<p>@Drax
USC is similar to public universities in many aspects such as with the size of its undergraduate population. This size is attributable to much of the competition at public universities. </p>
<p>USC also does a great service to the city of Los Angeles by taking in a large chunk of community college transfer students every year despite having no obligation to do so. </p>
<p>In regards to URM, the demographic between UCLA and USC is actually strikingly similar. USC has a sizable number more Africans than UCLA and roughly the same percentage of Hispanics. The only part of the demographic that diverges is that USC has more Caucasians and UCLA has more Asians, hardly an URM.</p>
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<p>If you know a bit of history, you’ll also be aware USC came out miraculously unscathed during the 1992 LA Riots This speaks for the outreach of USC on the community.</p>
<p>USC also offers a sizable amount of financial aid to students every year.</p>