<p>I called USC housing this morning. They were very friendly and helpful. The one insight I gained was Birkrant will be used for only freshman this year. I am not sure if that was the case in the past. From what I could gather, their intention is to use Birkrant for scholarship recipients this year, however, much depends on how many actually enroll as well as what their housing preferences are (and when they submitted it). They do not start looking at assigning housing until May, so I don’t think they will know until then if Birkrant will be available to other interested students.</p>