Pomona vs. USC Trustee— thoughts?

otisp
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:45:28 +0000

I attended Pomona as an undergrad, and later spent almost a year visiting USC on a regular basis for post-grad study and research collaboration. The SC prof and students I worked with were tip-top in every way. The USC campus is beautiful and I always felt safe while I was there. However, the vast major of sophomores and above don’t live on campus, but rather in the surrounding neighborhoods. My wife spent her childhood not far from those neighborhoods, and while USC has worked very hard to make that area safer, USC was also the only college my wife openly told our D that she didn’t want her to attend. Tens of thousands of students have absolutely loved their USC experience, just know that it will be very different from the one you’ll find at Pomona when it comes to housing.