<p>i just got my packet in the mail. Im so happy i could cry. I'm officially a Trojan.</p>
<p>haha i knew it! let me be the first to congratulate you bro, i think the political science department is gonna have a good time this year with us ;) congrats again, and see you in the fall!</p>
<p>thanks man. keep in touch bro. stay on the site, we may need to chat about our majors and classes, etc.</p>
<p>Are you a transfer or incoming freshmen. I never knew they accepted more students. Congratulations!</p>
<p>thanks. i'm a transfer student from a california community college.</p>
<p>I know the feeling man!!! Congratulations, you deserve it. </p>
<p>FIGHT ON!@#$!)($*)!$</p>
<p>I honestly believe that USC is the greatest college out there. This isn't speaking on a academic or athletic or any level at all, but rather it's the most normal and typical of all of the colleges in America. Everything that USC has done is what we would come to expect from colleges and universities. I mean, for crying out loud, USC still does correspondence and acceptances to all of its applicants via snail mail! Places like Berkeley have become fixated on our growing technology that we find out our acceptances or rejections from the Internet. Plus, the mail system works better cuz frankly, technology can malfunction, so it isn't always entirely reliable (yeah, there's the chance the post office might lose your mail also, but this isn't as typical). There's so much joy in waiting for the mail, hoping and praying for a thick envelope, and then when it finally comes, opening it to find a thick red package with all of your acceptance materials in it. There is something about going through the process that makes the journey so thrilling! The movies and basic folklore have created within our pysches this idea, and USC really makes it feel like you're in a movie. March 18th was the day I found out, and it played out in a way that I'll never forget. I was walking home from school, and I called my dad to ask if there was any mail. He said that there was a "little something" from USC. He knew that it was something big, but I was still kinda wondering what exactly he had meant by that. Once I got home, it was sitting right there on the table. I opened it, took out the red package, opened it, and read the words "Congratulations." It was completely surreal. One could say I got a little excited, maybe a bit more than that ;) Once I settled down (took a little while), I knew that once I heard from Berkeley, I would know for sure where I would like to go. When I logged on to the Internet, and read that they had accepted me into Berkeley, I was a happy. But what was astouding was that I wasn't as excited as I thought I would be. I mean, it's Berkeley, the "#1 public university in the country." Kinda anti-climatic. After debating for several weeks, I figured that USC was meant for me. I mean, it just seems like a place that is normal. It doesn't try to make itself fancy or overly prestigious. It just a school that cares about making the best out of one of the greatest experiences in our lives. Many people still try to put down USC as a place for rich, white snobs that think they are better than everyone else and waste all of their tuition money on a degree that could be recieved elsewell. This kind of a label may never go away. But what we often forget is that it's not the end result that matters the most, but rather the experience that makes the time worthwhile at USC. USC seems like the university we always dreamed about. Very nice campus, wonderful academics, lots of dorms (they could be updated a little), excellent football team, world class marching band (which I'll be joining!). It's all there; everything we dreamed about. Unfortunately, too many people are ignorant and don't research the school. When you really research the school and what it has to offer, you understand that any notions you have are not exactly true. True, it is expensive, but they are the best school at giving hefty financial packages. researching tha place has made me realize the kind of place that USC is, but I think what really made me feel better about choosing USC was with a telephone call I got the other day. It was my academic advisor in mathematics. He told me that he was going to be unavailable at my orientation, but he still wanted to give me the advisement before the orientation. That REALLY made me feel good about this school because the fact that he was willing to personally call me just goes to show that this school really cares about me. I am part of the Trojan family now. They want me to do good, and will make sure that I am given the best treatment at this school. I know that I made the best decision in choosing a school like USC that will always be there for me. Plus, the football team rocks! </p>
<p>Congratulations to all of those that will be a part of one of the greatest institutions in America. It'll definitely be an experience.</p>
<p>PS. Sorry for the long post. I was bored (it's summer.. what can I say?) lol</p>
<p>Congratsss!!!!!! Welcome to the Trojan Family ;)</p>
<p>Congrats Student4u</p>
<p>And Magicdude198, great post, and here is an excerpt from an article in Sports Illustrated in 1988 before the big #1 vs. #2 USC/ND showdown that took place at the Coliseum (which ND won unfortunately).... It does relate to football, but also stands for more than that</p>
<p>"Of course it is only a game, but somehow the Trojans, bursting out of that stadium tunnel, have come to stand for a way of life. The sight of those USC teams rolling across the Coliseum grass, dominating their opponents - and without a single penny of government aid that the UCLA's and Oklahomas and Nebraskas depended on, damn it. All of it happened, year after year because the school annually turned out a phalanx of new achievers, men who pulled themselves up by the bootstraps and went on to be the cream of their crops and the captains of their industries, men who started companies and expanded businesses that created jobs and took people off the welfare rolls, men who took care to plow back their superabundance into the institution that launched them, so that the Trojan tradition of independence and excellence would go on and on. Yes, the sight of that wave of cardinal and gold articulates everything. Maybe you cannot comprehend that. But a Trojan can."</p>
<p>That's really from SI? That almost brought a tear to my eye.</p>
<p>That was lovely. Thank you. Fight on!</p>
<p>Sports Illustrated, November 28, 1988; Gunning for No. 1</p>
<p>I thought all trojan fans knew this:)</p>
<p>I'll one up the quote, and provide a combo with a stunning picture:</p>
<p>absolutely fantastic</p>