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<p>USC was still known as that when I was attending high school in the early-mid '90s. The radical change in its reputation has only been happening for the last several years. </p>
<p>Then again, many high school classmates from my year and before are also surprised at how NYU’s rep went up the further you got from NYC and how far its reputation soared within the last 15+ years.</p>