Reviews of University of Southern California (USC) | United States

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patrickuye

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

Overall

I wish I had known...

Actually, it is already known both in Europe (I have lived in France, Italy, and Spain) and in Brazil (my home country) that Americans (not all of them) are not intellectual and/or friendly. I just wish I had met more Europeans or South Americans.

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

1

Costs

2

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

It is good university (its Business and Cinema school are among the best of the country) but it is extremely expensive (over 30.000$) and consider that you MUST get a car if you want to survive here.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

2

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

1

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

I liked it because it was an awesome life experience. As one writer mentioned before, this place is completely different from the rest of the Western world. These people are not known for the culture (in fact this is so true), and most of them are not very friendly either. Actually, most (if not all) of my friends here are international students. Don't expect to find life-time friendships (I don't think you will find it), and try to be as superficial as you can. Please get a car as soon as you get here (your life will be miserable without one) and learn how to cook, you will need it.

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“Dirccionamiento profesional”

jose l

Colombia, Graduate
Business Studies, 1998

Overall

EL CRC ofrece la posibilidad de enlace con diferentes empresas nacionales y multinacionales en USA para aplicar a vacantes a nivel internacional
Es un excelente medio de relacionamiento con empresas, gracias al CRC viaje a varias ciudades de USA a enfocar mi carrera laboral

Pros

Relacion con empresas

Cons

Seguimiento

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patrickuye

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

Academic

Course recommendations

It depends on the professor. Some of them can make the course very interesting and others extremely boring. If you like Finance, I would suggest Investments and Financial Derivatives.

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

Please be prepare to do a lot of assignment and group projects (I hate them, it is very hard to work with this not very intellectual Southern Californians)

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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patrickuye

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

Personal savings

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

Food on campus is kind of over prices and not very good. In some "restaurants", the food tastes like nothing. Other than that, everything was OK.

Food, Travel, Nightlife, Housing:

was more expensive than at home.

Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

This university is very, very expensive for an international student (about 30.000 $ a year), that's why they love us here.

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Brian C

LSE, London, United Kingdom
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent

Overall

I wish I had known...

I wish i had a car, make sure u have a car!!!

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

1

Costs

1

Activities

1

Campus life

1

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

This place is great if you have a car and can stand non-intellectual southern californians.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

1

Improved language skills

1

Met people from other countries

3

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

I recommend you come here if you want to be culture shocked. This place is so different than the rest of humanity. This place is great if your really shallow as well... The school is called the University of Spoiled Children and the University of Second Choice. The individuals there are either intelligent middle class people that weren't good enough for ivy league schools, or they are rich snobby idiots whos dads got them in.

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