<p>Congrats to your daughter!</p>
<p>Things move quickly. Just starting the semester and already looking for options/suggestions on off-campus housing for 2013-14 and storage options/suggestions for summer 2013. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I’m presuming it is a forgone conclusion that on-campus housing, especially at locations like east quad, are not an option at this point and time for non-freshmen.</p>
<p>^East Quad is going to be mostly student-athletes in the first place.</p>
<p>Most non-freshmen will not get on-campus housing. That being said, The quads often do have students who aren’t freshmen living there. They are considered “upper-class housing”, but with the amount of freshmen on-campus versus the number of beds, you do often end up with a lot of freshmen living in those dorms.</p>
<p>They’ve sent out emails now to students saying who has been wait-listed and who has gotten housing. Getting on-campus and in an apartment-style or even suite-style dorm is not very likely.</p>
<p>AUGirl, thanks for the information, that’s what i figured. So, we’re heading down the path of off-campus housing. Another new learning experience ;-)</p>
<p>do you know alot about the rush process? if so, why arent girls allowed to talk to frat boys during the first week?</p>
<p>This might seem like a silly question, but I’m really into the beauty of the campus and natural vegetation. I’ve decided I will be attending USC!! Question though, I’ve not visited yet, are there lots of palmettos/palm trees on campus? I’ve seen some photos? Spanish Moss? I just love that southern look, and though I’m coming from the Piedmont area of NC, it’s still 3 hours south and quite different terrain. Thanks for letting me ask this sort of superfluous question :)</p>
<p>I think what you have in mind is more low country than Columbia. Yes, in the general area you can find spanish moss, but none that I know of on campus. You can see pictures of historic horseshoe area on the website if you haven’t visited. The architecture and old trees does give it a southern look. Palmettos are common landscaping around Columbia but not sure if I know of any on campus.</p>
<p>I saw on the news yesterday that a woman was sexually assaulted and robbed at USC’s campus and there have been a few other robberies around campus ([SLED</a>, USC police investigating sexual assault on campus - wistv.com - Columbia, South Carolina |](<a href=“http://www.wistv.com/story/21255336/sled-usc-police-investigating-sexual-assault-on-campus]SLED”>Sketch released of suspect in USC sexual assault))</p>
<p>Which brings me to this question…how safe is USC?</p>
<p>^^You are in a city and have to be careful, especially in above instance at 2am. It’s a big discussion right now since instances of robbery/mugging have been on increase in areas around the edges of campus. My D has felt safe but walks on campus not along streets and never that late at night. Even from 11-12 (latest for her) she has someone walk her home if she is on another part of campus.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input scmom12,
I have seen photos of the trees in the horseshoe area, and the vegetation looks gorgeous! Hoping to visit soon, maybe even this weekend.
True about city life too, can’t be walking around at 2am in a city.</p>
<p>^^If you visit, take a few minutes to go down to the riverwalk. Columbia is lucky that for a long time, residents didn’t have access to developing along river. Now there is a strong group developing river activities, such as riverwalk, more put-ins for rafting, etc. while managing (not overbuiding) stuff around it. It is really a nice place to go in the city.</p>
<p>My daughter from NJ was accepted early action into the Lower Level Nursing program. We visited USC last summer and absolutely love the campus. My question is does anyone know how many students actually progress from Lower Level to the Upper Division of Nursing. The college makes it very clear that there is no guarantee. As i said, this is a difficult decision because my daughter loves the campus, however has also been accepted to some very good direct-entry Nursing programs that guarantee progression as long as she maintains a certain GPA. She is an excellent student with a high GPA and good test scores now, however the “no guarantee” part makes us nervous…wondering how many students don’t get in the upper level.</p>
<p>That’s a good question. I’m wondering the same thing- how competitive- what percentage of lower division students get accepted into the upper division program? </p>
<p>My son got accepted into the lower division as well… His plan is to ultimately get his Masters in Nurse Anesthesia and they have a program for that as well (in the School of Medicine).</p>
<p>My nursing friends have told me they take the top 200 nursing majors GPA wise.</p>
<p>I don’t know how competitive it is, but I don’t have any nursing friends who didn’t get into the program.</p>
<p>As for safety, campus is pretty safe. The problem is that it is an open campus in the middle of a city. Anyone can walk on and walk off.</p>
<p>I’ve walked on campus on late nights before with no problems. There are times when you don’t have much choice and you’ve got to get from Point A to Point B. I’m always very aware of my surroundings though and usually end up calling someone while I’m walking so that someone knows if something happens to me.</p>
<p>Can someone explain to me the difference between deffered and delayed admission? I have looked everywhere on the internet and all of the answers are ambiguous</p>
<p>On their admissions website
( [General</a> Requirements | University of South Carolina](<a href=“Apply Now - Office of Undergraduate Admissions | University of South Carolina”>Apply Now - Office of Undergraduate Admissions | University of South Carolina) )</p>
<p>It states, “Applicants may be admitted, denied, or delayed until the week of March 12.” So it sounds like ‘Deferred’ and ‘Delayed’ are the same thing. USC uses ‘Delayed’, meaning they haven’t decided yet but you’ll know the week of March 12th according to the statement above from their website.</p>
<p>thanks coleman4</p>