What does it feel like to be below-average at USC?

I'm an undergraduate engineering student at USC with a GPA a little below 3.0. I would say this puts me under the average graduating GPA. I was a really great student from a competitive public high school in the greater LA area, and I got into all the UCs, Cornell, Northwestern, CMU, Harvey Mudd, and USC. read more

Although sometimes it's stressful, it makes me feel proud to be able to even survive at a place where I am challenged greatly and surrounded by the academic and scientific elite of the future. If it were too easy, I would feel like I went to the wrong school and my degree wouldn't be worth anything. read more

USC ACT Requirements. Just like for the SAT, USC likely doesn't have a hard ACT cutoff, but if you score too low, your application will get tossed in the trash. Average ACT: 32. The average ACT score at USC is 32. This score makes USC Strongly Competitive for ACT scores. The 25th percentile ACT score is 30, and the 75th percentile ACT score is 33. read more

If you like to celebrity watch, you can hang out in Studio city. If you like to go to bars, there are a ton of good ones no matter what kind of atmosphere you're into. If you like parks, we have North Hollywood park, Magnolia Memorial park, Lake Balboa park, Griffith Park, and more. read more

Stephen Chen, studied Cognitive Science & Computer Science at University of Southern California (2017) and Quora User, MS from University of Southern California If You’re Into Avoiding Crowds: I’d say you’ll eventually reach a point where you become someone who hates being in a crowd at USC. read more