(melodic blues music)
(melodic blues music)

- I'm Sam Clark with Crimson Education,
- I'm Sam Clark with Crimson Education,

and we're here at USC to ask some big questions.
and we're here at USC to ask some big questions.

- I think the best thing about USC is that you can make
- I think the best thing about USC is that you can make

the school as big or as small as you want it to.
the school as big or as small as you want it to.

I get to come to the school,
I get to come to the school,

and they have awesome football and awesome sports,
and they have awesome football and awesome sports,

and super high spirit, but at the same time,
and super high spirit, but at the same time,

you can make it like a small liberal artsy feel
you can make it like a small liberal artsy feel

and really get to know the kids in your class,
and really get to know the kids in your class,

which I think is pretty cool.
which I think is pretty cool.

- I wanna say location.
- I wanna say location.

I really like where we're situated.
I really like where we're situated.

I'm a city girl, originally from Chicago so
I'm a city girl, originally from Chicago so

being in the city and having things around us
being in the city and having things around us

is really great.
is really great.

We have a lot of opportunities
We have a lot of opportunities

because we're right where we are.
because we're right where we are.

- The community.
- The community.

- Yeah definitely the people I would say.
- Yeah definitely the people I would say.

- I think the people and also the opportunity,
- I think the people and also the opportunity,

like there's so many opportunities here.
like there's so many opportunities here.

- The best thing about USC,
- The best thing about USC,

I would say the variety of majors
I would say the variety of majors

and having people from all around the world
and having people from all around the world

studying different things.
studying different things.

I really like, every single person you meet
I really like, every single person you meet

is having a complete, different experience and it's all new.
is having a complete, different experience and it's all new.

It's really cool.
It's really cool.

- What's the worst thing about USC?
- What's the worst thing about USC?

- Some classes are too big so I love small classes.
- Some classes are too big so I love small classes.

- Sure, Sure.
- Sure, Sure.

- Yeah, just like finals week I mean like,
- Yeah, just like finals week I mean like,

USC's a hard school to get into,
USC's a hard school to get into,

it's a hard school to stay into.
it's a hard school to stay into.

Just being able to like study and
Just being able to like study and

kind of like, you know, get the good grades and everything.
kind of like, you know, get the good grades and everything.

- Financially, there's just not a lot of transparency
- Financially, there's just not a lot of transparency

so we consistently have tuition hikes,
so we consistently have tuition hikes,

textbooks or prohibitively expensive,
textbooks or prohibitively expensive,

we don't get free printing,
we don't get free printing,

but then they build the Village
but then they build the Village

and put on expensive functions at the Village
and put on expensive functions at the Village

using our tuition.
using our tuition.

So just a little bit more support in that way
So just a little bit more support in that way

would be helpful.
would be helpful.

I know a lot of people talk about food insecurity
I know a lot of people talk about food insecurity

and the restaurants in the Village are very expensive.
and the restaurants in the Village are very expensive.

So that, like, overall is kind of difficult,
So that, like, overall is kind of difficult,

especially in a community that doesn't have
especially in a community that doesn't have

that socio-economic status,
that socio-economic status,

it's weird that USC hasn't been able to bridge that gap.
it's weird that USC hasn't been able to bridge that gap.

- You get food fatigue pretty easily
- You get food fatigue pretty easily

when you have a dining hall plan.
when you have a dining hall plan.

EVK, Parkside and Village,
EVK, Parkside and Village,

they're all great places to eat,
they're all great places to eat,

but after awhile,
but after awhile,

you kinda want some Panda Express or something.
you kinda want some Panda Express or something.

- Can you get Panda Express if you need it?
- Can you get Panda Express if you need it?

- You can't get Panda Express if you need it.
- You can't get Panda Express if you need it.

You can get dining dollars.
You can get dining dollars.

I unfortunately do not have that, so yeah.
I unfortunately do not have that, so yeah.

- And what do you typically do on weekends here?
- And what do you typically do on weekends here?

- Hang out with friends, go to the beach,
- Hang out with friends, go to the beach,

- party. - party.
- party. - party.

- Usually just, like, go out at night and then
- Usually just, like, go out at night and then

sleep later in the morning.
sleep later in the morning.

- It depends too, like, if there's a game
- It depends too, like, if there's a game

we're usually, tailgating,
we're usually, tailgating,

but if there's no game then
but if there's no game then

a lot of people are just,
a lot of people are just,

out in L.A. or like at the beach.
out in L.A. or like at the beach.

- So Friday's I usually go out around campus and stuff,
- So Friday's I usually go out around campus and stuff,

but Saturday's I would say,
but Saturday's I would say,

I set a goal to see a new part of L.A.
I set a goal to see a new part of L.A.

every Saturday, so yeah.
every Saturday, so yeah.

- Have you achieved that, like new parts every Saturday?
- Have you achieved that, like new parts every Saturday?

- Every single Saturday.
- Every single Saturday.

- Big, that's big.
- Big, that's big.

Yeah.
Yeah.

- Weekends, well sometimes I take the Metro
- Weekends, well sometimes I take the Metro

and I'll go to Santa Monica with my friends,
and I'll go to Santa Monica with my friends,

go to 3rd Street, or go to the beach.
go to 3rd Street, or go to the beach.

I'm a big beach fan.
I'm a big beach fan.

I live around here, I live like an hour away,
I live around here, I live like an hour away,

so the beach is definitely a big thing.
so the beach is definitely a big thing.

Also, I've gone to a Lakers game
Also, I've gone to a Lakers game

at the Staples Center
at the Staples Center

and concerts at the Shrine.
and concerts at the Shrine.

I went to like a $20 concert at The Shrine.
I went to like a $20 concert at The Shrine.

- What concert?
- What concert?

- Glass Animals.
- Glass Animals.

- We're lucky this semester, we had
- We're lucky this semester, we had

somewhere like eight home games,
somewhere like eight home games,

so basically every weekend
so basically every weekend

there was a home game to go to
there was a home game to go to

and basically spend the whole day tailgating.
and basically spend the whole day tailgating.

Other than that, I'm in a sorority on campus
Other than that, I'm in a sorority on campus

so we'll usually have like parties or events
so we'll usually have like parties or events

during the day or at night.
during the day or at night.

- Wait, which one are you in?
- Wait, which one are you in?

Do you have a sign?
Do you have a sign?

- Oh yeah, it's ADPi.
- Oh yeah, it's ADPi.

- It's a diamond. Yeah.
- It's a diamond. Yeah.

- ADPi.
- ADPi.

- I wrote about how I got cut from the soccer team
- I wrote about how I got cut from the soccer team

and they liked that.
and they liked that.

- Climbing Kilimanjaro.
- Climbing Kilimanjaro.

- Toy Story.
- Toy Story.

- Toy Story.
- Toy Story.

The first one or the trilogy?
The first one or the trilogy?

- No, all of it, the trilogy.
- No, all of it, the trilogy.

- Like it's all of childhood.
- Like it's all of childhood.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- I wrote about a really gnarly surgery I had
- I wrote about a really gnarly surgery I had

in high school.
in high school.

- I was a runner in high school
- I was a runner in high school

and so I wrote my common app essay,
and so I wrote my common app essay,

was about like a race that I ran
was about like a race that I ran

and kind of struggling through that
and kind of struggling through that

and I tied it into life.
and I tied it into life.

And yes,
And yes,

made it a whole thing,
made it a whole thing,

so I wrote about running.
so I wrote about running.

- I talked about when I worked at Red Lobster.
- I talked about when I worked at Red Lobster.

I worked at Red Lobster in high school
I worked at Red Lobster in high school

and I just compared myself to a lot of my co-workers
and I just compared myself to a lot of my co-workers

and told characteristics about myself.
and told characteristics about myself.

- Cool.
- Cool.

- And yeah, that was my essay.
- And yeah, that was my essay.

- I'm a senior here and I have no clue
- I'm a senior here and I have no clue

what I wrote my paper on. (laughing)
what I wrote my paper on. (laughing)

- Don't worry about it.
- Don't worry about it.

- Years ago. - Actually, no recollection.
- Years ago. - Actually, no recollection.

- Well, here you are so...
- Well, here you are so...

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- Clear.
- Clear.

'Kay you want to join in?
'Kay you want to join in?

- Yeah, I want to learn it.
- Yeah, I want to learn it.

- Alright, how do we do it? - Okay
- Alright, how do we do it? - Okay

- (in unison) Hey!
- (in unison) Hey!

- (in unison) Oh!
- (in unison) Oh!

- Maybe, we spell it out?
- Maybe, we spell it out?

- S, O, U, T, H, E, R, N. O, T, H.
- S, O, U, T, H, E, R, N. O, T, H.

- Oh my, H, E, R, N.
- Oh my, H, E, R, N.

- (in unison) C, A, L, I, F.
- (in unison) C, A, L, I, F.

Word hey... - (mumbling)
Word hey... - (mumbling)

Southern - Southern
Southern - Southern

- (in unison) California.
- (in unison) California.

- Wow, that was a ride, that was a ride.
- Wow, that was a ride, that was a ride.

Thank you, thank you.
Thank you, thank you.