<p>I was a spring admit and I am matriculating this January. Can I, should I bring a car? The only reason I ask is because I need to surf and I don't know how else to get to the beach. Does anyone know?</p>
<p>If you bring a car, good luck getting a parking permit (if there are any left). </p>
<p>Other than that negative, I certainly wish I had a car here. The campus has gotten boring by now and I'm fortunate that one of my friends has a car; we've been able to visit Santa Monica, go to the Grove several times, etc. If you bring a car and can find a place to park it, then you will make many friends quickly, trust me ;)</p>
<p>You are right. There are no permits left. Is there any way to get to a beach to surf?</p>
<p>TRUST me when I say this (this is coming from a senior).... bring a car!!! LA is far too big of a city to not have a car.</p>
<p>yes, bring a car. youll regret not having it. next yr, i suggest you look for an apt that has a reserved parking spot.</p>
<p>Are the off campus parking structures quite far from the main campus?</p>
<p>The parking center isn't that far, it's on the other side of the 110 freeway. But it is certainly not a safe walk by all means. There is a daily shuttle (24 hrs I think) which runs at certain time intervals, so one has to wait for the shuttle, let it make its entire round around the USC campus before heading out to the structure.</p>
<p>Are there securities patrolling in off campus structures?</p>
<p>Yes, there is security at the main parking center. There is also campus cruiser that can take you there in those wee hours.</p>
<p>There is security 24/7. Do yourself a favor a bring a car if you can. LA is a wonderful that is meant to be explored....but public transportation stinks and the area isn't wonderful late at night. I wouldn't want my child to walk from a bus stop to a dorm/apartment/or whatever</p>
<p>Is there a site where we can check what kind of permits (if any) are still available?</p>
<p>Go to the transportation website (<a href="http://transnet.usc.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://transnet.usc.edu/</a>) and you can click on permits.</p>
<p>I was so very glad when I had my car there. Later when I lived in off campus housing, parking was easier. I was close enough to walk to campus. The shuttle ran close to my street, but I was scared to death walking at night!
I was able to go the beach and church with my car.</p>
<p>I brought a car mainly for the reason that I live in San Diego and am about 2 hours away, so I occasionally go home on the weekends. Anyway, having a car is a good thing because you're pretty much never bored when you have nothing to do with your free time.</p>