<p>drax12,</p>
<p>Neither I nor Georgia Girl have been “put out there” by USC, and USC certainly does not have a dungeon somewhere where they keep discontents. I have absolutely no official connection to USC, and yes, the vast majority of the student body support their university with great enthusiasm, which is the reason USC is known as having such a wonderful alumni network (from which my student has already benefited). </p>
<p>Accepting several students from such a fine private high school school does not seem a negative feature to me. My student, however, did not attend a private school - hers was a very ordinary public school. I don’t know how you will interpret that (one has to assume you would feel that was a wonderful feature, since you view students from top private schools negatively), but rest assured she achieved outstanding test scores and was valedictorian of her class, as well as having many other fine accomplishments of which I am very (understandably) proud.</p>
<p>I am very sorry recent changes in those meaningless rankings have upset you so much.</p>
<p>alamemom</p>