Money or Life?

Zelda_Fitzgerald
Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:10:29 +0000

You should definitely only consider living in on-campus freshman housing. It appears more expensive on paper, but the fee includes your food and utilities (electric, water, trash and internet).

If you lived off-campus, you would have to go grocery shopping, figure out how to pay your utility bills (which I think would be hard for a non-US resident!) and you would be separated from other freshmen.

Living in on-campus housing will allow you to not have to worry about taking care of yourself so you can adjust to life in a new country more easily. Also, if you receive scholarships, it can pay for your USC housing.