<p>@striker15 if you haven’t heard already, the cal-grant is subtracted from the university grant. So essentially, us students are not benefiting a single dollar from the cal-grant itself, as it is used by the university to save them money. However, if your cal-grant is somehow higher than the university grant awarded, you will receive the university grant minus the cal-grant + the extra difference. Chances are that if you do receive a maximum cal-grant of 9708, your university grant is more than likely going to be higher than that. So yea… there is really no incentive for us to even apply for the cal-grant.</p>
<p>@xdzzzrawr I wasn’t fortunate enough to receive a university grant this year for some unknown reason so thats why I was wondering what to do.</p>
<p>hey is there anyone going to rush? :)</p>
<p>If we register for rush are we obligated to rush? I was just wondering because I’m kind of unsure about rush.</p>
<p>@striker15 - I am unsure as well and still leaning slightly against rushing but I registered for it just in case. You do not have to rush if you register, it just saves you time from registering at houses later on if you do decide to pursue/accept a bid.</p>
<p>Did anyone of you guys went to transfer information session last year? I am trying to apply for fall 2011 and reserved my spot for the information session on august. If so, can you guys tell me what u guys did?</p>
<p>We have to pay $75 for us to be able to rush right? I’m still debating whether I should or shouldn’t. It should be fun being Greek but…the fees are just so expensive :\ Isn’t it around $1500-$2000 per semester? Oh man…</p>
<p>@hellostranger57 - I have a feeling a number of us are considering the idea but aren’t fully sold on it yet. I do know there are substantial fees per semester like you mentioned but am unsure if there is a fee just to rush/pledge.</p>
<p>yes I think for the Sororities, prior to rush, we have to register at the usc panhellenic website. There’s a fee to register:</p>
<p>“The Application fee is $70 until August 1, 2010, after which the fee increases to $95.”</p>
<p>I’m probably going to rush. On fees, it’s going to vary from house to house. The range is pretty big because of that. If you rush, I would ask if you’re having fun with the people there. There is a fee just to rush for the Panhellenic Council. There isn’t for the IFC (fraternities), not sure about the other councils.
“The Application fee is $70 until August 1, 2010, after which the fee increases to $95.
Applications are due Monday, August 23, 2010 by 5 pm.”</p>
<p>Oh man another expense =/ We’ll see. Isn’t it weird rushing when you’re already a junior? Idk…</p>
<p>As a junior, at my age, I doubt I’ll fit in anywhere but I am still gonna go out for the Ifc bbq on Sunday of welcome week to talk to greek leaders out of personal curiosity and because a number of people have suggested I be open-minded to it.</p>
<p>@hellostranger57 - I’m pretty sure we’re going to have a never ending list of friends and social opportunities regardless of rushing :)</p>
<p>I’d guess that there are plenty of other junior transfers rushing. Plus, it’s not like anyone can look at you and be like “you must be a junior!”. Anyway, definitely not necessary, like Kulakai said.
Being nice + organizations = going Greek</p>
<p>In my opinion, both rushing and not rushing has both its obvious pros and cons that everyone should decide for themselves. For me personally, I would not rush because it is far too time consuming and since we’re starting at a clean slate of 0.00 GPA, I’d like all my precious time to be allocated wisely towards my studies and other as meaningful, but less time consuming organizations. Again, everyone is different, I personally would not be able to time manage wisely and efficiently if I were to rush and join a frat and would hit a serious detriment to my new GPA as a junior. Graduating with top honors is a priority for me, as our transfer GPA factors in a bit in deciding that, so these things have shooed me away from rushing.</p>
<p>Hmmm. I guess I’m passing up on the opportunity to rush. I also believe that it is time consuming so I might not be able to show up on all chapter meetings and all other chapter activities which are mandatory for all new members to attend. One doesn’t have to be greek to be able to attend frat parties, right? 
I guess I’ll just hit up the row for parties and all that </p>
<p>Anyway, I was charged $56.50 for the Student Programming fee on my statement. Does anyone know what it’s for?</p>
<p>Being a girl will probably help with that, haha.</p>
<p>[USC-FBS</a> - sfs - Common Fees](<a href=“Student Financial Services”>Student Financial Services)
Don’t know what it’s for exactly but it’s a standard fee.</p>
<p>@hellostranger57 - Girls have the advantage of getting into just about any party without being a member of that fraternity. The student programming fee goes to student government/programming board which funds a lot of the student life on campus.</p>
<p>Just like kulakai said being a girl being in a sorority or not doesnt really matter but guys its not the same.</p>
<p>Guy Power!</p>
<p>Ive been following this thread as an unregistered user and decided to register today. Congrats to those who were accepted to transfer for 2010/2011 and I will be seeing you there. I am still currently looking for apartments and have been craigslisting. Besides that I was just curious if anybody knows where is the cheapiest grocery store? I know I can probably buy fruits and vegetables from the farmers market near school, but im talking about other foods like poultry or bread. I’m a very health conscience person and the Dining halls do not offer chicken or brown rice on a dialy basis.</p>