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That is true, although I am not sure that is for every program.

Your diploma does say USC. But you still have to clarify location on your resume. Alum status has as much to do with the institution as it does the diploma. Also if there is a separate mascot you are skating a line there as well.

What we are talking about is designation not fandom. Hell, I had knew 4 people who went to USC and were Clemson fans.

The argument is "am I an alum" I think for safety sake you say you are an alum of the satellite campus on your resume and in public. There is nothing to be ashamed of, you also don't want to mislead an employer. That could be bad

To this argument, I think the DMSB degree does need to get it's due and those who earned it, some respect. I don't think you are giving a fair shake to either with your closing last three sentences.

I don't have any doubt the DMSB degree is deserving of it accolades. I'm sure it's more difficult than the program I went through. I was just stating that I consider myself an alum of the USC system. If someone else disagrees, that's their respective opinion. My sentence about bowing down references his statement to me about not considering myself an alum if I ever run into him. Just childish, imo...

I took my classes at USC when it was still Spartanburg. I walked in Columbia, my degree says "The University of South Carolina." I bleed garnet and develop an angry twitch when I see any shade of orange. Don't tell me I'm not an alum. I am a product of the USC system and damm fine system if you ask me.

He's a Pacer, not a Gamecock, Alum. He might go to a University of South Carolina school, but he's an alum of the USC Aiken Pacers. Just like the USC Upstate is the Spartans and USC Columbia is the Gamecocks.

He's not a Gamecock Alum. He can be a Gamecock fan, but just the sheer fact of him going to a school other than USC-Columbia, makes him not a USC-Columbia alum. It's not rocket science.

I attend USC-Upstate but attended the main campus for two years. I had to move back home due to family issues and other personal matters beyond my control. So I shouldn't be considered an alumni cause even my degree says USC and im walking in Cola. I didn't graduated from the main campus. Your still in the USC system, Upstate just looked up everything about my grades and a major when I applied. People who say you have to graduated from the main campus remind of the stuck up frats who they think you must come from old money south to be in it.

If a USC degree had the same value at a satellite school, you would have a lot more people going there. Fact is, it's not. A lot of people go to these satellite schools because they couldn't get into USC-Columbia. Alums of Columbia busted their tails to get in and to successfully get out. To have some person who had a much easier path tell me his degree is the same is laughable. Also I guarantee you if you are looking for a job, the USC Columbia degree will get you much further than one of the others... That should tell you all you need to know.

That is as absurd a statement as any on here, and that's saying something. I started out in Columbia, spent two or three semesters at Aiken due to housing/financial constraints,finally going back to Columbia to finish up. I can say unequivocally that the education that I received at Aiken was of no lower value than Columbia. In fact, it was substantially higher due to the class sizes and having professors who knew English teach as opposed to Japanese TA's who couldn't pronounce half of the language. And in some cases, the professors were just plain better. So to have a high-and-mighty, wine & cheese, snobby attitude looking down your nose at those who graduated from a satellite campus is asinine.

But as for the "Gamecock" or "Pacer" alumnus-hood, I wasn't aware that you were an alumnus of a mascot. I thought that you were an alum of an institution. If your Diploma says "University of South Carolina" on it, then that's what you put on your resume. I've never bothered to put "University of South Carolina - Columbia campus, Columbia, South Carolina, etc" on my resume. It indicates the School (University of South Carolina), the city that I matriculated in, the state and the year of the degree. It does not include the name of the campus (but does include the city which infers the campus).

Bottom line is that I don't think that anyone is a "Gamecock Alum," but rather a Gamecock fan. And I think that you can, and should proudly consider yourself to be one of those, as should anyone who chews his nails on game days or holds his body a certain way on third and goals, hoping against hope (or with it) that Carolina will impose their will on their competition. You should also consider yourself to be an Alumnus of the University of South Carolina. I know I do, and I'm sure that we both worked hard to be able to do so.

This thread has turned into the something like the new Hatfields and McCoys mini series, this slow time of the year really get interesting sometimes.

Wow........................we now have tater logic

Thank you! The whole discussion was originally based around whether a USC Aiken graduate can be considered a USC Columbia alumni. When SCAR scrolls across the bottom of ESPN and people think of USC Fountain Inn, I'll correct myself. Til then, you're not a a Gamecodk on paper.