<p>Why would reducing the amount of transfer students increase USC’s “greatness”? Is this a factor in the US News ranking? And isn’t it actually a positive that many transfer students are accepted? I feel it creates a more diverse and well-rounded student body. I was accepted with guaranteed sophomore admission if I kept a certain GPA (long/interesting life story), and my time at community college has been really humbling, enlightening, and I believe has made me a much better person. In addition, I have met many students who want to transfer to USC and successful transfers who have been exceptional people, occasionally late bloomers or disadvantaged in the admissions process (for example, not having the money for test prep or as healthy families as some of the people I went to prep school with), and I feel like they are all “great” and deserve to be there and at a “great” university. Why is there discrimination against transfer students?</p>