<p>ya living near LA (1 hourish away/south orange county) there are A LOT of USC grads and ive grown up liking USC football and all that. If you want to work in southern cali, USC has great connections. But it does not hold the same appeal as to maybe east coasters who want warm weather and all (I applied to mostly east coast schools</p>
<p>As far as the campus goes, its very pretty, but the general opinion you hear is that UCLAs campus is much prettier. USC and UC Berkeley are about the only two Cali schools I am considering, but would pick USC over Berkeley just because I am more conservative in nature, and so is USC, and like a private school instead of a huge public. </p>
<p>But USC is top when you want to be in southern california. But compared to other schools across the country, i dont think it is as sexy as everyone thinks.</p>
<p>and also, LA is probably my least favorite big city, its pretty spread out and very much different from cities like Boston or NYC or Chicago or DC.</p>