<p>I visited USC recently for their Explore USC program for scholarship finalists. During my stay there, I fell in love (with the school haha). I guess I'm just a Trojan at heart. So I will most likely choose SC.</p>
<p>My host during my stay was a scholarship recipient and he stayed at the Birnkrant dorm. I am getting ready to submit my dorm preferences. Which one do you recommend and which size?</p>
<p>Im going to Marshall school of business. I'm a social guy and am interested in joining a frat. At the same time, i want to stay focused and get involved in several clubs etc. </p>
<p>I just want a good balance of social life and academic life. My initial thought of Birnkrant was that it was gonna be a nerdy, socially awkward dorm due to the fact that it houses exclusively scholarship recipients and I think honors students. But my host, a current freshman, assured me it isn't. What is your opinion?</p>
<p>Also, I am aware that the Birnkrant 3 person dorms are twice as large as the 2 person dorms. Does it get difficult living with 2 other people? Because I definitely like the idea of having a large dorm, but at the same time.. I don't want to be overwhelmed.</p>
<p>Parent here…my child is a freshman in Fluor, 8-person suite with 4 BRs, large living room, a kitchen ‘area’ (refrig, burner to heat up soup, microwave, sink). Great mattress (better than at home so I’m told), air conditioning, gets along with all the suitemates very well (a number them are moving into an apartment together next year). Several of the suitemates rushed, Fluor is quite close to the row. And they all go up to parties at the row on Thursdays. Also right next door to the fitness center and one of the dining halls. Hope this helps. (I know nothing about Birnkrant.)</p>
<p>You can definitely be social in any of the dorms/residence halls, but it’s a lot easier in the dorm-style buildings than the suite-style buildings (Fluor, Parkside, etc).</p>
<p>Also, as far as I’m aware, Birnkrant isn’t like that. From what I’ve seen, they have really good relationships with their floors, which I feel like a lot of the other dorms are missing. N/N tries to do ~bonding~ stuff, but most of the kids in the building are too ~cool~ to be part of that, so it just ends up being the weirder kids in the building who participate.</p>
<p>For bigger rooms - if you want to live in New/North, go for the room with a sink. It’s so much larger than the rooms without sinks, and the size difference is very noticeable.</p>
<p>^^^not sure I see a lot of that info as a feature of USC…thanks for posting eartheyes, good to know the real deal. I’m guessing “the nerdy” kids in N/N can’t wait for sophomore year.</p>
<p>Thanks for the good dorm information. I wake up early and really do want to sleep at night. Also, I may be an athlete next year at SC (still figuring that out) and was wondering if Fluor is where most of the athletes live. Also do many sophomores live in the dorms and where do sophomore athletes live? Thanks!</p>
<p>Katie my child says there are quite a few freshman athletes in Fluor. There are also athlete houses nearby (closer to the row, and by sport) which as I understand it is where many of the recuited athlete upperclassmen live. Sophomores on campus tend to live in Webb (next to Fluor). There aren’t many sophomores living in the dorms…there are a ton of new apartment buildings right around campus, within walking distance and/or serviced by USC shuttle buses, which is where you will find a lot of upperclassmen. Hope this helps.</p>