ï»¿Local Cuisine. Today’s blog post is presented by certainly one of our admission counselors, Alejandra.

As a Los Angeles native, my favorite thing about this city is the diversity. Los Angeles is an ethnic and cultural hub that allows us to have usage of wonderful art museums, musical venues, and my personal favorite, delicious food! I am known within the office to be a food aficionado and am constantly amazed by what la as well as the local USC neighborhood has to offer in this regard.

One of my favorite USC neighborhood establishments is Mercado La Paloma (The Dove Market), a food that is mini within walking distance of campus. La Paloma features cuisines from all over the world including my two favorites, Chichen Itza, which offers food from the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, and Mo-Chica which features gourmet Peruvian meals at a reasonable price. Mo-Chica had been voted 4^th best restaurant in la by LA Magazine in 2010. This marketplace is unquestionably a gem that is hidden our community.

Every summer, once every seven days, our admission counselors have a long lunch at a regional restaurant and then explore what our community needs to offer by visiting local galleries and museums. A year ago one of the primary hits was the 23^rd Street Café that is accessible using the USC Tram. It’s a fusion of Indian-Mexican meals, with some of the most mouthwatering chicken tikka masala quesadillas.

Chano’s, a USC institution, is located a brief walk from campus. Besides the fact that it is open in to the wee hours associated with night, you are able to find some pretty good Mexican food there. Surrounding Chano’s is nearly any and each food that is fast known to man. Our office favorites include Five Guys, Free Birds, Chipotle, and Chick-Fil-A all within walking distance!

In addition to some off-campus favorites, I would like to highlight the food that is excellent we have on campus. Our new Ronald Tutor Campus Center also has lots of options for students including Panda Express, Wahoo’s Fish Taco, California Pizza Kitchen, and Carl’s Jr. Lemonade, a Los Angeles boutique café, has neighborhood and organic foods and is also one of the most readily useful food that is healthy on campus. They also have 4 different flavors of fresh lemonade each day, my being that is favorite blueberry-mint. If you’re looking for an all-you-can-eat experience, the dining halls on campus, such as for instance Parkside Residential Dining Hall, provide a number of cuisine which range from pizza to international specialties.

Recently in Los Angeles there’s been a food vehicle trend, boasting several of the most revolutionary, delicious, affordable, and quick meals around. Last we took a lunch trip to the food trucks week. In the picture you can observe us getting ready to chow down on Filipino style tacos and good old US burgers. They’re on campus daily and can be tracked through Twitter.

Well, as you can see I can speak about meals for hours on end, however I encourage you to not only experience exactly what our school has to offer on campus, but additionally get to understand our neighborhood. Who knows? Day you may run into one of us at lunch one!

When To Check Out Campus

During the next couple of months, we expect to host many prospective students and their families on campus. Although we’ve touched on the visit programs USC provides in a past we blog post, we desired to deal with it once again since many students make spring travel plans to tour college that is various.

It may seem like college applications are far, far in the distance if you are a current high school junior. Truth learn, your whole school that is high will help shape your college applications! We encourage students to start visiting campuses to shape ideas about what they do or do not want in a college since we know many high school juniors are looking ahead to life after high school. It is never too early to begin with thinking about a number of the tough concerns: Do I would like to go to college close to home or far away? Am I looking for a large or perhaps a small school? Exactly What forms of academic programs might we be interested in studying? Even as a college student if you don’t have answers to these questions yet, a campus visit will help you start to envision yourself.

You are likely waiting to hear about your admission decision if you are a current high school senior who has already applied to USC. Since all applicants that are first-year be informed of our admission decisions by April 1^st, we offer on-campus see programs specifically for admitted students throughout the thirty days of April. Extra information about these programs will be accessible in your acknowledge packet. While we hope all admitted students should be able to see campus, it is a good idea to hold back until once you have received your admission decision since we have designed programs particularly for admitted pupils and their families.