<p>I visited USC recently for their Explore USC program for scholarship finalists. During my stay there, I fell in love (with the school haha). I guess I'm just a Trojan at heart. So I will most likely choose SC.</p>
<p>My host during my stay was a scholarship recipient and he stayed at the Birnkrant dorm. I am getting ready to submit my dorm preferences. Which one do you recommend and which size?</p>
<p>Im going to Marshall school of business. I'm a social guy and am interested in joining a frat. At the same time, i want to stay focused and get involved in several clubs etc. </p>
<p>I just want a good balance of social life and academic life. My initial thought of Birnkrant was that it was gonna be a nerdy, socially awkward dorm due to the fact that it houses exclusively scholarship recipients and I think honors students. But my host, a current freshman, assured me it isn't. What is your opinion?</p>
<p>Also, I am aware that the Birnkrant 3 person dorms are twice as large as the 2 person dorms. Does it get difficult living with 2 other people? Because I definitely like the idea of having a large dorm, but at the same time.. I don't want to be overwhelmed. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I don’t go to this school but i will tell you that i would not want a 3 person dorm room. Yea the rooms are bigger but you can’t really tell cause there is 3 peaople taking up the space. Most people say that 2 of the roommates will become close leaving the other roommate left out.</p>
<p>If you do end up choosing SC, welcome to the Trojan Family! =)</p>
<p>Birnkrant is one of the nicer dorms and the people there are intelligent and pretty chill. I had friends who lived there Freshman year and when I visited them it didn’t seem like the place was overall nerdy or quiet. They have a good mix of different kinds of people. I’d recommend Birnkrant for sure. </p>
<p>Also if you’re a huge partier, the New/North dorms are known to attract that sort of crowd. So try there if you like that atmosphere but avoid it like the plague if you don’t, haha. </p>
<p>I lived in Parkside Arts & Humanities, which is known for being the one of the best buildings in terms of amenities/newness/etc. It mainly has a good balance of really chill and animated people who generally appreciate the arts and humanities… I’d recommend living there if you don’t mind suite-style housing. Everyone’s generally really friendly and it’s a well-balanced mix of people. Nobody will judge you for being in a frat and nobody will judge the “nerdy” kids for studying on weekend nights or whatever. And you don’t have to be an arts or humanities major to live there. I knew & hung out with a few business majors and they seemed to fit in fine. I’ve also heard really good things about Pardee but I’ve never been inside that building myself.</p>
<p>So places I would recommend: Birnkrant, New/North (if you like to party), Parkside A&H, Pardee</p>
<p>Places I wouldn’t recommend: Parkside IRC (a really nice building but super strangely quiet), Parkside apartments (small and not very nice), Marks, Trojan (I think they’re older buildings?)… keep asking around though, you might get some different opinions.</p>