<p>as a student at usc i think its easy. I went to a new england prep school and the kids here are mostly from public schools in california. They are not the top students from prep schools like you would see at HPYSM, so yes academics are easy if you prepped at a top school. A guy i know who went to Eton majoring in CS also thinks its extremely easy.</p>
<p>USC is fantastic for easy grades if you plan on going to graduate school</p>