Why this "crisis" is good.

[Columbia_Student]

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USC students have huge chips on their shoulders. **They, probably more than anybody else, really make a big deal of the US News rankings (b/c USC is “top 30”) ** and genuinely seem to seek validation from that magazine’s rankings. It’s pathetic, hilarious, and annoying.

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<p>See the thread in UCLA forum about ranking, nuff said</p>

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