<p>Except that, Grabbit, that’s no longer true on the undergraduate level. On the undergraduate level, USC has had better students than both Cal and UCLA for about a decade now. Granted, student quality is only part of undergraduate rankings, but I find it funny that you would suggest that USC is not going to pass Cal given all the other schools it has ALREADY passed.</p>
<p>Nikias’ goal of “undisputed elite status” doesn’t exactly entail slowing down as that is something that both he and Sample and all the trustees have warned against.</p>