School of Architecture

stuckinarmonk
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:51:38 +0000

bennjesse,

thank you so much for your advice about USC. Unfortunately, I will not have time to do the summer program out there as I am a senior and have already been admitted to the school (I did however do a similar program at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh and had a BLAST).

What I would like to know more is about the faculty and perhaps what the overall environment is like out there. I know it gets a bad rep about begin in South Central (i’ve heard Compton, Watts, “The Ghetto”), but aside from that, what is the school really all about? Also, did the professors tell you about what your ability would be to take elective classes in the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences? And lastly, what is off-campus life like (where are the good places to hang out, eat, shop, club, etc…).

many thanks in advance.

-stuckinarmonk