How "academic" is USC?

Eiffel
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:07:50 +0000

There are a lot of things I love about USC, but one thing I’m still unsure of is the academic nature/environment of it. I’d really like a college set in an “academic”, traditional, old-school collegiate environment; I know everyone who gets into USC is very intelligent, but is it the kind of school where you hear many people having intellectual conversations outside of class and have people who are truly engrossed in their learning just for the sake of learning? Usually I hear people praising certain programs (film, music, business), football, social scene, and school spirit as the best things about USC, but I rarely hear them comment on the actual academic environment. Any info would be great! :)