Why isn't USC considered a 'CC Top University'?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>The rankings (according to US news) of the schools on the list of CC Top Universities</p>

<p>California Institute of Technology-- #7
Carnegie Mellon University-- #23
Duke University-- #9
Emory University-- #20
Georgetown University-- #21
Johns Hopkins University-- #13
Massachusetts Institute of Technology-- #7
Northwestern University-- #12
Rice University-- #17
Stanford University-- #5
University of California Berkeley-- #22
University of California Los Angeles-- #25
University of Chicago-- #9
University of Michigan Ann Arbor-- #29
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill-- #30
University of Notre Dame-- #19
University of Virginia-- #25
Vanderbilt University-- #17
Washington University in St. Louis-- #13</p>

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<p>USC's ranking-- #23</p>

<p>USC is ranked higher than four universities on this list</p>

<p>explain</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/community-forum-issues/633481-why-isnt-usc-cc-top-university.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/community-forum-issues/633481-why-isnt-usc-cc-top-university.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Well, USC was known as University of Spoiled Children until recently…</p>

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<p>The short answer is that they have not earned it…yet.</p>

<p>USC was out of the top 25 in 2009 and 2010. However, with recent good news for USC (like a record $200M donation) and bad news for the UC and UM systems (California and Michigan are financially broke, which will disproportionately affect UM, UCLA and Cal), I expect USC to become a long term member of the top 25 universities.</p>

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<p>Spoiled Children doesn’t really mean anything compared to U Can’t Learn Anything. (Or lots of other’s on CC’s list.)</p>

<p>I think USC deserves it, and has for a while. SCA and Viterbi are excellent, but so are lots and lots of colleges.</p>

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<p>Exactly what ZBBMcFate said.</p>

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<p>it’s definitely not for their lack of an active board! this is the best USC resource out there!</p>