Help!!!! Which university should I choose

WWWard
Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:02:10 +0000

^^^ Indeed @CADREAMIN I too read all of his posts. His status as a new member and the general anti-USC rhetoric and tone on a # of threads also surprised me, so I was searching for a potential root cause.

At every college and university, there will be buyer’s remorse on the part of some incoming freshman. Some are homesick or simply have trouble adjusting. Personally, I have found that USC does its best to counter such. USC communicates daily via email with its students and on a scale that really shifts the burden to the student if they simply choose to ignore messages or choose to not take advantage of all of the opportunities and resources in front on them, including advisement, counseling, RAs, etc. As for the football ticket issue, I counted at least five opportunities for my freshman daughter to acquire a season pass for football if she wanted one this year, dating back to July. They email you and then remind you and remind you and remind you, etc. If any freshman then chooses to pass on such an opportunity, you really do not need to blame the school. Plus… as cadreamin also states, there are also many ways to still get tickets even if you do not acquire the student season pass… and often such tickets are available at a reduction or even free.

Anyone, including an USC student or USC parent or just a disinterested bystander, has every right to bash USC on various threads if they choose to do so & for whatever reason they choose, but as an USC parent now, I suggest that any new USC parent may want to give it a little more time and then base such angst (if justified) on something a little more significant than not wanting to pay for football tickets as a student or forgetting to buy them when they were cheaper or first available.

During the last four years, there have been a few minor annoying things that we have dealt with regarding USC, but nothing really comes to mind that was worth mentioning online here on CC. And the good has outweighed the bad by a ratio of like 50 to 1.

To any new USC parent with a child not yet excited about attending USC, let’s see how your son or daughter feels about USC in a year or so. Here’s hoping that their experience eventually mirrors those of my kids and cadreamin’s kids over time. USC is a great school, but ultimately it is what each new student chooses to make out of it.

Best Wishes…