<p>well? i hope not since im a 09bruin and well, i want the "prestige" =)</p>
<p>how about... will USC's new SAT average make them ranked better than UC Berkeley?</p>
<p>same question right?</p>
<p>I have an even better idea - lets stop asking stupid questions about USC on the UCLA board :)</p>
<p>well hello, if i posted on USC - they wud all say USC will become better; if i posted on UCLA, i was HOPING for current students to say otherwise</p>
<p>and good point about berkeley, except berkeley has a bigger gap</p>
<p>No, it will not. US News doesn't really look at SAT averages in its yearly rankings; for example, UCB and UCLA are beating out Tufts, Georgetown and Boston College even though they have higher SAT scores.</p>
<p>I don't think many people realize that while the UCs take the highest SAT score from one sitting, most other schools, including USC, combine the two highest scores from different sittings. This can make a big difference when SAT scores are averaged in admissions statistics. Im not sure if US News takes this into account, but either way I doubt USC will surpass UCLA this year.</p>
<p>That's a very good point. My "best sitting" was 40 points lower than my other score. That could definitely make a difference.</p>
<p>UCLA > USC</p>
<p>my best sitting was also 40 points lower than my highest combined score. </p>
<p>i dont have a copy of the US news rankings so i dunno how it looks like now, but i wonder if any of the stuff UCLA implements actually affects the rankings... for example:</p>
<p>grad rates: expected cumulative progress (ECP) expects students to graduate in 4 years (unless they drop out)
% of classes under 20: a lot of fiat lux freshmen seminars (max 20 students)... i wonder if they count in the total # of classes
freshmen in top 10%: aren't almost all UCLA students in the top 10%? what's the current percentage listed by US news?
financial resources rank: this ought to go up, ucla has been on a huge fundraising effort (not as much as USC's though)</p>