Rambling USC Reflections

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<li>I went for vacation in LA this past week and visited USC for the third time-- this time with my whole family. They all thought it was gorgeous. I’ve never really seen the entire campus, so we took time to really walk around. I didn’t realize how many fountains and flowers there really are around campus. It’s so pretty, and unexpected, to see a campus like that in South Central LA, or actually LA in general.</li>
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<p>My dad’s an alum, so he took us to check out his favorite library-- I think it’s the philosophy library, sort of small, but amazingly pretty inside. Giant fireplace, leather chairs, incredible ceiling-- if you’ve seen ABC’s “The Scholar”, they filmed the 19th century Literature challenge in that library. </p>

<li>School Spirit! We took a few days to do a road trip to Las Vegas, and we get into the hotel and the first thing I see is this guy in the lobby with a giant USC shirt on. Even when we stopped to get gas, the car in front of us had a USC sticker on it.</li>
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<p>Driving around LA, there were USC liscense plates EVERYWHERE. I saw maybe 5 UCLA plates/stickers my entire week in LA. I saw dozens of USC cars. It was awesome.</p>

<p>Shortly after our arrival one of my relatives in LA became sick and was admitted to the hospital-- it was sort of a difficult time for all of us. When we visited, the parking lot-- including the section reserved for doctors-- was full of cars with USC liscence plates/stickers.</p>

<li>I got a T-shirt from the School of International Relations! I heard other people got T-shirts for their schools-- music, I think-- but I didn’t think the College of Arts and Science kids would get one-- because there’s so many of us.</li>
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<p>It’s crimson and gold with Rodin’s “Thinking Man” sculpture printed on the back, with the tagline “I think, therefore IR” written beside it. It’s cute.</p>

<p>So, in short, USC is awesome.</p>

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<p>That's good to hear Peals. I've been seeing a lot of USC around Washington lately as well.</p>

<p>Can't wait for August</p>

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<p>The funny thing with the license frames is, 4 times out of 5, the USC license frames are on substantially nicer cars than the UCLA ones. :)</p>

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<p>i would say 9 out of 10...
especially on s500s, escalade,suburbans, cayennes, and bmws where i live</p>

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<p>Haha Grad, if you're from Newport, then I'd say 19 times out of 20. South OC is so saturated with rich USC grads. I remember going into the Newport Branch of a commercial real estate firm for internship interviews and meeting only three people: the senior managing director, the managing director, and another random broker in the elvator. They were all 'SC grads.</p>

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<p>as a matter of fact...i am from newport and yea i agree with you and i would say 19 out of 20 for sure. in my neigborhood lives a Cornell graduate, a berkeley graduate, a ucla graduate, and usc graduate. do u no what type of car each had?</p>

<p>cornell:honda civic
ucla: toyota highlander
berkeley: old bmw (3 series)
usc: '05 Mercedes S-500</p>

<p>out of those 4 schools, isnt usc ranked 4th overall?</p>

<p>i dont get it and never will</p>

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<p>LOL that's awesome Grad'06 =D</p>

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<p>in short....our school pimps</p>

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<p>Ahh superficial talk, but I must admit that it's true. South OC is indeed dominated by Trojans, the new community Ladera Ranch is basically a SC town. Also Palos Verdes has a LOT of Trojans down there, including Pete Carroll :D. I've seen a lot of SC people in the Bel Air, Beverly, and Brentwood area as well. </p>

<p>So South OC, South Bay, and West L.A.? Basically all the rich areas in So Cal ;)</p>

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<p>in short....our school pimps</p>

<p>Haha it's comments like that that make me excited about SC in August! I don't know if you've heard of SMU but that's where I'm comin from so I'm hoping I'll feel at home at USC next year... I'm not gonna lie, coming from Texas, I'm nervous about living in California.. I'm from Dallas so it's not like I ride a horse to school, but any advice?</p>

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<p>there are a TON of Texans at USC. You won't feel out of place.</p>

<p>Personally, I am going to be a freshman this fall and I am from the East coast, and more specifically the SOUTHeast coast. From Southern culture to Southern California/West Coast in general culture. BIG diff. </p>

<p>You'll be fine-- I'm not saying you won't feel awkward at some times, but there are plenty of people who will be coming from places MUCH FARTHER than you in Dallas. USC has a ton of international students, and they will be from different continents, let alone a different state on the same coast of the same nation.</p>

<p>Don't freak out. It really should not be a big deal with you.</p>

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<p>Find out what kind line of work that guy does with the s500. just curious</p>

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<p>But indeed Peals, Trojan Pride is everywhere. I was just watching an evening newscast (UPN News@11 -- the anchor's hot) where it was mentioned that USC kept its College World Series (follow the team's quest for a record 13th national championship at <a href="http://www.usctrojans.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usctrojans.com&lt;/a&gt;) hopes alive. The female anchor let out an audible "Yessss!" and pumped her fist as the male co-anchor commented, "showing a little of your USC pride there, hmmm?" The female anchor replied with a sarcastic "No, not at all!" and flashed two big fight ons before it cut to a commercial. </p>

<p>Good stuff.</p>

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<p>"in short....our school pimps"</p>

<p>word.</p>

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<p>Hahahaahaha....</p>

<p>you guys crack me up.....pretty funny coming from a bunch of high school kids. ...tell it on the other forums.</p>

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<p>very amusing stuff...lol</p>

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<p>... is that you hate USC and are a die-hard UCLA fan, but you come onto USC's CC messageboard, just scouring the threads and finding out what people are saying, and then laughing about it.</p>

<p>You obviously have nothing better to do with your time, and it shows. Get a life.</p>

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<p>True that, Peals. I don't know why the haters lurk around here.</p>

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<p>out of the twelve people from my school going to USC next year, guess how many had of the students had cars over $25,000?</p>

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