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<p>Geez, I am more often touting and defending USC than otherwise. For example, [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/639281-what-does-your-status-page-say-2-0-a-48.html#post1062061752]here[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/639281-what-does-your-status-page-say-2-0-a-48.html#post1062061752]here[/url</a>], and [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/639281-what-does-your-status-page-say-2-0-a-47.html#post1062057090]here[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/639281-what-does-your-status-page-say-2-0-a-47.html#post1062057090]here[/url</a>], [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061651337-post76.html]here[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061651337-post76.html]here[/url</a>], [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061647656-post19.html]here[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061647656-post19.html]here[/url</a>], and starting a thread campaigning to have USC be a top CC University [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/community-forum-issues/633481-why-isnt-usc-cc-top-university.html]here[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/community-forum-issues/633481-why-isnt-usc-cc-top-university.html]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>As I have stated in these numerous pro-USC posts, I really respect what USC has done, as it is America’s primary example of a college greatly increasing in selectivity and prestige in the last 15 years. I like especially how USC has done this not by imitating any other college, but through their own singular Trojan style. At CC, I’ve noted that the USC threads are alive with energy, while other college subforums are relatively dead. This bespeaks of a Trojan energy which is likely to be reflected in a student’s USC experience.</p>
<p>I still think it is useful to be analytical, and if that is characterized as cynical, so be it. USC’s 4 year graduation rates have lagged behind other schools, maybe more recent stats will show improvement, I suspect they have as graduation rates are closely associated with selectivity.</p>
<p>As for Spring Admits, it is commonly held that USC uses this to substitute for waiting lists, which it doesn’t have. Students put on waiting lists are not randomly selected, but are judged by the adcoms to be less competitive than straight admits. If anyone at CC was on a waiting list, I apologize for making this observation, I didn’t mean anything personal.</p>