101 things you like about USC

<p>1) Hot Women
2) Parkside Suites
3) free stuff
4) awesome guests for comedy shows/concerts/etc
5) accepting scores of 3 for AP credit
6) Socal weather =)
7) The fact that there is always something going on.
8) Friendly people
9) You'll be in Hollywood and see a super nice car and on the back it ill have a USC Alum license plate frame.
10) Amazing school spirit
11) The Trojan Marching Band
12) The beautiful campus
13) Football Games! (how is this not already on the list?)
14) The fact that I can easily get all the classes I want and graduate in four years, as opposed to most of my friends at UCLA and UCD!
15) Famous Alumnis and when they visit!
16) All the films and shows they shoot here!
17) Parkside Arts and Humanities Residential College...so much better than the other Parkside Suites listed as #2, haha
18) Of the classes I'll be taking next semester, last time they were offered they had enrollments totaling 12, 13, 15, and 3 (yes, three!) students, and the 5th, which is a new-next-semester-only course, should have about 4 or 5 people.
19) The Breaking Bread program, in which the school pays for you and your professor to have lunch. <a href="http://www.usc.edu/programs/ugprogra...ng_bread.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/programs/ugprogra...ng_bread.shtml&lt;/a>
20) One of the best engineering college for grad school!
21) Annenberg
22) small class sizes!
23) Freshman seminars
24) Our scarves look like harry potter's =P
25) For superficiality's sake, True Religion and Citizens of Humanity in the Library
26) Great networking with alumni for jobs.
27) The Trojan Spirit at pre-game tailgate parties.
28) Good school colors - especially nice is the sea of cardinal at the football games at the coliseum.
29) Traveler.
30) That Stanford halftime show! hilarious
31) Doheny library's reading room- it's beautiful
32) Thematic Option (and all of its activities)
33.) Being across the street from their own football stadium.
34.) Connections to EA for those in or interested in going into the Video Game program
35.) finger fountain.
36) fluor tower
37) third oldest school of international relations in the world
38) oj mayo
39) relatively small classes
40) beautiful people on campus
41) most diverse college campus in the country
42) bovard auditorium
43) NOT being UCLA
44) Dormroom Deliveries
45) Learning Communities
46) L.A. nightclubs
47)The food at Cafe 84
48) The awesome RAs!!! (I'm certainly not biased there...)
49) USC being the FIRST school to send kids over to Cambridge University for participating in the Cambridge International Summer Schools Program
50) conquest!
51) higher credit when I opened my first credit card (lol)
52) fun rivalry with UCLA
53 - USC student wins Rhodes Scholarship this year (and was on the basketball team, even!)
54 - That our basketball team AND our football team are both awesome now
55 - Former USC PhD student wins Macarthur Fellowship this year (went to caltech for undergrad)
56 skateboarders in suits
57 taking desserts from Tutor Hall Cafe to the roof of Tutor
58 Ground Zero milkshakes
59 Visions and Voices
60 proximity to Little Tokyo
61 taking class in Norris cinema theatre
62 the friendly chefs at EVK
63 the rose garden
64 Trojan Vision
65.) Making love with a Trojan.
66. The attitude is not super-competitive like many other similarly prestigious schools. (Students do well in classes and the student atmosphere is nice.
67) The number of career opportunities in LA
68) GREEK LIFE - I can't believe no one has mentioned this. The social opportunities within the system are tremendous.</p>

<p>69) Galen Athletic Center (the lunch hall, not the basketball court)
This is where athletes eat, but it is open to all students during certain hours.
It is a little more expensive than other places (typical meal w/o drink is $8-$9), but the food is high quality.</p>

<p>70) IM Sports/Clubs. Sooo many clubs it's ridiculous. Heavy participation in IM leagues make them a lot of fun.</p>

<p>71) Tirebiter! George Tirebiter was originally a scraggly, mixed-breed dog
72) Hearing the USC marching band play on campus at 10 pm during finals week.
73) why, coincidentally enough, EE101...</p>

<p>with Mark Redekopp of course such an amazing class. speaking of, have a final in that tomorrow morning at 800AM...
74) ECON-203 (Microeconomics) with Professor Al-Sabea
75) ECON-205 (Macroeconomics) with Professor Al-Sabea
76) The campus isn't overly huge, so that makes it convenient to get across campus in about 10-15 minutes... even less with a bike/skateboard/something on wheels. </p>

<p>77) Career Planning & Placement Center. They hold many information sessions, have on-campus recruiting, and so forth. I plan to utilize it a lot more this semester and next year.
78) The energetic, dynamic and vibrat community of us cc'ers
79) ABSOLUTELY AMAZING alumni system..
80) Fantastic learning environment... come on, the campus is gorgeous. admit it.
81) Millions of opportunities in LA, one of the most important cities in the whole US
82) diverse & you meet people from everywhere
83) not to be blunt, but i'm doing business.. and USC is filled with rich people (come on, we all know it's true. if you don't have some cash, you can't really go since they rarely ever provide full rides) these people will be your friends, and they will REALLY help you in your time of need
84) famous people. let's face it. networking is important.
85) beautiful school colors. really. it's like ROYAL. gold and wine red
86) already have multiple job offers and i have one year of school left
87. TommyCam
88. it's USC
89.) amazing choral program
90.) all those recruited athletes...mmm
91. (This kind of applies to a small number of people, does it count? xD)
Not too far from home, yet not too close that my mom will be hiding outside my window every night :3
92. studying abroad opportunities</p>

<p>There you go
9 more left....</p>

<p>93)USC music school is the Juliard of the West.</p>

<p>This came from my daughter's piano teacher who graduated from USC 50 years ago.</p>

<p>This is non-academic
94) You can pay USC tuition using credit cards such as American Express, VISA, MC, etc..</p>

<p>Bonus: Earn extra points for books, misc.</p>

<p>psht. who needs academic when you can have things JUST AS good in non-academic. xD</p>

<p>i love that last point btw.. :PPP</p>

<ol>
<li>The many merit programs: Trustee (Full $) Scholarships, Presidential (1/2 $) Scholarships, Deans Scholarships and automatic Presidential Scholarships for all NMFs!</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>USC School of Cinematic Arts is #1 film school in the country</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li> GLP (Global Leadership Program) headed by Marshall Dean James Ellis which includes a trip to China.</li>
<li> USC spirit and connections stay with you for a lifetime.</li>
</ol>

<p>
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50) conquest!
51) higher credit when I opened my first credit card (lol)
52) fun rivalry with UCLA

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<p>Are you high? conquest is the WORST. They made students camp out overnight in the middle of LA to APPLY for housing. Then they jacked up the prices to $2700 when they saw so many students camp out. They should have announced the prices BEFORE the students camped out. COnsquest can just diaf.</p>

<ol>
<li>Steven Spielberg can lecture your cinema class.</li>
<li>Telling all your New England friends you can actually say good-bye to snow for the next four years. EAT THAT NORTHEAST.</li>
</ol>

<p>I don't think that poster meant Conquest housing, but rather the week leading up to the USC-UCLA football game.</p>

<p>Yay conquest- watch the movie!
USC</a> Campus Activities</p>

<ol>
<li>The gratifying feeling you get when you receive their red acceptance package.</li>
</ol>

<p>"101. The gratifying feeling you get when you receive their red acceptance package."</p>

<p>TRUE THAT :D
Soon. :)</p>

<p>That feeling is amazing I'm so happy its just amazing</p>

<p>1) Hot Women
2) Parkside Suites
3) free stuff
4) awesome guests for comedy shows/concerts/etc
5) accepting scores of 3 for AP credit
6) Socal weather =)
7) The fact that there is always something going on.
8) Friendly people
9) You'll be in Hollywood and see a super nice car and on the back it ill have a USC Alum license plate frame.
10) Amazing school spirit
11) The Trojan Marching Band
12) The beautiful campus
13) Football Games! (how is this not already on the list?)
14) The fact that I can easily get all the classes I want and graduate in four years, as opposed to most of my friends at UCLA and UCD!
15) Famous Alumnis and when they visit!
16) All the films and shows they shoot here!
17) Parkside Arts and Humanities Residential College...so much better than the other Parkside Suites listed as #2, haha
18) Of the classes I'll be taking next semester, last time they were offered they had enrollments totaling 12, 13, 15, and 3 (yes, three!) students, and the 5th, which is a new-next-semester-only course, should have about 4 or 5 people.
19) The Breaking Bread program, in which the school pays for you and your professor to have lunch. <a href="http://www.usc.edu/programs/ugprogra...ng_bread.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/programs/ugprogra...ng_bread.shtml&lt;/a>
20) One of the best engineering college for grad school!
21) Annenberg
22) small class sizes!
23) Freshman seminars
24) Our scarves look like harry potter's =P
25) For superficiality's sake, True Religion and Citizens of Humanity in the Library
26) Great networking with alumni for jobs.
27) The Trojan Spirit at pre-game tailgate parties.
28) Good school colors - especially nice is the sea of cardinal at the football games at the coliseum.
29) Traveler.
30) That Stanford halftime show! hilarious
31) Doheny library's reading room- it's beautiful
32) Thematic Option (and all of its activities)
33.) Being across the street from their own football stadium.
34.) Connections to EA for those in or interested in going into the Video Game program
35.) finger fountain.
36) fluor tower
37) third oldest school of international relations in the world
38) oj mayo
39) relatively small classes
40) beautiful people on campus
41) most diverse college campus in the country
42) bovard auditorium
43) NOT being UCLA
44) Dormroom Deliveries
45) Learning Communities
46) L.A. nightclubs
47)The food at Cafe 84
48) The awesome RAs!!! (I'm certainly not biased there...)
49) USC being the FIRST school to send kids over to Cambridge University for participating in the Cambridge International Summer Schools Program
50) conquest!
51) higher credit when I opened my first credit card (lol)
52) fun rivalry with UCLA
53 - USC student wins Rhodes Scholarship this year (and was on the basketball team, even!)
54 - That our basketball team AND our football team are both awesome now
55 - Former USC PhD student wins Macarthur Fellowship this year (went to caltech for undergrad)
56 skateboarders in suits
57 taking desserts from Tutor Hall Cafe to the roof of Tutor
58 Ground Zero milkshakes
59 Visions and Voices
60 proximity to Little Tokyo
61 taking class in Norris cinema theatre
62 the friendly chefs at EVK
63 the rose garden
64 Trojan Vision
65.) Making love with a Trojan.
66. The attitude is not super-competitive like many other similarly prestigious schools. (Students do well in classes and the student atmosphere is nice.
67) The number of career opportunities in LA
68) GREEK LIFE - I can't believe no one has mentioned this. The social opportunities within the system are tremendous.</p>

<p>69) Galen Athletic Center (the lunch hall, not the basketball court)
This is where athletes eat, but it is open to all students during certain hours.
It is a little more expensive than other places (typical meal w/o drink is $8-$9), but the food is high quality.</p>

<p>70) IM Sports/Clubs. Sooo many clubs it's ridiculous. Heavy participation in IM leagues make them a lot of fun.</p>

<p>71) Tirebiter! George Tirebiter was originally a scraggly, mixed-breed dog
72) Hearing the USC marching band play on campus at 10 pm during finals week.
73) why, coincidentally enough, EE101...</p>

<p>with Mark Redekopp of course such an amazing class. speaking of, have a final in that tomorrow morning at 800AM...
74) ECON-203 (Microeconomics) with Professor Al-Sabea
75) ECON-205 (Macroeconomics) with Professor Al-Sabea
76) The campus isn't overly huge, so that makes it convenient to get across campus in about 10-15 minutes... even less with a bike/skateboard/something on wheels. </p>

<p>77) Career Planning & Placement Center. They hold many information sessions, have on-campus recruiting, and so forth. I plan to utilize it a lot more this semester and next year.
78) The energetic, dynamic and vibrat community of us cc'ers
79) ABSOLUTELY AMAZING alumni system..
80) Fantastic learning environment... come on, the campus is gorgeous. admit it.
81) Millions of opportunities in LA, one of the most important cities in the whole US
82) diverse & you meet people from everywhere
83) not to be blunt, but i'm doing business.. and USC is filled with rich people (come on, we all know it's true. if you don't have some cash, you can't really go since they rarely ever provide full rides) these people will be your friends, and they will REALLY help you in your time of need
84) famous people. let's face it. networking is important.
85) beautiful school colors. really. it's like ROYAL. gold and wine red
86) already have multiple job offers and i have one year of school left
87. TommyCam
88. it's USC
89.) amazing choral program
90.) all those recruited athletes...mmm
91. (This kind of applies to a small number of people, does it count? xD)
Not too far from home, yet not too close that my mom will be hiding outside my window every night :3
92. studying abroad opportunities
93)USC music school is the Juliard of the West.
94) You can pay USC tuition using credit cards such as American Express, VISA, MC, etc..
95. The many merit programs: Trustee (Full $) Scholarships, Presidential (1/2 $) Scholarships, Deans Scholarships and automatic Presidential Scholarships for all NMFs!
96. USC School of Cinematic Arts is #1 film school in the country
97. GLP (Global Leadership Program) headed by Marshall Dean James Ellis which includes a trip to China.
98. USC spirit and connections stay with you for a lifetime.
99. Steven Spielberg can lecture your cinema class.
100. Telling all your New England friends you can actually say good-bye to snow for the next four years. EAT THAT NORTHEAST.
101. The gratifying feeling you get when you receive their red acceptance package.</p>

<p>and an 102, because USC is so fantastic: Joel Stein lives in L.A.!!!</p>

<p>i love 43, 88, and 100</p>

<p>The Little Chapel of Silence, a hidden gem on the SC campus for quiet contemplation.</p>

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<p>Are you saying that USC non-academics are better than its academics? Because while non-academics are tres important, don’t get me wrong, don’t we all go to college and pay all this money for the academics? ‘Who needs academics?’ Confusing statement…</p>

<p>Aberdeen,
This is not a serious thread comparing academic programs, but a series of lighthearted comments about the campus, groups, food, dorms and students.
Use the search box to find observations by parents and students about the academic opportunities they found at SC. Look at the Mom’s thread and find comments made by these parents, which were quite candid, about their students’ experiences in the classroom.</p>