<p>I submitted mine really late because I was waiting on another school, I think i sent it a week or two before the deadline. but I recommend sending it in early if you want your first choice. It also helps I heard, to have a roomate already picked out. and no Bates was my 2nd choice, Columbia hall was my 1st choice but I didnt get that</p>
<p>Are there any issues if you have a Mac rather than a Windows-based PC?</p>
<p>fendrock my daughter is a freshman in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. When we went for orientation we were told the school recommends Dell unless you are in the school of Journalsim which requires a Mac. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Fendrock-
most of the kids on my floor and many of my friends have mac and from what I have heard or seen they have no problems with them. They can do everything I can in terms of what the school provides with their macs compared to my windows. I think a mac will be fine. And to add to that we recently opened up an Apple store on campus like 2 weeks before we left for break so apple has a good connection with USC</p>
<p>Anyone having difficulty getting they classes they need? When daughter met with her advisor during registration period the classes were closed. The only advice the advisor had was to check daily that someone might drop. Nothing has opened.</p>
<p>momsc, in which classes does your daughter want to enroll, as I am interested in learning the type of classes which are oversubscribed.</p>
<p>Is she a freshman?</p>
<p>My daughter who is a freshman had no trouble with scheduling second term. She met with her advisor as early as possible so she was set to go on the first day she was eligible for registering for spring classes. However I must note that technically she is now considered a sophmore because of credits earned in high school and I'm wondering if that moved her a bit further up the "registration" line.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry about fitting in as a northerner. </p>
<p>U101 is not required, unless you are in certain majors or dorms. It is an automatic A if you actually go to class and do five minutes of homework. I didn't take it and came out fine. I wanted to take other classes with those credits. It is one class you don't have to worry about, and it will boost your gpa, but my friends all said it was a waste of time. </p>
<p>For the question on co-ed dorms:
1. Capstone
2. Columbia
3. Bates West
4. Bates House
5. Preston
6. Roost
Honors is also brand new and looks nice, but you have to apply and be accepted, and take all kinds of strange honors courses.</p>
<p>As for getting in to classes- keep checking daily, and someday you'll get the magic opening- it worked for 3 classes for me as a freshman, although they didn't open until june. High school AP credits do help with second semester registration. </p>
<p>Housing selection is done by random lottery, so it makes no difference when you turned your housing in, as long as it was by the deadline.</p>
<p>Being in the Honors College means you have to take specific number of honors courses, right? Or do you just get priority registration?</p>
<p>hawaiiboy
theres a number of perks and parameters to being in the Honors College.There are different housing options,course options, etc.They do register early but only for their Honors designated courses,otherwise they register like everyone else at the time designated by their # of credits.. You can read up on it on the Honors College Website at sc.edu. I'm assuming you aren't an incoming freshman for Fall 09..if you are, the deadline has passed to apply to Honors ,as it requires a seperate application.
S is a junior in the Honors College,he's taken all different kinds of Honors courses. If you'd like more info just let me know.</p>
<p>Nah, I'm a soph in H.S.</p>
<p>Question for anyone who knows:
How is the diversity and does it seem like different races interact much?</p>
<p>As a northeasterner, I thought the diversity was excellent..much better than I saw on many other campuses.Students would have to tell you about the interaction levels.</p>
<p>I also come from the northeast and can account for cathymee's obsevation. There is a lot of diversity (I think the percentage of minority students is around 17% which is a lot for any college), however there is as much interaction as one would expect with so much diversity. A look at the Russell House during lunchtime or for that matter any time will show you why. The races are pretty much separate. Of course there is some mixing, but it is definitely not the norm.</p>
<p>like uscgamecock said, there is a lot of diversity. when you look around campus you see a lot of different types of people. But as far as interaction between the diverse groups, it is nearly non existent. Sure there are a few cases but like uscgamecock said just walk into russell house during lunch and you will see all of the groups sitting together.</p>
<p>Okay thanks, I was just wondering because I applied for transfer admissions for the fall and am just trying to find a good fit.</p>
<p>So what is the Greek system like and I read earlier that there are no parties at the fraternity houses?!?! Can anyone confirm this?</p>
<p>The greek system at USC is great, much like any SEC school. Umm im not really sure what im supposed to really say its just good. what else umm it has been getting more strict because of administration though</p>
<p>as for parties at houses, some fraternities have parties at their houses some dont. Mainly it is for security reasons but it really depends on what you mean by party and what fraternity</p>
<p>Did you find the advising at Orientation helpful? Did your advisor help you choose courses?</p>
<p>The advising for each school is different, some are more personal than others. As for my business school, it was not very helpful. We had an advisor come around and basically write down the options we could take then we choose from there, and that summed up my meeting. But other schools have more personal meetings</p>