leighh

I took it about three years ago, and didn't really study other than doing a little bit of math practice. Got a 730V (168 estimated current score) / 670Q (152) / and a 4W. Didn't bother to do my reasearch on it, or I would have known to stick more closely to the five-paragraph essay format. I kind of wonder about taking it again to raise my writing, but, because of the format change, all my new scores would be the ones that counted, not just the best ones. I just don't have enough confidence in matching or bettering my already mediocre quant score to risk it. I didn't get into the one (extremely competitive) program I applied for and have been working instead, but I'm looking at applying to distance and/or part-time programs for next year. So maybe I should retake it, after all.

Well, the campus covers maybe two or three square miles. I'm not sure; there's parts of campus I've never had classes on so I haven't been there. I use the shuttle system for getting onto campus from the commuter parking lots*, and it's pretty good for that, but if you're living much off campus you'd have to walk to the nearest shuttle stop, at which point you'd be on campus already anyway. I think the average shuttle route takes twenty minutes, give or take about ten minutes. If you have a bike, I probably wouldn't bother with the shuttle. Some of the apartment buildings near campus have their own shuttles to and from campus, but a lot of those buildings are extremely overpriced. (The $495 rate you see advertised for places like the Lofts? It's per roommate.) I have an alright apartment in the Rosewood area for what it would cost me to share one of those apartments. *Parking here sucks, by the way.

I'm finishing up my undergrad here right now. I admit, I don't know much about the bus system, 'cause my crippled butt ain't walking to the bus stop, but if it's as bad as Greenville's (my hometown), then it's pretty bad. The bus is pretty much it for public transportation, too. We don't go for light rails and subways so much down here. (With the exception of major metropolises like Atlanta, of course.) USC does run a campus bus system, though. My little sister did her undergrad at USC, too, and she doesn't drive. As long as you live within walking distance of campus, you're also within walking distance of the whole 5 Points/Vista/downtown area, so I guess it's not so bad. I should note that my sister's idea of "walking distance" is a bit more generous than mine.