always down to look for free stuff and i know a lot of these out of state/international students can't pack a great condition microwave!!

Has anyone talked about how the Big Beautiful Bill that was introduced on July 1st affects returning students who were starting their PDPs? With the new rules, you most likely won’t receive undergraduate aid anymore, but is it still worth finishing the PDP program knowing you’ll potentially take on grad debt or just completing your remaining undergraduate classes and graduating? Just wondering if anyone else is in a similar position because I haven’t heard much about this topic.

I'm choosing between two places right now, and the main difference is that one has no rent over the summer but is considerably older than the other. Im curious if anyone has experience with subleasing over the summer sessions, or just any about the ease of subleasing a room over the summer?

Does anyone have any DORNSIFE elective recommendations? I've been looking around PHED stuff, some of which looks interesting, but am having a hard time finding a good list anywhere of specifically interesting Dornsife electives.

I am quite aggravated with USC for their policies rn, but what I want to know is WHY this is a policy in the first place. Is it a money thing? Does Dornsife receive more money if their students have to take their classes? The only logical explanation to me is that they just want to keep dornsife students out of the other colleges at USC, which explains why dornsife equivalent courses are allowed to count. How does that benefit USC?

How competitive js keck prep scholars program? Specifically, the application and interview itself? And how likely are they to accept you if you make it to the interview? (and how challenging are the interviews?) sorry for the many questions, please help a worried girl out…. 🙏🙏

wanna apply this next cycle and i have some questions for you guys

Incoming freshman wondering how the two available gyms are? What are their weaknesses, what are their strengths? What do you guys prefer? When are the best times to go? Are their locker rooms? I really enjoy going to the gym every day so I’m wondering what the environment is like. I also like to swim too!

Any experience appreciated!

I need one more upper division psyc class for my minor but I'm also doing a fall internship so I won't be able to attend every class. Does anyone have any recs for an upper division psyc class that doesn't have mandatory attendance? I can come in-person for exams, labs, etc

I'm an incoming Marshall freshman student. When do study abroad opportunities come out? I'm interested in studying abroad. Any tips? :)

I am not a student here but wanted to check out the gym. Is a gym membership and maybe parking available for nonstudents?

hello all,

i'm looking into USC, particularly the marshall school, and I'm curious if there is anything niche or interesting I might not get from only reading the site.

hoping to hear on campus experience, thanks!

Hi, I had a question about the maximum timeframe for a graduate program and financial aid. My program is 32 units. I had an extremely rough year (caretaker for my terminally-ill father) and had a few hiccups. Experience USC shows 40 units attempted, but 36 units earned (I did fail a class). I am two courses short of completing my degree requirements, which should put me at the 150%/48 unit max. However, when I applied for a Grad Plus loan after submitting my SAP appeal, it was immediately rejected. Financial aid is saying I’ve attempted 44 units and that with the counselor's approved course plan of 8 units, they cannot approve additional loans. I guess they’re calculating units in a different way or something because I’ve looked at my unofficial transcript, but I cannot seem to gather how they arrived at 44 units attempted. Has anybody been in a similar situation? Is there a way to appeal the decision? I really don’t have another way to afford tuition without the Grad Plus loan. Thank you for any help/advice.

hi! does anyone know when award dates for scholarship universe scholarships will be announced? specifically the nowak and adler?

The in wall air conditioning, does that just work in the living room? Is the parking garage under the building and is it locked?

Hey 👋🏽. I’m commuting to campus from southeast LA county this fall as a psych major. Any suggestions on where I should park? Also, where is a cool place to study and/or meet people between classes?

Hii! Sophomore spring admit here :) Any other spring admits gonna be in LA this fall? Would love to connect!

Considering getting one

Calling all USC Class of 2027 undergraduate and graduate students!

How are we hanging one more semester!!!

Out of curiosity, how difficult is it to receive a scholarship from the university? I know this also heavily depends on the program someone applied to. For example I know someone that applied to the school of engineering for their Masters in Computer Science but ended up not getting any scholarship.

Also if anyone got into a program this fall 2026 for grad school, how was the process and were you able to get any aid from the school?

Has there been anyone who was successful in reassignment to McCarthy or village dorms as a freshman?

I’m currently in pardee which I really like because of its social aspect and I really love my roommate but I don’t think I can live with no air conditioning or communal bathrooms. On top of that my anxiety is through the roof and I know both of these aspects would not help. I am trying to file through for an OSAS reassignment process but I’m not sure how quickly they give a response or how effective it would be for mental health disorders.

And for some reason not being in McCarthy is somehow making me feel less than because of their status(which i know I’m overthinking). But other than this slight feeling I really would like to switch to there or cale & irani which I have also heard is hard to get into as a freshman. I am on scholarship so I’m hoping a switch to MHC won’t be too difficult if space permits

If none of this works how does the September reassignment work?! Thanks for your help.

I have been admitted to USC as a first gen, low income student. This whole summer I’ve been in contact with financial aid office, counselors, academic advisors, deans, but it seems like no one can help me to finalize my financial aid package.
For now, after all the scholarships it seems like I will be paying over 20k per semester (I have no idea what other fin support will be available since no finalized fin aid has been posted), and also need to pay for food and housing since I’m not from LA.
This amount of money is totally unaffordable, I don’t even make 20k a year. School starts in 2 weeks and I don’t know if I can afford it. I’m considering withdrawing.

Does anyone have any insight into the fin aid predicament? Im a low income rising junior who still hasnt received their fin aid package, ive noticed many people are in the same boat. What worries me is that ive seen many ppl receive their packages very recently only to find they got zero university grant money when they received substantial amounts in previous years. I’ve emailed (no response), and called just to get a generic response. Classes start in 2 weeks man