<p>We’re reading the same line, but seeing different meanings. You have ticked off several USC cc-posters here by the implication that you find no value at USC at all except for one highly selective program. If you had instead said you hoped to study international relations at perhaps Pomona or Stanford, but also had a dream of studying screenwriting at USC, (which I think may be what you meant?) it wouldn’t have struck the same nerve.</p>