Traveling options to visit USC

scmom12
Mon, 30 Jun 2014 03:27:21 +0000

^Positive, but there is no guarantee you will be in an apartment style dorm and I’m sure they don’t use that to determine where students are housed - otherwise students could claim to need to stay over break to get apartment style dorms. Exchange students, for instance, are put in apartment style dorms because they can’t usually get home.

From 2014/15 Housing FAQ "Are there any halls which stay open during University break periods (Thanksgiving, Winter Break and Spring Break) for current students?


Yes. All apartment-style halls and Maxcy remain open during break periods"

You can’t just stay however, you have to sign up so that housing knows you are there. The great thing about USC is that your student will meet lots of friendly South Carolinians who would love to have you child go home with them for the holidays. We’ve had several of D’s friends stay a day or two when they’ve left late or come back early (and done some airport drop-offs and pickups). And FYI, the years the Clemson game is at USC, USC opens dorms back up on Saturday after Thanksgiving for students to get back for game.

Actually, I think it is more common for small schools to stay open since there are fewer students to oversee. My older D went to small LAC and they closed for Christmas but were open Thanksgiving and Spring Break.

It’s not a multi-year problem since most students move off campus after freshman year (not a good thing IMO but a fact of life).