<p>Does anyone know if USC guarantees housing all four undergraduate years? If not, what happens to students who have to seek outside housing? Where do they live? Also, does USC have honors housing and/or housing for the Viterbi Engineering students to live on the same floor or in the same building? Do you like your housing?</p>
<p>If they didn't guarantee housing...wouldn't that mean that kids would have to find housing off-campus?....At USC???.....haha.</p>
<p>Housing is guaranteed for Freshman only, but they also guarantee housing for Sophomores that apply within the renewal process guidelines (i.e. submit their name by the appropriate time.)
<a href="http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/parents/housing.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/parents/housing.htm</a></p>
<p>My two sons lived in dorms Freshman year only. After that, they found off campus housing, no problem.</p>
<p>There is WISE in New/North which is for women who are interested in sciences and engineering.</p>
<p>Oh man, that sucks. No room for anyone but Freshman is seems. Too bad USC isn't as big as Stanford. XD</p>
<p>That would be incorrect. As CC411 said, as long as you submit the housing forms on time (incredibly easy to do), you will get two years housing guaranteed. Also, they have usually been able to get housing to upperclassmen who have wanted it. I'm going to be a senior next year, and I already have university housing, other than the housing that I have as an RA.</p>
<p>Also, tons of students live in non- school related housing areas, so it isn't too difficult to find housing.</p>
<p>I'm a Computer Engineering major. Which dorm is best?</p>
<p>So it's not difficult to live there four years? Do most upperclassmen like juniors and seniors just choose not to live there?</p>
<p>Most upperclassmen choose to rent an apartment separately. It can be difficult for juniors and seniors at times, but people are usually able to find a place to live as long as they keep on top of the process. It certainly isn't the best school in terms of housing all four years, but it also isn't as impossible as people make it seem.</p>
<p>Okay, good, because I'd like to live in campus all four years and it'd put my parents at ease. Is housing paid seperate or part of the financial aid pacakge?</p>
<p>I'm not really sure how housing and financial aid work together, but I do want to clarify something- it is INCREDIBLY difficult to get on-campus housing all four years (unless you are a RA), but it is usually possible to get USC housing, as long as you are patient and will wait out the wait list. The off-campus area where most of the rest of housing is mostly is populated by students, so it is safe. Also, DPS constantly patrols around the area.</p>
<p>fwiw (to keep in mind for after freshman year)-</p>
<p>Like Nikara says, there are lots of housing complexes/apartments right off-campus which actually still feels like on-campus. There is one large housing company called Conquest Housing who manages several apartment complexes in the area. They have a system where every year (actually going on right now), you can put in your lease application and wait in line on a Saturday to get one of their apartments. Leases are signed from August 1 to June 30 (11 months) and you have priority to keep your same apartment after the first year. I can't really vouch for them yet because my son is going to be trying for the first time to get one this weekend. You can see their complexes and system for leasing online- just google it.</p>
<p>How does the cost compare for the off campus housing versus the campus housing? Can you still get the meal plan if you live off campus?</p>
<p>You cannot have the meal plan if you live off campus. </p>
<p>The cost of housing really varies, but here is one example of costs-
-USC Residence Halls= about $14,000/year (9 months) including meal plan.
-USC Apartments= about $11,000/year (9 months) with no meal plan.
-Off campus apartments (2 bedroom apt w/4 people)= about $8,000/year per person (11 months). This includes parking and Internet, but not utilities.</p>
<p>You can actually get a community meal plan if you live off campus.</p>
<p>oops- didn't know. You're right- $540 per semester for 50 meals plus $100 dining dollars is available for anyone in off-campus housing. (My son can't wait to get off the meal plan so we never looked into this!)</p>
<p>Where do the freshmen engineering students live?</p>
<p>Like mentioned earlier (either in this thread or another thread), it does not really matter where you live since you'll most likely have classes all over campus. The closest on-housing campus to the engineering school is Parkside (either of them). But then again, your non-engineering courses and even some of the engineering courses will be at other buildings, so you don't have to choose housing based on which major you're in. I know engineering students in almost every single on-campus housing.</p>
<p>You are guaranteed housing for 2 years with the second year being guaranteed only if you lived in housing for the first year. Also, to reiterate what others have mentioned, housing after the freshman year would be off campus, but just north of campus.</p>
<p>I will put in a warning about Conquest housing. They have been increasing their rents at an astronomical rate. For instance they are charging $2800 for a 1 bedroom apartment next year. This year that apartment cost $1900. So, be careful with them. I have a feeling that this weekends leasing will bring more surprises on cost.</p>
<p>Housing for non-freshmen is not necessarily off-campus. But chances of getting on-campus (like Webb) is very slim...</p>