<p>I can understand the inclination for some to quickly label USC as a party school, filled to the brim with air-headed spoiled bimbos. From an outside perspective, the sea of platinum blond hair and tanned skin is just evidence of the hedonism that has been historically tied to USC. </p>
<p>But it’s wrong. Yes, there are hordes of gorgeous people on campus, and yes, many of them are privileged beyond belief, but they are all down to earth nice people. I am in engineering, and worse in Computer Science, so I am by no means high on the social ladder. Yet any time I talk to one of these gorgeous people, be it in a group project or the occasional elevator banter, they are, to use an SAT word, simply ebullient.</p>
<p>To use an alumnus as an example of the type of person that goes to USC, think of Whitney Port, the star on that new show The City. No one better than her captures the honest amicability of a fellow SC student. Although beautiful and rich, she lives with a deep sense of humility. She is NOT like Olivia, whom I think most people perceive USC students to be. </p>
<p>So, is USC a party school? Yea, but all colleges are. I don’t think it’s really more of a party school than its counterparts, like Cal and UCLA. To be honest though, I can’t really tell you. I don’t party. I spend my weekends with fellow CS nerds making games for the XBOX360. Now that I think about it, I sort of guess that proves USC isn’t the party school many people think of it to be. Because if its students are programming on weekends, how much of a party school could it really be right?</p>