Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming to USF

If you know you'll get tired of eating the same thing, pick the smallest meal plan and eat off campus the rest of the time.

USF is a Jesuit Catholic school.

Greek life has little presence on campus.

That smell in your dorm room will go away.

That smell in the dorm hallway won't go away.

Get to know your advisor, and try to keep them throughout your entire college career.

USF uses the four-unit system (each course worth four units instead of the usual three) meaning you will take a smaller number of more intense classes. This makes transferring credits difficult for students changing universities.

You have to take writing and public speaking, no matter what your major is.

Most professors have a strict attendance policy.