Campuses in the US are varied regarding access. US isn't as rigid with the norms of authority and tradition as the UK. The answer to anything about how does the US do this or that is IT DEPENDS.
Really? My dad bought me a house so the whole time I was in college I never got to visit the dorms. And I didn’t have a card to get in. I went to visit some friends once in the dorms and someone was being arrested that didn’t live in the dorms so I didn’t get to go check it out, and never tried again. I do regret not having a dorm experience.
Usually ended up just being drills but the guy leaving a pop-tart in the microwave for several minutes at 2am was not one of those times. It was charred. Then there was the time I was in the shower and had to stand outside in the cold with conditioner in my hair for 20 minutes for a fire drill because people were ignoring the alarm and they weren't allowing us back in until the building was completely empty.
The terminology is the same for high school and undergraduate college: 1st year ("Freshman"), 2nd year ("Sophomore"), 3rd year ("Junior") and 4th year ("Senior"). The high school grade equivalents are 9, 10, 11 and 12. respectively. It's probably no surprise the terms originated in England; namely, Oxbridge. Harvard adopted the terms at its establishment in 1636, and most colleges/universities and high schools in the United States followed suit. It seems the English divided the students into two Divisions, a lower Division ("Fresh men" and "Sophomores") and an upper Division ("Juniors" and "Seniors"). In the 17th century, new students at Oxbridge were called "Fresh Men." Second year students were called "Wise Fools" or "Sophomores" in Greek. After another year of studies, said “Wise Fools” were elevated to the rank of “Sophister.” Sophister dates back to the 14th century and means “Wise Man” or “Expert.” This level of study was then further split into two. Those in the first year were called "Junior Sophister," and those in the second and final year were called "Senior Sophister," later shortened to just "Junior" and "Senior." At least, that's the lore.
As an Alumni of USC (University of Southern California), and the School of Cinematic Arts she is attending. I can say the campus is really nice! USC is a Private University, so while it is more expensive than a State College or University. It is also an excellent school with many top schools of study. Theatre, Business, Medicine, Law, etc. It is also a HUGE College Football/Sports School!!! With many National Championships, Heisman Trophy winners, and Olympic Medalists. The Film School has many, many prestigious Alumni from Steven Spielberg & George Lucas to Ron Howard and Antione Fuquoa. It is one of the older Universities in Los Angeles so it is in one of the oldest parts of the city. Next to downtown Los Angeles. So while the “campus bubble” is quite nice and you really don’t have to leave that much for anything when you are there. The surrounding neighborhood is… not the best! The other very famous major University in Los Angeles is our cross town rival, UCLA (University of California Los Angeles). Their campus is equally as spacious and nice. And is in a more modern and affluent neighborhood closer to the beach. I am VERY VERY proud to be a USC Trojan!!! #FightOn… ✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽
Hey, fellow Trojan. Well, a couple of siblings are alumni of The University of Spoiled Children, but I didn't want to pay the tuition for the film school. Haha. From what I remember, Steven Spielberg didn't attend USC. He applied but didn't get in, so he attended Long Beach. But he still gives a butt ton to the cinema school because his BFF George Lucas went there and he admires the program. But, correct me if I'm wrong. All of those college have luminous sponsors: Johny Carson's the major contributor of the TV school. John Williams, of the film music school. And I forgot the big names for the producer's school (is it still partnered with the business school?). My favorite part of visiting when I used to visit my sibling in the theater department was seeing The Sign over the entrance to the film department. You know the one, right? haha
Steven Spielberg has been given an Honorary Degree. And as you have said is a major donor. So that makes him a Man of Troy! And once a Trojan… ALWAYS A TROJAN!!! As you know we remain throughout life a VERY interconnected group!!! #FightOn… ✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽 “University of Spoiled Children???” I prefer “University of Social Climbers,” myself!!! 😎🥂💰🌟🛩️ I didn’t know that John Williams was a donor. As he is an alumnus of The Juilliard School in NYC. But I will take your word for it! 🥸🥸🥸
"It looks bougie" - That's probably about right. The reputation of USC is that it's decent academically but also, as the major private university in southern CA, it attracts a lot of children of movie stars and other regional elites and is quite the party school. If you recall the 2019 admissions scandal, "Thirty-three parents of college applicants were accused of paying more than US$25 million between 2011 and 2018 to William Rick Singer, organizer of the scheme, who used part of the money to fraudulently inflate entrance exam test scores and bribe college officials. Of the 32 parents named in a Federal Bureau of Investigation affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston, more than half had apparently paid bribes to have their children enrolled at the University of Southern California (USC)."
Decent academically? USC is a top ranked research university with a pretty strong academic reputation and a 10% acceptance rate. Which explains celebrities wanting their children there.
@@Donna185 Newsweek ranks it #27 in national universities, a tie with U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. That's actually better than I thought but I wouldn't call it "top-ranked". Stanford, for example, is ranked #4, CalTech #6, UCLA #15, UC Berkeley #17. As for being a "research univeristy", it ranks #55 globally for the number of Nobel Lauriates on the faculty,. Again, just within California, UC San Francisco, UCLA, UC San Diego, Cal Tech, Stanford, and UC Berkeley have more.
@@BTinSF I agree with you about the other universities being higher ranked and more elite, however USC is a pretty prestigious school, at least it is to us Scal schlubs that went to state colleges.
Anybody of any age can enroll in college/university. As a traditional student (age 18-22) I actually had some pretty good friends who were in their 50s, I think at the time. And what's funny is that when I was at my university, I worked at Campus Mail and one of my fellow co-workers was 28, because he was an Army Vet. This was back in 1994, '95. So he went to college after getting out of the military, but being 28 seemed so old at the time. That dude would be 58 now.
I did the same after serving in the Army around the same time and age. Residing close to the Army base, it's actually very common to see an older student body at college/university campuses around here.
No Thurston. Sophomore [anything] means 2nd. You'll often hear about a band's sophomore album. That refers to their 2nd album. Which is generally seen as a make or break it album for a band. But in terms of American schooling, one's Sophomore year is their 2nd year in said establishment, beit High School or College.
What’s funny to me about him is he thinks everything is for as he says “ well off” people. Don’t get me wrong some of our Universities are very expensive. But,Everyone that goes to college isn’t well off. Kids from a two parent working household can attend college. And many of our Universities are huge but it doesn’t mean because it’s huge it’s for “well off” people alone.
Mykayla goes to the film school at USC. The school of Cinematic Arts celebrates former students and has posters of all the films past students have done.
i feel like the appearance is pretty typical. i mean they are all going to look different, but large central plazas, food courts, manicured lawns are all pretty standard unless it's a community college (two year college). i went to the UNM and it is not known for being an excellent school, it's a state school. But the architecture was uniform, puebloan/spanish colonial (very new mexican) the grounds were always immaculate. we had chain restaurants like chick-fil-a, starbucks, etc, on campus. the Zimmermann library was my favorite building. huge wrought iron chandeliers, soaring ceilings and beautiful wall frescoes of the history of New Mexico.
As of 2024, there are 2,832 four-year colleges in the United States. The total number of higher education institutions in the country is 4,360, with the remaining 1,582 being two-year colleges. The States with the most colleges and universities include: California: 644 New York: 423 Texas: 394 Florida: 328 Pennsylvania: 301 Ohio: 270 Illinois: 234 North Carolina: 164 California is the only state with more than 300 colleges and universities. California, New York, and Texas are also home to three of the largest public university systems in the country.
USC ( University of Southern California) is in an open campus that covers several city blocks in L.A.'s Exposition and Jefferson park neighborhoods. USC (SC in local perlance used by both SC students, alumni and Angelenos in general) USC is one of the oldest universities in California and has one of the most respected film schools in the country. USC has been part of the Fabric of the city for over 100 years. USC's cross town rival is UCLA. USC is across the street from the Cal African American Museum, Cal Scirnce Center , The Natural History Museum of L.A. County, The Rose 🌹 Garden in Expo Park and there's a stop of the Metro Expo (E) line at USC. I've been on SC's campus a few times over the years, my god brother graduated from.SC 🎓 in 2005. The Olympic Village for the L.A 2028 Summer Olympics will be at UCLA but some of the swimming 🏊♀️ competitions will be across the Street from USC at the Olympic swimming stadium that hosted the swimming events for the 1932 and 1984 summer games.
In the US, the terms Freshman, Sophmore, Junior, and Senior are used for BOTH high school and university. It's commonplace for there to be conversations that go like: "Starting my senior year this year!" "Oh, congrats! High school, right?" "Yeah, still got one more year 'til college." "Yeah, I figured. You don't really look old enough yet." It's because high school and the standard college degree both take four years.
USC is a private research university in Los Angeles CA. Has enrollment of 49,000 students. Tuition runs about $35,000 per year, though the schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Law may cost more. Housing this year runs $19,000 to $21,000 (includes meals, parking, Internet) in a double room residency. Single occupancy rooms are higher. 😮
Where do students live while they’re in school? It depends. You can live in on campus living or off campus living. On campus is typically dorms, suites or on campus apartments. If you live off campus, you’re normally renting a house or apartment. Or you can still live at home if you’re from the area and just commute to campus for classes. I also studied Scriptwriting (writing scripts for film, tv, radio, stage plays, and ads) but I studied in Missouri and didn’t move out to California. I am not an active screenwriter. I have been using what I learned to write novels, participate in screen writing competitions, host writing groups, and teaching middle and high school English/English Language Arts. If I had moved out to California after graduation, I most likely would have ended up working as an active screenwriter like some of my peers who actually moved after graduation. It took them a few years to make it to the writers room but it’s possible. You can also work from anywhere in the world as long as you network. One of the writers from my writing group had a show on Apple TV that her and her husband wrote and produced. I ended up working in the library system in my city for 6 years and I’m about to start my Masters in Library and Information Sciences with an emphasis in Archival Studies because I realized I enjoy researching, history, and writing. And I’ll still be able to use things I learned during my Scriptwriting degree in my library and museum career. Plus, novel writing was always my favorite part of writing and obtaining my degree made me a better writer and editor which I’ll carry over into my library/museum career.
USC is University of Southern California. And yeah, it's one of the more prestigious schools, but not quite Ivory League. It's located in Los Angeles, so a lot of people from out there go there. USC actually originated in 1880. But all campuses usually upgrade their buildings over time. My school, SIU (Southern Illinois) built a whole new 3-story administrative building right next to the Student Union, where a 2-level parking garage used to be, sometime in the 2000s. If you might remember, a British TH-camr went to a USC Football game and was blown away/confused about the maturity of the players. Mainly because he was thinking in terms of UK college, not US college. College in the US is just a catch-all term for both 2-year community colleges and 4-year universities. But both are generally for 18+ year old students. Every once in a while you'll get an extremely smart kid who skipped some grades in primary education, so they'll be in college at like 15 or 16. That was the case at my community college where the son of our high school art teacher started college early. I don't remember how old he was, but i wanna say he was my sister's age so he would have been like 14 or 15. He was a pretty tall kid, so he blended in pretty well.
There are thousands of universities and colleges in the US: 2,260 four-year institutions (offering bachelor's degrees and beyond) 2,100 two-year institutions (primarily community colleges and technical schools)
I believe USC is the ultimate university if you want to major in film, production, anythingrelated to film and television. the USC Trojans football team play in a 100,000 capacity stadiumsowls and hosted several Superbowls and the 1984 summer olympics in LA
While USC is a very good college with a national reputation, I think most would not consider it an "elite" college. In California, Stanford (and maybe Berkeley) would be considered "elite". USC does have a very well known sports program, which I think inflates its reputation. Also, the beauty of a campus in the US generally has little bearing on the quality of education. While Stanford does have a beautiful park-like campus, other "elite" colleges -- like Harvard and MIT -- tend to have comparatively dumpy looking grounds.
USC serves the less than academically gifted children of southern California's "elite" citizens like movie stars and movie industry moguls. It's not that it is academically "elite" but it is expensive and private. And, as I pointed out, some of the film industry's better known personalities were willing to pay $25 million in total to bribe their childrens' way in between 2011 and 2018 (Google "Varisity Blues") because it has a pretty good, if not top, academic rep.
You're a clown bro 😂 according to you Stanford is the only elite university in Cali??? Maybe Berkeley?!?! Ok buddy please tell us more you brain genius lmao 😂
@@YTEH38 Chill. Not only is it just an opinion, it's one that uses a very restrictive definition of "elite"; a definition that would only include 20 or so institutions in the U.S. I've feeling that if you were limited to only 20 institutions, your list would likely be very similar to mine.
@@YTEH38 Tell me you didn't go to an elite university without telling me you didn't go to an elite university. 5 question marks, 2 exclamation points, the use of bro, buddy and clown with 2 crying face emojis as the cherry on top... That is (at best) some community college dropout level comment. Why are you so angry about something so innocuous?
Freshman-first year Sophomore-second year Junior-third year Senior-fourth year They can both apply to high school and university/college. People of any age over 18 can be in college. The campus where I went to university is pretty small. It’s called Carlow University and it’s in Pittsburgh and it’s a private catholic university that is pretty progressive and diverse in terms of types of students that attend. I was in three different school organizations like the Strong Women Strong Girls organization, Black Student Union, and LGBTQIA+ student organization. The fire announcer is likely specific to that university. Most of them are usually random and highly annoying. I was in my first year of college. One night I was in my dorm room and about to get settled in for the night and the alarm goes off randomly. It was raining outside and I quickly had to grab my jacket and put on my shoes and go outside. That looks like a suite. I had a single room. She may have gotten really good grades and been involved in extracurricular activities in high school and may have gotten scholarships. Some universities in the U.S. have film and production programs. I know Temple University in Philadelphia has one. The dorm buildings look very cool and fancy lol I love the study lounges in universities. They’re very private. They’re in the university libraries. The restaurants shown in this video are specific to the university. In the university I went to, there’s a Starbucks within the commons building. You can also get food and snacks too. Most times people usually do laundry when they go home for the weekend to save money.
I think you'll find that most major US universities are very attractive and well maintained. This school just seems to have a very "California" vibe. Edit: Also, I hope you'll react to other "day in the life" college blogs. This one seemed more about her than her college experience.
My grandson goes to Baylor in Texas. Beautiful brick buildings. A river for kayaking and even a place to do indoor rock climbing for free to students. Doesn’t have to be upper class to be great.
You should check out tours of college football facilities. I think you would REALLY enjoy those. There are quite a few out there for the major football schools and they're pretty impressive.
Ok guy, let's try this one more time. High school is grades 9th thru 12th. And commonly referred to as Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior years. Colleges (lower academic schools) are typically 2 years of undergraduate studies. Universities are mostly for graduate work and are known as Junior and Senior years. But universities can get more complicated. Colleges and universities primarily differ in the programs and degree types they offer. “University” typically refers to a larger institution offering both undergraduate and graduate programs. “College” generally refers to a community college, technical school, or liberal arts college.
I got them laundry machines at my apartment and I live in Michigan it's like $1.50 to wash a load and $1.75 to dry a load. So, it's like $3.25 to wash and dry and the apps lowest money reload is like $10 so you can wash and dry 3 times with $10
Both high school and college (University) use the same terms to describe the different years because they both have 4 year programs. Year 1/Freshman, Year 2/Sophomore, Year 3/Junior, Year 4/Senior
The general public can go through the university campuses and go to places on campus, but we avoid it as much as possible (especially in Lawrence Kansas). We avoid it because the roads make so little sense that you could get lost in there for 1 or 2 hours just trying to drive through it AND most roads in there have fees and are not open to just regular traffic going through there and there’s 2 tiny places to park for free on campus and one of those is well hidden. Also we avoid uni college campus, because people jay walk EVERYWHERE THERE CONSTANTLY. We just avoid the void in the middle of this large town. It’s like the shadowy place mentioned in “the lion king”
I have visited both campuses, UCLA & USC, because I like college bookstores. I really liked both. On the east coast, I think NYU also has a film school.
Fun fact about USC…..if you’re into sports, well known Women’s Basketball star Judea “JuJu” Watkins actually attends USC, and it’s ranked as one of the most well known universities for college sports and currently for college basketball.
The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill is the oldest State supported university in the US. Its a beautiful campus and is among what is called the "Public Ivy League" Universities.
We have regular college (University) that you apply for and wait to get accepted to. Then we have 'community colleges which anyone/any age can sign up for (until the classes fill up). The community colleges are much cheaper then the larger University's though. Some requirements are different too.
Universities are four yrs. Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior. Then you have the option for Grad School which is usually another 2yrs. That’s looks like a dorm room. She has a roommate. Depending on the dorms they house anywhere from 2 to 4 students. Depends on the university and how many dorms there are. Freshman and sophomore students are in dorms the first 2 yrs. Then i don’t know about all universities but some allow students to live in apartments off campus for juniors and seniors. It just depends on the university.
I live in a college town in the US and campus is just a few blocks from the downtown area, but we can go on campus and all that but the parking is usually strict if you aren't a student, but yeah! it's got lots of greenspace. A ton of students don't even live on campus. they live in the old neighborhood between the school and downtown. we call it the "student ghetto" because it is a bunch of old houses filled with drunk college students.
@LavLuka that’s not entirely the case Freshman is first year they have programs to acclimate the new students to the campus (usually done in the summer) sophomore year is 2nd year , junior is 3rd ( they get more off campus opportunities) and 4th year are seniors Now if they go to a military academy such as army , navy or Air Force they have a program called plebe summer to acclimate the new plebes ( students ) into future service academy students in a program that last 8 weeks They also have community colleges which are feeder schools to the 4 year universities ( I went to one of those ) that means that there are schools that after 2 years of attendance , a student can apply to a 4 year university
When I went to Arizona State pretty much anyone could walk through campus. There was security and campus police walking around but no one checked your Student ID just to be on campus.
The older buildings on the USC campus are Romanesque Revival and Northern Italian Renaissance Revival. This style suits the Mediterranean-like climate of the school. The newer buildings are, I guess, what you'd call Modern style. Other common architectural styles favored by US institutions of higher learning are University Gothic and Neoclassical / Georgian. These tend to be the older buildings. Never buildings tend to use cheaper Modern (ugly imho) styles.
So the overhead view of UEA would equate to a really really small university or really more of a 2-year community college. The scenery around it is beautifully.
There are two USCs in the major college level 1) The University of Southern California in LA. Team name is Trojans 2) The University of South Carolina in Columbia SC. Team name Gamecocks There very well be some smaller colleges that go by USC but im not familiar with those. There are many colleges with very similar campuses, there are 365 schools just in division I. Most of the state colleges and state universities have campuses like this, as well as many private ones. This is somewhat typical for a school with USCs enrollment number. There are 2832 4-year colleges and another 1582 two-year schools. In fact, there are over 6500 post secondary institutions and over 200 of those are non-degree granting schools.
Are you going to UEA? I studied abroad there years ago as an American from the University of Colorado! I lived in Norfolk Terrace (looks like the ziggurats are closed now) and had a blast. I even had a Tuesday weekly radio show on the campus radio station -Livewire. I wonder if it still exists. Anyway, congrats on admission and the best of luck to you!
'Freshman' = 1st year, sophomore = 2nd year, Junior = 3rd year, 'senior' = 4rth year. This is the case for anything that has a cirriculum than is over a long time. This include high school as well as college (university to you). Our high school is 4 years, and ends up at age 18. Everyone is suppose to go to all 4 years of high school. Of course, some people drop out, but then they do not get a high school diploma, and getting work becomes very hard. Those who do drop out can take a test , and get a GED as a substitute for a normal HS diploma. USC is not too special, other than it is a private school, and costs a lot more. Almost all US universities have all the sports amenities/facilities and sports programs. This includes swimming pools (inside for cold climates), football stadiums (some are amongst the largest in the world), basketball, baseball, volleyball, soccer, etc.
It's important to know, though, that the "sticker price" is not what most students pay. Approximately two-thirds of undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid, such as scholarships and grants, which do not have to be repaid. The university offers both need-based and merit-based scholarships.
It’s University of South Carolina, so it’s the main if not only university in South Carolina. States have more community colleges than universities. Universities are for rich people. People who aren’t rich benefit more from going to community colleges. People who are rich are allowed to make fancy connections for their future careers through universities. That’s why fraternities exist at each university. They are like “the in crowd”, because they “know people” or “have connections”. You can’t join a fraternity if your family isn’t rich. Also fraternities are boys only. Sororities don’t actually really do the part that you would benefit from. They are like the fake version for young women, but they’re still expensive and still require their families to be rich.
I would say most universities look pretty nice here. Even my mid level University (University of Arizona) has some nice curb appeal even though many parts are more dated. With how expensive tuition & classes are are and how vital they can be for local economies lots of resources are put into universities especially the sports programs.
Every College/University is different. There are large and small colleges. This one in particular is a very prestigious one. Only students, professors, and staff can enter the University ( unless they are a guest or have some reason to be there). Everyone must have an I.D. she is in her second year. She must be a transfer student, if she is a sophomore 🤔. The first year=freshman, second year=sophomore, third year=junior, Last year=senior. It doesn't matter if it's Junior High, High School, or College/University. The primary Schools are called Elementary Schools. In NYC they are called P.S. or Public Schools. Schools usually have a name; but, in NYC they have a number or a name (or both). I went to Schools in NYC ( Elementary to College). There are Public and Private colleges. However, you have to pay tuition regardless. Public Colleges are cheaper. Ivy League Universities are the best, and are very competitive and expensive. Some student start at community College to save some money, then transfer to their ideal colleges (to finish). That way, they save some money.
Normality: Many universities/colleges here, are historic. Meaning they’ve been around for decades, so you’re bound to see many nice historic buildings on most campuses in the US. Schools like USC, are far more financially funded …..so they tend to look nicer than other schools at the same level academically. Then there’s schools that are more expensive and look even more prestigious like Princeton, Harvard, etc. As school here is more of a cash grab😅. It’s typically not normal to have all of these amenities unless you go to a more known school. My own university just underwent a huge technological upgrade, but not all schools are like that. Many are pretty normal, with basic amenities (not that that’s bad). Dorms aren’t all that nice, it has to do with money mostly. Most students can’t afford to live in the nicer dorms. For example, to have a single or a nicer dorm…..ur looking at $9k-$13k. Tuition notably doesn’t cover roam and board in the states. Fire alarms are fairly normal as far as them going off. Had to get up too many times to count, and I only lived on campus for a semester, not even that. Typically it’s a student with a candle, or cooking, etc. Which triggers the alarms. If not already prefaced that there’s a drill, because they love doing those too here💀 The ball things are scent beads essentially an easier version of fabric softener 😂
freshman first year, sophomore second year, Junior third year, Senior, fourth year. Senior is the lat year. uniiversity of California and their various campuses ar state Universities
Both high school and college have the same terminology. Freshman is basically year zero (like it barely counts as starting college because you started trying to go to college classes while you should have still been in high school. Or if you are a freshman in high school then you should have still been in junior high aka middle school). Softmore is first year. Junior is second year. Senior is third year.
I am soooo triggered by the fire alarms. I used to live on the 15th floor of my dorms. My campus was always running fire drills, and they were never when you were in class, oh no, because they wanted to make sure everybody got their practice in. Christ, they would hit us with fire alarms at no joke, 2, 3, 4 am all the dang time and of course, you CANNOT use the elevators. They even disable them so you can't even try, so imagine, 4am, you have to wake up, put on some clothes, wipe the drool off your face because literally EVERYONE is going to see you in your pjs, and run down or zombie walk down 15 friggin flights. I had to buy a pair of tennis shoes with no backs, so I could just slide them on for all the friggin' alarm runs I had to make. And don't even try to stay in your room, RA would get you out. Even worse was after the drills which usually took about 45 minutes to complete between us and the interconnected sister dorm, since there were so many people in 15 floors on our side, and everyone trying to take the elevator back up, basically unless you wanted to wait for two more hours to catch an elevator because there were only two, you had to walk back up 15 flights of stairs. Thankfully towards the end of the semester I befriended one of the RA's who would give us heads up to the fake drills so I could already be downstairs with some snacks and fully dressed.
the usc campus is pretty nice i think because they don’t want students walking around in the neighborhood around the university it’s infamous for being pretty unsafe lol
USC is a good university but definitely not in the top 10. W e have hundreds of great Universities that are coveted yet not in the "top 10". There are just too many excellent schools across this nation to fit into a short list💖. To me USC has a normal and nice campus . Most colleges &/or Universities I've seen have nice campuses in the US. The alarm going off a lot is Not normal. Maybe some newbee student kept burning their microwave popcorn or something😂. You should see about a year abroad so you can study a year here in the US. Great video!
USC, like NYU and UCLA, has a very verygood film school, but it's not a top 10 school. Even in Los Angeles, UCLA has more highly ranked departments than USC (and IMO a more beautiful campus) but it's less posh and has fewer residential amenities than USC.
one thing I miss about being a teenager is being able to sleep 10 hours and wake up feeling like a million bucks. If I slept that long now, at 40...I would wake up feeling like I was waking from the dead, like what decade is it now? why have both my arms gone numb?
Every fricking college campus is practically the same. It’s that pseudo-Greek style that is just there. It never changes. The only remotely modern college campus is on Roosevelt island in manhattan and that’s an ivy league school.
She did the make-up but looked exactly the same. Did she really even need it? My freshman year of college I had my own room, my tuition was just a little higher. I was by no means from a wealthy family I just wanted my privacy.
I went to US college decades ago, but basically campus life and tech is much more electronic today. I saw the first use of handheld calculators and a portable manual typewriter ;-) The infiltration of cringe liberalism into STEM started 50 years ago, it is much worse now. Political activism keeps trying to ruin things ;-(
I've provided some links to day in the life videos for the university I attend in Clemson, South Carolina (Clemson University). Consider reacting to one of them or finding some others. We have a great campus! th-cam.com/video/SWeGJ2qHSok/w-d-xo.htmlsi=QQUUQZX23yPzJPWf or th-cam.com/video/g8LB4X3Y2Jw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_RktDj8FtLYMiWdL
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Freshmen = 1st year
Sophomore = 2nd
Junior= 3rd
Senior = 4th ( usually last year)
Super Senior: 4+ year (undergrad)
for college and high school
“Usually…”
Campuses in the US are varied regarding access. US isn't as rigid with the norms of authority and tradition as the UK. The answer to anything about how does the US do this or that is IT DEPENDS.
Fire alarms going off in the college dorms is the norm. Even back in my day, 30 years ago.
Really? My dad bought me a house so the whole time I was in college I never got to visit the dorms. And I didn’t have a card to get in. I went to visit some friends once in the dorms and someone was being arrested that didn’t live in the dorms so I didn’t get to go check it out, and never tried again. I do regret not having a dorm experience.
Usually ended up just being drills but the guy leaving a pop-tart in the microwave for several minutes at 2am was not one of those times. It was charred.
Then there was the time I was in the shower and had to stand outside in the cold with conditioner in my hair for 20 minutes for a fire drill because people were ignoring the alarm and they weren't allowing us back in until the building was completely empty.
Yes, when i was in school, there were lots of 2am for alarms with all of us standing around outside in robes and hair rollers.
The terminology is the same for high school and undergraduate college: 1st year ("Freshman"), 2nd year ("Sophomore"), 3rd year ("Junior") and 4th year ("Senior"). The high school grade equivalents are 9, 10, 11 and 12. respectively. It's probably no surprise the terms originated in England; namely, Oxbridge. Harvard adopted the terms at its establishment in 1636, and most colleges/universities and high schools in the United States followed suit. It seems the English divided the students into two Divisions, a lower Division ("Fresh men" and "Sophomores") and an upper Division ("Juniors" and "Seniors"). In the 17th century, new students at Oxbridge were called "Fresh Men." Second year students were called "Wise Fools" or "Sophomores" in Greek. After another year of studies, said “Wise Fools” were elevated to the rank of “Sophister.” Sophister dates back to the 14th century and means “Wise Man” or “Expert.” This level of study was then further split into two. Those in the first year were called "Junior Sophister," and those in the second and final year were called "Senior Sophister," later shortened to just "Junior" and "Senior." At least, that's the lore.
As an Alumni of USC (University of Southern California), and the School of Cinematic Arts she is attending. I can say the campus is really nice! USC is a Private University, so while it is more expensive than a State College or University. It is also an excellent school with many top schools of study. Theatre, Business, Medicine, Law, etc. It is also a HUGE College Football/Sports School!!! With many National Championships, Heisman Trophy winners, and Olympic Medalists. The Film School has many, many prestigious Alumni from Steven Spielberg & George Lucas to Ron Howard and Antione Fuquoa. It is one of the older Universities in Los Angeles so it is in one of the oldest parts of the city. Next to downtown Los Angeles. So while the “campus bubble” is quite nice and you really don’t have to leave that much for anything when you are there. The surrounding neighborhood is… not the best! The other very famous major University in Los Angeles is our cross town rival, UCLA (University of California Los Angeles). Their campus is equally as spacious and nice. And is in a more modern and affluent neighborhood closer to the beach. I am VERY VERY proud to be a USC Trojan!!! #FightOn… ✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽
Hey, fellow Trojan. Well, a couple of siblings are alumni of The University of Spoiled Children, but I didn't want to pay the tuition for the film school. Haha.
From what I remember, Steven Spielberg didn't attend USC. He applied but didn't get in, so he attended Long Beach.
But he still gives a butt ton to the cinema school because his BFF George Lucas went there and he admires the program.
But, correct me if I'm wrong.
All of those college have luminous sponsors: Johny Carson's the major contributor of the TV school. John Williams, of the film music school. And I forgot the big names for the producer's school (is it still partnered with the business school?).
My favorite part of visiting when I used to visit my sibling in the theater department was seeing The Sign over the entrance to the film department.
You know the one, right?
haha
Steven Spielberg has been given an Honorary Degree. And as you have said is a major donor. So that makes him a Man of Troy! And once a Trojan… ALWAYS A TROJAN!!! As you know we remain throughout life a VERY interconnected group!!! #FightOn… ✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽
“University of Spoiled Children???” I prefer “University of Social Climbers,” myself!!! 😎🥂💰🌟🛩️
I didn’t know that John Williams was a donor. As he is an alumnus of The Juilliard School in NYC. But I will take your word for it! 🥸🥸🥸
"It looks bougie" - That's probably about right. The reputation of USC is that it's decent academically but also, as the major private university in southern CA, it attracts a lot of children of movie stars and other regional elites and is quite the party school. If you recall the 2019 admissions scandal, "Thirty-three parents of college applicants were accused of paying more than US$25 million between 2011 and 2018 to William Rick Singer, organizer of the scheme, who used part of the money to fraudulently inflate entrance exam test scores and bribe college officials. Of the 32 parents named in a Federal Bureau of Investigation affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston, more than half had apparently paid bribes to have their children enrolled at the University of Southern California (USC)."
Decent academically? USC is a top ranked research university with a pretty strong academic reputation and a 10% acceptance rate. Which explains celebrities wanting their children there.
@@Donna185 Newsweek ranks it #27 in national universities, a tie with U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. That's actually better than I thought but I wouldn't call it "top-ranked". Stanford, for example, is ranked #4, CalTech #6, UCLA #15, UC Berkeley #17. As for being a "research univeristy", it ranks #55 globally for the number of Nobel Lauriates on the faculty,. Again, just within California, UC San Francisco, UCLA, UC San Diego, Cal Tech, Stanford, and UC Berkeley have more.
@@BTinSF I agree with you about the other universities being higher ranked and more elite, however USC is a pretty prestigious school, at least it is to us Scal schlubs that went to state colleges.
Anybody of any age can enroll in college/university. As a traditional student (age 18-22) I actually had some pretty good friends who were in their 50s, I think at the time. And what's funny is that when I was at my university, I worked at Campus Mail and one of my fellow co-workers was 28, because he was an Army Vet. This was back in 1994, '95. So he went to college after getting out of the military, but being 28 seemed so old at the time. That dude would be 58 now.
I did the same after serving in the Army around the same time and age. Residing close to the Army base, it's actually very common to see an older student body at college/university campuses around here.
No Thurston. Sophomore [anything] means 2nd. You'll often hear about a band's sophomore album. That refers to their 2nd album. Which is generally seen as a make or break it album for a band. But in terms of American schooling, one's Sophomore year is their 2nd year in said establishment, beit High School or College.
To me…this is a typical university in the States. Also food courts are available at a lot of universities, small and large.
What’s funny to me about him is he thinks everything is for as he says “ well off” people. Don’t get me wrong some of our Universities are very expensive. But,Everyone that goes to college isn’t well off. Kids from a two parent working household can attend college. And many of our Universities are huge but it doesn’t mean because it’s huge it’s for “well off” people alone.
Mykayla goes to the film school at USC. The school of Cinematic Arts celebrates former students and has posters of all the films past students have done.
i feel like the appearance is pretty typical. i mean they are all going to look different, but large central plazas, food courts, manicured lawns are all pretty standard unless it's a community college (two year college). i went to the UNM and it is not known for being an excellent school, it's a state school. But the architecture was uniform, puebloan/spanish colonial (very new mexican) the grounds were always immaculate. we had chain restaurants like chick-fil-a, starbucks, etc, on campus. the Zimmermann library was my favorite building. huge wrought iron chandeliers, soaring ceilings and beautiful wall frescoes of the history of New Mexico.
I liked that campus, I went NMSU cuz I was in soil conservation, Las Cruces has its own awesome stuff too.
@marleneperry6972 i have a ton of family in Cruces. In my family you're either a Lobo or an Aggie. 😂 love Las Cruces too.
As of 2024, there are 2,832 four-year colleges in the United States. The total number of higher education institutions in the country is 4,360, with the remaining 1,582 being two-year colleges.
The States with the most colleges and universities include:
California: 644
New York: 423
Texas: 394
Florida: 328
Pennsylvania: 301
Ohio: 270
Illinois: 234
North Carolina: 164
California is the only state with more than 300 colleges and universities.
California, New York, and Texas are also home to three of the largest public university systems in the country.
The alarms have announcements to indicate whether to evacuate or shelter in place, fire vs. Natural disaster or active shooter, etc.
The little beads in the laundry are scented beads that dissolve in the wash. They make your clothes smell nice.
USC ( University of Southern California) is in an open campus that covers several city blocks in L.A.'s Exposition and Jefferson park neighborhoods. USC (SC in local perlance used by both SC students, alumni and Angelenos in general) USC is one of the oldest universities in California and has one of the most respected film schools in the country. USC has been part of the Fabric of the city for over 100 years. USC's cross town rival is UCLA.
USC is across the street from the Cal African American Museum, Cal Scirnce Center , The Natural History Museum of L.A. County, The Rose 🌹 Garden in Expo Park and there's a stop of the Metro Expo (E) line at USC.
I've been on SC's campus a few times over the years, my god brother graduated from.SC 🎓 in 2005. The Olympic Village for the L.A 2028 Summer Olympics will be at UCLA but some of the swimming 🏊♀️ competitions will be across the Street from USC at the Olympic swimming stadium that hosted the swimming events for the 1932 and 1984 summer games.
In the US, the terms Freshman, Sophmore, Junior, and Senior are used for BOTH high school and university. It's commonplace for there to be conversations that go like:
"Starting my senior year this year!"
"Oh, congrats! High school, right?"
"Yeah, still got one more year 'til college."
"Yeah, I figured. You don't really look old enough yet."
It's because high school and the standard college degree both take four years.
I have visited both campuses, UCLA & USC, because I like college bookstores. I really liked both.
USC is a private research university in Los Angeles CA. Has enrollment of 49,000 students. Tuition runs about $35,000 per year, though the schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Law may cost more. Housing this year runs $19,000 to $21,000 (includes meals, parking, Internet) in a double room residency. Single occupancy rooms are higher. 😮
Tuition is actually double that per year! I can't even imagine paying that much to attend college.
More like 90,000 total
Where do students live while they’re in school? It depends. You can live in on campus living or off campus living. On campus is typically dorms, suites or on campus apartments. If you live off campus, you’re normally renting a house or apartment. Or you can still live at home if you’re from the area and just commute to campus for classes.
I also studied Scriptwriting (writing scripts for film, tv, radio, stage plays, and ads) but I studied in Missouri and didn’t move out to California. I am not an active screenwriter. I have been using what I learned to write novels, participate in screen writing competitions, host writing groups, and teaching middle and high school English/English Language Arts. If I had moved out to California after graduation, I most likely would have ended up working as an active screenwriter like some of my peers who actually moved after graduation. It took them a few years to make it to the writers room but it’s possible. You can also work from anywhere in the world as long as you network. One of the writers from my writing group had a show on Apple TV that her and her husband wrote and produced.
I ended up working in the library system in my city for 6 years and I’m about to start my Masters in Library and Information Sciences with an emphasis in Archival Studies because I realized I enjoy researching, history, and writing. And I’ll still be able to use things I learned during my Scriptwriting degree in my library and museum career. Plus, novel writing was always my favorite part of writing and obtaining my degree made me a better writer and editor which I’ll carry over into my library/museum career.
USC is University of Southern California. And yeah, it's one of the more prestigious schools, but not quite Ivory League. It's located in Los Angeles, so a lot of people from out there go there. USC actually originated in 1880. But all campuses usually upgrade their buildings over time. My school, SIU (Southern Illinois) built a whole new 3-story administrative building right next to the Student Union, where a 2-level parking garage used to be, sometime in the 2000s.
If you might remember, a British TH-camr went to a USC Football game and was blown away/confused about the maturity of the players. Mainly because he was thinking in terms of UK college, not US college. College in the US is just a catch-all term for both 2-year community colleges and 4-year universities. But both are generally for 18+ year old students. Every once in a while you'll get an extremely smart kid who skipped some grades in primary education, so they'll be in college at like 15 or 16. That was the case at my community college where the son of our high school art teacher started college early. I don't remember how old he was, but i wanna say he was my sister's age so he would have been like 14 or 15. He was a pretty tall kid, so he blended in pretty well.
I'm going to the University of Cincinnati in January and can't wait! It also has a really nice campus, although not as world-famous as USC is
Hey it produced the Kelce brothers!
What I got from this video is make-up, Kim Kardashian, and fire alarms 😂😂😂
There are thousands of universities and colleges in the US:
2,260 four-year institutions (offering bachelor's degrees and beyond)
2,100 two-year institutions (primarily community colleges and technical schools)
I believe USC is the ultimate university if you want to major in film, production, anythingrelated to film and television. the USC Trojans football team play in a 100,000 capacity stadiumsowls and hosted several Superbowls and the 1984 summer olympics in LA
While USC is a very good college with a national reputation, I think most would not consider it an "elite" college. In California, Stanford (and maybe Berkeley) would be considered "elite". USC does have a very well known sports program, which I think inflates its reputation. Also, the beauty of a campus in the US generally has little bearing on the quality of education. While Stanford does have a beautiful park-like campus, other "elite" colleges -- like Harvard and MIT -- tend to have comparatively dumpy looking grounds.
USC serves the less than academically gifted children of southern California's "elite" citizens like movie stars and movie industry moguls. It's not that it is academically "elite" but it is expensive and private. And, as I pointed out, some of the film industry's better known personalities were willing to pay $25 million in total to bribe their childrens' way in between 2011 and 2018 (Google "Varisity Blues") because it has a pretty good, if not top, academic rep.
Plus UCLA is better
You're a clown bro 😂 according to you Stanford is the only elite university in Cali??? Maybe Berkeley?!?! Ok buddy please tell us more you brain genius lmao 😂
@@YTEH38 Chill. Not only is it just an opinion, it's one that uses a very restrictive definition of "elite"; a definition that would only include 20 or so institutions in the U.S. I've feeling that if you were limited to only 20 institutions, your list would likely be very similar to mine.
@@YTEH38 Tell me you didn't go to an elite university without telling me you didn't go to an elite university.
5 question marks, 2 exclamation points, the use of bro, buddy and clown with 2 crying face emojis as the cherry on top... That is (at best) some community college dropout level comment. Why are you so angry about something so innocuous?
USC has the second (after Stanford) highest of Olympian medals by graduates.
Freshman-first year
Sophomore-second year
Junior-third year
Senior-fourth year
They can both apply to high school and university/college.
People of any age over 18 can be in college.
The campus where I went to university is pretty small. It’s called Carlow University and it’s in Pittsburgh and it’s a private catholic university that is pretty progressive and diverse in terms of types of students that attend. I was in three different school organizations like the Strong Women Strong Girls organization, Black Student Union, and LGBTQIA+ student organization.
The fire announcer is likely specific to that university. Most of them are usually random and highly annoying. I was in my first year of college. One night I was in my dorm room and about to get settled in for the night and the alarm goes off randomly. It was raining outside and I quickly had to grab my jacket and put on my shoes and go outside.
That looks like a suite. I had a single room.
She may have gotten really good grades and been involved in extracurricular activities in high school and may have gotten scholarships.
Some universities in the U.S. have film and production programs. I know Temple University in Philadelphia has one.
The dorm buildings look very cool and fancy lol
I love the study lounges in universities. They’re very private. They’re in the university libraries.
The restaurants shown in this video are specific to the university. In the university I went to, there’s a Starbucks within the commons building. You can also get food and snacks too.
Most times people usually do laundry when they go home for the weekend to save money.
I think you'll find that most major US universities are very attractive and well maintained. This school just seems to have a very "California" vibe.
Edit: Also, I hope you'll react to other "day in the life" college blogs. This one seemed more about her than her college experience.
What a trip! This is the college and major that my stepson just graduated from.
In the US there are public universities too. You can go on campus when you want but you are restricted as to what you can do.
My grandson goes to Baylor in Texas. Beautiful brick buildings. A river for kayaking and even a place to do indoor rock climbing for free to students. Doesn’t have to be upper class to be great.
You should check out tours of college football facilities. I think you would REALLY enjoy those. There are quite a few out there for the major football schools and they're pretty impressive.
Ok guy, let's try this one more time. High school is grades 9th thru 12th. And commonly referred to as Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior years. Colleges (lower academic schools) are typically 2 years of undergraduate studies. Universities are mostly for graduate work and are known as Junior and Senior years. But universities can get more complicated.
Colleges and universities primarily differ in the programs and degree types they offer. “University” typically refers to a larger institution offering both undergraduate and graduate programs. “College” generally refers to a community college, technical school, or liberal arts college.
I got them laundry machines at my apartment and I live in Michigan it's like $1.50 to wash a load and $1.75 to dry a load. So, it's like $3.25 to wash and dry and the apps lowest money reload is like $10 so you can wash and dry 3 times with $10
Sophomore = Second Year of College/University as well as Second Year in High School in the U.S.
Both high school and college (University) use the same terms to describe the different years because they both have 4 year programs.
Year 1/Freshman, Year 2/Sophomore, Year 3/Junior, Year 4/Senior
The general public can go through the university campuses and go to places on campus, but we avoid it as much as possible (especially in Lawrence Kansas).
We avoid it because the roads make so little sense that you could get lost in there for 1 or 2 hours just trying to drive through it AND most roads in there have fees and are not open to just regular traffic going through there and there’s 2 tiny places to park for free on campus and one of those is well hidden.
Also we avoid uni college campus, because people jay walk EVERYWHERE THERE CONSTANTLY.
We just avoid the void in the middle of this large town.
It’s like the shadowy place mentioned in “the lion king”
Most college or universities are open to he public.
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years are years 1 - 4 in BOTH highschool AND college/university.
I have visited both campuses, UCLA & USC, because I like college bookstores. I really liked both. On the east coast, I think NYU also has a film school.
1st year is Freshman; 2nd year is Sophomore; 3rd year is Junior; and 4th year is Senior of a 4-year bachelor's program.
Fun fact about USC…..if you’re into sports, well known Women’s Basketball star Judea “JuJu” Watkins actually attends USC, and it’s ranked as one of the most well known universities for college sports and currently for college basketball.
The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill is the oldest State supported university in the US. Its a beautiful campus and is among what is called the "Public Ivy League" Universities.
We have regular college (University) that you apply for and wait to get accepted to. Then we have 'community colleges which anyone/any age can sign up for (until the classes fill up). The community colleges are much cheaper then the larger University's though. Some requirements are different too.
Universities are four yrs. Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior. Then you have the option for Grad School which is usually another 2yrs. That’s looks like a dorm room. She has a roommate. Depending on the dorms they house anywhere from 2 to 4 students. Depends on the university and how many dorms there are. Freshman and sophomore students are in dorms the first 2 yrs. Then i don’t know about all universities but some allow students to live in apartments off campus for juniors and seniors. It just depends on the university.
I live in a college town in the US and campus is just a few blocks from the downtown area, but we can go on campus and all that but the parking is usually strict if you aren't a student, but yeah! it's got lots of greenspace. A ton of students don't even live on campus. they live in the old neighborhood between the school and downtown. we call it the "student ghetto" because it is a bunch of old houses filled with drunk college students.
Freshman - first year
Sophomore - second year
Junior - third year
Senior - fourth year
USC is famous because it's close to hollywood
Most of this was about ‘her’, face clothes breakfast…what a snooze
Well . . . this was a video from her PERSONAL vlog series, not a video for the specific intent of showing what the school's like.
@LavLuka that’s not entirely the case
Freshman is first year they have programs to acclimate the new students to the campus (usually done in the summer) sophomore year is 2nd year , junior is 3rd ( they get more off campus opportunities) and 4th year are seniors
Now if they go to a military academy such as army , navy or Air Force they have a program called plebe summer to acclimate the new plebes ( students ) into future service academy students in a program that last 8 weeks
They also have community colleges which are feeder schools to the 4 year universities ( I went to one of those ) that means that there are schools that after 2 years of attendance , a student can apply to a 4 year university
Sophomore year is actually the second year in college. Freshman year is the first year in college. It’s the same as high school years.
When I went to Arizona State pretty much anyone could walk through campus. There was security and campus police walking around but no one checked your Student ID just to be on campus.
The older buildings on the USC campus are Romanesque Revival and Northern Italian Renaissance Revival. This style suits the Mediterranean-like climate of the school. The newer buildings are, I guess, what you'd call Modern style. Other common architectural styles favored by US institutions of higher learning are University Gothic and Neoclassical / Georgian. These tend to be the older buildings. Never buildings tend to use cheaper Modern (ugly imho) styles.
So the overhead view of UEA would equate to a really really small university or really more of a 2-year community college. The scenery around it is beautifully.
Why don't you make a vlog and show us your campus and city. American minds need to know.🤨
There are two USCs in the major college level
1) The University of Southern California in LA. Team name is Trojans
2) The University of South Carolina in Columbia SC. Team name Gamecocks
There very well be some smaller colleges that go by USC but im not familiar with those. There are many colleges with very similar campuses, there are 365 schools just in division I. Most of the state colleges and state universities have campuses like this, as well as many private ones. This is somewhat typical for a school with USCs enrollment number. There are 2832 4-year colleges and another 1582 two-year schools. In fact, there are over 6500 post secondary institutions and over 200 of those are non-degree granting schools.
High School Cohorts:
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
College/University Cohorts:
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Are you going to UEA? I studied abroad there years ago as an American from the University of Colorado! I lived in Norfolk Terrace (looks like the ziggurats are closed now) and had a blast. I even had a Tuesday weekly radio show on the campus radio station -Livewire. I wonder if it still exists. Anyway, congrats on admission and the best of luck to you!
'Freshman' = 1st year, sophomore = 2nd year, Junior = 3rd year, 'senior' = 4rth year. This is the case for anything that has a cirriculum than is over a long time. This include high school as well as college (university to you). Our high school is 4 years, and ends up at age 18. Everyone is suppose to go to all 4 years of high school. Of course, some people drop out, but then they do not get a high school diploma, and getting work becomes very hard. Those who do drop out can take a test , and get a GED as a substitute for a normal HS diploma. USC is not too special, other than it is a private school, and costs a lot more. Almost all US universities have all the sports amenities/facilities and sports programs. This includes swimming pools (inside for cold climates), football stadiums (some are amongst the largest in the world), basketball, baseball, volleyball, soccer, etc.
USC is a fantastic university a lot of people would kill to go to. She either has money, went into a lot of debt, or managed a scholarship.
This is USC in Los Angeles it's literally in middle of LA in South Central Los Angeles think next to the LA Olympic stadium, LA Memorial Coluisem
USC is a top tier private university in the LA area. It is also very expensive.
Freshman is 1st yr.
Sophomore is 2nd. yr.
Junior is 3rd. yr.
Senior is 4th yr.
USC is a private University - Tuition per year is 69,900.
It's important to know, though, that the "sticker price" is not what most students pay. Approximately two-thirds of undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid, such as scholarships and grants, which do not have to be repaid. The university offers both need-based and merit-based scholarships.
A four year school like high school or college will have
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
It’s University of South Carolina, so it’s the main if not only university in South Carolina.
States have more community colleges than universities.
Universities are for rich people.
People who aren’t rich benefit more from going to community colleges.
People who are rich are allowed to make fancy connections for their future careers through universities. That’s why fraternities exist at each university. They are like “the in crowd”, because they “know people” or “have connections”.
You can’t join a fraternity if your family isn’t rich.
Also fraternities are boys only.
Sororities don’t actually really do the part that you would benefit from. They are like the fake version for young women, but they’re still expensive and still require their families to be rich.
I would say most universities look pretty nice here. Even my mid level University (University of Arizona) has some nice curb appeal even though many parts are more dated.
With how expensive tuition & classes are are and how vital they can be for local economies lots of resources are put into universities especially the sports programs.
As long as the A/C works in every building . . . .
All the year names apply to both High School and University
Your University looks great! 😊
Freshman is the 1st year. Then Sophomore, Junior and Senior.
Every College/University is different. There are large and small colleges. This one in particular is a very prestigious one. Only students, professors, and staff can enter the University ( unless they are a guest or have some reason to be there). Everyone must have an I.D. she is in her second year. She must be a transfer student, if she is a sophomore 🤔. The first year=freshman, second year=sophomore, third year=junior, Last year=senior. It doesn't matter if it's Junior High, High School, or College/University. The primary Schools are called Elementary Schools. In NYC they are called P.S. or Public Schools. Schools usually have a name; but, in NYC they have a number or a name (or both). I went to Schools in NYC ( Elementary to College). There are Public and Private colleges. However, you have to pay tuition regardless. Public Colleges are cheaper. Ivy League Universities are the best, and are very competitive and expensive. Some student start at community College to save some money, then transfer to their ideal colleges (to finish). That way, they save some money.
This is indeed a prestigious school in Southern California. The only caveat is its location. You don’t really want to be outside the campus gates
Normality:
Many universities/colleges here, are historic. Meaning they’ve been around for decades, so you’re bound to see many nice historic buildings on most campuses in the US. Schools like USC, are far more financially funded …..so they tend to look nicer than other schools at the same level academically. Then there’s schools that are more expensive and look even more prestigious like Princeton, Harvard, etc. As school here is more of a cash grab😅.
It’s typically not normal to have all of these amenities unless you go to a more known school. My own university just underwent a huge technological upgrade, but not all schools are like that. Many are pretty normal, with basic amenities (not that that’s bad).
Dorms aren’t all that nice, it has to do with money mostly. Most students can’t afford to live in the nicer dorms. For example, to have a single or a nicer dorm…..ur looking at $9k-$13k. Tuition notably doesn’t cover roam and board in the states.
Fire alarms are fairly normal as far as them going off. Had to get up too many times to count, and I only lived on campus for a semester, not even that. Typically it’s a student with a candle, or cooking, etc. Which triggers the alarms. If not already prefaced that there’s a drill, because they love doing those too here💀
The ball things are scent beads essentially an easier version of fabric softener 😂
freshman first year, sophomore second year, Junior third year, Senior, fourth year. Senior is the lat year. uniiversity of California and their various campuses ar state Universities
Both high school and college have the same terminology. Freshman is basically year zero (like it barely counts as starting college because you started trying to go to college classes while you should have still been in high school. Or if you are a freshman in high school then you should have still been in junior high aka middle school). Softmore is first year. Junior is second year. Senior is third year.
I am soooo triggered by the fire alarms. I used to live on the 15th floor of my dorms. My campus was always running fire drills, and they were never when you were in class, oh no, because they wanted to make sure everybody got their practice in. Christ, they would hit us with fire alarms at no joke, 2, 3, 4 am all the dang time and of course, you CANNOT use the elevators. They even disable them so you can't even try, so imagine, 4am, you have to wake up, put on some clothes, wipe the drool off your face because literally EVERYONE is going to see you in your pjs, and run down or zombie walk down 15 friggin flights. I had to buy a pair of tennis shoes with no backs, so I could just slide them on for all the friggin' alarm runs I had to make. And don't even try to stay in your room, RA would get you out. Even worse was after the drills which usually took about 45 minutes to complete between us and the interconnected sister dorm, since there were so many people in 15 floors on our side, and everyone trying to take the elevator back up, basically unless you wanted to wait for two more hours to catch an elevator because there were only two, you had to walk back up 15 flights of stairs. Thankfully towards the end of the semester I befriended one of the RA's who would give us heads up to the fake drills so I could already be downstairs with some snacks and fully dressed.
Sophomore is the second year in college.
Sophomore in high school is the tenth grade which the second year in high school.
Plan an exchange year in an American University. Start planning.😉. There is a University of California network in many locations in CA. Look it up.
There are 2 well known USC in America
University of Southern California in Los Angeles,CA
University of South Carolina in Columbia, Sc
the usc campus is pretty nice i think because they don’t want students walking around in the neighborhood around the university it’s infamous for being pretty unsafe lol
also tuition is like 90k a year
Sophomore year is the second year of college.
Yes, he is watching for the birds ;-) USC is an elite SoCal private university. Students staying out past 10 pm? Bad idea, good way to fail ;-((
Between the high tuition and the donations from former students, businesses, etc. -- American unis are swimming in money. They'd better look good!
Check out Michigan state University. University of Southern California is a typical college
USC is a good university but definitely not in the top 10. W e have hundreds of great Universities that are coveted yet not in the "top 10". There are just too many excellent schools across this nation to fit into a short list💖. To me USC has a normal and nice campus . Most colleges &/or Universities I've seen have nice campuses in the US. The alarm going off a lot is Not normal. Maybe some newbee student kept burning their microwave popcorn or something😂. You should see about a year abroad so you can study a year here in the US. Great video!
Almost all universities here have production classes.
In the US most college campuses are like their own little city.
Every University/College will give you a different experience with some commonalities across them all.
USC, like NYU and UCLA, has a very verygood film school, but it's not a top 10 school. Even in Los Angeles, UCLA has more highly ranked departments than USC (and IMO a more beautiful campus) but it's less posh and has fewer residential amenities than USC.
Freshman= 1st year
Sophomore=2nd year
Junior=3rd year
Senior=4th year
one thing I miss about being a teenager is being able to sleep 10 hours and wake up feeling like a million bucks.
If I slept that long now, at 40...I would wake up feeling like I was waking from the dead, like what decade is it now? why have both my arms gone numb?
This is like the rich kid school in the richest state in the US
Every fricking college campus is practically the same. It’s that pseudo-Greek style that is just there. It never changes. The only remotely modern college campus is on Roosevelt island in manhattan and that’s an ivy league school.
Most campuses look like that in the us and some are better it just depends on what state your in
She did the make-up but looked exactly the same. Did she really even need it?
My freshman year of college I had my own room, my tuition was just a little higher. I was by no means from a wealthy family I just wanted my privacy.
She did a really good job... of making college look boring af. My "Day in the Life" at Penn State would have been very different.
Sophomore is 2nd year .....in both high school or college. 3rd junior 4th seniors. Whats booshy
I love UCLAs campus. You should check that out!
I went to US college decades ago, but basically campus life and tech is much more electronic today. I saw the first use of handheld calculators and a portable manual typewriter ;-) The infiltration of cringe liberalism into STEM started 50 years ago, it is much worse now. Political activism keeps trying to ruin things ;-(
I've provided some links to day in the life videos for the university I attend in Clemson, South Carolina (Clemson University). Consider reacting to one of them or finding some others. We have a great campus! th-cam.com/video/SWeGJ2qHSok/w-d-xo.htmlsi=QQUUQZX23yPzJPWf or th-cam.com/video/g8LB4X3Y2Jw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_RktDj8FtLYMiWdL
Not a very good video! She need to show the campus more and her face less! I feel like the focus of her video is, " Look how pretty I am!"