<p>makeitstop:</p>
<p>I feel for you and your family. The Trojan Family is definitely NOT what it used to be - at all. My son got this same letter. He would have been 4th generation Trojan. Great-grandfather played USC football and won 2 National Championships and a Rose Bowl along with being an outstanding Engineering graduate. Grandmother and Grandfather both USC alums, with grandfather on the USC baseball team and grandmother being an USC undergrad and graduate student. Then my husband, USC business school graduate, Marshall School of Business speaker/lecturer, and we have been devout USC sports fans since 1989. Our son has been going to USC’s campus since he was a month old. We will no longer give USC a dime!!! My son has better college choices as he wants to pursue business. USC has been dropping in the rankings (why?) for top business schools - probably because it’s becoming too liberal. The Trojan Family has changed dramatically - the school will see that, not now but when these students graduate and not give back to the school - like it’s been in the past. And let’s not forget the surrounding area around USC…it’s the pits…I want my kids to REALLY experience college life, with great professors, a great business school, trees, grass, SAFETY, and a school that completely cares about their students. And we’ve found that elsewhere. USC’s letter was a relief to us actually. It’s time to move in to BIGGER and BETTER things.
I wish you (and everyone) the best with your decisions. Move forward and don’t look back. 
P.S. The “USC Alumni” sticker on my car has been scraped off!! Haha</p>