<p>pirt- as a recent USC alum, I found it to be a very conservative school, particularly for its location. None of my teachers ever promoted a specific political agenda, so the attitude of the students really did dictate how I percieved the school. I may be different if you were, say, a political science major, or something where they talked politics a lot, but for most of the campus, at least at USC, the students ARE what determine the conservativeness of the school. Maybe other schools are different, but you're making some assumptions that are just not correct.</p>