University of Southern California Top Questions

My classmates are harworking, very motivated, and competitive, but work well with others and strive to help each other.

The people are friendly here. We have a lot of school pride. We're all a part of a big family.

People are all treated equally in USC despite of their races, sexual orientation, religions, etc. No one is putting anything out of place unless someone does this to himself or herself. People wear casually to class while much more formally when the situation requires. USC has the largest number of international students, but most of the students are from the U.S.

Students from this school are from all over the world. All though there are a large number of students who are from California, there are also many students from places like Texas, New York, China, and Japan. Students come from all different kinds of financial backgrounds. Some of the schools students come from very wealthy families and others come from families who could not afford to attend USC without scholarships an grants. However, I have found that at USC there is no form of judgement based on where you are from or how much money you have amongst the students. You will students with many different styles of clothing walking around campus. You may see students wearing some form of Trojan apparel (t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, etc.) or perhaps you'll see a girl in a stylish sundress or a boy in shorts and an athletic jersey. There is no such thing as the typical style of a USC student, our students each portray their sense of fashion differently. You often see students setting up booths and tables to promote different clubs, organizations and groups. These could be anything from political or religious groups to asian or black students associations or even organizations to raise awareness of world problems.

Though I came from a large high school (my graduating class had over a thousand people), I was really amazed (in the good way) by the large variety of students that I met at USC. I came to the conclusion that it is almost impossible for you to feel left out in the school unless you really try very hard to. (i.e. be completely aloof and anti-social) There are people from all backgrounds, and as the college with the most international students in the States, you will feel at home as an international student.

Because of my major, most of my classmates are female.

Since there is great diversity at the school, generally people are pretty open about religion and LGBT. People wear all sorts of different clothes ranging from casual to professional to bizarre but you can't go wrong with USC gear. Similar people do tend to group together but people mix and mingle a lot.

All of my classmates are extremely motivated in every aspect of their life, and strive to be well balanced mentally as well as physically.

The student at USC are extremely diverse. There are people from countries all over the world. Everyone will find a club or organization that's perfect for them, be it a social or professional organization, a fraternity/sorority, or a religious group. Most students dress however they feel like it. There are people who dress casually, there are fashionistas who dress to impress, and you'll always see some kids dressed professionally (Marshall business school students especially.) Though everyone thinks USC students are rich and spoiled, the truth is that the majority of the people I meet are receiving some sort of financial aid or scholarship.