USC students are converging on campus, a good many for the first time, and now is a good time to numerically illustrate what's going on. Somewhere among all these numbers are business opportunities still to be found by students and by Columbians.

7,375

The number of undergraduates who will live on campus in residence halls and Greek Village houses.

450

The number of graduate students who will live on campus.

3,850

Estimated number of freshman.

94

The percentage of freshmen who will live on campus.

321

Number of freshmen entering the S.C. Honors College.

537

Number of beds in the new Honors residences building.

499

Number of freshmen in the Capstone Scholars Program.

2,100

Undergraduates who live in the 18 special living and learning communities on campus, such as West Quad, Preston Residential College, and the French House.

6,800

The largest number of books - up from 6,400 in 2008 and 5,800 in 2007 - ever prepackaged by the Russell House University Bookstore for the students to pick up.

90,000

Number of meals prepared each week at the Russell House University Union.

65,000

Number of pizzas that the university's Pizza Hut and Pandini restaurant serve each year.

183,271

The average number of pieces of first- class mail that the university's postal services will handle each month with the return of the students.

50,920 The number of parcels delivered at the Student Mail Center during the course of the school year.

100,000

The estimated number of feet of computer patch cord (ethernet cable) that will be run in student residence halls.

12.2

The tons of cardboard collected and recycled during move- in weekend, August 14- 15.

800

Tons of material recycled by the university in 2008.

54

Percentage of females in this year's freshman class.

41 & 19

The number of states and countries represented by this year's freshman class.

141

Number of student athletes in the freshman class.

775

Students who studied abroad last year.

4,688 Number of rooms in the university's 24 residence halls and 20 Greek houses.

349

Number of registered student organizations.

10,000

Number of flu preparedness packages distributed during move- in and Welcome Week.

24,000

Number of Band- Aids and other medical bandages given out each year at the Thomason Student Health Center.

12,000

Issues of The Daily

Gamecock delivered on campus each weekday.

9,164

The number of parents who are registered for the Parents Association.

113

Number of countries represented by international students.

$500,000

Money raised for charity last year by sororities and fraternities.

60,000

Number of service hours performed by fraternity and sorority members last year.