<p>There are at least 3 distinct advantages of USC: 1. availability of financial aid, 2. famous Trojan alumni network (for example, my husband, an alumni of USC, got his first engineering job from a fellow Trojan at a time when engineering jobs were hard to find), 3.
outstanding unique programs (ex. Cinema school, etc.). Furthermore, the budget cuts in California facing the state schools will be a matter of concern for some students.</p>