<p>I feel like USC’s reputation is on the rise and they’re going to see more applicants from across the U.S. I live in Chicago and I think that 5-10 years ago, not many people I know would have been interested in USC, and now I know ten people who want to go there. It’s not really reasonable to make a blanket statement about the whole U.S. based on information like that, but I think it does say something about the type of applicants that are now interested.</p>