Key Dates:

Fall Semester 2008
Reporting Date: August 14
Classes Begin: August 21

USC Academic Calendars

Check in with International Programs for Students shortly after your arrival. A schedule of check-in dates and times is included with your I-20.

Arrival Assistance:
Columbia Council for Internationals (CCFI) is a non-profit, volunteer organization of people who provide hospitality and special programs for international students and scholars in the Columbia community. CCFI provides arrival assistance by meeting new students at the Columbia airport. An application for arrival assistance is available online.

If you would like a CCFI volunteer to meet you at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport, please complete and submit the application at least ten days before your arrival. If you change your flight schedule, please FAX your new itinerary to CCFI at (803) 777-0462. Arrival assistance is not available from Charlotte or Atlanta.

Temporary housing at the Bates House (an on-campus residence hall) is available the week before campus residence halls officially open for the fall semester. If you are arriving at USC for any other semester, you may make arrangements with a local hotel:

The hotels listed below have special rates for USC students (you must state that you are a USC student when making reservations to get these rates:

• Holiday Inn*
  803-799-7800
  630 Assembly St.
  Columbia 29201
  
  
• Best Western
  803-779-7790
  1301 Main St.
  Columbia 29201
  
  
• Clarion Town House*
  803-771-8711
  1615 Gervais St.
  Columbia 29201
  
  
• Hotel Columbia*
  803-771-7000
  1200 Hampton St.
  Columbia 29201
  

USC & Columbia

Funding Your USC Education

Your I-20

Your DS-2019

Financial Certification

The Visa Process

Forms

Arrival Information

Housing 

Frequently Asked Questions

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