#USC (2022-2023)

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timid forge
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r u indian

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me too

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based on ur name

gleaming saffron
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yea 😭

timid forge
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nah lol

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theyre not good

timid forge
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whats ur major

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for usc

gleaming saffron
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this is the second school where they only accept or defer EA

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and i have georgetown ptsd

timid forge
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lol gtown

gleaming saffron
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cuz i dont even know whether i was close or not

timid forge
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at least u wont be going to class w rats

gleaming saffron
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lmao 💀

timid forge
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🤣

gleaming saffron
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in majoring in either bio or biochem

crisp halo
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this is also the first year usc has done ea

gleaming saffron
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yes

timid forge
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ah nice

timid forge
crisp halo
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so its hard to say acceptance rates

gleaming saffron
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wbu

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major?

timid forge
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human biology, premed

gleaming saffron
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respect, im premed too

timid forge
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nice 🤝

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gtown kinda mid for that

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youll get into a better school

gleaming saffron
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i hope they overlook my 91s in ap bio and ap calc bc

gleaming saffron
timid forge
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they will

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those r good

echo vortex
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if i get deferred will i be able to submit an additional letter of rec

gleaming saffron
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i didnt even do rec lettesr

timid forge
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??

gleaming saffron
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i didnt think we were supposede to

timid forge
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it was required

gleaming saffron
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o wait

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lemme check

timid forge
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yeah

gleaming saffron
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thought it was optional for some reason

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i did my counselor rec letter

timid forge
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ohh nvm

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it is

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youre good

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😅 i got scared for a sec

gleaming saffron
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samne

old gust
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@crisp halo should I email the AO before I tell my recommenders to email?

lofty anchor
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@crisp halo

gleaming saffron
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im still getting deferred

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lmao

lofty anchor
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How did you get ur position?

timid forge
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same

lofty anchor
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It seems so cool that you can be a staff member as a sophomore

crisp halo
crisp halo
lofty anchor
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They better pay you will

crisp halo
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haha its minimum wage (16.04 in cali) but during the summer/breaks i work 40 hour weeks

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so it adds up!

old gust
crisp halo
old gust
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Ok hope I get in🤞

lofty anchor
crisp halo
crisp halo
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its bc cost of living is so high lmao

runic drum
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It’s on the Instagram

twilit citrus
brisk orbit
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WOOO 3 days early! nice!

old gust
old gust
stone spoke
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Woke up to USC releasing 3 days early

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@crisp halo do uk the approx time when it will be out?

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like pst morning or pst evening?

lethal oracle
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assume evening

crisp halo
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yes

crisp halo
stone spoke
crisp halo
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bc california school

stone spoke
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6 30 am ist 😂

crisp halo
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the official answer will just be "by 5pm PST"

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it'll happen randomly

mortal girder
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I have to get up at 4am EST the next day 💀

runic drum
old gust
old gust
crisp halo
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but there is a decent sized population of transfer students

old gust
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Yeah, because most of the usc students I know we're transfers

crisp halo
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yeah USC is one of the biggest schools that LOVE transfers

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about 23% of the pop is transfers

old gust
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Wow thats good

crisp halo
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mhm

lusty urchin
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Yeah, they posted it on their admissions insta account as well

runic drum
eager fossil
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does anyone know if they’ll release awards with the ea decision?

lethal oracle
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Doubt

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USC FAST on my end is still in review

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More than likely the heavy lifting is being saved till they have a full class shaped

night sandal
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whens usc come out?

twilit citrus
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20th

night sandal
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sheesh

twilit citrus
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for ea

night sandal
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abt to get my first rejection💀

twilit citrus
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actually, no

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apparently

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it's only deferrals or acceptances

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they want to make that RD acceptance rate even lower

night sandal
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then second deferrals💀

twilit citrus
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True, but you'd still be chosen over about 90% of other applicants

lusty urchin
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if you get deferred to rd, do you have a better chance of being accepted?

lethal oracle
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compared to RD only apps sure

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but compared to the chances u had in EA worse

brisk orbit
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most schools state they do not waitlist after a deferral, not sure if usc is one of them.

wintry cosmos
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by awards do u guys mean merit based schols?

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or fin aid?

brisk orbit
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merit based

wintry cosmos
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ah ok

brisk orbit
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fin aid might still take a bit too. it might not be given when decisions are released either

wintry cosmos
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i think they reach out to interview u for merit based once u get accepted right?

brisk orbit
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not sure, i havent heard about it

twilit citrus
lethal oracle
brisk orbit
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I mean not necessarily. They could still just reject. I’m pretty sure it’s common practice for schools in the US to make a final decision in the Rd round after deferring.

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But you could be right since they do have a lot of deferrals

native agate
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Does USC send emails to potential scholarship winners?

lethal oracle
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no u have to guess

astral vortex
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!usc

gleaming saffron
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!chance usc

weak walrus
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yikes

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i might just sage updates for when i get deferred then

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i was gonna email w smth but if they are basically finalized idk if itll be looked at now

autumn silo
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Lmaooo they come out the day after my mock baccalaureate exam test, it's either gonna be the best or worst two days of my life

thin hill
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Wait I’ll find the article I read on it- just wondering bc it’s not official or anything

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But it was written by a student (I guess) and I haven’t seen anything else about it

spring sphinx
autumn silo
twilit citrus
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I'm trying to figure out if USC likes NMF or is pickier about them. For one, they wouldn't offer a 1/2 tuition scholarship if they didn't want them, but maybe that's only to take the really good NMF, not just any that applied to USC

modest mural
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I mean, I'd hope there isn't a cap on the number of nmf they accept

weary mesa
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God bless USC for the 1/15 deadline

thin hill
stone spoke
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for scholarship

steep elk
reef slate
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lol its my dads birthday

weary mesa
wanton juniper
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does anyone know why the fafsa is still there i filled it out a long time ago. also what are the last two things how do i fill those out

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if its there it doesn't mean that i haven't done it yet or it does?

weary mesa
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Check the received docs, if fafsa is there youre all set

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Also i think the bottom two are idoc stuff

rocky turret
timid forge
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would you ever cheat on your gf

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oh wrong chat

twilit citrus
rocky turret
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Ty !!

twilit citrus
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Np

wanton juniper
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even though i did fafsa a while back and just checked and usc is added to that

weary mesa
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Post in fin aid

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Ry can probably help

daring citrus
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If I don't do the Financial aid stuff does it affect the decision

gleaming saffron
daring citrus
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lol

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fellow procrastinator

weary mesa
daring citrus
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thx

inland garnet
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hi, does usc allow self reporting?

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no, right?

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j wanna confirm

brisk orbit
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yes

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WAIT NO

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ahhhh u needed official test scores!!!???

neat shadow
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oh hell nah

shell dust
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are you guys sure?

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brisk orbit
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wait i remember uploading a PDF of my score report

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i thought that was good enough

chilly heart
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same

brisk orbit
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since it was a checkmark

neat shadow
shell dust
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as long as you send a PDF, score reporting can be self reported innit

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ya all gave me a mini heart attack until I checked my portal to confirm

brisk orbit
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their forum says this tho

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sigh, decisions are pretty much already made at this point anyways. they better have accepted the PDF of the score report

shell dust
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Hey, if anything they are the ones who marked my score report as: ✅ on my portal shrug

brisk orbit
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and from the looks of it, most applicants also just uploaded the score report, so it should be sufficient

night sandal
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i did both but usc always fucked up this shit

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especially with those stupid faid forms

wintry cosmos
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Im pretty sure I read it somewhere

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Even I uploaded my score report

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So did a lot of other applicants

lethal oracle
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you can upload score reports

stone spoke
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yeah

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i did the same

twilit citrus
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I asked admissions about this bc it was unclear

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So you have to upload a full score report from the college board but it need not be officially sent. Just send through the portal

stone spoke
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yeah thats what i did

brisk orbit
twilit citrus
brisk orbit
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what state are you in

twilit citrus
brisk orbit
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oh i see. im in washington lol

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wait no, no i got it. she's got the 'w' states

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;)

twilit citrus
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All 5 Wyoming applicants lmao

gleaming saffron
gleaming saffron
daring citrus
fast escarp
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Does usc need official test scores

night sandal
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no

fast escarp
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Awesome thanks

mortal girder
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Wait what/

slim bluff
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idk but i did send in the official ones

ripe rapids
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they dont need official scores

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you can send a pdf file of the sat score on the website

old gust
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Some schools don’t even look at it right?

steep elk
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after careful consideration, i regret to inform you all that i will NOT be applying to USC.

weary mesa
steep elk
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Yes

weary mesa
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Im just curious if you’d even go anywhere over Harvard bc i feel like most ppl wouldnt 😭

steep elk
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I wouldn’t

gleaming saffron
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bruh

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then why even carefully consider

steep elk
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because I was debating whether I should apply or not for the past day or two

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Yes, I know I’m weird

frail marsh
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anyone feel like destroying me and giving feedback on my USC essays?

lofty anchor
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(I won’t destroy u tho I bet they’re good)

gleaming saffron
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im down

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I alr submitted (EA)

frail marsh
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perfectttttt

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i'll pm

twilit citrus
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I'm kinda mad I had to apply to USC EA

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my essay just wasn't that good

green jewel
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I HATE my dornsife essay

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like literally my least favorite supplement out of all my schools

twilit citrus
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Does Dornsife have an additional essay? Or is it just that same academic interest one that I did for Marshall

green jewel
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If you had ten minutes and the attention of a million people, what would your talk be about? (250 words)

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like what’s ur ted talk basically 😭

weary mesa
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Thats a fire prompt

night sandal
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my dornsife essay

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is the worst of all te

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time

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💀

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idk why i applied ea

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its so bad

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whats the defer to accept rate for usc

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if its above 10% i migjt have a chance to get admitted in rd💀

livid crypt
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usc didnt have ea before so no one knows

green jewel
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cant believe how close we are to decisions tbh

wooden dome
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idt its confirmed yet tho

twilit citrus
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It's suggested by the language of the website

twilit citrus
wooden dome
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ah

twilit citrus
# night sandal whats the defer to accept rate for usc

They say they expect EA and RD to be roughly equal. Maybe 12-15% EA and 9% RD acceptance rates, or they could err on the side of accepting more RD because they could still choose any students they deferred. It's their first year of doing this so they'll be cautious I assume

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80%+ will be deferred EA

spring sphinx
livid crypt
twilit citrus
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They haven't said anything. Only that they expect EA and RD to be similarly selective

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I'd be very glad to be wrong on that tho 🙃

livid crypt
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I believe it's gonna be about 20-25% :P

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source is the admissions center lol, i asked them a while back

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no hard number but that's what they're going for

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oh wait sorry i wrote that badly

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it's 20-25% of their incoming class

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but i have no idea how many apps they got so i dont know the actual predicated acceptance rate

twilit citrus
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This is the only thing official about it

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But it's from September before they had any applications in hand

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Most schools trend a few percent higher acceptance rate for EA but have a more competitive EA applicant pool, and I wouldn't expect usc to be any different

livid crypt
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yeah i suppose

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do most schools lock merit to early action though?

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scholarships

twilit citrus
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Yeah it's pretty common

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Tulane, USC, BU, UMiami

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Vanderbilt has a Dec 1 deadline for scholarships

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And I'm sure many others are similar

livid crypt
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hmm

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so the theory im going off of for the 20-25% number is that usc always has merit aid within that range

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the number of students on scholarship never exceed that range

twilit citrus
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It's about 25% of enrolled students have merit scholarships iirc

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But it's gonna be a lower percent of accepted students. Because students who get scholarships are more likely to attend

livid crypt
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yeah

twilit citrus
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It should be in the 10-20% acceptance rate range, and I expect on the lower end of that, but we'll see come the 20th

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Did you apply ea?

livid crypt
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I attend the school

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I applied before they had EA though

twilit citrus
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Oh cool. I toured a couple months ago and I really liked it

livid crypt
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That’s nice to hear, I always hear of people not wanting to visit the school because of its location

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But it’s not that bad

twilit citrus
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Ehh south LA could be better, and LA in general, but campus itself is fine was the sense I got

livid crypt
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Yeah, I always feel fine on campus

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I appreciate how it feels large but not massive, like everything is in walkable distance

twilit citrus
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I liked the size for sure. And there's a Trader Joe's on campus!

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Hard to beat that imo

livid crypt
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Yup!

thin hill
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Guys I applied to Marshall with second major choice being dornsife but I don’t have the option to write the dornsife essay, is this a mistake?

spring sphinx
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nah

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was the same for me

karmic robin
native agate
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for usc scholarships, do they send you an email, like umiami, letting you know that you have been selected, or do they let you know only once the decisions are out?

stone spoke
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After decision

vivid dagger
stone spoke
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no if u applied by nov 1 u r considered autommtically

vivid dagger
novel verge
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JAN 20 IS THE DAY STAY STRONG KINGS

astral vortex
novel verge
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nope

astral vortex
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oh

novel verge
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usc ea is coming on the 20th

astral vortex
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wow it's earlier

novel verge
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yah

astral vortex
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cool

novel verge
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praying hard they pull through but apparently they got 45k ea apps

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sounds reasonable since everyone and their mom did usc ea

astral vortex
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yeah but tbf u don't get rejecyed

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so it won't be that bad

novel verge
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everyone gets deferred ☠️

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ultimate acceptance rate artifical abuse

astral vortex
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fr

vivid dagger
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I’m only going to USC if I get really substantial merit aid

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If not, I’m going to my state flagship

shell dust
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i.e.?

brisk orbit
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Inb4 Georgia tech

mortal girder
vivid dagger
hasty magnet
night sandal
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fuck

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is today the last day

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for faid

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early action applicants?

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damn i need to file those stuff

signal patrol
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too late to apply usc rd?

lofty anchor
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U have a few days

signal patrol
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wow everyone's here

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😭

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yeah i just got done w exams and had 5 days

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so y not

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when does rd come out then?

lofty anchor
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End of march typically

signal patrol
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april 1 💀

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its alright i think i'll do it

thin hill
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April 1 is gonna be such a rough day holy shit I’ve got like 7 schools coming out 😭

young notch
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imagine u get in and the next day they mail u saying april fools mf

signal patrol
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naa man

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id say fuck u

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i wasnt coming to usc anyway

mortal girder
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I'd deadass sue them

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Idk for what

young notch
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playing with ur heart

brisk orbit
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Emotional distress

manic vine
night sandal
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how fucked am i if i didn't submit my faid before deadline

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💀

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am i still eligible

brisk orbit
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No

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it won’t affect your decision but you won’t be eligible for financial aid

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I guess it can’t hurt to still email the finaid office and ask

night sandal
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i couldn't get in touch with my non custdoial parent

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the only thing missing is the css profile non custodial parent one

brisk orbit
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Email their finaid and let them know

thin hill
weary mesa
brisk orbit
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mk. tbf they’ve given plenty of time tho so I wouldn’t surprised if they were stingy about it

warped pasture
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did anybody else get the text from a usc admission person telling me to submit my app? idk how they got my number lol

hasty magnet
weary mesa
brisk orbit
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Don’t remember, I thought it was Jan 9 tho

weary mesa
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we good

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weary mesa
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??? what

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i dont think a likely letter before applying is possible lmao

warped pasture
hasty magnet
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yea it is

lethal oracle
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dude people believe anything they read here

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its crazy

shell dust
lethal oracle
shell dust
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I have never had a chance to experience the product sex that your company offers.

lethal oracle
shell dust
weary mesa
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idk, the things u see out there...

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nah ive seen wildd things in this server and on the subreddit lmao

eager knoll
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anyone who has gone to USC. any advice for the grandchallenge?

spring sphinx
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write about sum that matches with your experiences ig

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thats what i did

weak walrus
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i was looking at the first year profile

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and i applied to one of the 2 majors under keck med school

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since they seemed cool

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does usc admit by major?

spring sphinx
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i think? not viterbi though

weak walrus
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cuz only 1% of students are in a degree under keck, but i csnt tell if its bcuz its uber selective or just really unknown

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i feel the latter because most pre-med would major at dornsife

hasty magnet
weak walrus
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1% of total students is so low

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thats like 300 kids max

hasty magnet
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e.g. cs and biomed engineering have the same acceptance rate since they’re both in vitrebi

weak walrus
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i thought a premed major under the med school would be a bit more popular with premeds 😭

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although tbh the only reason i did it over dornsife was bcuz they seemed similar and i had no time to do the dorsnife essay

hasty magnet
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not everyone who is premed ends up going to mrs school making your premed major useless

weak walrus
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yep ig

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well hopefully since the program is so small its acceptance rate is higher

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since not as popular

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wish they released stats per school

hasty magnet
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yea me too

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a lot of schools should release stats for admission by school

echo vortex
brisk orbit
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how do schools that admit by school ensure their classes are filled reasonably? I mean what if certain professors’ classes don’t get filled due to not enough majors for that class

hasty magnet
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at the vitrebi info session they said they would like to enroll 410 first years😵‍💫🫣

mortal girder
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So they can admit between 850 and 900 students if the yield rate for USC overall is the same for Viterbi

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Holy fuck

hasty magnet
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it wouldn’t matter what major you apply under for vitrebi

weak walrus
lethal oracle
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💪

brisk orbit
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I thought this was acceptance rate for a sec LMAO

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like PLS 40% acceptance rate for Dornsife 🙏

eager knoll
brisk orbit
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no

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Program distribution

hexed estuary
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fr USC portal has terrible accessibility

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there is no highlight when you use keyboard navigation

wintry cosmos
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yo question

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i applied to the comp sci + business admin major

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it comes under viterbi

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but from what i've heard, for finance placements and recruiting, marshall has more prestige

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but since my major also comes in business admin, do u guys think it'll be a problem with recruiting later

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i'm considering switching to only marshall if i get in

lethal oracle
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CSBA gives you both Marshall and Viterbi

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they know that

brisk orbit
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Prob not. The USC name carries most of the weight anyways

wintry cosmos
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aight perfect

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thanks guys

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btw is CSBA much more competitive?

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compared to just BA in marshall

lethal oracle
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idk

minor venture
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when does ea come out

twilit citrus
minor venture
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whaaaaaa

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putting my panic pants on

brisk orbit
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panic pants

misty cedar
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yall

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spoke with Ms. Julie Chiu

spring sphinx
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no emails?

lethal oracle
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we know

misty cedar
lethal oracle
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yea ur b

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repeating pre-existing info

chilly heart
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He is trying to help

lethal oracle
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elpaco you're not familiar w my presence on this server so i'll be kind

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im supposed to instigate everywhere

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that is my purpose

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so go back to fuckin grandmas

chilly heart
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I’ll go back to fucking your mom

lethal oracle
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bet

timid forge
lethal oracle
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💀💀💀

south ruin
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Is anyone here in usc (even better if marshall)

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Do yall have any cool traditions?

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Adding last mins stuff lol 😂

lethal oracle
scenic stone
south ruin
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Ah

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Boats 🛶

pulsar bobcat
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varsity blues

gleaming saffron
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lmao😭💀💀

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one week everyone

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how we doin

misty cedar
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Having trouble existing at this point

autumn silo
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Well I got into a good college for cs to im not THAT stressed anymore

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but i mean, it's USC so im not getting my hopes up lmao

harsh quarry
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I've been preparing myself for the rejection letter for months

autumn silo
harsh quarry
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Sorry lol I was typing it and then I got distracted

autumn silo
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dw lmao dont apologize 😭

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fr now i believe I can get in, someone accepted me so anything can happen guuys

harsh quarry
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I didn't get into purdue cs so no shot I get into viterbi but hopefully I can get into computational math

autumn silo
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bro dw fr, one rejection doesnt mean shit nowadays

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plus isnt purdue hyper selective?

harsh quarry
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I think so I just figured usc was even more selective

autumn silo
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and so? I mean it's lottery as this point so say you qualify, now that purdue rejected u, your odds for USC are greater

harsh quarry
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for purdue or usc?

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yea purdue i did applied math (got accepted to that) and usc my 1st major is cs, 2nd is computational math

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i was gonna do comp math 1st but i couldnt figure out the dornisife essay

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yea im hoping if i go there i can at least minor in cs or something bc i enjoy cs more than math

stiff flare
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is it 20th jan?

eager fossil
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yes

stiff flare
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well

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damn

crisp halo
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good luck yall!!!

weak walrus
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It’s a big week coming up and students and parents alike will be on pins and needles.

There will be a elation for a very few (around 2k), but for many more, there will be disappointment and angst (43k in this first round) that is a natural part of the process. We will see both next week. There are those that will get in, but won’t get merit or finanical aid, so won’t be able to attend. For some, the acceptance process is a clear ride, for others (most), it is full of emotional ups and downs. For those deferred, the thought they have to go through the acceptance cycle again can be mentally exhausting. March/April can be a roller coaster no matter the news. Even though mine got into USC and all ended well, the process had moments of pure torture. So prepare for this by knowing you (or your student) are going to college somewhere, and whether USC or not, new friends and experiences await. Wherever it is, commit to bring your own special magic. You determine your future, don’t let disppointment from any college define it.

Whether next week or in March, if things don’t go your way, it’s ok (and expected) to be sad, or be pissed and even jealous, but by the time a day to two passes - or set a deadline of by the end of the weekend - commit to shake it off best you can and committ to love the one that loves you in the end. Get your head to the place, “if they don’t want me, I don’t want them.” Just know your special place is out there - because you will make it special. Rise up over rejection. Do great things to make it USC’s loss.

For years, I have always been encouraged by how supportive the posters are on the USC pages here (compared to some other sites). If you are struggling in this process, please talk to someone, even on a random site like this, find people to support you. They are out there, and we are here.

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Please don’t let the numbers game of college admissions define you. Don’t let any school make you think you are not awesome. Especially a college that simply doesn’t have enough space for your awesomeness. It’s not you, it’s them. Regardless of the outcome, FIGHT ON

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saw this on a forum

brisk orbit
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where did the 45k apps for ea come from

weak walrus
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they announced it

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45k ea with only 20-25% of their average admitted class offered admission during ea, so approx 2ishk

brisk orbit
weak walrus
lethal oracle
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holy shit????????

brisk orbit
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did they also announce they will still admit only 20-25% of their class? since i think they came up with that before they received all the apps, but that mightve changed once they realized they got like 60% of their expected total apps in ea

weak walrus
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no

mortal girder
weak walrus
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even last year for scholarship deadline they got 40k apps

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its pretty normal

weak walrus
lethal oracle
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5%

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math

weak walrus
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yeah for this ea its expected to be around that based on what theyve said

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and no rejects, only defers

lethal oracle
brisk orbit
weak walrus
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its from a source lol

brisk orbit
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that references a tweet that says they "heard"

mortal girder
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Wait I was misunderstanding the data in the post

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Mb

brisk orbit
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basically, someone read a tweet by someone that heard

lethal oracle
weak walrus
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the tweet is by a former dean of admissions

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and they had 40k last year jsut by schoalrship deadline, makes sense that 45k for ea?

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why doubt so much 😭

brisk orbit
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not at usc tho 💀

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did usc project 45k for ea

brisk orbit
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what's the point of making an ea when the acceptance rate is so low 😭

lethal oracle
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the whole point of EA is early response not higher acceptance

weak walrus
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yeah

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and for the school, it helps deflate their acc rate sometimes 💀

brisk orbit
lethal oracle
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would you rather a hard reject?

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they can do that too

weak walrus
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lmao

lethal oracle
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they gave you a second chance take it

brisk orbit
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that way a deferral actually means something

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like yale

lethal oracle
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i have no idea what you just said

brisk orbit
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i have no idea why

mortal girder
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If you get deferred that doesn’t mean anything. At some schools deferral is a positive indicator for RD

brisk orbit
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^this if it helps in different words

lethal oracle
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look in the end the whole point of EA was early response USCs EA wasn't for us

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it was for them

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they just bumped their scholarship deadline back by a month so they could have more time

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then called it EA

brisk orbit
# lethal oracle it does

that way a deferral actually means something
vs
If you get deferred that doesn’t mean anything.
sure np

brisk orbit
lethal oracle
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ok

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im sure USC cares so much about your opinion

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USC the private company

brisk orbit
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yea thats why i posted my opinion on a discord

lethal oracle
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A2C the private non-profit

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also does not care

brisk orbit
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a2c is community for people to chat lol. i dont think u need to refer to it as "non-profit"

lethal oracle
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you do

brisk orbit
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nor private, which it clearly isn't

lethal oracle
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they take donations

lethal oracle
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its owned by a private individual

brisk orbit
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who cares who it's owned by

lethal oracle
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god does

brisk orbit
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or that it takes donations tho

lethal oracle
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IRS doews

brisk orbit
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does the irs care about my usc opinion

lethal oracle
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yes

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we do

brisk orbit
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yay

stiff flare
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2K

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OUT OF

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45 K

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ARE THEY DUMB

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2K ONly?

gleaming saffron
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there's no way

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are we sure this is right

stiff flare
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WHAT A POMPOUS ASS FUCKING SCHOOL

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DOESNT GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS

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ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN AMERICA FOR INTERNATIONALS

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AND THEY TAKE ONLY 2K

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ARE THEY DUMB

night sandal
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its USC

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what can you expect

stiff flare
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im not going there anyway

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amherst and purdue came through

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aint nobody paying 86k PER YEAR

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lmao

twilit citrus
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I highly doubt 45k apps for EA given how everything else is mostly stable since last year, but 30-40k seems reasonable. With so many apps, they may choose to take a larger percent of the class EA. Should be ~10% acceptance rate given they said RD and EA should be roughly equally competitive. But I don't know anything for sure either...

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About 20% of USC students have merit scholarships, so that would mean more than half of the admitted EA students would have to be selected for scholarships

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Unless the NMF scholarships aren't bound by this EA deadline

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Well whatever we'll find out come January 20

lethal oracle
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yall on jan 20^

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me on jan 20^

twilit citrus
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USC is my only EA school that I particularly care about 😪

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Unless I got rejected from my safeties

stiff flare
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USC is the only ea school I don’t care abt bro lmao

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I ain’t paying that much bro

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No way

sweet bramble
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And they don’t rly give aid 💀

lethal oracle
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30k aid in npc wym

stone spoke
tiny oar
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do we have a time on the 20th decision date

empty silo
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around 5 pm pst historically?

south ruin
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u mean 1 day?

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wow this chat is active lol

karmic robin
south ruin
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ive been gone for 24 hours and bam so many dms

south ruin
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icic lol

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didnt have time to do usc EA

royal wind
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Really scared for the decision

karmic robin
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same fr

south ruin
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its foine if they dont accept yall

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we can cry tgt

karmic robin
south ruin
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marshall lesgo

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specifically

karmic robin
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ohh same

south ruin
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i cant rmb lol

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some kinda business

karmic robin
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fair

south ruin
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i literally applied to all the good business schools lol

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or psych

karmic robin
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Yeah I've applied to a lot of biz schools as well

south ruin
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ye bus gang

thin hill
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Guys is the deadline tomorrow

south ruin
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yessir

thin hill
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Roughhh

thin hill
south ruin
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no worries

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just finished my essay lol

wintry cosmos
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because they didn't offer EA before this cycle afaik?

timid forge
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EA comes out tmr right

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Oh 20th nvm I am blind

timid forge
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USC SUS

tired ferry
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any ea people receive the rd financial aid deadline email?

gleaming saffron
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😭

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hoping it means nothing

tired ferry
gleaming saffron
gleaming saffron
timid forge
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Lmao

lime salmon
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follow my advice

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and u will get in

mortal girder
lime salmon
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my answers for the short answers were everywhereeeee

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shit did not make any sense

twilit citrus
timid forge
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what are my chances?

lime salmon
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100%

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I love it

timid forge
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sheesh

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thanks benz!

timid forge
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☠️

timid forge
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i didnt go to USC yet

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are they asking what I would do there?

lime salmon
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Wtf

charred laurel
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if ur applying to the college of engineering, what NAE Grand Challenge did you choose?

lethal oracle
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reverse engineer the brain

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give me those brain mods

ionic pine
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Y’all know if they allow self-report?

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Finding conflicting info online lmao their FAQ in undergrad says official but another official QA said you don’t have to send until admitted

lime salmon
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USC is only self report

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Via the common app

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iirc

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If u decide to enroll, only then do they want ur official transcripts

ionic pine
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For sats as well?

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My school automatically sends official ones so I’m chilling on that end

twilit citrus
# ionic pine For sats as well?

I emailed my AO and confirmed you can self report. But they asked for an upload of the actual score report and not just the number itself. So I just uploaded it through the portal

mortal girder
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Yeah they need a more clear system

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Like a lot of schools just take the scores reported on the CommonApp

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USC's system is soo confusing

twilit citrus
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Honestly idk why every school doesn't just take the common app score. It goes against the very purpose of the common app

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And then there's fucking princeton which requires official scores for some reason

mortal girder
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Yeah I don't get requiring official scores

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If they can't even trust you to report your own SAT score how can the trust you not to cheat or lie if you attend?

hexed estuary
hexed estuary
wintry cosmos
inland garnet
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i think as long as you have a reason?

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i really abused the 100 char limit

ionic pine
twilit citrus
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But if your school automatically sends then you're good ofc

signal patrol
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is CS+Biz Admin more competitive than CS?

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im guessing yes or equal

lime salmon
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its a 2 v 1

signal patrol
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so thats a yes?

lime salmon
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is CS + Biz a specific program

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offered at usc

signal patrol
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yes

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CS + Biz administration

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its at viterbi

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BS degree

lime salmon
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niche program

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probably more selective

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I applied to USC for their Business Cinematic Arts (BCA) major

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later did i realize

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they only accept 50 ppl

signal patrol
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damn

south ruin
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lol

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same like the wbb thing

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super competitive

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u gotta write like 1k word extra just to be considered admission

wintry cosmos
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Even I applied to that lol

signal patrol
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man

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f

earnest glade
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take me coach

stone spoke
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i applied to cs but since usc admits by school i will do csba if i get accepted w/ scholarship and decide to go

signal patrol
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im not looking for scholarships

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rd doesnt get auto considered anyway

stiff flare
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Is usc harder to get into than purdue

tiny oar
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bro how is usc getting 45k ea apps

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lol

karmic robin
stiff flare
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So f

karmic robin
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Best of luck!

stone spoke
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usc business or cinematic arts would be harder for sure

stiff flare
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hmm

signal patrol
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cs usc is quite difficult as well

stiff flare
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think i can get in with a 1410?

signal patrol
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but since usc has this beef with ucla for cs kids

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they are increasing no. of cs kids this year

stiff flare
signal patrol
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im expecting ucla to do the same as well

signal patrol
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isnt 1410 their 25th percentile💀

stone spoke
stiff flare
maiden lintel
stiff flare
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i don kno

south ruin
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i thought average is 1440

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it shouldnt be that high

spring sphinx
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viterbi is mad competitive

south ruin
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ye

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aint no way the sat is that high for usc 🥲

spring sphinx
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test optional supremacy

signal patrol
signal patrol
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usc is actually up there with mich, gt ucla etc

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pretty damn difficult to get in, especially viterbi

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marshall as well

stone spoke
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no .. ucla is far less competitive than gt or ucla

stiff flare
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i trust the CDS

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the cds says i should be fine

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for cs

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i trust

wintry cosmos
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Everyone prefers to send in Ea

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Even before altho ea Wasn’t an official thing, the total early apps to USC were probably the same

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Just that it wasn’t an official EA deadline but everyone wanted to be considered for merit schols

stone spoke
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its dec 1 for majors requiring portfolio as they dont do EA

stiff flare
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i trust the CDS

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bro

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actually

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i dont care abt usc

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i cant pay 2.3 crores

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i just cant

stone spoke
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2.3 ?

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more like 2.76 crores bro

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for USC

stiff flare
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ah yes

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i forgot what a wonderful currency the rupee is

tiny oar
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hol on

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so they said

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they accepting 20-25% of the '27 class thru EA

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so that's like 2k

empty silo
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yuup

tiny oar
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so we're looking at a 4.4%

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acceptance rate

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for EA

empty silo
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yeah round about

tiny oar
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LMAO

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bruh

empty silo
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generally people say 2kish will be admitted

tiny oar
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4% acceptance rate

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madness

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that's genuine madness

stone spoke
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where did u get the number 65k tho

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cuz idts they will do a 4% acceptance rate

tiny oar
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45k was unofficial

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been thrown around

stone spoke
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so no official number?

tiny oar
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naw

stone spoke
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well then lets see how it fares

tiny oar
stiff flare
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lmao

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isnt harvards like 5%

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lmao

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lmaoooo

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LMFAOOOOOOOO

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EVERYTHING IVE HEARD ABT THIS SCHOOL SEEMS TO BE TRUE LMAOOO

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CASH GRAB AFFFFFFFF

signal patrol
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thank god i did rd

stiff flare
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i just hope wismad and umd arent like this sam Bankman fried ass school

hexed estuary
signal patrol
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at least im not asking for aid or scholarship so yes maybe a nice factor

stiff flare
wintry cosmos
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i think the merit schol overall deadline is 1st dec

stone spoke
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yeah

wintry cosmos
south ruin
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did u not see the thing i sent :/

signal patrol
south ruin
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technically if u take average of 25th + 75th percentile

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it gives the 50th = average

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and the average is 50th

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oh wait

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thats median

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well average is close to median

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median is 1425

wintry cosmos
south ruin
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why u panik lol

wintry cosmos
neat shadow
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usc like 25?

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there are t20s with 25th percentiles at 1500 so 😭

stiff flare
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They can eat a cactus

south ruin
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thats why usc isnt that high

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relatively

untold grove
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do yall know what time on the 20th the decisions come out

neat shadow
stiff flare
autumn silo
timid forge
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If I get in I stg I’m not gonna be doing anything 😭😭 just gonna be going to the beach all day

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Switching major to communications within 3 weeks

stiff flare
gleaming saffron
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ok there's no way usc is gonna have 4% for EA

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that's worse than harvard

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and it isnt even a t20

stiff flare
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EXACTLY

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THANK YOU

timid forge
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usually 4% or so of USC applicants get merit

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so i think that's where the extrapolation is coming from

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so even if you're deferred, you have a pretty good chance getting in RD

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if you don't care about merit schollys

autumn silo
autumn silo
timid forge
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It says 20 min drive

autumn silo
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drive

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having a car is expensive

timid forge
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USC is expensive

autumn silo
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facts

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so if you can avoid extra costs

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well beach is an hour away by bus

timid forge
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Party bus!

autumn silo
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letsgoo

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im getting us one if I get in

timid forge
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💪💪

autumn silo
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safe to say ill never hehe

timid forge
#

Where do people get this 4% acceptance rate from though

autumn silo
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Idk and it cant be true

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like cant

timid forge
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They’ll probably admit 5k students with a 50% yield

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More like a 10-12% rate

autumn silo
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5k with 40k apps?

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u kidding right?

timid forge
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Wdym I’m kidding

autumn silo
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so for intls it'll be even less?

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or more cuz we full pay?

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fuck if 5k kids get in im doooomedd

timid forge
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That’s speculation so we don’t actually know

autumn silo
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yea ofc

timid forge
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I’m saying in the early round it’s most likely that 5k kids will get in

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And only half will actually matriculate

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And then in regular, 5k more will get in and let’s say, 33% will matriculate

autumn silo
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so they want to admit 2.5k kids from the EA pool? isn't that a bit small?

timid forge
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No they want to admit 5k

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And they expect half of that 5k to actually enroll

autumn silo
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nah sorry they want 2.5k kids to get in

timid forge
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Yeah they want 2.5k kids to actually enroll yes

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But they want to send out 5k acceptance letters

autumn silo
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fucccckkk

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with 40k applicants this year it's gonna be a bloooddbathh

timid forge
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21k undergrad, about 5k students per class

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I mean it’s a damn good school. Shit like this is expected

autumn silo
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yeah ofc

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does it have a high intl population tho?

timid forge
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I actually do not know

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Take a look

autumn silo
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26.6

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so very high

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damn thats weird

timid forge
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That’s shockingly high

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I mean, it’s nickname is the university of south china afterall

autumn silo
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ffs they admitted 8k students from a 69k pool last year

stone spoke
autumn silo
timid forge
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Ah makes sense

autumn silo
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wasnt it spoiled children lmao

stone spoke
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That is a small class size right? Like not small but not big either

timid forge
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Yeah Chinese is probably the biggest intl population

autumn silo
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5k is mall

autumn silo
timid forge
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5k per class (average) is like the golden amount lol

stone spoke
timid forge
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Schools like tamu are wayyyyy to big but schools like harvey mudd or other LACs are wayyy to small

autumn silo
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wow USC doesnt concider class rank, thats shitty 😭

timid forge
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Yeah welp wait until you hear what they say about the word “field”

autumn silo
#

?

timid forge
stone spoke
autumn silo
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wtf

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like

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what

timid forge
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And small classrooms too

livid crypt
autumn silo
timid forge
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If I only submitted my SAT pdf score report (not the official report) but it got marked as ✅ on my portal - its cool right?

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No need to submit the actual score report (unless enrolled) right?

brisk orbit
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Yea

stone spoke
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Yea

gleaming saffron
twilit citrus
wooden dome
timid forge
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I remember lol I could go on and on about how messed up US academia is rn

lethal oracle
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me personally

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i'd love to have 30 factors instead of 1

stiff flare
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Horrible

lethal oracle
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"oh shit bro got a 1599.8 out of 1600" yea no send him to a T100

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1599.9? he's going to T1

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send that boi in

thin hill
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Guys I’m actually so terrified to submit I really wanna go to USC this ain’t goooddd😭😭😭

timid forge
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Just because the US is great in comparison to the global scale, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be focusing on ourselves

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We have lots of problems on our own, subjectively some that shouldn’t exist in a country this well off

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In our case, how well off other countries are in terms of higher education is irrelevant

lethal oracle
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set a baseline don't keep dragging it up

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and my point wasn't that its great in comparison

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i meant that its great in general

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the system is only breaking because of our own social issues nothing else

bleak ruin
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when does usc ea come back

green jewel
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friday

mortal girder
weak walrus
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does nmsqt scholarship count as merit scholarship thats only available ea

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or is that separate since finalist doesnt come out till likemay

timid forge
thin hill
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@charred laurel omg why r u doing 3 essays I only did 1

charred laurel
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3 essays r required for the college of engineering

thin hill
mental copper
lethal oracle
charred laurel
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Lets goo

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fiery cloak
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lil stress

old gust
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when is fafsa due?

lime salmon
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Lil pump

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Yes