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Navigating Your First Year as a USC Trojan
by Lanie Brice
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Navigating Your First Year as a Spring Admit
by Lanie Brice
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How to Balance Your Social Life During Finals
by Donal Buckley
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Study Tips and Habits to Get Through Finals Season
by Lauren Liang
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Ask a Trojan: Getting Help from Professors
By: Cole Sullivan ‘18
Hi Isabella! Thanks for your great question. I know you’re considering applying to USC next year and making sure you’ll be able to do your best academically is a really important factor when you look at colleges. The short answer to your question is: YES! It’s so easy to get help from professors when you’re having difficulty with something…all you have to do is ask!
SC Spotlight: Musical Theatre Repertory (MTR)
By: Kelly Kinas ‘16
Ever feel like you need more musical theatre in your life? Good, so it’s not just me! Obviously because USC is amazing at everything, we have an extremely strong theatre and music program put on here by the university. But what about the superbly talented students who want to create the production from the ground up? HAVE NO FEAR. THERE IS A PLACE FOR YOU (or a place for you to watch really talented people sing and act while you secretly eat a power bar).
USC Graduates Share Their Best Memories #USCgrad
By: Samantha Romero ‘16
Alas, it is time to bid farewell to these graduating seniors and wish them the best on their path to success. Take a peek at what were some of their best memories and experiences as a USC Student.
Student Organization Spotlight (SOS): Women and Youth Supporting Each Other (WYSE)
By: Kelly Kinas ‘16
Sometimes, there are amazing organizations out there where the participants spend so much time trying to make the world a better place for people. WYSE is one of the many organizations on USC’s campus that really bring together the surrounding community of women with the female students of USC. Women and Youth Supporting Each Other (or WYSE) empowers young women by providing the resources and support necessary to make positive life choices and create community change.
Study Less, Study Smarter
By: Grace Carballo ‘17
Now that I’m ~almost~ a senior in college, I can truthfully say I’ve done my fair share of studying in my day. Some of it was productive, some of it was fueled by procrastination, some of it was downright intolerable, but it doesn’t have to be. As I begin my midterms this semester in Argentina, I’d obviously rather be doing something else, but at least I feel like I know how to prepare and tackle the tasks at hand. This ain’t m first rodeo.
It’s Perfectly Reasonable to be “Undecided”
By: Grace Carballo ‘17
I entered USC as an Undecided Major and I hope to exit triumphantly next spring with 2 majors and 2 minors, pending how some of my abroad credits transfer in. Though I do not work in the Admissions Office, I do in fact, know almost all of the majors USC offers simply because I’ve considered declaring most of them.
The DON’Ts of Study Abroad
By: Grace Carballo ‘17
There’s a lot of different reasons to study abroad but one of the most common, and important, is to learn about a culture different than your own. I’ve learned first hand how challenging this can be- to embrace the unfamiliar, to accept my own cluelessness, to depend on strangers, to laugh at my mistakes, and keep on putting myself out there be it conjugating verbs or trying to use slang words correctly.
Working Towards My B.A. In BsA
By: Grace Carballo ‘17
Yesterday was my first day of school in Buenos Aires at la Universidad de San Andrés, where 6 other Trojans and I will be taking our classes until our finals end in mid-July. It was a beautiful start and I have high hopes for what is yet to come. The program that USC students take, PLAS (Program of Latin American Studies), includes a number of cultural activities so this past weekend we all had the opportunity to go on a guided tour of the city and at least have a frame of reference for all it has to offer (a lot!).
A Guide To: Annenberg’s Progressive Degrees
By: Judy Lee ‘17
First thing’s first: I’m not pursuing a progressive degree. However, I was very keen on pursuing one throughout my sophomore year and did an extensive amount of research into the prospect at the time. What primarily drove me towards obtaining a progressive degree was a career panic I had concerning receiving a master’s degree. I had been hearing a lot about how having a master’s degree will increase your competitiveness in the market (especially having one at such a young age) as well as boost your starting salary. In light of this, I did more research on possible master’s I could receive from Annenberg only to stumble upon a very tempting opportunity: pursue a master’s parallel to your bachelor’s and graduate with both degrees.
Student Organization Spotlight (SOS): Peaks and Professors
By: Kelly Kinas ‘16
Ever wondered what a professor was like outside of the classroom? Ever wondered if they’re actual people? Do you also like being active? Have you ever wished you and a cool professor could hike a trail together and talk about your hopes and dreams and hopefully get to know them better?
Difference between class at USC and London
By: Judy Lee ‘17
Having been a the University of Westminster for almost two months now, I’ve come to steadily realize the minor (and major) differences between going to school in sunny Los Angeles and going to school in moody London. They certainly came as a shock to me, but are rational in a different train of though, which I respect.
7 Tips for Transfer Students
By: Samantha Romero ‘16
A new campus, an unfamiliar environment, and making new friends are all part of the process of transferring from a community college to a university. It’s been almost two years since I transferred, and it still feels like it was just yesterday. Here are some tips to ease the process of transferring and settling into a new campus.