University of Southern California Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

Elisabeth

The most common stereotypes are probably that we are spoiled and party a lot.

Casey

University of Spoiled (and/or Special) Children. Very fratty. Our football team is awesome (or overrated).

Kathleen

"University of Spoiled Children" is the most prominent stereotype. Another might be that we are all brilliant nerds who study all the time.

Jamie

"university of spoiled children" usc students are dumb, rich, etc etc

Emmerson

They are all rich, they all go out and party all the time, they are all obsessed with football.

Mel

For girls, they're rich, snobby bleach blondes driving daddy's Beemer, of course in a sorority, carrying around Louis Vuitton purses and wearing high heels to class. For boys, they're all rich drunken frat boys who get schwasted nightly. Everybody parties and drinks every night because we're here on mommy and daddy's money unlike those kids over at UCLA.

Ryan

We are rich, snobby, spoiled, beautiful, partiers.

Christine

One common stereotype is that USC is a school for the rich.

Evan

USC has a lot of money and a nice campus but is in the ghetto. USC students are very smart, but rich and spoiled.

Amanda

USC is unsafe, it's a party school, it's for slackers, everyone is rich, they only care about football, the classes are a joke.

Jeff

"University of Spoiled Children"

brown

- spoiled rich white kids - not very smart - good football team - arrogant - expensive

Reese

That most of the girls are blonde bimbos and the guys are all jocks.

KJ

THey are all rich, spoiled, and beautful sorority girls and fraternity boys.

Alison

A typical stereotype perpetuated by our cross-town rivals is that we are the University of Spoiled Children and that our campus is located in the ghetto.

Lisa

USC students study hard and party hard. USC students are often accepted on the basis that they have money or are legacy students rather than on their academic potential. USC students are well rounded. USC students are spoiled and materialistic.

Michael

USC students are dumb, rich, and party all the time.

Tiffany

Some people call USC the University of Spoiled Children. There is a conception that the Greek system is highly prevalent and influential on campus, that USC students are rich, name-brand wearing college kids without studies on their list of priorities.