University of South Carolina
English: The University of South Carolina Greek Vi...
An 1872 illustration of the Horseshoe, USC's origi...Legally working; prom is coming up; permits are a thing of the past... junior year is here! In fact, it's almost over. In the third trimester of junior year, all the juniors have to do is get through their last set of classes and then it's the easy homestretch through senior year. Nothing to worry about, right? WRONG! Junior year is an important step in heading in the right direction for a student's future life. Much of the beginning phases of post-high school planning should preferably begin sometime in junior year, and it doesn't stop until they are finally where they want and should be. With so many options and roads to take, students may become overwhelmed by their innumerable opportunities. Choosing the wrong one could potentially spell disaster in the long run. For the past three weeks, I have closely compared two closely related options: attending the University of Oregon and attending the University of South Carolina at Columbia. For my future, I am hoping to trek down the track that ends somewhere in the science/technology field. So based on the unique qualities that one school excels at over the other, with regards to myself, I am convinced that the University of South Carolina is a better university for me to attend than the University of Oregon.
The University of South Carolina (USC) was founded in 1801, and is a public school serving the entire state of Carolina (Profiles of American Colleges, p1348). USC's entire campus measures 351 acres and is located in an urban area in the downtown area of
Columbia. USC has a total of 151 buildings in its campus, including residence halls and special learning facilities such as a learning resource center, art gallery, natural history museum, planetarium, and even its own radio station...