<p>I think housing is first come first served for incoming freshman. It certainly is for everyone else!</p>
<p>Birnkrant typically has a pretty good floor community. You’ll meet your floormates and make new friends if you want to.</p>
<p>Do you first have to commit to enroll at USC before you can get your Housing info?</p>
<p>I’m not 100% sure but I think the answer is no. You’ll have to pay the housing application fee though.</p>
<p>Wait, Housing is first come first serve?! This sucks. I’m not 100% sure if I’m going to go and will decide once I visit, which is in two weeks.</p>
<p>You can put in your housing deposit now without commiting to USC. It is only $45 and is well worth it if there is any chance you will choose to attend. Yes, it is first-come, first-served.</p>
<p>I have noticed that many people have requested a Birnkrant triple over a Birnkrant double. I would think that triples would be cheaper, but it says that triples are more expensive than doubles. Am i missing something? Are triples much larger? Why does everyone prefer triples if they are more costly and possibly less space per person?</p>
<p>@urmom it’s because triples have two rooms, one bedroom and one living room, (it is therefore more space per person than a double) doubles only have 1 room</p>
<p>will it be a problem if i live in new north and don’t go greek?</p>
<p>I’m going to be an incoming freshman from out of state, and have never been to LA before. I’m looking for a co-ed dorm with a friendly atmosphere (mostly freshman?). Could anyone tell me what they think the best 2 or 3 dorms are and why? Also Im an engineering major, should I go into an engineering dorm? Answers are much appreciated!!</p>
<p>Why don’t New/North come up for me as housing preference choices on my housing application? I am an incoming freshman?</p>
<p>Everyone who has suggested Birnkrant is right. Lived there last year and everyone I know who lived there loved it. Because the floors aren’t as big, there’s a tighter sense of community and you get to know the people on your floor really well. Everyone says New/North for the party scene, but in all honesty, Birnkrant is quickly on its way up and is definitely becoming comparable to New/North socially, with maybe slightly fewer people going Greek and definitely nicer/newer rooms (because N/N has been the “party” dorm for so long, they are much more run down than Birnkrant which has just recently begun to take on this role). I’d say Birnkrant has the closest thing to a balance between academics and partying, too. Also, location of Birnkrant/New/North/Pardee/Marks/Trojan is MUCH better than Parkside/Fluor, even thought Parkside/Fluor have nicer rooms/AC. They are also significantly less social. One last thing, Birnkrant is quickly becoming home to a lot of scholarship kids, too, just because it is one of the first buildings to fill up and kids with scholarships get to pick housing earlier.</p>
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<p>Just because Fluor isn’t in the main part of campus, I would hardly call it “less social.” (I lived there! It was VERY social!) Also, it’s MUCH closer to EVK/Birnkrant/New North than one thinks; it’s a 5 minutes walk, compared to a 15-20 min walk to EVK from Parkside!</p>
<p>Parkside, I’ve heard isn’t very social, but I assumed that changed with the addition of the Arts & Humanities dorms that house a ton of freshmen.</p>
<p>Hi I’m an incoming freshman in the music school. I was looking at the dorms and I’m pretty sure I want to live in New/North…preferably New or maybe Birnkrant. If I lived in N/N could I use the music lounge at BK still? Also is the style of living at BK more secluded in that you make friends with only you’re suite mates? Because I want to make friends with a lot of people. And I’m a little confused, if you have a double do you still have a common room suite type thing? Aslo are these dorms that far from the music school/practice rooms? I know arts and humanities dorm would seem ideal but I heard it’s far away and secluded and I want to be in the action. Sorry I have a lot of questions. Thanks!!</p>
<p>Just one more question!
Do you think I will even get my first or even second choice seeing as I just filled the application out today?</p>
<p>The music practice rooms are in gateway now so New/North and Birnkrant are very close.</p>
<p>The official Thornton practice rooms are in Gateway, but there are also music practice rooms in Parkside A & H (as well as one other dorm, I believe, but I forget which). And for the record, my son (a freshman Thornton student) lives in Parkside A & H and has found it to be nice and new, cool (w/AC) and plenty social. With a bike, it is seconds from anywhere on campus. He also iived on the music special interest floor.</p>
<p>Something to keep in mind about Birnkrandt - as the new “honors” dorm, it’s bound to have a different feel than in previous years when it was just another dorm. And since many of the kids who would’ve chosen it now have to chose another dorm, the “feel” of some other dorms may change as well.</p>
<p>And @ sidee, Birnkrandt is not suites-- it’s a traditionally structured dorm. The BK triple is two rooms for 3 kids instead of one for 2 (and I doubt you would get if just registering now, anyway). Parkside, IRC and Fluour are suites. The “common area” in Parkside is very small though, a table and chairs. In Fluour, it’s more of a true living room.</p>
<p>I requested a Two-bedroom Four Person in Century Apartments. Was this a good choice, and with 352 spaces is it likely that I will get it even though I submitted the housing application only yesterday?</p>
<p>^I think you probably have a very good chance. I haven’t seen that as being a super popular option to take…</p>
<p>not popular? from the flyer Century has AC, ping pong tables, a swimming pool, beach volleyball courts, is right across the street from campus, and open during winter break. That’s the life. Well really I don’t know.</p>
<p>Actually, I think it’s more sophomores who live there than freshmen (who mostly live in the dorms). My D & cousin both lived in Century as sophs. They found it to be a convenient location–very near campus.</p>
<p>So more sophomores apply for Century, or do you mean that the university decides to assign more sophomores there?</p>