Is Parkside International Residential College the best dorm at USC?

I really loved Parkside IRC. The rooms are HUGE the suites are amazing and the bathrooms are huge as well. Plus there is AC and staff cleans the hallway of your suite+bathroom multiple times a week. Even the dining hall is just downstairs. There are also so many study areas. This place is amazing and I really recommend it!

Great experience living in the suites at Parkside IRC! I was on the WISE (Women in Stem and Engineering) floor, which allowed me to connect with a bunch of great people and form connections with the in-residence faculty. Bathrooms are only shared with 3-4 people (so you can put all your stuff in there and don't have to worry about shower shoes or carrying your toiletries to the bathroom), and housing comes in to clean. Only con is that there wasn't a kitchen (but who knows if I would've had time to cook anyways). This might be a con to some, but I wouldn't say this building is very "social"-- it's very easy to make friends with the people directly in your suite (and the fact that you can just sit in the common area connecting your rooms and chat fosters a friendly environment), but people are NOT having parties here. I loved this since it meant I could visit my friends and their get-togethers in their dorms, but always return to a quiet place to sleep or study (studying in a dorm such as New North would be unheard of). "Parkside Darkside" is a real thing-- these dorms are at the very South side of campus next to the engineering school. As I lived by a "leave 15 minutes before any event no matter its location" rule, the location wasn't difficult and at worst just meant I couldn't sleep in an extra five minutes before my 8am. I left early cause of rona, but USC handled the check-out procedures extremely well. Would def recommend on campus housing bc of this.

As a Viterbi student, I loved living in IRC. Most of my classes were relatively close to campus. Even though the location is a bit isolated, I liked the quite environment it provided. The suite style living allowed for private bathrooms and really spacious bedrooms. My RAs were amazing and super caring. Also, the Parkside dining hall is really close.

I loved living in Parkside IRC my freshman year! The room was super clean and spacious and my roommate and I both got our own closets, dressers, and desks with a hutch so there was ample storage space. The ceilings are also really high which makes the space feel bigger, too. Housekeeping would come in to clean the bathrooms twice a week, which was so nice. I liked the proximity of IRC to the, in my opinion, best dining hall on campus. However, it is a 15-20 minute trek to the center of campus and Leavey Library and definitely one of the more quiet and less social dorms. I wouldn’t change my decision to live here if I were to go back, though!

I stayed in a single and it was amazing. The rooms are just as big as doubles and you get a huge private bathroom. The study lounges are lovely and the dining hall is right downstairs along with a gym. It was also super close to all my chemistry classes (which is important since they started at 9am!). All rooms come furnished with a bed, desk, shelves, dresser, chair, fridge and microwave.