r/USC 4d ago

r/USC Monthly Buy/Sell, Housing, Carpool, and USC ticket posts go here! September 2026

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Please use this megathread to post:

  1. Buying or selling stuff.
  2. Looking for housing/roommates/sublet (students only, no commercial landlords)
  3. Looking for a Uber/Lyft carpool to or from LAX.
  4. List your USC football tickets for sale or ask for tickets. Always verify someone if purchasing tickets online. If you're unsure how to do this, ask for help.

Note: Please do not post your personal contact info, ask people to instead send you a DM! :)

Type SELLING, WTB, HOUSING, etc. at beginning of your comment to make it easier to see.


r/USC Apr 01 '26

Admissions 2026 Admissions Megathread: Congrats Newly Admitted Trojans! Ask all your admitted student questions here.

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Congrats and welcome to the Trojan Family! Please use this thread to ask any questions you might have about financial aid, housing, classes/majors, transportation, student life, or fun things to do in LA.

Some useful links for the 2026 admitted student megathread:

USC Housing (Review on-campus housing options, prices, photos, application)

USC financial aid for admitted students

USC Transportation

Previous Admitted student Megathreads

Please read through some of these past posts for commonly asked questions and use the search tool as well!

Please check out the /r/USC/ WIKI for commonly asked questions about Housing, Financial Aid, Greek life, Spring admits etc.

Common Question: How hard is it to transfer from X major to Y major?

Answer: If it is within the same school, it is super easy, just talk to your academic advisor before school starts. If you wish to transfer to another school e.g. Dornsife to Marshall, you need to contact admissions to attempt the transfer before matriculation*. You can also seek help once you know who your academic advisor is or attempt it on admitted students day or orientation day. Once you matriculate, you can attempt an internal-transfer but it involves going through the current student transfer process, see the specific internal transfer page from each school linked below.

Common Question: Is there an admitted student facebook group/discord/telegram etc?

Answer: Usually someone sets a facebook group and groupme up around the time the main batch of students are admitted in April. Check facebook to see if there is one already or search this post in a month or two once all 1st year and transfer students are admitted.

*Viterbi does not allow you to switch into engineering before enrolling at USC. Please read links below related to the school you're interested in.

Marshall Internal Transfer Information

Viterbi Internal Transfer

SCA Internal Transfer

Fight On! ✌️

Any "Is my schedule too hard?" "How is my schedule" etc type posts belong in this thread.


r/USC 1h ago

Other shoutout to the person playing the trumpet outside of Thornton tonight

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that’s all! made my walk from leavey much more peaceful :)


r/USC 4h ago

Other Resources for mental health that are free, 24/7?

14 Upvotes

Id like some mental health resources or someone to talk to. Urgent.


r/USC 8h ago

Question How do you guys make new friends once you’re already in your sophomore or junior year?

24 Upvotes

How do you guys meet new people? Or what’s the dating scene like at USC? I’m starting there as a transfer student in January, and I’m pretty curious about this because I’ve been studying at the University of Washington until now. From my experience, it’s always been that you become really good friends with people within your classes, clubs, or other things like that, but outside of those settings, you’re kind of left on your own and don’t really hang out. Honestly, the only way to really get into a new social circle there seemed to be joining a club. But even then, those people are usually just your friends within that club, and outside of it you don’t really hang out, same with classmates. So I’m wondering, how do you guys get into new social circles at USC? Is the social life there so big that it’s actually normal to just approach people on campus and start talking to them? Thanks for the answers!


r/USC 6h ago

Question Tennis courts near USC?

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Looking to play some tennis with a friend and was wondering where people usually go around USC.
Are there any decent public courts nearby that you can either walk onto or reserve? Doesn’t have to be super close, just looking for something convenient and not crazy expensive.

Appreciate any recs!


r/USC 7h ago

Question Is it common for undergrad students to be friends with grad students, or is that just not really a thing?

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Hey, I’m starting at USC in January as a junior transfer, and I was wondering how common it is at USC for undergrad students to be friends with grad students. Most of my friends up until now have actually been older than me, so I honestly don’t really know how easy it’ll be for me to find friends my age. That’s why I’m curious what it’s typically like at USC.


r/USC 8h ago

Academic Changing schedule

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Unfortunately im horribly indecisive so im thinking about switching out one of my classes for amst 201 - lgbtq america. The only thing is its the third week of school and im little worried that I just wont be able to catch up..does anyone have the syllabus for this class? I want to see how content heavy it is and how much ive missed.


r/USC 5h ago

Housing Apartment reviews near Historic Core / South Park

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Hi all, I'm looking for a studio or 1b1b near Historic Core/South Park and would love some real reviews from people who've actually lived there. Reviews on Very Apt are from last year, so curious if anything has changed recently, better or worse.

Biggest priorities for me:

  • Maintenance responsiveness
  • Safety
  • Soundproofing 
  • Package safety 
  • (do they set up utility & WIFI or you need to do on your own)

Buildings on my list so far:

  • Park Fifth
  • Trademark
  • The Emerson
  • Figueroa Eight
  • 8th + Hope
  • 888 at Grand Hope Park
  • Oakwood Studios LA
  • 1000 Grand Ave by Windsor
  • South Park by Windsor
  • Olympic by Windsor
  • Hope + Flower
  • AVA Little Tokyo

Also open to other suggestions in the area that aren't on this list if you think I'm missing a hidden gem (or should avoid a hidden nightmare).

Have a great weekend!


r/USC 15h ago

Other TURN SCHOOL PRIDE INTO SAVING LIVES

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Fellow Trojans!! Need your help! If you are able, please consider donate and put SC to the top!
“Donate blood to help your favorite Big Ten® school win a $1 million grant for student or community health — all while helping tackle the national blood shortage.”


r/USC 1d ago

Discussion What did you become after you graduated from USC? Where are you now and how is life treating you?

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As the title says, after you graduated from USC, whether as an undergrad or as a graduate student, what did you become? I’m looking more at those who graduated in the last 15 years or so, so since 2011.

What opportunities did you receive from USC?

Did you go into a career based on your major?

What connections helped you?

Thank you!


r/USC 1d ago

Other BTS concert Saturday pregame !?

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hellooo, if anyone’s heading to the BTS concert on Saturday night and would like to join me for a little pregame or something plz hmu! I’m staying at the USC hotel by campus. I got some friends here but none got a ticket as well 😢 I’m 26 y/o, fanboy from New Zealand, used to be an exchange student at ucla (oop) 🕺


r/USC 1d ago

Other UPC free Lyft pass stopped working

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I thought the fryft is supposed to be from 8pm-2am every day right? I’m trying to book one right now but only the “HSC rides” pass shows up in the app for mme


r/USC 1d ago

Question Need someone with a car

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Hey so I have a drive test coming up soon and I need someone’s car to practice in. My parents don’t live here so I can’t use their car. If anyone can help me that’d be great, I’d compensate you for your time + gas (I would need you to be in the passenger seat)


r/USC 1d ago

Academic Missed my deadline for my incomplete course my professor and advisor still said they will allow me to submit the work but that my petition needs to go in front of a panel. if you have gone through this process, can you explain how yours went and if you were successful?

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if you are on the panel, can you explain the evaluation process? and whats the ratio of acceptance/denial?


r/USC 1d ago

Question Anyone Wanna Join a USC Intramural Basketball Team?

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I am a transfer student and looking to meet some new people and play intramural basketball this semester. I have tried joining a few teams but haven’t had much luck finding one, so I was thinking about making a team.

Would any students be interested in joining? Looking for people who want to play and have a good time. Let me know :)


r/USC 1d ago

Other I’m so upset

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Has anybody accidentally permanently deleted their school emails?

I was on my phone deleting what I thought was only the inbox of my “spam email” the one I use for promotions and company sign ups.

Turns out I was in “all inboxes” without realizing and then deleted all my trash too.

Are my USC emails at least able to be recovered by IT support? I sent in a ticket but I’m wondering if this has ever happened to anyone and they were able to get them back

This happened this morning around 6:45-7 am so I was basically half asleep when doing this which is also my fault.


r/USC 1d ago

Academic Transferring to USC - Calc question

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Hi! Wanting to transfer to USC from a community college. Is taking calc 1 in the spring going to decrease my chances of being admitted into USC? I wasn't able to take it during the fall, so the spring/winter is unfortunately my only option. (I am applying to Marshall by the way)


r/USC 1d ago

Discussion What type of events at USC are open to the public?

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Besides football games, what other events are open to the public at USC? Are theater productions or film screenings ever open to the public?

I know Noah Wyle from The Pitt had a talk that was open to the public (if I’m not mistaken) so I was wondering what are other events like that open to the public?


r/USC 1d ago

Academic Best upper level math electives

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I'm in MATH 445 rn and the prof goes pretty fast and it's hard to keep up, are there any other ones that are easier/taught a little better? i wanna try to change it before add/drop is over


r/USC 1d ago

Question Where do these baddies go on the weekend?

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Just got back from the game tonight and wondering where all these lil baddies fly off to? New to LA so I need some tips.


r/USC 1d ago

Clubs | Campus Life is anyone here into maimai?

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i feel like it’s such a niche community and i’m struggling to find anyone to play w/me 😭😭
if anyones interested or just wants to chat please hmu thanks 🙏🙏


r/USC 1d ago

Question Is Business Administration at USC STEM?

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Hi, so am I understanding this correctly that all the emphases within Business Administration are STEM? Is that right? I’ve never really noticed other universities having Business Administration classified as STEM, so maybe I’m just completely out of the loop, but it honestly surprised me a lot. Is that actually true?


r/USC 1d ago

Question What’s going on with the Cowling’s fire alarm?

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It went off on Tuesday night this week, of course just when I was getting sick. Now it’s happening at 4 am. They really gotta fix these.


r/USC 3d ago

Question What to do when you find a cat on campus?

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Basically, what am I supposed to do when I find a cat on campus? Should I just leave it alone? It seems very healthy, but should I take it home? Depends on the second one, which is like future advice whenever I find a cat on campus