<p>I appreciate your opinions - but you guys keep posting anecdotal commentary as your argument against USC’s reputation (either bad or non existence). Your circle of friends does not make an effective research sampling. I posted facts that seem to contradict this point of view. </p>
<p>But you are correct to differentiate between academic reputation in academic circles and the general public. The former has proven to be much more unyielding in their assessment of USC’s position in higher education - but that does seem to be changing every so slowly as you stated.</p>