<p>What is apartment life in the Quads like? My S is interested in rooming with 3 other guys and wants to stay in Green-South-or East. Any comments or recommendations?</p>
<p>My son has lived in all 3. Much more apt.-like than Capstone, but less sense of community. South Quad is the oldest. It had a bigger living room and slightly bigger bedrooms than the other quads. It is very close to a garage, though. Green Quad was newer and nicer on the inside, but with a much smaller living room and less kitchen storage space. We found it a little more difficult to move into because of the parking situation. East Quad was sort of in-between.
Most of the quads have kitchens, but there are no dishwashers, so dirty dishes can tend to stack up sometimes. Also, there are no disposers in the kitchen sink. (Interpretation: Might attract some bugs if there’s someone that likes to snack/cook and no one is fond of emptying the kitchen trash.) Quad refers to the buildings themselves, it doesn’t necessarily mean 4 BR or 4-person. I know firsthand that South and East Quads have quite a few room configurations such as: 3 BR/ half kitchen, 3 BR/full kitchen, 4BR/full kitchen, 4BR-5 person/full kitchen etc. Even the bedrooms in my son’s S. Quad apt. had different configurations and closet locations. You don’t know until they send you the room assignment what type of configuration you’re in or whether you may end up with a random roommate assigned with your group. Best bet is to get a group of 4 and make sure everyone gets their housing reservation in on time and that they all request each other.</p>
<p>That’s great information. I was not aware of the different room configurations. That makes things a little “iffy”. Thanks Greenville!</p>
<p>Do you know if the Honors College has seperate living space?</p>
<p>Cotelizard,
Glad to help with the quad info.
Here’s what happened to my son: Son and 2 friends signed up together soph year. They were assigned to S. Quad and given a random 4th roommate, who just happened to be someone from our hometown - so that worked out well. This past year, he and 2 friends were assigned not to a 3-BR apt, but to a 4BR-5 person apt. in E. Quad, with 2 random transfer students that didn’t even know each other. The vast majority of the apts. are 4-person, 4 BR, so that’s why I’d say that’s the safest bet.
He decided to move off-campus this semester!</p>
<p>Honors College students live in their own dorm:</p>
<p>[Honors</a> Residence Hall](<a href=“South Carolina Honors College - South Carolina Honors College | University of South Carolina”>South Carolina Honors College - South Carolina Honors College | University of South Carolina)</p>
<p>Looks like a very nice place, with on-site classrooms and a cafeteria.</p>
<p>Do most “quad dwellers” opt out of the meal plan since they have a full kitchen in their apartment?</p>
<p>Son opted out of the meal plan as soon as he had a kitchen in his apt (he was in the Honors apts on the Horseshoe).We put $$ on the Carolina card in the “Cash” section for on the go eating needs and he and his roomates pooled $$ and meal making duties. It worked out well and in the end was cheaper than the meal plan.</p>
<p>One person in son’s quad decided to opt out - everyone else kept their meal plans, but reduced the number of meals. Even now, as an off-campus student, son still has a meal plan: he’s on-campus for class during the day, has some evening classes and labs also, so eats lunch and dinner on campus.</p>