USC reality show, concerns about reputation

jbusc
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:36:39 +0000

I’m a USC alum, non-greek, non-partier. I haven’t seen any of this show. But I imagine that if you take several hundred hours of video footage, you can tell pretty much any story you want in an hour long episode via creative editing.

USC is extremely diverse. Approximately 46% of the latest incoming freshman class were domestic (non-international) students who identified as something other than Caucasian.

It’s not entirely right to lump all the greek-affiliated students together, either. There are some who are partiers, and there are some who are academic. Typically the GPA of students in fraternities and sororities is equal or slightly higher than the average undergraduate GPA.

Plus, USC is a soft target because of the (well deserved, I will readily admit) reputation from its past. But I do not think that is valid now and shows like this just reinforce people’s misconceptions.

And I don’t like that because it doesn’t tell the story of my experience and valuable education at USC.