<p>I’m not inclined to dissing other schools, but truthfully, USC is not in Stanford’s league in any way, except in the sports sense. USC is definitely coming up in the world and alumni are donating a lot of money and they building a lot of new buildings, etc. but academically it does not compare to Stanford at this point.</p>
<p>Caltech is amazing and everyone here respects the hell out of it, but I agree that comparisons between an institute of technology and a full-scale liberal arts university don’t really work.</p>