<p>[USC</a> Named Top 2 Party School by Playboy | ATVN](<a href=“http://www.atvn.org/news/2012/09/usc-runner-playboy-magazine]USC”>http://www.atvn.org/news/2012/09/usc-runner-playboy-magazine)</p>
<p>Problem or promise for USC’s vision?</p>
<p>What a negatively-top ranking-strengthening
for SC’s old-image, SC’s party image should now linger
another few decades(?)</p>
<p>But then I never know Top-public
Virginia’s that super in partying …</p>
<p>There is a lot of partying at USC. Especially on The Row… seems accurate</p>
<p>Seems pretty accurate.</p>
<p>There are parties here and it may be considered a party school depending who you ask, but I’d definitely never call it #2.</p>
<p>What about Chico, UCSB and oh so many others? As for nightlife, yeah LA nightlife can be fab, but is it really accessible to college/USC students? Yes and no. Sure downtown LA is nearby, but I’ve visited schools with a more friendly, college-town nightlife vibe. If youre going by pure big city nightlife you gotta put UChicago or Columbia up there too…well, maybe if they had a football team.</p>
<p>As the saying goes, bad publicity is good publicity. USC is unique insofar as its media location, strong sports programs, and international flair. This ranking goes with the territory and will be overshadowed by the NMS ranking, which predictably will list USC among the top five, based on the new student profile.</p>
<p>Yawn. I wouldn’t put too much weight on this rating.</p>
<p>I’ve personally seen students (or their parents) make attendance decisions based on this. Really? After that buster junior year, taking a busload of AP classes and exams and hard work. Then letting a dubious rating from a “non academic” publication weigh in on this important of a decision? Every school has a party element lurking around.</p>
<p>I mean, how does one measure a certain campus’ party rating? I don’t see a lot of scientifically reproducible tests going into this. Even when Princeton Review does theirs, I still don’t see how this can be measured.</p>
<p>Maybe they should start ranking the “friendliness” of campuses. That is equally nebulous and immeasurable. /sarcasm</p>
<p>These ratings, as immeasurable and useless as they are, should be a consideration. It should not be the only guiding factor, IMO.</p>
<p>All I know is our kids are getting a great education – S with his EE degree which turned into a very good job and D is nearly done with her cinema degree. They had a record number of applicants for the 2012-2013 academic year and had to turn down a lot of really great candidates, including NMFs!</p>
<p>Rankings like this are pretty silly. Never known a parent who chose to pay for a school based on its party or playboy ranking.</p>
<p>This came up during dinner with my family (worth noting that we rag on each other a lot. There are 3 Trojans and 3 Bruins and there are only 7 of us total, with the 7th being a high schooler. This stuff comes up all. the. time.), and we had mixed opinions on it. Almost everyone at the table joked about it and found it funny, but there was some concern amongst non-relatives who were dining with us. I had to spend some good time dispelling myths. </p>
<p>Truth is, I can’t speak to the party scene, since I haven’t been to a single party of any kind (not even a spontaneous gathering in someone’s dorm room) since I started at USC. But I still have a very nice social life, so I’m happy. :)</p>
<p>Bump…</p>
<p>If you are using a Playboy poll to make your college application decisions you have far greater problems than we can help you with here.</p>
<p>why are you bumping this?</p>
<p>agreed with vinceh</p>