go, go, go bruins!

well, i'm a bruins kinda guy. granted, i'm currently going to usc to get my masters in education degree. however, i love the bruins. grew up watching them. sister went there for her B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering. got my B.A. in history.

so you can understand how i'm a little disturbed by the fact that this year's incoming first-year class at usc scored higher (on average) on both the SATs and has a higher GPA than that of the incoming first-year class at ucla.

The average SAT score for its entering freshman class is now higher than it is at public cross-town rival UCLA or at the University of California flagship in Berkeley. And its football team has won or shared the national championship two years in a row.

further on the article:

USC's ambitions have led it to reduce the size of its freshman classes, thus raising admissions standards; move the core general education requirements back into the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, to restore rigor to those classes; undertake hiring 100 senior faculty members for that college; urge students to minor in subjects unrelated to their majors; stress interdisciplinary teaching and research; increase diversity among the student body and faculty; and co-sponsor many programs in the immediate neighborhood.

from a pragmatic standpoint, that bolds well for me. as 'sc's reputation for being a quality institution of higher learning grows, the more my diploma will be valued. however, when you talk about emotions... damn it, ucla, what the fuck?