University of Southern California

By: Veronica Morgan

Location: USC is a 226 acre school campus located in the heart of Los Angeles.Private SchoolCo-ed : 49% Male 50.1% FemaleTotal amount of students: 35,000About 17,000 Undergraduates About 18,000 Graduates

Professors:Total = 21,000About 3200 full time faculty 50% or more working staff are 10,800Student workers are 7,100

SAT, ACT, GPA Requirements

• The average GPA for students is a 3.7 • SAT Critical Reading: 620/720 – SAT Math: 650/740– SAT Writing: 620/74

• ACT Composite: 28/32• ACT English: 27/33• ACT Math: 28/33

Most Popular Majors• Accounting• Architecture• Biology• Business Administration• Communication Studies• Economics• International Relations• Political Science• Psychology

Intramural Sports

• Flag Football• Volleyball• Whiffle Ball• Badminton Tournament• Golf• Dodge Ball• Over-the-line Softball• 3x3 Basketball

Club Sports• Archery• Ballroom and Latin Dancing• Baseball• Boxing• Chess • Climbing• Cricket• Cross Country• Dragonboat• Field Hockey• Figure Skating• Roller Hockey

• Ping Pong Posse• Polo• Shinkendo• Ski and Snowboarding• Soccer Softball• Squash• Tae Kwon Do• Tennis • Water Polo• Volleyball• Wushu Nation

Recreational Sports

•FOOTBALL

Ranking

• USC’s ranking in the 2011 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities , 23rd.

Greek Life

• Offers Fraternity and Sorority homes• About 4,000

members• 60 chapters

Study Abroad Programs

• Available to go to 28 different countries– Costa Rica– Turks and Caicos Islands– New Zealand – Australia– India– Taiwan– Japan – China – Russia

• Italy• Ireland• France• Greece • South Korea• Ghana• Spain

Life Off Campus

• California Science Center• La Brea Tar Pits• LACMA• LA Zoo• LA Sports Arena• Dodger Stadium• Walt Disney Concert Hall