<p>What are the floor plans of the IRC and A/H suites that have less than 8 students? If its just 5 does one of them live alone because he chose to, or because he couldn't get himself a roommate?</p>
<p>Ycang, you can check out the floor plan here:
Housing</a> Options - Where Do I Live?
in the suite style dorms, they have single rooms so a 5 people suite will have 2 double rooms and 1 single room</p>
<p>I hope to secure a dorm at USC as a transfer I know it would be hard) so I can have the chance to be an RA later on. Any info on the process? My google searches brought me to really general things and the other "USC" (South Carolina) interfered with my results.</p>
<p>My freshman child is at Parkside International and is considering outside housing for the 2009-2010 year What are the plus & minus to this?</p>
<p>My S lived in an "outside" apartment with a friend this year, as a junior. He is not too happy with "Conquest Housing," which is the major landlord in the area. The apartment he has is very close to campus but some of the others are much further and your selection options vary by how long you've rented from them. There are smaller landlords who are seid to be easier to work with.</p>
<p>The plus is there are more options and it's generally at 12-month lease. The longer lease can be a minus because you have to pay for the summer whether you are on campus or not but you have a place to storr your stuff. Some folks sublet, but that opens more issues about security of stored belongings and getting approval of landlord, etc.</p>
<p>Many sophomores stay on campus with USC housing, so if your student wants to be around them s/he may wish to remain on campus as well. My kids enjoy close proximity to campus, though it tends to be noisier and somewhat more expensive, as well as smaller living area than if you're willing to travel further to get to campus.</p>
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<p>My son leased an apartment from Conquest this year. In order to get one of his top choices, he and his roommates "camped out" over night to be toward the front of the line on leasing day for new tenants. They arrived about 9AM the day before and were third in line. Conquest will be leasing to the public this year starting Wednesday, February 18th at 10:00AM. I don't know if there will be a big line again. </p>
<p>The leasing process went smoothly although they required much paperwork at that leasing date including a Continuing Guarantee for each tenant (signed and notarized by a parent.) My son did not get in the building he wanted but got his second choice which was fine. </p>
<p>The apartments are clean and kept up nicely (for a college student). The facilities are nice- he has a secure building in a great location, gated underground parking, a laundry room, a workout room, ... The management is responsive to problems and there really have been no issues. They do have strict rules in their lease like when rent is due, roommates, etc., and as long as you follow the rules, everything is good.</p>
<p>Pluses and minuses: At USC: rent is paid through USC billing, food plans are available. At Conquest: rent is payable directly to Conquest. Both say they have prompt maintenance service but that obviously depends on the problem. My two sons have lived in a variety of on and off campus housing and besides personal preferences, there really are no absolute pluses or minuses. </p>
<p>Overall, Conquest was a good experience for my son. Existing residents have priority so they don't have to wait in line subsequent years, but my son has different plans for next year. I know that his building and others have been sold and will be managed by USC next year so I'm not sure what that will do to the pool of Conquest Housing.</p>
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<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Keep in mind that 7 properties once managed by Conquest will now be managed by USC Housing, including Tuscany. The only major difference, other than all maintenance being done by USC, is billing will be done through USC feebill, which I think would be a good thing.</p>
<p>The main benefit of non-university housing is you don't have to move. Once you move in, you have first opportunity to lease for the next year. For me that would be a big thing as I hate moving. Additionally, the apartments are more flexible, meaning you don't have to share a room if you can afford the rent. The other big benefit is there are no gender restrictions, guys and girls can live together.</p>
<p>The drawback is it's a 12 month lease.</p>
<p>My son was accepted at USC, he also was told he might be able to live in something called Dean's Hall. I couldn't find any mention of this in previous postings. Does anyone have any info on whether this is an attractive option, or not worth pursuing?
Thanks</p>
<p>do any of the dorms have there own bathrooms instead of the whole hall sharing the bathrooms?</p>
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<p>The suite or apartment style rooms have bathrooms shared by only the people living there.
Of the top of my head, the ones on campus include:
Parkside Arts and Humanities
Parkside International
Flour Tower
Parkside Apartments
Webb Tower (for upperclassmen)</p>
<p>There are tons of different housing options at USC. Suites have several folks sharing a bathroom. My D lives in a two-bedroom suite at Webb with 3 other girls. They have their own bathroom & kitchen & living room. Parkside also has suites, where a few share a bathroom. Don't know too much about other situations--Pardee has everyone sharing the one bathroom on the floor.</p>
<p>Don't know about Dean's Hall, but housing should be able to tell you more. If you go to the usc.edu website, you should at least be able to get a description of Dean's Hall. I believe it may have kids on merit scholarship living there, if they want. My S had a merit scholarship but preferred Pardee. His friend chose to live in Trojan, which was for merit scholars.</p>
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<p>As far as I know, Deans' hall is in Marks Hall/Trojan Hall.</p>
<p>Yes you could go for Parkside Apartments, that's the only apartment available cause they removed Century for freshmen. Alternatively you could go for Radisson which also has separate bathrooms cause its a hotel.</p>
<p>Folks have said that Radison isn't on the list of housing options for 2009-2010.</p>
<p>Radisson is on the list.</p>
<p>Radisson was only recently added, but it is now on the list.</p>
<p>Deans' Halls are composed of Marks Hall and Trojan Hall. They both share a live in faculty member, and described quite a bit in the housing threads (mainly by me!).</p>
<p>are the floors in new/north coed?</p>
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<p>Yes, they are.</p>
<p>Hi! I'm an incoming freshman (not sure if SC is going to be top choice yet), but I was wondering about the vegetarian meal plans? I think someone before mentioned it as "Honors House"? How does that work?</p>
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<p>The housing website says:
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Students who prefer eating vegetarian should consider living in Honors House. The residents of this close community have a special, required, meal plan that enables them to share vegetarian breakfasts and dinners (a meat dish is usually available at dinner) in the dining room, which is decorated with a large mural.
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<p>I personally don't know much about Honors House but the dining halls and other food places have vegetarian choices. It also says Available for Upperclassmen so I don't think you have it as a housing option as a freshman either way.</p>