Hi, I’m just a girl who was recently accepted to a graduate school program at USC for 2 years. I’m coming from Southern California as well, but I didn’t do my undergrad in Los Angeles. Thing is, I didn’t make any long lasting friendships while I was at college, so I don’t have many friends. I was hoping that attending grad school in the same area I grew up in could not only let me have job opportunities closer to home, but make new friends in the area too. I’m just worried that the other students won’t want to make new friends since most of them are already in their “cliques”. I know everyone says to get involved, but are there other things I can do to meet people? Thanks!
There will be other students in your program new to USC and they will also be looking to make friends. In many ways I think it’s easier to make friends in grad school because it’s a smaller group and you all probably have similar goals. You should have no problem.
@mae2493 Do not sell yourself short. If you have been accepted at USC, you are much more than “just a girl.” 
Whether you make friends or not is determined by you, not the school.
it is purely program dependent. For instance, BA has only 20ish students so everyone knows everyone. It is easier to make friends in some program than other. For CS/EE, there are hundreds of students (400ish). The size alone tells that you can’t make friends that easily. So try to make friends with your room/housemates. That way is easier.