There’s no arguing that The University of South Carolina is the best college out there. However, even the most seemingly perfect things have a few flaws. Here are the top 10 things that students at the University of South Carolina love to hate.
1. Squirrels
Here at USC, these common woodland creatures seem to have no fear of people, and as a result are a little too courageous for comfort. You’re lying if you say you’ve never changed paths because there was a squirrel staring at you, and honestly you’re just waiting for this to happen
2. Bricks
Fact: You’re not officially a USC student until you’ve ate it in front of a crowd of people while walking through the horseshoe. Any kind of day you’re having — good or bad — tripping on the bricks will make it 10 times worse. The good news is, everyone’s done it. So, when you do fall, bring out your inner J-Law, and rock it
3. Trains
The city of Columbia is surrounded by train tracks. But the good news is, they are only a slight inconvenience. For example, they only seem to be passing through at a speed of 5 miles per hour when you’re running late to class, and you’re just sitting in your car like
4.The Humidity
A big shout out to Columbia for being the hottest city in South Carolina—the freshman 15 doesn’t exist here, because we sweat it all off walking to and from classes in our cement paradise.
5. People passing out flyers
It’s not that we hate the people on Greene Street passing out flyers—they’re just doing your job. However, continually finding copies of the Ten Commandments in your backpack starts to get old. You can tell the upperclassmen from the freshmen by our superior dodging abilities so as to avoid any solicitors, walking down Greene Street like
6. USC PD
Again, we understand they’re doing the best they can at their job. Still, arresting the people that are robbing students at gunpoint should be a slightly higher priority than arresting the girl stumbling around Five Points with her wedges in her hand. We’re just saying.
7. Parking Services
If you’re lucky enough to find a parking spot that’s less than a ten-minute walk to your class, no promises you won’t get multiple parking tickets if your meter runs out. USC then made the problem even worse by over-selling garage spots AND building a dorm in the coliseum lots.
8.The School Wi-Fi
The only thing harder than finding a parking spot on campus is trying to get a good Wi-Fi connection. We all know how frustrating it can be to have poor Wi-Fi connection while desperately trying to get a football ticket during the on demand period, trying to submit a blackboard quiz minutes before it closes, or when you’re trying to scroll through Pinterest during class.
9. Clemson
If you don’t hate Clemson do you even really go here?
10. The University of Georgia
UGA is our biggest SEC rival and always one of the craziest game days of the year. But maybe I should just generalize this one to “any team that plays against us during football season” because even though we may complain about a lot of things, there’s nothing we love more than being a Gamecock.