<p>1) The Trojan Family
2) The Film School
3) Opportunities for undergraduate research in ALL fields (PURF, SOAR, etc.)
4) Ease of taking classes in schools other than your own.
5) Ease of declaring minors and abundance of available minors.
6) beautiful campus
7) close interaction with professors
8) the weather!!!
9) Alumni all over the world, so great connections!
10) Traveler!
11) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
12) LA Live
13) The best damn College Football games in the country
14) School Spirit
15) Diversity
16) Something there for everyone
17) Festival of Books (largest book festival in the US): [Los</a> Angeles Times Festival of Books](<a href=“http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/]Los”>Festival of Books • L.A. Times)
18) Neighborhood Academic Initiative (program enabling neighborhood kids to attend USC for free): <a href=“http://communities.usc.edu/education/nai.html[/url]”>http://communities.usc.edu/education/nai.html</a>
19) Visions and Voices (arts and humanities programming): [Visions</a> and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/]Visions”>http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/)
20) Joint Educational Project (community service opportunities): [Joint</a> Educational Project > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences](<a href=“http://dornsife.usc.edu/joint-educational-project/]Joint”>http://dornsife.usc.edu/joint-educational-project/)
21) The Spirit of Troy - The Greatest Marching Band in the History of the Universe
22. The “wow” factor and response I get when telling young people I graduated from USC!
23. The student faculty ratio is 9/1.
24. Students and staff support “Swim with Mike” an important campus event that raises funds for handicapped athletes across the country.
25. USC’s School of Architecture preserves the famous Gamble House in Pasadena.
26. The Hillel group will deliver hot chicken soup to a student member who has a cold.
27. Students can take SC’s boat and visit the USC marine science center on Catalina Island.
28. The legacy of Holocaust survivors is preserved, now in digital form, by the USC Shoah Institute for future generations.
29. Freshmen entering in 2012 came from 1,476 high schools/prep schools which enhances the wonderful diversity of SC.
30. Topping Scholars are supported by the only student financed, student originated and partially student administered scholarship program in the nation.
31. Over 80 religious organizations provide a “second home” for new students.
32. The largest collection of Dead Sea Scrolls is conserved and studied at the Dornsife School.
33. Students who cannot go home for Thanksgiving are invited to the private home of President and Mrs. Nikias to share Thanksgiving dinner.
34. The home of the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival is at USC and other local venues.
35. A state of the art complex will house the new Kaufman School of Dance in 2014.
36. USC offers 62 study abroad programs in 33 countries.
37. More international students attend than any other university.
38. SC offers 8 residential colleges with faculty masters in residence.
39. Two metro stations at the edge of campus provide quick access to Disney Concert Hall, the Music Center, Performing Arts Center, downtown restaurants, art galleries, theatres, clubs and museums.
40. SC offers a huge range of majors including biophysics, cognitive science, computational mathematics, cinematic arts critical studies, biomedical engineering, jazz studies, harp performance, global health and architecture.
41. The colors: Cardinal yellow/gold and red
42. The School of Dramatic Arts
43. A campus that is always alive with buzz where weeknights seem like weekends.
44. Excellent professors!
45. Really friendly people<br>
46. Sergio Ramirez, Director of Academic & Student Services in the School of Theatre! We spoke to him in the office at USC which cinched the deal for my daughter.
47. A student can find new interests in over 600 organizations.
48. For those who wish to learn more about global business SC offers the World Bachelor of Business program which involves study in three different countries.
49. The president of the university comes to move in day and greets new freshmen and their families.
50. There are many choices of club sports including tennis, soccer, basketball and volleyball.
51. SC’s admission policy is still need blind.
52. There are no impacted majors.
53. A visitor to campus can view flowers in bloom 12 months a year.
54. collegemagazine.com rates USC the #1 college for hottest girls.
55. The Sack of Troy (USC’s fictitious “Onion” type newspaper)
56. An awesome college experience<br>
57. The School of Cinematic Arts – tops in the world
58. The thick, glossy, beautiful admissions packet (truly suitable for framing)
59. Awesome library!
60) The Music Industry department at the Thornton School of Music, and its professors who have worked at major labels like Universal, Sony, Warner, EMI, etc., some of whom even have award winning records hanging in their office.
61) The Interactive Media Division at the School of Cinematic Arts, and its professors who have held key positions at leading developers and publishers like EA, Activision, Microsoft, Zynga, etc.
62) The Annenberg School for Communication. If you like to make film/music, check out SCA and Thornton. If you’re curious as to how movies and media can affect behavior and the like, Annenberg is for you.
63) The progressive degree program, which allows qualified undergraduates to apply for and concurrently enroll in select master’s degree programs without taking the GRE. A highly efficient use of time and certainly worth consideration, especially for those who aim to plan their bachelor’s in three years.
64) Going back to the music and film school note: access to numerous sound stages, recording studios, dub stages, and scoring stages. With the completion of the new SCA building, we also get two play test chambers, each with a viewing room attached and separated by a one way mirror.
65) KXSC, USC’s completely student-run radio station complete with their dancing robot mascot.
66) We have the most percentage of international students of any US campus.
67) Tommy Cam
68) It’s the decade’s hottest school The Decade’s Hottest Schools - The Daily Beast
69) Beauty and Brains, USC’s got it all Colleges Where Students Are Hot & Smart - Business Insider
70) Whenever a fellow Trojan spots you walking around wearing letters, they throw two fingers up. Fight On.
71) USC is a QuestBridge partner</p>
<p>72) Trojan Vision, the award-winning student run TV station on campus
73) Neil Armstrong and George Lucas went here</p>