<p>I really want to look into more details before making my final final decision, even though im basically positive ill be at USC in the fall! does anyone know if theres a way to talk to a current student directly or anything?</p>
<p>i wanna know things like the number of classes a week, general ed classes we have to take. all stuff like that</p>
<p>thanks in advanced :)</p>
<p>I’m a current student! But fair warning, I’m in the College of Arts & Sciences so the general education classes will be different if you aren’t going to be in that college.</p>
<p>I’m in the CAS as well and a current student.</p>
<p>And there’s another girl who posts on here who is a current student and she’s an engineering major, I think.</p>
<p>But feel free to ask questions here. We all know people in other majors and could probably help you out. :)</p>
<p>Hi! Can you give me any information on the journalism school or what the journalism students are like? Also, what is the reputation of the Honor’s College students? Do they have a geeky reputation? Or treated the same? What if you’re not big into partying? Does that make you an outcast?</p>
<p>I don’t party and most of my friends don’t party. There are a lot of big partiers, but there are also a lot of people who don’t party. Not a big deal at all.</p>
<p>Honors College kids are treated the same for the most part, but they also get special perks. I don’t really think that Honors kids have a negative connotation or anything.</p>
<p>Honors students are the same as regular students, some very serious about study, some not…there are athletes, Greeks, non-greeks, people who party, people who smoke, people who do student government, religious organizations etc. Where ever you fall on the student spectrum, you will have others just like you.</p>
<p>Scmom12 is correct. Our son, a freshman Honors College student, tells us that there are Honors students who are the most hard-core party people imaginable. Then there are Honors students who are so driven academically that they study pretty much non-stop. Then there are the majority of the Honors students who are in the middle…smart kids who are focused academically but who make sure to enjoy their college experience. Among his closest friends are two who study pretty much non-stop, several who are focused but enjoy college, and one who is not even close to qualifying as an Honors student.</p>
<p>Two additional comments. First, USC J-school has historically had a strong reputation. Definitely best in state. Second, about geeky reputation (not sure if that is good or bad to you). I think it’s probably like my children’s HS experience. They were in academic magnet of larger school. To kids outside of magnet, my kids were probably seen as “geeks”. After all, they took more and harder classes than they needed to (yearlong APs instead of semester CP), were involved in things like mock trial, model un and student gov and band, they cared about grades, and didn’t think being intelligent was uncool. However within the magnet they were considered normal and were perhaps more tolerant of classmates with different interests. My child in Honors is glad to be around people that value academics and will take the “geeky” label all day long. Now if you mean geeky interests, then again there is a spectrum. Kids that love to game, kids that wouldn’t miss Jersey Shore and those who wouldn’t miss Dr. Who!</p>
<p>USC is the only university in South Carolina with a journalism school.</p>