<p>From what I understand, there are 2 traditional "all you can eat" cafeterias on campus. Is this true? If one is in Bates, where is the second? Thanks.</p>
<p>Im not sure if there are two all you can eats, I cant think of any other one besides Bates</p>
<p>JR, is it hard for freshman to get FB tickets??</p>
<p>JR, thanks for the help on this site! I am a bit unsure as to how the meal plan works. For instance, if I pick the 16 meals per week plan and don't get a "breakfast" meal between the designated breakfast hours of 3 AM and 11 AM on a given day, I will forever lose that meal credit of $4.25 for that day and not be able to use that on a different day/time? Thanks!</p>
<p>Chris55,</p>
<p>There are 21 possible meals during the weak so if you have a 16 meal plan that means that you won't be able to eat 5 meals using the meal plan. So if you don't eat breakfast you still have that meal to use some other time.</p>
<p>wahine- No not at all, I went to every single football game this past season and most of my friends did too. The first couple games and the big games will give you less chance but you should be able to get tickets</p>
<p>Chris-
I am going to also add that you can only use one of your meal plans during the meal time slots</p>
<p>How have people campus visits gone?</p>
<p>columbia is primarily boys (when i lived there it was 90%) so if you’re a girl, it can get a little destroyed and my friends hated being the only girls on an all-boys floor, but if you’re a boy–all my guy friends loved it!</p>
<p>capstone you have to be a capstone scholar/honors to live in but it’s great!!</p>
<p>Does any one have any questions on the fraternity side of Greek life i know theres a bunch of people on here in sororities or families of someone in a sorority, but Id be happy to answer any questions</p>
<p>JRwriter, My D’s Boyfriend is int in rushing at USC, but has no idea where to start. Are there any Summer Functions he should go to ? and are recs as important as sorority recs?? Any help would be GREAT!</p>
<p>Many fraternity’s have summer events for people interested in rushing the following year. I would say though, the majority of the people who come know other people in the fraternity and that is how they get invited and become connected with the fraternity. Does you D’s boyfriend know anyone in a fraternity at USC? if so I would say begin to get in contact with them and just say youre interested in rushing next fall and stuff like that. If he doesn’t know anybody, I would suggest just comming out for rush in August when we get back to school. We have formal rush where you go visit every fraternity 2 days in a row, and it is a good chance for you to get to know the fraternity and for them to get to know you. As for recs, I really don;t think they are important since i know basically nothing about them in fraternity’s. The best thing I would say is to just know people, and that already gives you the connection to the fraternity. If he or you have anymore questions about the process or anything don’t be afraid to ask, ill answer just about anything.</p>
<p>bumb this up in case anyone has questions</p>
<p>^^^ JRWriter, since you’ve finished your first year, we can now ask a sophmore. :)</p>
<p>What has been your most positive experience at USC?</p>
<p>You most negative?</p>
<p>I’m considering it as my dad did law school there… and it’s only 1.5 hours away. xD</p>
<p>I’m an OOS junior this year. I’d say my most positive experience has been some of the faculty members I’ve met. I’m in the Honors College, and I can honestly say that the deans are some of the most amazing people I’ve ever met. Their offices are always open and they genuinely care about the students (sometimes a little too much. Near the end of the year I faced a brutal Spanish Inquisition about my love life from one of them). For someone like me, being so far away from home, it’s been so nice to have people that I can trust to look out for my well being right on campus.</p>
<p>My most negative experience… walking to class a 9 AM class in 10 degree weather! Um, it was a bit of a culture shock for me when I first got there, but you’re from near by so you won’t have that problem. I’ve had a lot of difficulty dealing with my department. I’m a psychology major, which is one of the largest majors on campus. The professors in the department are all superstars: national television consultants, expert witnesses, authors, and one has a local radio show on psychology. Getting these people to talk to each other and accomplish something is infuriating though. Don’t get me wrong, the classes I’ve had have been fantastic, but they don’t make getting through the bureaucracy of a public school easy.</p>
<p>very true fendrock</p>
<p>and betterdays I dont think south carolinians are really used to the 10 degree haha have you seen them</p>
<p>I couldn’t see them. I was too busy pulling the ski mask on to notice much of anything else.</p>
<p>betterdays
good thing you didnt attend college “up north” where that nasty cold weather lasts for months and months not an occasional day
and…how dare the Honors Colege Deans question your love life choices!! i think your love life choices are excellent!</p>
<p>You found USC to be cold? Where are you from? It gets way colder in my part of SC than Columbia.</p>
<p>And I’d imagine that August is miserable (weather-wise). The humidity here is awful!</p>
<p>So… is southern culture a big deal at USC? I’ve heard that there are a lot of non-Southerners there, which is strange to me.</p>
<p>so weird…</p>
<p>Anyway, OOS senior here from New York. Definitely took a little bit of getting used to the southern culture, but I’ve come to really enjoy a number of aspects of southern living. Everything here goes at a much slower pace than I’m used to. But, I now eat grits, tailgate at football games, and wear pink dress shirts.</p>
<p>Southern culture is exactly and only as prevalent as you want it to be. Getting involved in fraternities and sororities will definitely get you more involved in the southern lifestyle, but USC has a huge OOS population that will make sure you feel at home no matter where you’re coming from. Columbia is a big enough city where you can always get anything you want or need, from down home southern cooking (I can think of at least 5 BBQ buffets I’d recommend to any newcomer) to Thai cuisine.</p>
<p>Culture abounds here, from the Koger Center which offers discounted tickets to students to the Columbia Art Museum to the numerous touring musical acts who visit Williams-Brice Stadium, the Colonial Life Arena, and smaller venues such as Headliners or New Brookland. Columbia is a fantastic place to be during presidential election campaigns as well, since South Carolina falls so early on the primary calendar. Every major candidate from both parties visited Columbia at some point during the campaign, including Obama and Oprah rallying 30,000 people at the football stadium.</p>
<p>If you come here, you’ll never look back.</p>