<p>Exactly as the topic asks^</p>
<p>USC hasn’t always been regarded as prestigious as it is now, so it obviously rose to get to where it is now. Is it still on the rise is what I’m asking?</p>
<p>Up and coming as some put it</p>
<p>I’m going to assume that you are asking about the prestige/ranking of USC and if USC is a prestigious school. Well most people look at the U.S. News & World Report for the college ranking and the U.S News & World Report is highly valued. Well according to the US News & World Report USC is one rank above UCLA. This should give you a general idea of USC’s academics.</p>
<p>[National</a> University | Rankings | Data | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/data]National”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/data)</p>
<p>This is the U.S News & World Report ranking of the best national universities.</p>
<p>I see that, but is it still climbing or has it reached its peak? Hard question I know</p>
<p>Well all colleges have the capability to be better. But for USC it is still on the rise. If you ask any person how USC is doing now they will all say that USC is investing a lot of money into bringing world renowned professors to the university and that USC academics is rising.</p>
<p>Would it be fair to say that in time, with better professors and what not, USC will be regarded more highly nationally? From my knowledge the west coast appreciates USC much more than the east.</p>
<p>I think that is fair. While USC is rising in the ranks it is still less regarded in the East Coast. However USC’s prestige is also rising in the east so USC should gain recognition in the east fairly quickly.</p>
<p>What else would a college do to gain prestige besides investing in better professors?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/1122208-does-usc-have-good-rep-east-coast.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/1122208-does-usc-have-good-rep-east-coast.html</a> </p>
<p>this is a post that I think you would be interested in. However, keep in mind that this post started in 2008 and USC has gained more recognition since then.</p>
<p>Thanks </p>
<p>10 char</p>
<p>Well colleges generally gain prestige by doing a lot of research and finding new information. However this directly correlates with having world renowned professors because it is usually the professors that published major research projects. That is why universities such as harvard, princeton, MIT have such great prestige. If you look at the research their professors have been involved in it is pretty incredible. </p>
<p>Also another thing that colleges can do to gain prestige is to have alumni that are in high positions. For example if you look at the Supreme Court Justices most of them graduated from Harvard Law School. This obviously increases the prestige of Harvard Law School because graduates from their schools are in the Supreme Court.</p>
<p>That makes for an interesting paradox: does the prestige of a college increase when it’s alumni are in higher positions, or are a college’s alumni in higher positions because of their college’s prestige?</p>
<p>hmm… I never thought of that. But I think it might be both??? Graduating from USC will opens doors and help you get better jobs. But having a better job will also increase the prestige of USC???</p>
<p>In the research I have encountered, schools like Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Washington have their names mentioned far more than USC. And you can’t definitively say that USC has better professors than any of those colleges. So why aren’t any of those colleges ranked before USC? Because prestige isn’t all about academics. A lot of it is about name brand. Selectivity. Appearances on tv shows. Desirability. Etc. To me, prestige can be measured by how many smart students that school is able to attract, and how many of those smart students’ hearts that school is capable of breaking.</p>
<p>I see yea its not all prestige, however being a private school I think it’s okay to assume USC is at least more selective than those schools you’ve mentioned. Oh well! I’m going there, gotta make the best of it</p>
<p>USC is not considered a "top tier school. Those belong to Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Wash U, etc. However, it does have a strong reputation in the 2nd tier category and if you tell someone you go to USC, there’s a decent chance they’re impressed. I’ve gotten responses like “Dang!” or “OMG I love that school.”</p>
<p>Academically, that depends on the students they bring in, Not just professors. During my interview at Keck, I asked a professor what he thinks of USC students. He gave it to me straight: He said “USC has many top student (sic) but also not top student. At schools like Harvard, you only get the top student…” I think this is a pretty accurate assesment and speaks volumes. USC does have a good mix, but it’s not top tier. Then take a school like Riverside. Nationally recognized but they are not in the 2nd tier in my opinion b/c they attract the egg students. It’s nor that these people are rejects, it’s that there are very, very few “top” students here and that has a negative snowball effect. </p>
<p>Think about all the people you know: where are they going to college? If it’s USC, UCLA, NYU, or any of those middle-band schools, you could probably describe those students as “top” or average (but lucky). If they go to HYPS etc. though, I bet you their at the top of their high school class. Think of someone who is going to Riverside, and you probably remember they didn’t work hard enough in high school.</p>
<p>This is all rather obvious, I know. But my point is, the type of people that go to a school shapes how it’s perceived in the eyes of individuals.</p>
<p>I think USC is still on the rise and will pass Berkeley before she peaks. The admissions stats keep getting stiffer every year and Nikias has an ambitious endowment campaign that is doing very well.</p>
<p>Hopefully I’m one of those top tier students at least… Rejected from USC at first but accepted to WashU. Later accepted to USC through appeal. I’m just a little put down after talking to friends who will be going to top tier schools. Their math placement tests included up to Calc BC. My math placement test went up to precalc…</p>