<p>A lot of students do not like the smallness of an LAC. I had to persuade my daughter to add 2 LACs to her college list. I think LAC usually focuses more attention on writing while large research university don’t. However, at USC if you get accepted into the Thematic Option which is very intensive reading/writing option for general education and TO classes are capped at 15 person, you basically have the benefit of a small LAC with the opportunities of a big research university. More choices of class and more career options would be one of the many reasons why you would choose USC over LAC.</p>