and state bluntly that is "simple truth" (while substantiating your claim with another vague post saying you heard your information from various uncited sources), you're just begging to incite conflict. First of all, you aren't a student at USC, so you can't judge the quality of the school. Second of all, when you don't have any concrete evidence to support your claims, you should not objectify your messages. That's rude and especially misleading to potential students. Many of your posts repeat this trend of ambiguity, terseness, and objectivity. </p>
<p>If you're going to post on this message board, please respect the others who read and/or post here. Refrain from making posts that personally degrade people, and if you have anything to contribute, don't act like a pundit who knows the nooks and crannies of a school you haven't even attended. At least show that you're citing opinions from student testimonials or data from rankings, etc. instead of making such blunt, unsubstantiated comments about the school and its facilities.</p>
<p>I'm sure the College Confidential forums were designed to help accommodate potential college students with their school selection process. As a frequent visitor of these forums, I ask that the forumers here please keep the controversy and personal fighting as low as possible.</p>
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TanCat, honest people like you and some of the others here who have just simply said "I'm not going to USC" are not the reason for this "war." I believe the "war" is directed toward those who go further to denounce USC as if it's the worst place on Earth, just like Bush said about WMDs in Iraq. Those people are the ones that I, and most current/future Trojans on this forum, have a problem with.</p>
<p>Dragon - are you familiar with the term sarcasm, tongue-in-cheek, etc.? My comment (#45), it was humor. Nothing more, nothing less. </p>
<p>My later comment (#49) was stated with 100% seriousness.</p>
<p>If you have not decided yet, then I wish you good luck in your last minute, close to deadline, decision. Be it USC, or otherwise. I wish you luck and success wherever you go. </p>
<p>If you do choose somewhere other than USC, then move onward towards that school, and don't look back. </p>
<p>If you choose USC, then you will be welcomed wholeheartedly. </p>
<p>The worse thing that you could possibly do, is to sit on the fence. You should feel good about your decision, and then "go for it". </p>
<p>Kind of like when you like two girls. You have decide on one, and put your heart and head behind your decision. And, you need to let the other one go, so she can be free to move on also. </p>
<p>Weigh the pros and cons, consult your head, then in then end, consult your heart. If you are not happy where you are going, then you will not have a good time, and you probably won't do well, even if your head tells you it was the right decision.</p>
<p>Alrite ppl... take it easy now. We're still months away from Dec. 2nd.
It's not a war, just a really touchie rivalry. Hey, it's the skool spirit that's what drives us to wake up everyday to do what we do.
I wouldnt have come back to this board if I had chosen Cal. Hell, I woulda be startin things up on the Stanford Board.</p>
<p>Ok, after all that... USC still sux haha.</p>
<p>TanCat,</p>
<p>You sound like the really stupid one out there. I don't even question your motive for starting this thread, but how can you blame USC people for dragging this thread down?</p>
<p>Did you see those ucla people's attitude? I think you may notice dragon17 was a frequent here, and choosing between USC and UCLA just days ago. A lot of people here answered his questions, gave out information, tried to do something helping him. Now he came back call other people "empty-headed". What kind of person is he? We here don't expect everyone choosing USC, but we hope people being respectful, reasonable. Is that too much to ask for dragon17,</p>
<p>camp, don't waste more time on dragon. He is the exact kind of person belonging to UCLA:) </p>
<p>I know that kind of persons around us everyday, cheap, mean attituded, ungrateful. They won't mount to anything.</p>