<p>Whether true in reality or not,
LOL credits to UCLA in pushing such a successful 60-year
US household marketing campaign even to the whole world
modifying SC’s supreme-versatile name to “U of Second Choice”,
to the same level as “Nike Just Do It” or “Intel Inside”.</p>
<p>As I’ve experienced (just my own experience),
even in Europe and Asia, people might not know USC officially stands for,
but they often still know “Spoiled Children and Second Choice”.</p>
<p>Wonder if UCLA grads ever been more successful in marketing any other
product brandnames…</p>
<p>Why no one calls at least for undergrad…
Berkeley == University of 2nd Choice to Stanford
Yale == University of 2nd Choice to Harvard
UCLA == University of 2nd Choice to Berkeley
Boston U == University of 4th Choice in Boston
…</p>
<p>I’m speaking as a current USC freshman who could not help but to notice that a large amount of the people I know, and my very close friends here, were rejected by Stanford. But most of them are happy to be here…still, there’s that small minority who deep down wish they were at Stanford. Not that there isn’t people here who didn’t choose USC over Stanford, because there are.</p>
<p>i always laugh when people say that UCLA is for berkeley rejects/second choice considering that most UCLA students also get into berkeley. Even the differences in their endowment is pretty negligible considering that UCB was open like 50 years before UCLA. And, on average, SAT scores between LA and berkeley only differed by like 20 points (in berkeley’s favor) average act score between LA and SD differs by 1 point (in berkeley’s favor) and gpa between the two schools was 4.15 and 4.16 (in LAs favor) the two schools are in most areas pretty similar ; )</p>
<p>stanfurd reject here, and honestly after having been here at USC for a while, I think the people I’ve met and the connections I’ve made here are more valuable than what I would have gotten there, though of course I can’t say for sure.</p>
<p>Didn’t apply to that crappy school across town, and in any case, it would have cost much more to go to anyways, being out-of-state.</p>
<p>If UCLA wasn’t the school of second choice to Berkeley, the sports teams would be called Cal without the LA qualifier and the UC system president’s office would be in southern not northern California.</p>
<p>This is such a ridiculous thread - and I am a Cal student! UCLA likes to believe it has the same status as Berkeley as an academic leader. It is a fine university but to suggest that it has very few USC rejects is an absolute joke. First, my sister goes to USC and it is very true that there are several students that did not apply to UCLA or even Berkeley. Those students value the private mission of small classrooms, greater alumni connections, and greater student resources. To them there is no point to go to a large public school where professors’ main focus is their research. Second, having been raised in southern California, I have many friends that go to UCLA and yes some of them were rejected from USC and even UCSD. Why does this happen? Simply because the admissions process is unpredictable. Thirdly, one must realize that UCLA admits very few international and out of state students, because of its public mission to serve CA residents first. Where as, USC has the most international students than any other university in the US. Also, USC admits more out of state students because it is not funded by the state. So, my point is that UCLA does admit less of those demographics than USC. Although, that is not because UCLA is superior or more academically challenging. In fact, USC has SIGNIFICANTLY higher SAT and ACT scores than all the UCs. UCLA students will bring up the super scoring excuse, but come on enough with the excuses already. It will not make that big of a difference! The gap between UCLAs and USCs scores is quite large. Large enough to safely say USC’s smaller student body is overall more intelligent. However, UCLA does have excellent students, but for the most part that majority of the students are subpar. Again, largely due to the fact that they are bounded by state obligations. </p>
<p>And for the record, the same comparison can be made with Berkeley and Stanford.</p>
you do know that berkeley was the first UC right? And that berkeley is in norcal? so it would make perfect sense that since the first UC was in norcal (as well as SF and Davis, which are also in norcal), to open up the offices in norcal too? haha. the Cal name probably also has to do with it being the first UC. LA was the fourth undergraduate UC, and the first one in socal : D</p>
<p>Berkeley was the first public research university. SDSU, SJSU, and Southern Branch of UC, all started off as teacher colleges. Just as USC is the first private research university, where Santa Clara was a missionary school.</p>
<p>Admission interviews are optional at USC. The 2011 admission interviews have already started and will conclude by the first week of December. It is very likely that all of the off-campus appointments are filled, but there may still be on-campus interviews available if that works for you. There should be an interview tab on your USConnect to check for availability and make an appointment.</p>
<p>I agree with Sam that there are real circumstances where it would make perfect sense to choose USC over an ivy. Cinema School or Popular Music Performance programs at USC are more selective than the ivies. Any one who plans on med school and that large cost with diminishing earnings opportunities in medicine shoulld seriously consider the undergraduate costs. If they get the Trustee scholarship at USC and the parents are middle or upper middle class, USC would be a great choice. If you have no EFC or college costs are covered by family members who don’t have a concern for cost, then the ivy might be a better choice. If you want to go to Harvard Law or Business School, going to the ivy school probably improves your odds. Have a friend whose daughter turned down Princeton to go to Northwestern for Theatre. Right choice for her. Lots of smart kids think things through more logically than just what school is ranked higher generally.</p>