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<p>I think USC’s probably tried to become more diverse wrt political leanings in the last decade or so. I don’t doubt that there is still an extremely large politically right-leaning group on that campus.</p>
<p>I admit, though, my main motivation is typically to discount anything that osakadad has to say. Virtually all his posts have anti-UCLA tones to them, which is fine, certainly that’s his opinion. For instance, per his recent post, UCSD might have a majority higher ranking E programs … but my counter would be that UCLA places better into industry, including some of the E companies in SD, like Qualcomm, per an intern at that company as posted on the UCLA board. UCLA’s E programs admit a higher ranking student in gpa/SAT-ACT than SD’s. </p>
<p>One thing I wanted to add, was, perhaps UCLA was considered, but the advance scout team for Obama might have thought that UCLA was a bad fit because of its more hilly and open nature that might have been a more substantial risk to hosting him on campus. USC is more flatlands and has more density of building structures and has less open space.</p>