USC reality show, concerns about reputation

Nrdsb4
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:17:10 +0000

Of course a reality show about college kids is going to find the partiers. How much of an audience would they attract by showing smart, accomplished kids studying in the library, working hard on projects, doing community service, participating in intramural sports and other worthwhile activities?

When D1 was accepted to USC, we made a visit and were quite impressed with the campus, facilities, alum network, etc. Six girls from D1’s class of 122 attended, all of them very smart; most of them turned down other quite prestigious schools in order to go there. My impression was that while the area was once considered a really bad one, they have worked very hard to clean up that area, so it is much improved.