<p>Everything USC told me about was a LIE! (sorry, here’s a super biased answer)</p>
<p>-USC told me that they offered smaller classes and is private therefore you are not a number here, that people actually get into their classes (unlike those lousy guys across town), the Trojan Family takes care of its own and the networking is great, and that “everything I need is on campus,” and lastly, USC is not suffering from tuition increases while the UC’s are. They also said USC’s class has higher SAT scores. First of all:…</p>
<p>I) Smaller classes my a**. If you’re in College of Letters and Science, your intro Chem, Calculus, History, etc. class is going to have 300+ people in it. What were they basing this on? Discussions? Seminars? Or rare classes nobody takes, such as African Dance 101? Yeah you will probably find less than 20 people in those classes. Also, even though USC is private, it’s a large school. There are 17,000 undergrads. Oh please, I’ll tell you what’s small, Stanford. less than 5,000 undergrads. Yeah that’s small. USC is not small.</p>
<p>II) People do get into their classes. What they don’t tell you is people don’t get into the classes with the PROFESSOR they want. This probably means, hey, you enrolled in Chemistry 1A. But it also means you’re taking it with Professor Child-Hater, who is most famous for his “only 5% of students get As, 10% get Bs, and everyone else gets Cs” curve.</p>
<p>III) The Trojan Family only applies to certain majors and schools, such as the Cinema/Film, Marshall Business, and Law, Business, Policy, etc grad. schools. These fields actually NEED networking. If you are some generic Art History or Psychology (no offense to those out there) major, this Trojan Family isn’t going to be carrying you on its shoulders. Do you really believe someone will hire you simply because you went to a school? Really? Would you do that? Imagine you were hiring someone. Person A is from University of Texas while Person B is from USC. Person A has a 3.5 GPA and 5 years of work experience. Person B has a 2.3 GPA and has no work experience. Oh but he’s from USC. Let’s hire him! Fight On? Yeah right.</p>
<p>IV) “Everything I need is on campus…” You know what this means right? It means unless you have a car, you can’t go anywhere. That’s what the USC counselors and guides were trying to sell me on when I mentioned the surrounding area. USC is in a crappy, ghetto. If you want to be politically correct, it is “technically” not in South Central. It’s in South Los Angeles, which is the new name for South Central since the early 2000s. Also, why do I always see Trojans in Westwood lining up for movies or Diddy Riese? Jee, it must because USC is in a hell hole toilet area in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>V) USC students always laugh at kids in the UC system who are paying more. Yes, I believe last year’s overall cost for UCLA was ~$25,000 and it is now ~$27,000 for in state residents. Heyyyyyyyyyy, wanna know USC’s? On the Fall 2008 brochure, the COA was ~$51,000. Look what it says on the Fall 2009 one!! $53,000. Wonderful.</p>
<p>[USC</a> Financial Aid - Applying & Receiving Financial Aid - Undergraduate - Costs](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/applying_receiving/undergraduates2/costs.html]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/applying_receiving/undergraduates2/costs.html)</p>
<p>VI) USC and higher SAT scores. Oh, very simple to explain because USC superscores their SAT score while UCLA takes the highest in one sitting. Enough said.</p>
<p>USC lies, lies, and lies more. Did you know their football program is also about to get hammered by the NCAA for scandals involving illegal recruitment of Reggie Bush and OJ Mayo? Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Go Trogans<em>! I mean Trojans! Google “Trogans</em>” if you want to know what I’m talking about.</p>