University of Southern California (USC) Campus

At USC, athletics are huge! In the fall, football game days govern social calendars, and students fill up the stadium to watch USC football, basketball, track, and other sports.

This is the main quad on campus and home to our mascot statues.

The Von Kleinsmid Center is a popular place to hold freshman seminars. It's divided into two sectors and the bathrooms are in really weird areas. The men's restroom and the women's restroom are in different sectors from each other. Talk about inconvenience. Other than that though, this is a wonderful building to explore and catch cool views from. Plus, it is on the right side of McCarthy Quad.

Just a little snippet about me before we head out and see everything that the University of Southern California has to offer.

This was going to be a tour of my favorite secret courtyard on campus but it turned into a talk on campus safety and how it feels transitioning from a small town to LA!

Back at the USC Village, Sonali shares some advice she wish she would have known when she was applying to college: trust your gut.

Walking at USC campus

The USC Village is probably my favorite place to hang out on campus. Opened on August 17, 2017, the students on campus right now are the first to live in the Freshman Honors College, McCarthy, as well as our upperclassmen housing. On top of having our own Target and Trader Joe's equipped especially for the needs of college students, we also have an Amazon shipping store with free supplies, and a FedEx office. As for food, though The Village does not accept dining dollars yet, places like Dulce, Wahlburgers, and CAVA are always filled with hungry students. If that's not L.A. enough for you, try visiting our surf shop, SOFKY, indulge in a pedicure at The Nail Garden, or pick up a Solé bicycle.

This is our 'freshman hub' of campus where our residence halls live, and also home to many free social events.

At Doheny Memorial Library, students hunker down for finals and complete assignments.

This was going to be a tour of my favorite secret courtyard on campus but it turned into a talk on campus safety and how it feels transitioning from a small town to LA!

This is USC's "walk-in trophy case", displaying the sports history of our university.

Training Field at USC

Students in the Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism have many of their classes in this building, which boasts a fully-stocked newsroom and opportunities in broadcast, print, and radio journalism.

This is a popular hang-out spot on campus!