If I go to usc will I...

Nikara
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:29:14 +0000

It depends on how you feel. Here is my recommendation. If you are admitted, come to one of the meet USC days at USC. Take a campus tour. During those days, they also have a neighborhood tour. Take that as well. Generally, the Department of Public Safety will also give a talk. Listen to them. Go over what you have heard, and see how you feel.

From your post, it seems obvious that you have heard some of the stories of the past year. Most of the crime at USC happens off campus, late at night, with drunk students acting stupidly. That can happen at any urban campus (think Yale etc,).

Whether or not you want this type of campus is up to you. People will tell you lots of things, but the big thing is to actually look at it and decide for yourself. I have been here four years, lived both on campus and off, and have had many different experience. None of them have made me feel unsafe. I’m smart about where I go, and when I go. None of my friends have had any incidents either. I’m grateful for the education that I have received, and wouldn’t trade it. Safety was not a major issue for me, but I’ve lived in a city for my entire life, so I knew how to handle things.