<p>I thought Mikemac has some really good tips in the following link. Just remove things that are specific to UCLA. But the general stuff still applies to USC.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/384364-some-tips-succeeding-ucla-2007-edition.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/384364-some-tips-succeeding-ucla-2007-edition.html</a></p>