Housing for Spring 2010
Students admitted for the spring semester are welcome to submit a housing application. The housing information and procedures presented here apply to spring applicants, except for the important differences noted below.
Availability
Unfortunately, we are unable to extend the same guarantee of housing to freshmen entering in the spring as we do to fall students applying by May 1, 2009 for the entire year. The housing situation for freshmen in spring is based on:
- The number of students admitted to USC for spring semester
- The number of students who leave university housing during fall semester
Freshman housing is usually filled to capacity at the beginning of fall semester; only spaces that become vacant can be offered to freshmen arriving in the spring. The availability of specific housing types is difficult to predict, and it is often not possible to place applicants in their top preferences or with requested roommates. As space allows, spring admits will be assigned to freshman housing, although some may have to be placed in other undergraduate buildings in order to be offered university housing.
Spring housing assignments for transferring undergraduates, continuing non-resident undergraduates, and new and continuing graduate students will be made on a space available basis. Availability of housing for these applicants is difficult to predict and will depend on the number spaces vacated at the end of the fall semester.
Applications and Assignment
USC Housing will begin accepting spring 2010 applications on July 1, 2009. If you mail your application, your application date is the date we receive your form in our office, not the postmarked date. (Any applications received earlier than July 1 will be grouped with those turned in on July 1.) However, we recommend that you apply online. Due to high demand and the uncertain supply of housing space, you should apply early for the best chance of getting a housing assignment and the best selection of available spaces.
Housing assignments for spring 2010 will be made in early December 2009. Assignments will be made based on application date, gender and availability. Students will be notified of their assignments by e-mail and directed to the USC Housing website to confirm their contracts.
Students assigned for the spring are not eligible for reassignment prior to Move-In but may request over the counter reassignment in mid-January.
Move-In Day for spring residents is January 7, 2010.
| Application and Assigments Timeline |
| Late January |
First Housing Applications Mailed Out with Admission Letters |
| May 1 |
Application Deadline for: Guaranteed Freshman Housing, Freshman Roommate-Matching Eligibility and Special Interest Communities |
| Mid - May |
E-mail notification of First Round of Freshman Assignments |
| June 2 |
Reassignment List Begins |
| Early June |
Notification by E-mail of 2nd Round of Freshman Assignments |
| June 15 |
Last Day for New Students to Cancel with $400 Refund |
| July 17 |
Reassignment List Ends |
| Early August |
Move-in Information Mailed |
| August 19 |
Move-In Day |