Is USC on the rise academically?

phantasmagoric
Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:17:57 +0000

^ oh you Trojans, getting all bent out of shape at the mere suggestion that USC has flaws as well as strengths; I notice none of you are even attempting to refute my points, and instead are going after me. If what I’m saying is so wrong, why has no one tried to refute it? You’re all exemplifying exactly what I said in post #238: when you have no response, attack the person. (Anyone who’s engaged in a debate with me knows I show the same “fighting spirit” no matter what the topic is. That’s because I won’t make a point that isn’t supported by facts and data.)

madbean,



you seem unusually interested in college prestige and ranks.



And you base that on… what? My posts have nothing to do with prestige, and I rarely mention rankings themselves. Rather, I discuss the relevant universities in the context of hard data. So I will mention that USC is #25 in faculty salary pay; or that Berkeley has a larger budget. I’ll also mention that USC does have a higher average SAT score than Berkeley, or that USC has doubled its budget surplus in one year. All facts, nothing else. This thread is about USC’s rise, after all.



You have posted 19 times on this USC thread alone,



Yes, I post on many subforums, from MIT to college majors to Stanford to the parents forum to Cornell, and so on. <1% of my posts are in the USC forum, and as far as I know, there’s no reason that I can’t post here. Indeed, what originally brought my attention to the USC forum was several (4-5) USC people posting on the forum I frequent the most. I also have a close affiliation with USC (not myself), but that doesn’t matter, because you don’t need an affiliation to post on a school’s forum.

More importantly, if you don’t want to read my posts, don’t read them. I’ve brought more hard facts and solid analysis here than most, so that others can read it; many have found it informative. You can just skip my posts in the future. Same goes to you, menloparkmom.



nonsensical interpretation of data



How has my interpretation of data been nonsensical? Which data, specifically? What is your interpretation?



seem to be less about setting forth your honest opinion than a highly defensive and heated bias towards your own school



I assure you, I am setting forth my honest opinion. What have I been defensive about? What bias are you indicating? Toward which school? And what posts indicate that bias?



who appear angered that USC has gained in academic reputation and stature over the years.



Ah, the “you’re just jealous” response. See #238.