University of South Carolina honors college experience

I’m from Charleston but I go to school internationally. I am rlly considering usc Columbia for university after touring it. I think they have a great honors program which I’ll be looking at, and it’s probably my top choice now. I was hoping that some ppl currently in the sc hc (or graduated from it) could give me a general feel for what it’s like to be an honors student at usc Columbia. Are honors students really integrated into the social scene there, or are they a little more isolated? Do honors students only take honors classes, or do they have a mix between regular and honors? And lastly, although I’m from sc, I did leave at a young age to go to school internationally, meaning I don’t have many friends here (do recognize former friends and they remember me too), however, I was wondering how hard it would be to make friends at usc if I come from an international school.