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Popular Places to Chill

  • The Lot
  • McCarthy Quad
  • Tommy Trojan

Student Centers

  • Campus Center

Campus Size

  • 235 acres

Libraries

  • Doheny Library
  • Leavey Library

Athletic Centers

  • Heritage Hall
  • The Lyons Center
  • Physical Education Building

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Since USC provides studentswith everything they need to manage their lives at college, new students usually don’t think to leave campus until their second semester. Students in the professional schools of Accounting, Business, Communication, and Cinema/Television have the best classroom facilities USC has to offer, while the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences classrooms are simple with desks and a chalkboard.

Varsity athletes have separate facilities for training and dining in Heritage Hall. Everything else on campus is pristine and newly renovated. The parking structures are nice but not big enough to accommodate the amount of cars on campus and they have no security cameras, but DPS patrols regularly.

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We have swimming pools, tennis...

We have swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball courts, and a huge gym with everything that a gym you would pay for would have. It is three stories tall! The libraries are amazing. There are also quiet places on campus to read and talk with friends, like fountains and small parks. You forget that you’re in the ghetto! There’s a TV station on campus and two or three newspapers all run by students. Different groups have festivals, concerts in the middle of campus, dance competitions, and carnivals—all near one of the libraries on a huge grass field.

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Anonymous says:

The gym only has a couple of...

The gym only has a couple of treadmills, but the weather lets you run outside all year . . . and you can use the track.

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Anonymous says:

Facilities are very accessible. I...

Facilities are very accessible. I love our career center; they can hook you up with internships and jobs and help you to explore your career options! They have counselors who can help you. There are support centers for minorities, athletics, and Greeks.

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Anonymous says:

There’s no main student center,...

There’s no main student center, but there are a lot of resources. The gyms and computer centers are great.

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Anonymous says:

The gym is free to all USC...

The gym is free to all USC students and has anything you need there. The student centers are amazing; there’s a career placement center and things like that. Since USC is private, they really put a lot in trying to help students as much as they can through student services.

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What To Do on Campus

It’s more like, what is there not to do on campus? You will constantly find people working on projects together in classrooms across campus, practicing a music or theater piece, or meeting with one of hundreds of student groups. There are a lot of places to study or work on homework including the many benches and quiet, secluded spots all over campus. There are always a slew of sunbathers out working on their tans, and the Lyon Center is a great place to work out. Sporting events are very big at USC, with some sort of game taking place at least every weekend.

At night, there is always something going on somewhere on campus. McCarthy Quad is a constant site of concerts and other activities organized by the student government. The Cinema School has frequent activities and film festivals, along with several one-time screenings of big movies at the Norris Theater. The School of Theater puts on more than five plays a semester that are performed in theaters scattered around campus. USC is very proud of its Visions & Voices program in which renowned experts in the arts and humanities come to campus to broaden the horizons of students. Whatever you are looking for on campus, USC can accommodate.

Favorite Things To Do

Favorite activities range from movie screenings to Trojan football games at the Coliseum.

Bowling on Campus

  • None

Movie Theater on Campus

  • Norris Cinema Theater

Bar on Campus

  • Traditions in The Lot

Coffeehouse on Campus

  • Tudor Café
  • GroundZero Coffeehouse
  • Trojan Grounds

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Major: Theater

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