Guide to Housing at USC

<p>I’m a transfer from North Carolina. Can someone <em>please</em> recommend a few options?</p>

<p>I’m looking for something with a dorm-like atmosphere, but for upperclassmen. If such a thing exists. It would be nice to have an opportunity to meet a lot of people since I’ll be coming all the way from NC and know no one at USC.</p>

<p>The application says I need to list 5 housing preferences. They told me even though I haven’t been accepted yet, I can still submit my housing app. Any suggestions?</p>

<p>What about Honors House and International Residential College at Parkside (IRC). Are these good options for someone in my situation? I’m 24, too :)</p>

<p>I stayed at Parkside IRC during explore USC. my host says it’s the least social housing, but it’s very new and has good rooms.</p>

<p>Thanks, Arctic. What did they mean by “least social?” Partying?</p>

<p>I’m thinking of listing Honors House, Seaver, Parkside, and then Parkside IRC as my preferences, in that order. Any thoughts?</p>

<p>for new and north there are different residential halls are they different?</p>

<p>He meant that people don’t really seem to socialize as much there. Sorry for the late response >_></p>

<p>wghiller,</p>

<p>Do NOT select Seaver unless you’re going to be on the Health Sciences Campus (which is a couple miles away from the University Park Campus). Seaver is usually saved for pharmacy grad students and the like. Your other choices are ok.</p>

<p>New/North is the same building, just separated into two wings, one of which is New and one of which is North.</p>

<p>so reading about the honors dorms, it makes me wonder, who are the honor students? are they just the big scholarship winners?</p>

<p>This information on the dorms is extremely helpful - sounds like lots of things to consider. I am wondering, however, if students who came this year to the Expore USC days stayed with a host at Burnkrant. If so, I would be interested in your perceptions of that particular dorm. Thanks to all - what a great forum!</p>

<p>Hey, I have a muddled question about housing:</p>

<p>I’m going to be a freshman accepted as Production major at SCA and found out there is a floor on New dedicated to Cinematic Arts students. This looks enticing but for the fact that it is in the “party” building. I am not a partying person. Is it worth the community to be in such a building, or is it better to be in a quieter dorm?</p>

<p>Anybody in Arts & Humanities? Can you tell me a bit about what it’s like? Does is really make a difference from an artist’s point of view? Thanks =)</p>

<p>Birnkrant =]</p>

<p>I just applied for housing today. :slight_smile: I was also just accepted today, haha.</p>

<p>My choices were
Birnkrant triple
Birnkrant double
Parkside A&H
Pardee
Marks Hall</p>

<p>honestly, I think I’d be happy in any of those, they all look pretty nice.</p>

<p>My daughter, a film production student, chose to stay at Parkside and she was happy she did. New is pretty heavy on the partying side. Turns out in her year a lot of the students who chose the cinema floor were students who wanted to transfer into cinema - not the students already accepted into cinema.</p>

<p>Does anyone on this list have suggestions for upperclassmen housing?
We are still searching…</p>

<p>Bump for students asking about dorms. Start with page one and read at least two or three pages, please! Nikara put LOTS of useful information in the first few pages.</p>

<p>I already submitted my payment. However, I also received an email saying that my application was received. So all I have to do now is to just “wait” for them to assign a room for me, right?</p>

<p>What is International Residential College like? Does it ONLY have suites? Is it like there are 3 or 4 bedrooms in a suite, which also has one kitchen or bathroom?</p>

<p>I stayed at IRC during explore last month, and it was 4 bedrooms that opened onto a small corridor with two bathrooms and a door leading out into the hallway. so yes suites, but no kitchen.</p>