Explore
Discover who you are, realize your purpose and find ways to live out your values, ethics and beliefs.
Residential Experience
Choose Your Experience
When you live with Clemson Home, you’re getting a full residential experience on campus. You’ll have constant opportunities to engage with other residents, build friendships, participate in new activities, explore your new Clemson Home and have fun!
With Clemson Home, you get to choose your residential experience through either a Living-Learning Community, our general first-year experience or a Bridge community (if you are a Bridge to Clemson student).
The Residential Experience
We offer events, personalized conversations, resources and social activities on a regular basis to help you adjust to life on campus, promote learning and growth, and find ways to enjoy your time in Tigertown!
The Residential Experience Model (REM) is designed to help you explore who you are, connect with others, engage intellectually and lead as a global citizen. These learning goals guide all our residential experiences whether you’re in an LLC, a first-year community, Bridge community or a continuing community. Our staff are trained to guide you through experiences that will promote growth in each of our four learning goals throughout the year.
Connect
Connect with members of the diverse Clemson Family in meaningful ways and be able to have positive interactions.
Engage
Become a lifelong learner as you discover on-campus resources and find new ways to solve problems.
Lead
Find ways you can be a leader as you start to recognize issues on campus and in society in which you can get involved.
Living-Learning Communities
A Living-Learning Community (LLC) allows you to pick your community rather than a building. We offer a wide selection of LLCs focused on a variety of topics.
Check out our LLC page for a full list of available communities.
First-Year Experience
Our first-year residential experience offers general programs, activities and learning opportunities designed to help you settle in and thrive at Clemson. Living-Learning Communities (LLCs) provide a deeper focus on a specific academic or interest area, while the broader first-year experience outside of LLCs offers more general programs, events and engagement opportunities.
Can I pick both an LLC and a first-year community?
Not exactly. LLCs are located within specific residential communities, so while you will experience both the LLC and the overall first-year experience, you cannot choose both an LLC and a separate, specific building outside of it. LLC locations are intentionally selected to provide amenities and environments that best support the community’s focus. If you join an LLC, you may choose a specific space within the area designated for that LLC but not a space outside of it.
Regardless of where you live, you can still participate in general first-year programs and activities—just like any other student.
Bridge Experience
Students admitted into the Bridge to Clemson program are required to live on Clemson’s campus in our Bridge to Clemson Communities at Thornhill Village, Lightsey Bridge I and Lightsey Bridge II.
Bridge to Clemson residents enjoy Bridge-specific programs, activities and events, as well as easy access to transportation to and from the Tri-County campus.
