<p>What are the conditions of UCS's dorms? What positive/negative aspects exist..... I know that some dorms are better than others, but I just want to know the general feeling...... Especially with dorms predominantly housing freshmen.</p>
<p>in general, usc dorms are pretty good. they are generally pretty big and almost everyone is in a double with some singles and some triples in birnkrant (which are huge). most dorms have ok/good services like lobbies with tv's, study/music rooms, ping pong tables, etc. the only dorms to avoid are marks tower, marks hall, and trojan hall. they have really small rooms and are overall lacking in most aspects compared to the rest.</p>
<p>I personally love Birnkrant, and Marks Tower is definitely to be avoided, IMO.</p>
<p>hhmmm...the virtual tours of birnkrant rooms shows them to be pretty weird imo. Are they really like that??</p>
<p>And hows the quality of the rooms at New/North? I know they are the most social dorms on campus but are they well-made?
How is the Business Floor at North? Any info on that?</p>
<p>son is in Birnkrant and loves it. It fills very quickly. If you are not in the first couple of waves of acceptances you will probably not get in this dorm. Many of his friends tell him how lucky he was to get in there.</p>
<p>i already posted this earlier, but i think the arts and humanities is by far the best dorm. it's brand new, super nice, has AC (one of the biggest things during hot times) and each suite (4 rooms) has a little common room. and you're right next to parkside restaurant (not icky EVK). and because it's so far from a library, it has it's own study room. Even though it's not as "social" i like it better because then you can choose when you want to go out and do stuff rather than having it be imposed on you all the time.</p>
<p>arts and humanities is very nice although they are somewhat isolated from both many main parts of campus and from the other rooms in the building. it also costs more than some of the other dorms. new/north is probably the best for its price range. many of the rooms are huge although the dorms themselves are kind of old and not as fresh looking</p>
<p>Where did you find the virtual tours? I couldn't find them on USC's website. They just had one picture of the dorm from outside.</p>
<p>let's be real here...if you are a social person and willing to have a good time and branch out new/north is for you. it may not be the best dorm in terms of amenities but it definitely has the most fun and has the best looking girls.</p>
<p>the business floor is pretty good there too. all those people are really close and most of them have the same classes so they always help each other out when studying for tests and doing homework.</p>
<p>Also the sink rooms are more expensive but are huge.</p>
<p>Taiwaneseterror, go here: USC</a> Auxiliary Services Housing and then click on the building you want to check out. It should say "Tour" and then a link underneath that for tours of the different rooms.</p>
<p>aj16, my room setup in Birnkrant is similar to that in the tour. The only difference is the dresser and because of that, I have no towel rack. (I live in a double)</p>
<p>I live in Birnkrant again this year (lived there my freshman year). I personally love the location (literally right next to Leavey and EVK if you eat there, right on top of TroGro) and it has a very "play but not play too loud so people can still study in their rooms" vibe that I like. The lobby was also renovated over the summer so it's in great condition, much better than it was when I was a freshman.</p>
<p>Every dorm has its ups and downs though, so be sure to check each one out.</p>
<p>Kind of off-topic here, but I just checked TrojanHousing, and it looks like Birnkrant is going to be all-freshman next year... so even if we wanted to we can't come back. 7th and 8th floors used to be mostly upperclassmen.</p>
<p>When I went to tour USC the tour guide said some people live on the upper floors of the Radisson hotel?!?!? Is that still going to be available in the next few years??</p>
<p>Probably. We own four floors of the Radisson- 3rd through 6th.</p>
<p>Is there an IRGB or simply IR floor at any dorm?</p>
<p>If there indeed is, how is it? Good/Bad?</p>
<p>I was looking through the USC housing brochure I got in my USC acceptance packet and for some reason, the Radisson isn't included. Is there a particular reason it's not?</p>
<p>New/North are the oldest dorms, but they are still way popular. The "nicest" dorms are actually suites at Parkside. </p>
<p>As for Radisson, it used to be used as "overflow" housing, so if it isn't in the brochure, they might not be offerring it next year.</p>
<p>jessica, I'm not sure why Radisson is not in there, unless they are planning some renovations next year, but that would be strange given they need the rooms. Maybe someone else knows.
When you go to the Explore session in February or early March, assuming that you are up for a scholarship, you will be given a lot of info regarding the housing, and have tours. You will not be required to choose housing till some time after that as well.</p>
<p>USC is expecting to have 2000 new beds available for Fall 2009, so these may be replacing the Raddison ones. No one mentioned Pardee, where my S lived in his freshman year, in the Great Outdoors floor. He found it very convenient & enjoyed his year there. They even had a washer/dryer on each floor and a safe for each student. The rooms were all doubles & it overlooked the Quad.</p>
<p>The Radisson will most likely not be used next year. I'm not quite sure why, but I do know that they aren't looking for RAs for the building next year.</p>