<p>Does anyone know if there is a Young Republicans, or College Republicans, or other conservative club or organizations on the USC campus? Son sees lots of stuff for the other side of the aisle, but not these.</p>
<p>yah because their are toooo many conservatives at USC to put them into one club. USC is just one huge conservative club so i wouldn't worry about it.</p>
<p>don't worry, there are plenty of groups for all sorts of political dogma. There's both political(college republicans) and faith-related(campus crusade) that tend to swing conservative.</p>
<p>Hm, so what is the overall political climate of the school, then? Obviously liberal, because, I mean, it's college. But I mean relative to other institutions of higher learning. </p>
<p>And I know during my college search list I looked at the student organizations...USC has a list of them on the webpage.</p>
<p>I think USC is very conservative.... in terms of ranking it amongst the other big CA schools such as the UC's, stanford, and Cal States in my opinion USC is the most conservative.</p>
<p>USC is quite liberal for a private school. However, it is located near Orange County and San Diego County, two of the most conservative areas of California. There are definitely conservative (political) clubs on campus that would be great for your son to join if he wants to remain active as a Republican. As for religious conservative groups...well there is Campus Crusade for Christ, which I think is kind of a bad name to use just because the Crusades were...well, violet, so to me it sends a bad picture of the group even though I know that in reality they're all a bunch of good kids.</p>
<p>I went to one of the College Republicans' meetings and there were about 4 people there, total. Definitely not enough. I encourage you to check out the conservative clubs if you're at all interested.</p>
<p>Thanks! This should help.</p>
<p>I'd say USC is liberal for a private school mainly because of the fact that it's located in California. However, comparing it against other California colleges such as that one in the People's Republic of Bezerkely, it's more conservative.</p>
<p>From my experience, I haven't noticed much political tension on campus, so unless you want to go to USC to pick a fight and speak your mind about that stuff, you won't have any trouble getting along with everyone.</p>
<p>WHERE are you guys all getting this liberal vibe from? USC is incredibly conservative. Being in California doesn't mean that it's a liberal school. On the contrary- I was there during the 2000 presidential election and people were actually celebrating, it was ridiculous. Never met a woman who was anti-abortion until I went there. For someone who is liberal socially (I was raised Libertarian), USC is scary-conservative.</p>
<p>So about half the school celebrated during the 2000 election, and you met a woman who was anti-abortion. That does not make it "scary-conservative," in my opinion. It's just balanced. I know many people who celebrated during the 2000 election. Check the vote tallies. People are behind those votes.</p>
<p>Similarly, I know many women who are anti-abortion. My question is: why had you seen only one side of the story before going to USC? Perhaps you'd be interested to know that there are people with different opinions. USC is incredibly diverse.</p>
<p>There is also a "liberal vibe" at USC. Liberal groups hold major events on campus, and the GLBTA is very active.</p>
<p>well, on the whole college campuses tend to be pretty liberal. so having the campus split sends it more toward the conservative side. doesnt even approach BYU or anything, so no worries for me haha. i'll trust in the reputed great diversity of the campus (not just from you intelliot...Princeton Review also ranked it amongst the top 20 Most Diverse Colleges in the US).</p>
<p>You're going to find that the campus is pretty diverse as students come from all across the country with different views. I personally don't think that the campus is really that politically active.</p>
<p>USC is not nearly as conservative as it was 10 or 20 years ago, but it has not gone off the liberal deep end like so many other schools around the country. USC students are diverse, friendly and civil. They are much more interested in getting a great education at a top ranked university in a beautiful climate than screaming irrationally about some politically correct liberal cause.</p>