<p>if you are forced to have off campus are there shuttles to the main campus?</p>
<p>Some of the off campus buildings do have shuttles to campus. A lot of them do in fact. (Copper Beach, the Retreat, Stadium Suites, etc.)</p>
<p>There are a lot of “off campus” places that are actually basically on campus and are very walkable. There’s Aspyre, Cornell Arms, and the Lofts. All are walking distance to campus.</p>
<p>Otherwise, I think most off-campus students choose to drive and I would recommend coming to USC with a car if possible as a sophomore or above. It isn’t necessary, but it can be very useful, especially if you live off of campus.</p>
<p>I noticed that Riverside Apartments had it’s own bus, I assume they use it as a shuttle to campus.</p>
<p>We weighed the costs vs convienience factors and decided that Aspyre made a lot of sense. It’s a little more costly than some of the off-campus off-campus housing locations, but I think it’s worth it to be able to walk to class. Once you consider that it has it’s own parking deck, which is nearly as convienient as a lot of the on campus decks, the cost is about the same (as opposed to staying somewhere further away and having to pay for gas and parking/parking tickets).</p>
<p>I assume if you are off campus you sign a yearly lease even if you are not there for the summer? That seems like a waste of money.</p>
<p>Yep, welcome to world of college housing. We are getting ready to do this for our daughter at a small college in virginia…and that lease forbids sublets so we’re just out that money…only one of the 5 girls will be there this summer.</p>
<p>Most places in Columbia allow sublets. And usually people end up staying in Columbia and working. In most cases it makes more sense than going home.</p>