<p>The ‘spoiled children’ label was applied by the university’s rivals and detractors. (I attended one of the rival schools, and my son will enroll at USC this fall.) Did you visit the campus? It seems like the students view the Trojan Family concept as including all students. I’m not sure who is considered an outsider at USC because fewer than half of the students are from California. When I interviewed for employment in the South, I’m certain that I was seen as a Yankee my my potential partners and their spouses. It’s just not that way in California, where it seems that everyone is from somewhere else.</p>