<p>What are USC students like? for example (I know this is a styerotype but for the sake of clarification), carnegie mellon students in engineering/sciences tend to be pretty nerdy.<br>
What do USC students do for fun besides going to football games?</p>
<p>They like to sacrifice young kittens to the Trojan Gods.</p>
<p>Because USC has about 33,000 students (about half are undergraduates), there really is no stereotype. They have every kind of student.</p>
<p>Cute little kittens, I'm tellin' ya.</p>
<p>that was very helpful..., anyone else?</p>
<p>University of Spoiled Children.</p>
<p>That is a very old stereotype. I'll have to agree with CC411 here, it is very difficult to define a type of USC student. I can, however, give you the type of person who will generally be happy here- someone who will enjoy the family and traditions of the school, work hard to get great classes and extracurricular activities, and someone who will take advantage of the many opportunities offered to them. If those kinds of things appeal to you, you will really enjoy this university.</p>
<p>^ Looks like USC isn't for me.</p>
<p>Son says everyone he has met is very friendly & very smart. Lots of kids are not into the football/sports scene. The cinema people put on Improv nights, there are many concerts every year, and an art museum on campus. You have your Trojan Family enthusiasts (and everyone should be true to their school!) and frats, but there is a lot to do on campus for all types. There is something going on socially 24/7, but it IS an academically challenging environment (contrary to OLD perceptions) and a top 30 school, so be prepared to work.</p>
<p>sounds like a good fit xD but I already knew that :)</p>
<p>In his first few months at USC, my son has gone to loads of film screenings, many talks by interesting or famous people, election-watching parties, Disneyland, the beach, the Getty, a couple concerts, the Winter Formal, several IMAX films, out to fun restaurants, to various gatherings and meals at his resident faculty's apartments, to dorm parties, to frat parties, to football games. His social life is exhausting, and also very inexpensive, as it turns out! He has to work pretty hard to do well in his Thematic Option classes, as do many of his friends. On the other hand, he knows lots of kids who don't work quite that hard, or who are less social because they go home every weekend. So yeah, I agree, there's a huge range of people at SC.</p>
<p>I adore drinking, dancing, and partying but avoid the Greek scene like the plague. The LGBT community is my niche. My roommate studies a lot and doesn't really go out ever. One guy in the room next to us is consumed by frat life. One girl across the hall is really musical but we don't see her too often because she's into the whole cinema thing.</p>
<p>Pale, dark, medium, fat, thin, average, drinkers, non-drinkers, people who always study, people who never study, people who strike a good balance in studying, smokers, non-smokers, conservative, liberal, atheists, Christians, Jewish people, Muslims, people who hate their families, people who love their families, anti-social people, social butterflys. </p>
<p>I know bio majors who like to party and I know bio majors who study non-stop. My point is that USC is EXTREMELY diverse.</p>
<p>It depends on the major but some students do study till they drop. My daughter has landed in a good dorm/floor. She made friends with everybody on her floor. She has only been to a couple parties so far this year. She has never been a football fan in highschool but she now goes to every home game. There are lots to do at USC because it's near a big city. So don't believe in the stereotype.</p>
<p>I still believe the stereotype, considering that my area is the biggest feeder to USC. It's a generalization but I believe that it is somewhat accurate. Every person who goes there from this one high school in my area (Torrey Pines), says that it is just a bigger version of that school... which is not something good.</p>
<p>The kids that I know who currently attend USC are all wealthy, a little stuck up, and not very intelligent. But I'm sure there are a number of great people at USC</p>
<p>usc students are *Awesome *</p>
<p>^Just curious how the "not very intelligent" students from your school got into USC.</p>
<p>Fall 2008 Admits mean un-weighted GPA- 3.8
SAT I- middle 50% 1960-2230
<a href="http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2008v3.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2008v3.pdf</a></p>
<p>Huliaj,
Torrey Pines is not a large feeder high school to SC. Last year SC had the 5th largest number of NMScholars enroll in the U.S.
Were you aware SC had 18 Fulbright Scholars in the 2008 year? In addition, there was a Carnegie Scholar, Luce Scholar, two Goldwater Scholars, the only John Heinz Scholar as well as many other prestigious awards. In the 2007-2008 academic year there was a Marshall Scholar and a Rhodes Scholar, one of two in California.
I think you are not aware of the rising standards of admission and the worldwide appeal of SC to top international students who now apply in large numbers. Also, over 60% of the student body receives financial aid. Yes, some students are wealthy. There are wealthy students at every selective college in the U.S. There are also many students enrolled at SC who have a 100% financial need. </p>
<p>President Sample remarked in his February 2008 speech that SC's law school graduates now pass the bar exam at a higher rate than UCLA or Berkeley.</p>
<p>Like everyone said- very diverse. </p>
<p>However, if you think about it, it doesn't really matter because the people YOU are going to be interacting with the most are people with your same interests, depending on which clubs, classes etc. Besides, stereotyping people is awful, it gives you bias before you even meet them. Just don't label people, go to college, meet new people, have fun. :D</p>
<p>As for the OP's second question, what do we do for fun besides football? ( I never really watch SC football games btw) well... anything normal people do for fun. Go to the beach, see a movie, go bowling, whatever your little heart desires.</p>
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I still believe the stereotype, considering that my area is the biggest feeder to USC. It's a generalization but I believe that it is somewhat accurate. Every person who goes there from this one high school in my area (Torrey Pines), says that it is just a bigger version of that school... which is not something good.</p>
<p>The kids that I know who currently attend USC are all wealthy, a little stuck up, and not very intelligent. But I'm sure there are a number of great people at USC
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<p>Believe what you want to believe but my daughter said the most stuck up kid that she encountered at USC came from some area like Oakland, which is known to be urban and poor. While the kids who have wealthy parents are much friendlier. And she also believes that students who make generalized statement about 33,000 students of any college tend not to be very intelligent at all.</p>
<p>huliaj, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about: You don't go to USC, and you're not in authority to talk about what kind of students go to this school. To make a statement such as "poor academics" is just ignorant in your part, and really shows that you have no idea what you're sayin', just some idiot who goes by "what other people say." Truth is, you will never be able to attend USC. You're just not that smart.</p>