<p>I am wondering which apartment / residence hall is the best in USC for transfer students. here are my options:</p>
<p>Residence halls
- Honors House
- Parkside International Resident College </p>
<p>Apartments
- Annenberg House
- Cardinal Gardens
- Cardinal 'n Gold
- Founders
- La Sorbonne
- Manor
- Max Kade House
- Pacific
- Parkside Apartments
- Regal Trojan
- Severance Street Apartments
- Sierra
- Stardust
- Sunset
- Troy Hall
- Troy Hall East
- Vista
- Webb Tower
- Windsor </p>
<p>I want to be as close to the campus (library, business school, computer lab) as possible, less people sharing a unit, and lower price. </p>
<p>Any ideas? Or any experience living in any of the above dorms?</p>
<p>You should try posting this under USC's section on here.</p>
<p>Of the apartments you mentioned, Troy and Troy East are the most popular. They are closest to campus (minus Webb, which is on campus, but will be closed next year). They are nice apartments. </p>
<p>There is no housing right by the business school (then again campus isn't that big), but Troy (Troy and Troy East are basically the same thing) is close to the library. </p>
<p>I don't know price wise how much things compare, but Troy might be more because it is kept up better.</p>
<p>I figured the list of housing facilities you gave were open for everyone, including transfers. Or do you just mean because you think it will already be full? I know that housing forms were already filled out by the current student body, so right now it'll be hard to find a place in USC housing. You should do it ASAP to get on the waiting list. If you can't find USC housing, check out Conquest Housing, Nupac Apartments, or independent apartments around campus.</p>
<p>I don't know the actual size of USC's campus, but I know that when standing at the Northern side of campus, you can see the Southern edge of campus. There are no major streets going through campus (no stoplights or anything like at larger campuses like UCLA or Stanford), so basically it's a spot in between four streets. You can basically get anywhere within 15 minutes.</p>
<p>Housing is currently full, but people get placed off the wait list all the time. I was on the waitlist last year, and was able to get off it around April, and then I was able to get a reassignment to Troy by probably July or so.</p>
<p>I will be in the Business School this fall (if I am going there), can you tell me more about USC?!</p>
<p>Does it really cost a lot to live there?!</p>
<p>How are the people? are they friendly? one of the things I worry about USC is that it is known for rich kids, since I am from an average family, I don't want to be looked down upon.</p>
<p>how is the school's faciliities and job placement?!</p>
<p>even people who arent on the highly used financial aid arent really rich kids, it isnt any worse than a bulk of private schools with similar tuition rates. Actually USC probably has more people not paying the full tuittion than at other private institutions.</p>
<p>USC is very mixed. So thusly you may meet an equivicable amount of people you may like or may not like.</p>
<p>it's like my TA for my earth sciences class said. She went to BU and hated the people there, and now at SC she said she wsa nervouse about it at first but once you get through the "pink fluffy crap" (not sure what she meant by that) she started to like alot of the people.</p>
<p>I'm currently a sophomore (although there is only one more week of classes!). </p>
<p>I really don't have anything to compare costs with, to know if this is expensive, and while it isn't Westwood or Beverly Hills, it still is in LA, which is an expensive area in general. </p>
<p>You definitely won't be looked down upon for not being wealthy. You will find every type of person here, literally. There are people of every race, from tons of states and countries, and from families with varying amounts of wealth, varying from ones with tons of aid to ones that don't worry about cost. You'll be able to find people just like you.</p>
<p>I really don't know anything about Business facilities, but the buildings I've been in are nice. Job placement is great because 1) there is the Trojan Family, 2) the business school has a good rep, and 3) there is great USC representation in SoCal. My roommate graduated in December, and got a job in one of the Big 4 accounting firms of LA (Deloitte) right out of school.</p>
<p>Thanks. It's good to hear that USC is a diverse community because a lot of people told me that USC is a school with rich kids, esp for international students, I think~</p>
<p>So uschicka, you live in apartment right? approx how much do you spend on room & board a month? my parents asked me how much I will spend, and I don't know how to estimate.</p>
<p>It's good to hear that the job placement is great. uschicka, did you roommate major in accounting?</p>
<p>well there are rich kids at USC, but where are there not? i'm sure UCLA, because of it's posh location has rich kids also, despite their low in state tuition.</p>
<p>most of the negative non constructive generalizations you hear about USC (or a bulk of schools for that matter) are not true. Every school has cons, but when someone tells you that USC is full of rich kids or is spoiled, or about most any medium-large university, it's probably a slanted opinion.</p>
<p>well i have not "graduated" quite yet so i cant give you a first hand account but i'd say the job placement is quite good considering. although your eligbility for jobs can depend on your degree and education your part of the overal alumni network either way. but i imagine the connections do a great deal to help, otherwise you have a degree from a school in the top 10 for undergrad, so that and some other good stuff, and it would probably take some pretty serious stopping power to stand in your way for available jobs that you gun for......least thats what i hope to be the case.</p>
<p>waaaiit...i still haven't decided if i'm going to usc yet...is it already too late to send in housing forms if i eventually do decide to go there? (i'm an incoming freshman)</p>
<p>yeah, I heard that USC is known for its alumni network and employment connection, that's one of the reasons why the B School is regarded one of the top10.</p>
<p>annyny419, I think the deadline for housing forms is May 1 for freshman, and I guess freshman housing is probably guaranteed if you do so. I think the boook Living at USC you get in the admission packet should have that info.</p>
<p>What major are you? Would you mind posting your stats?</p>
<p>It truly deserves it place as one of the best schools in the nation. And isn’t the whole point of a school to churn out some amazing alumni? A school is NOTHING without alumni.</p>
<p>Maaggie,
I am curious about two things. From where are you transferring? And why did you choose to transfer to USC when you seem so uninformed and worried about the student population?</p>