USC (2022-2023)

[signal condor]

Honestly Idk how I got it with Jorge Luis Borges 💀

[agile cave]

😂

[signal condor]

I honestly don’t think my readers read Borges

The summaries make the book sound genius, which it probably was, but…

[small cove]

just say u have no fucking personality lol

[autumn silo]

lmao sure if you want to say that

[timid forge]

not really meme, just have fun

i thought some stuff i put were cringe, but hey it makes me happy yk ?

[autumn silo]

do what u find best ofc

[autumn silo]

be my judge ig

nope sadly

thx lmao yea it is great

[timid forge]

I’ve been looking at tiktok

[autumn silo]

yea, his 1560 was very mid

[wooden dome]

bruh ppl on reddit rly think that usc is yield protecting...

[autumn silo]

lmaoo

copiuum

[spice maple]

usc does sometimes

at least last year

[weak walrus]

well they arent now cuz every single person is a defer

so

u cant tell

but also sub 10% acc rate school does not yield protect 💀

[wooden dome]

did anyone here get into usc with nmsf?

[timid forge]

I submitted test optional

[wooden dome]

cuz i think they deferred all of us

[signal condor]

I actually submitted my 1450 to USC

[spice maple]

r u instate

[signal condor]

I wasn’t sure if they did yield protection, probably not tbh Bc that doesn’t explain 5 percent, but just to be safe

[signal condor]

Nah I’m Florida

[spice maple]

oh

i'm so confused why usc dont admit more in ea

[signal condor]

ECs were mid but I think my essays hard carried

[weak walrus]

they dont wanna ig

[spice maple]

are they tryna game rankings like neu and case lmao

[timid forge]

Bro

It’s the essays

[wooden dome]

yup

[timid forge]

My academics weren’t that high

[signal condor]

It definitely was

[green jewel]

I feel like claiming yield protect is such a shitty way to cope but whatever floats ur boat ig 😭

[spice maple]

so cringe

[wooden dome]

its lk smart, and their ranking will go up

[weak walrus]

idk not nearly the same as cwru and neu

cuz

[signal condor]

I spent so much time on those essays

[weak walrus]

theyre going from like an 11 to 9 % acc rate change

not a big game

just slightly more selective

[timid forge]

Bro, they started blaming AA for their deferral at usc on A2C

[spice maple]

lmao

[timid forge]

like, ik black people who weren’t accepted-

[spice maple]

i dont think they're yield protecting this year at least

[signal condor]

They definitely aren’t

[spice maple]

from this sub they practically onyl accepted stanford admits

so the most qualified candidates

[wooden dome]

nah some stanford kids got deferred

in this chat

[spice maple]

i saw like 2 or 3

who got in

[timid forge]

damn

[spice maple]

but we'll see RD

[small cove]

ppl need better coping mechanisms when it comes to college admissions

[wooden dome]

fr

they gotta stop thinking usc is easy

[green jewel]

so true

I swear people look at like average test scores and think they’re guaranteed a spot for falling above them

[signal condor]

It’s def not about the test scores

[wooden dome]

yup

[signal condor]

I feel like it’s honestly just the essays

It might be a bad take but I had mid ECs, submitted my mid test score, etc.

[timid forge]

same

[autumn silo]

I just dont want other colleges to find USC's EA policy a good idea

[low sluice]

my usc essays were definitely unorthodox, i took a risk writing about the topic i chose

and my ECs are mid so i’m inclined to agree

[timid forge]

@low sluice u got in too?

[autumn silo]

whats mid

[low sluice]

yes!

[timid forge]

same

[low sluice]

like, unimpressive for a2c standards haha

[autumn silo]

stop flexing

lmao

jk

[low sluice]

no really

[autumn silo]

arf, only had one USACO medal?

[timid forge]

no same

[timid forge]

you rlly think we have any of that

my highest award was like honor roll

LOL

[low sluice]

i was just in some clubs, did some volunteering and had zero awards lmao

[small cove]

My bsf got in with a 3.6😭

test optional

[autumn silo]

welp

great job lads

[timid forge]

i had no internships

[autumn silo]

damn, for once one not lying

[timid forge]

no state/national awards

just showed me < 3

[low sluice]

i had a lot of unhooks too 😭

intl indian male in STEM 💀

[autumn silo]

what were yalls major

[timid forge]

Earth Science

[low sluice]

physics

[autumn silo]

oh cooll

[timid forge]

ik u ate them essays UP!

[small cove]

what was urs

[autumn silo]

a personalityless major

[small cove]

CS?

[low sluice]

the EA policy is weird asf, i wouldn’t be surprised if y’all get in RD

[small cove]

🤭

[autumn silo]

you got it, csba even

[signal condor]

It was interesting

[timid forge]

i really wasn't thinking about usc that much

[low sluice]

i wasn’t either

[signal condor]

Especially since they said the EA acceptance rate would be 20-25% and it turned out to be 5%

[low sluice]

they said this?

[signal condor]

Yeah

[green jewel]

I think they said they were hoping to accept 20-25% of the incoming class

[low sluice]

yeah ^

[green jewel]

not a 20-25 acceptance rate

[signal condor]

Oh

Damn I misread that

[autumn silo]

no, they said they'd admit 20% of the class

[signal condor]

How much did they admit?

30 percent?

20?

[low sluice]

about 25-30%

[worthy tangle]

oh bruh so rd was the strat here

[signal condor]

Wow

[low sluice]

i think they wanna send 8k acceptances, they’ve sent around 2.4k

[timid forge]

good news tho for EA

i heard 50% of the ea admits are getting merit scholarships

[low sluice]

i mean everyone EA gets deferred so RD is probably gonna be the same deal

[worthy tangle]

sheesh

[signal condor]

🙏

[wooden dome]

yup

[low sluice]

does this server not have a prayge emote

[green jewel]

i’m intrigued at the percentage of deferrals that’ll be accepted compared to rd

[signal condor]

What’s it like for most schools?

[timid forge]

@green jewel @signal condor @low sluice i just know when y'all opened yall acceptance letters, you couldn't even move

[signal condor]

That’s facts

[timid forge]

i was in a good 2-5 minute period of shock

[low sluice]

i’d just woken up 😭

[autumn silo]

v low

[timid forge]

LMAOO

[signal condor]

Yeah Stanford’s one of the only schools I’ve heard has a higher deferral acceptance rate than rd acceptance rate

Because they only defer peeps that they think have a really solid chance of admission in the rd round

[green jewel]

SAME I was taking a nap to avoid the “rolling decisions” anxiety 💀

[spice maple]

yeha

[low sluice]

is there an admitted students server for usc? haven’t seen one circulate yet

[spice maple]

stanford defers when 2/4 of the officers think the kid deserves a spot at stanny

[timid forge]

ASAME

I TOOK A NAP TOO

and woke up at like 7:15

and everyone in the chat was typing

and im like oh fuck

[signal condor]

I was at a movie with my friends and I did the unforgivable…

[shy pine]

https://tenor.com/view/rock-one-eyebrow-raised-rock-staring-the-rock-gif-22113367

[young ivy]

😭 yall know when application results for art kids come out?

[timid forge]

...?

[low sluice]

are they not out yet 😭

[signal condor]

I turned my phone on in the theater…

I was too nervous and impatient to walk out 😭💀

I like temporarily forgot where I was

[young ivy]

😭 iDK... the application deadline was like somewhere in november i checked the email they didnt send me anything if u get rejected do they still give u an email???

oh my god congrats...

[low sluice]

yes ofc they’ll let you know

i didn’t get anything via email though

[young ivy]

thank god i hope i didnt accidentally delete their email

[green jewel]

I think portfolio applicants find out later

[signal condor]

Wait your portal hasn’t been updated?

[low sluice]

check your portal yeah

[young ivy]

whaa

the art kids had like a seperate deadline

shoot i realized that screenshot had my irl name 💀

[signal condor]

After you submitted did you get like an email from usc admissions?

[young ivy]

yep i did

[signal condor]

That gave you access to your admission portal?

[young ivy]

i even reached out to them many times 👀

yep yep all my materials sent

[green jewel]

if there’s nothing there you’re decision isn’t out yet

[young ivy]

aa tyty

aa i feel like i screwed up tho is this a big screw up

💀 💀

IT WORKED OUT IN THE END

[green jewel]

if you get denied that mistake isn’t why

don’t worry

[timid forge]

@green jewel @signal condor @low sluice so yall flying to usc

[timid forge]

for that day thing?

[young ivy]

thanks thanks

damn i envy yall

gj yall

[low sluice]

i’m in india 💀

so no

[timid forge]

dang

[signal condor]

Tbh I should

I wanna see it

[low sluice]

wendy W

[young ivy]

fax.. u cant spell wendy without W

[timid forge]

period wendy

[shy pine]

you cant spell wendy without end

[fiery cloak]

that was cold asf bro

cant spell blicey without ice

🧊 🧊 🧊

[timid forge]

community is a W show

[signal condor]

💯

I honestly think it’s better than the office, parks and rec, and 30 rock

[timid forge]

have you watched the good place or b99

[low sluice]

b99 is also a W show

[signal condor]

I liked the good place!

Haven’t watched b99

[timid forge]

nope

[signal condor]

Will def check it out thanks for the rec!

[wooden dome]

ok my theory is prob true then, sample = 25 so far

[timid forge]

loll i mean if we're going to get presidential anyway

why admit us for interviews lol

trustees tho 😢

[wooden dome]

fax

[timid forge]

they wanna save the money!

[wooden dome]

im happy with half tho

[timid forge]

oh

i am not

[wooden dome]

yup

[timid forge]

id go to ucla instead if i got in LOL

[wooden dome]

yea ofc, but getting in is the hard part

😭

[timid forge]

real

💀

i dont even live in cali tho

[wooden dome]

oh bruh

the oos tuition tho

[timid forge]

lmao

is the same as usc

[wooden dome]

yea rip

[timid forge]

fr

[signal condor]

UCLA?

[timid forge]

ye

[signal condor]

💀

Honestly my UC essays did not hit

[timid forge]

lmao be proud of usc

good school

im just saying that as cope because i got deferred ahah

[signal condor]

Def am 100 percent

[timid forge]

good

did u get merit

[signal condor]

Just the UCLA mention reminded me of my horrendous UC essays

[signal condor]

Nope 😢

[timid forge]

oh damn

i thought admits were merit

[signal condor]

My state’s was like 216 and I got 215…

[timid forge]

oh but they give merit to non national merits

[signal condor]

Oh I thought u meant natl

My B

[timid forge]

dw dawg i was national merit and they dont gaf

[signal condor]

They’re still considering

[timid forge]

oh coolio

[signal condor]

Feb

[timid forge]

ohhh

[signal condor]

🙏

I’m just lowkey dog at standardized testing that isn’t AP exams

Bc u either have to be naturally cracked or study, I’m not the first and I don’t have the motivation to do the second

[timid forge]

real

[signal condor]

I envy the naturally cracked and the studious

[timid forge]

ur index still higher than mine

[timid forge]

same bro

I was gonna apply to ucla (since it was my dream at a time) but I didn’t know it wasn’t on common app

oh damn

And oos tuition and getting no aid 😭

bruhh

usc is a close copy

of ucla

[timid forge]

Very new to this college admission process

yea I found out in October

And I started doing more research once I applied

[signal condor]

I believe in you for UCLA

[timid forge]

Right

[signal condor]

U def got that

[timid forge]

I alr know they eating them supplementals up

rn

[signal condor]

U been helping all of us out

[timid forge]

oh damn

[timid forge]

purrr

i wish i was a good writer

[timid forge]

thanks bro

i hope it works out

You don’t think you are?

well

it really depends lmao

i write pretty straight up

Trust, then ucla admission officers eating a whole buffet with them supps

LOL

no leftovers too boo!

[signal condor]

I think they like that though

Bc they read so many

[timid forge]

fr

hope so

[signal condor]

The last think they want is some abstract paper riddled with questionable metaphors that’s too obscure to make sense

Plus, hopefully chatgpt makes your comp lighter

Bc kids decide to use chatgpt rather than write stuff themselves

[timid forge]

LMAO

ahahahah

i hope so

thats insane

chat gpt is a shit writer

[signal condor]

I definitely know ppl that used chatgpt

And I saw that their supps were not unique at all

[timid forge]

it def lacks a distinct writing style/flair

[signal condor]

That’s facts

[timid forge]

also tom have you found an admitted students discord/gc

[signal condor]

I’ve only used chatgpt on small school assignments

[timid forge]

i found an ig but it has like 10 followers

[signal condor]

Not yet lol

[signal condor]

Yooo fr?

[timid forge]

surprised bc sm ppl got admitted

[lime salmon]

[signal condor]

Wait was it actually made by USC tho?

[timid forge]

no

[signal condor]

Dang

On the portal there’s like this link to a chat app

Ima try and find it again

[timid forge]

i saw that but didnt get it hmm

[shy pine]

chatgpt: write [insert supp] with the prose of Hemingway ez

[timid forge]

But are we even allowed on it

If we didn’t commit yet

[shell dust]

it can be used for grammar and tone checks on what uve already written though- if only I realized that before submitting everything lol

[wintry cosmos]

damn

my supps were so shit😭

I legit directly typed them into the common app boxes😭😭😭

[thick gorge]

I always type the rough drafts of my supps in a Google docs and then paste them into the common app for further editing so I can format it nice and all

[wintry cosmos]

Yea same I use word

But this time I didn’t even do that I just typed directly into the application cuz I was tired of writing essays😭

[gleaming saffron]

same 😦

[tender prism]

Yield protected (they didn't want to give me a full ride Yeat scholarship!)

[lime salmon]

Didn’t get yield protected

Fuck

I had a joke

[timid forge]

if anytime a school rejects you

is it yield protection

[lime salmon]

Only if you want it to be

[timid forge]

bet

but then

if youre accepted into a school

but others better than you didn't get in

is it still yield protection

[tiny oar]

it's always

yield protection

[stone spoke]

no

[tiny oar]

did u get

[timid forge]

so if youre in

[tiny oar]

in

or deferred

[stone spoke]

defer from usc

[timid forge]

welcome to the 94%

[stone spoke]

but got into purdue even tho my school's head boy didnt

[tiny oar]

bro

you're cracked

how tf

[timid forge]

damn bruh

head boy

are u in london

or uk

[stone spoke]

india

[timid forge]

they have head boys in india??

[stone spoke]

yeah

[timid forge]

oh im indian

[stone spoke]

lmao

[timid forge]

interesting

do they have head girls

[stone spoke]

our school's mun soc prez also didnt

[stone spoke]

yeah

[timid forge]

and are these kids like

valedictorians

[stone spoke]

no

[tiny oar]

headboy

is like

[stone spoke]

like they are selected on basis of acaedmics + ecs

[tiny oar]

valedictorian

[stone spoke]

no

[timid forge]

oooh

[tiny oar]

i mean

it's basically

[stone spoke]

by teachers, principal and head office

[timid forge]

wow so how did they not get in

[tiny oar]

equivalent to it

[stone spoke]

they didnt have much ecs in cs + shit acaedmics in 12th

[timid forge]

ok so who has the best grades

like who is top 1

[stone spoke]

there is no formal name for it

[timid forge]

is it you

[stone spoke]

but like the acaedmic topper is given the founders cup

[timid forge]

damn

[stone spoke]

no way

[timid forge]

wow

a topper

yeah my parents called it that

[stone spoke]

they are given in the following year

[timid forge]

but im in the US now so ours is just valedictorian

[stone spoke]

yeah we dont have that

[timid forge]

yeah

[stone spoke]

wait i'll show the council pos

[wintry cosmos]

our headboy doesn't get head

[stone spoke]

same

we have positions like these

our head boy is hated by all of the student body

[wintry cosmos]

similar case in my school

[stone spoke]

he is always favoured by school due to nepotism

[stone spoke]

none of these is elected btw

[wintry cosmos]

but we have like secretaries for each cultural event and each sport

[stone spoke]

all are selected by teachers, principal and all on basis of acaedmics + ecs and all

[wintry cosmos]

and house wise we have
1 boy captain, 1 girl captain, 1 IB captain
1 boy vice cap, 1 girl vice cap
2 boy monitors, 2 girl monitors

there's legit sm positions lmao

[shell dust]

studen council president

[stone spoke]

Yeah

[shell dust]

but male

i am one too

its cringe

[stone spoke]

True

[shell dust]

only did it for college apps

otherwise hate it

[thick gorge]

[lime salmon]

[shell dust]

in our school its a combination of student respect, teacher opinions and interviews

I dont think I had any student respect tho since all other applicants were the popular kids and I was not popular (well known tho ig, but i doubt that counted)

nor did the teachers incharge know me (i had good grades tho)

its just interview that came in clutch for me

looking back, even for college apps
, it wasn’t worth it

too much time wasted and shit

[timid forge]

indian ECs look insane

[polar scarab]

fr

[wintry cosmos]

we need em to even be remotely competitive 😭

[tiny oar]

on god

[stone spoke]

No

[shell dust]

also prolly cuz every single academic comp. won by our school had me in it

[shell dust]

no?

we have so less oportunities 💀

for instance work experience

🗿

[agile cave]

I got in test optional g

[shell dust]

damn congrats

[shell dust]

same belief here. Ofc good ecs are great, but essays prolly have a heavier weight. Good ecs don’t compromise for poor essays

why does discord always scroll up to 12 hour old messages for me to read bruh

I thought this was a message from 2 seconds ago

[tribal bronze]

what date does usc typically notify students that they've been selected for a merit scholarship? i got in ea, but the letter just said they'd let me know by mid feb

[shell dust]

idk the typical date but I do recall that the longest they ever took was like 20-25 feb

usually the earlier than the later

[tribal bronze]

ohh okay ty!

[low saddle]

Latterly

[shell dust]

Latterly was a quarterly independent magazine and website that publishes longform journalism, news, opinion and photo essays focusing on political and social justice issues globally.

ty for recommending such an interesting magazine

[flint meteor]

Waitttt I had no idea😭I feel very grateful now

[low sluice]

holy shit i just remembered that i put my roommate choice as jake peralta 💀

LMFAO

[timid forge]

T5 intl relations? 🤨

T15 maybe, t6 is probably gtown Harvard Columbia pton Stanford yale

Unless ur going Intel/strategy route then geospatial major+ USC stuff makes it at least t10 arguably t5 ig

[signal condor]

I think it depends on whether or not you’re doing global security or political economy

Like Harvard doesn’t even have a formal political economy program

Also I be using niche for the rankings

Which Ik prolly don’t matter at the end of the day but USC is one of the top feeder schools for foreign service workers

(Georgetown is obv the highest so if I don’t get onna those merit scholar and get in, I might slide just because)

[maiden lintel]

wait how did you write phrases when they asked for a word 😭

[signal patrol]

man i feel sad for u

😭

[maiden lintel]

that's cheating bruh

[signal patrol]

i did that too

always refer collegeessayguy

that dude said its aight

so i did it

and he is always in touch with AOs and counsellors

so

[stable spear]

https://m.timesofindia.com/world/us/police-attend-shooting-in-los-angeles-area-multiple-casualties-report/articleshow/97224283.cms

More copium

😋

[low sluice]

bro 😭

[stable spear]

you should ignore this. romanticise LA

[low sluice]

this is anti-copium for me

[stable spear]

sorryy

[wintry cosmos]

my guy ur CAID and name is in this pic just fyi

[signal condor]

That hack was on Quora too I think

[quaint steeple]

any international accepted kids in here

[wintry cosmos]

ye

[timid forge]

yeah

i always see like

the same ones kinda

since yall dont have much to choose from, with indian unis being so stats based

[low sluice]

ye

[quaint steeple]

nicw!where are you guys from

[quaint steeple]

guessing youre indian

[signal condor]

I always wonder whether stats-based admission or holistic admission makes for a more successful student body

[timid forge]

hmmm

i think if you really want to compare

compare like

MIT vs

whats a super holistic uni?

[shell dust]

as someone who has seen stats based admissions - they are ultra comptetitve and only produce the worker class students most of the times

[timid forge]

^^^^

yep

[shell dust]

when i say stats based I mean ULTRA stats based

aka indian unviersities

where the only criteria is a single enterance test

[timid forge]

holistic unis produce interesting people in a diverse variety of fields

[timid forge]

damn bruh

[shell dust]

mit etc. are still holistic

high focus on stats but still quite holistic relatively

[signal condor]

As a bad test taker, I would be screwed

[timid forge]

compared to other us unis

[signal condor]

Facts

[timid forge]

i feel like they are the least

[signal condor]

Compared to like Harvard

[timid forge]

like they are the only t20 test required lol

[signal condor]

Facts

[timid forge]

and they definitely have an algorithm for apps

so MIT is the best example

holistic ig

maybe Harvard, USC

but thats also because

[shell dust]

plus you would go to the top uni of ur Country only to realize they are all nerds. (I mean ivies also have nerds but those nerds are creative, or have ideas to try and change shit in the world). Here the nerds will only be good at academics and nothing else. Only like 5% of the student body would have brains outside academics (and that too just cooincidentally).

In other words, just worker class kids

[timid forge]

they have majors offered not in stem

like USC SCA

you dont need SAT to show how you will do in acting lol

[shell dust]

comapred to US? Maybe not. Compared to purely stats based? Wayyy holistic

[timid forge]

and those kids are

[signal condor]

True

[timid forge]

Successful

[timid forge]

huh

yeah i meant compared to the US

[shell dust]

Imagine scoring 500 rank out of 2 million kids

[timid forge]

they are holistic compared to indian unis

theyre looking for nice people 😭

with high SAT scores

[signal condor]

Lol

[shell dust]

only to do a 9-5

[signal condor]

Wait do you need to write essays for Indian universities?

[shell dust]

wait no thats a poor way to phrase it

[shell dust]

you JUST give an enterance exam

and get a certain rank

[timid forge]

yeah my parents said indian admission is hell

[shell dust]

the engineering exam is called JEE.

2 million kids give it each year

[timid forge]

if i was still in india id be in the NRI category lmao

[shell dust]

lol

[timid forge]

or i dont know

im a citizen

anyways i would have SUCKED at JEE

i probably would have to take NEET

for med

[shell dust]

I know a guy

who got 500 rank

in NEET

[timid forge]

is that good

[shell dust]

💀 and still wants to go to US

[timid forge]

💀

damn bruh

[shell dust]

out of 1.8 million kids

[signal condor]

Ggs 💀

[shell dust]

you tell me

[shell dust]

Atleast he realizes that there is no prospect for growth in India lmfao

[timid forge]

JEEZ

do US unis have like some gold on them

[shell dust]

@formal terrace how is it going mister 500 rank 😏

[shell dust]

Remember what I said about the universities here only producing worker class kids

even the top universities suck if your goals are different in life.

even if I got 1/1.8 mil rank in JEE (I know I wont, but suppose I did) I would still not choose an Indian university.

[timid forge]

hmm i wonder what intl kids think about like UT Austin, Berkeley, Umich, Georgia Tech

[shell dust]

I would rather go to HKUST before going to IIT Bombay (one of the top Indian universities)

[timid forge]

dam

[timid forge]

really bruh

insanee

[shell dust]

all of them >>> IIT Bombay

[timid forge]

WHAT

💀

HELP ???

wow really

[shell dust]

not just in my opinion but they are so in every university ranking too lmfaooo

[timid forge]

theyre like top tier public schools

[shell dust]

usually rankings are dumb

[shell dust]

they are still way better

[timid forge]

UT austin and berkeley are damn good for CS

[shell dust]

rather

[timid forge]

same w gatech

[shell dust]

what the fuck are you high on

[timid forge]

and umich

[shell dust]

they are obviously

dope

they are t20

in cs

[timid forge]

no i meant

that

even tho theyre good

[shell dust]

compare them to India or not, they are def awesome

[timid forge]

they cost HELLA for internationals

like harvard is cheaper for yall

[shell dust]

but in this case they are correct. They know that even in the top Indian uni ur future prospect isn't all that great due to the way the student body is.

[timid forge]

damn

[shell dust]

true

people with financial circumstances are unlucky :(

[timid forge]

whats ur college list

[shell dust]

I am not one of them (luckily) but for others it just sucks

sad

[timid forge]

ohh so ur full pay huh

[shell dust]

https://vijitdua.notion.site/0bc6f875fe7c4ea4936f9a8e0c76c70c

[shell dust]

yeah. If I wasn't I wouldn't apply to half the places I am applying to

[timid forge]

purdue rejected you????

[shell dust]

yes lol

ignore my "accepted" predictions for UC Davis and UC Irvine

[timid forge]

oh

[shell dust]

I forgot they are test blind (making competition insane)

I expect a rejection now

[timid forge]

lmao

[wintry cosmos]

yeh lmao how’d you guess

[timid forge]

what r ur stats

[shell dust]

me?

[timid forge]

also ur notion is nice

how did u write so many essays

[shell dust]

ty!

go to the top of the page, and click on uni applications. then click on stats.

I made it so that (in the future) when I make my college decision reactions video. I can link my stats in the discription

[timid forge]

ohhh

[shell dust]

(I don't wana make a cringe stats video hence made a page instead))

check = got in?

[quaint steeple]

cricket lmaoo plus me too, ok if i dm?

[timid forge]

green emoji check

is got in

[shell dust]

yellow = defer ig

[timid forge]

blue check is completed application

[timid forge]

yes

[shell dust]

nice man

congrats on already getting accepted in so many places

damnn

[timid forge]

tyty

[quaint steeple]

damn only acceptances?

[timid forge]

national merit helped a lot

[shell dust]

whats UHop

[timid forge]

USC defer

[wintry cosmos]

oh lmaoo yeah sure

[timid forge]

its guaranteed med admission

[quaint steeple]

ah yellow box

[shell dust]

I dont mean it in a rude way, just curious since I never heard of it (keep in mind Im intl, so other than t20s idk the names of most)

[timid forge]

to my local med school

yeah nobody has heard of it

since its only for my state residents

[shell dust]

ohhh

[timid forge]

yeah

[shell dust]

so a backup for you

[timid forge]

its basically just

med school admission

LOL

[shell dust]

lol

[timid forge]

which is insane for me

since im like 16

😭

[shell dust]

dude

university of utah

only needs my high school transcript

for admission

no esssays or anything else 😭

Like how-

[timid forge]

a2c fails to realize how many schools will accept you just because you have a pulse

damn

[shell dust]

fr

lol

I am still surprised though

like MIT defers a good 66% kids

and rejects 30%

but still the fact I was not in the bottom 30% of the most competitive school

[quaint steeple]

tbf its so geared towards the t20s and stuff

[shell dust]

yet in Purdue I got rejected

like damn

holistic shit is a mystery

[timid forge]

cool cool cool

[quaint steeple]

wonder if they use the roommates question to insta defer red flags

[worthy tangle]

yield prote- im kidding

a lot of this stuff is just a mystery

maybe there were more instate kids more geared towards going to the school

[low sluice]

indian too

[low sluice]

there are probably some super red flags that they’d do this for

[timid forge]

maybe something like jeffrey dahmer

[shell dust]

no offence to others but those who think they got yield protected from Purdue are high on some ganja

💀

[tiny oar]

lowkey gets annoying

[shell dust]

like I mean ok MAYBE some kids did. But not every single reject got yield protected bruh.

[worthy tangle]

dw that’ll be me when i get yield protected from harvard too 😋

[shell dust]

when I say "some" I mean 0.00001% level some

[tiny oar]

yield protection mostly ends in waitlists

at least that's what i think it does

[shell dust]

tru

[quaint steeple]

why would they bother to yield protect that few then lmao

[quaint steeple]

damn

[worthy tangle]

waitlist = commendation that you were good enough, but you weren’t a key pyramid player

[shell dust]

dont take my words literally. What I meant is they yield protected insignificantly

[quaint steeple]

quite a few indian usc acceptances this time lets go

[low sluice]

like 1/10th of an applicant got yield protected. just 0.1 applications.

[tiny oar]

i'm the only one from my school that applied to

usc

at least ea

[low sluice]

really?

i’ve only met like 2 so far lmao

[shell dust]

💀

[worthy tangle]

idk i honestly feel like usc was pretty meritocratic this cycle

[quaint steeple]

feels like that but its a2c so 💀

[quaint steeple]

hol up i gotta google that

[shell dust]

they yield protected my nose but accepted the rest of my body

[worthy tangle]

everyone i know who applied and got accepted to usc was either really fun to be around or really cracked

[shell dust]

body shaming

[low sluice]

indians applying as an intl, that is

[quaint steeple]

would yall go to usc or purdue

[tiny oar]

purdue for sure

[low sluice]

i am neither 💀😭

[worthy tangle]

usc if i could afford it

[quaint steeple]

ive met three on here and one from my school got in

[tiny oar]

i think purdue engineering > viterbi

[quaint steeple]

cs

hoping for scholarship but damn seems

[shell dust]

Id still personally chose USC over Purdue

[quaint steeple]

difficult

[low sluice]

interesting

[shell dust]

(not like I have an option to go to Purdue anyways but if I did)

[quaint steeple]

yeah yeah hypothetical ofc

usc is so expensive

[wintry cosmos]

wouldn't that be for CS

[fiery cloak]

Purdue it's like t5 engineering

Definitely stronger than USC

CS is more debatable

[wintry cosmos]

ah then maybe i said the opposite

[fiery cloak]

Ah okay

[autumn silo]

UMass cs>>purdue cs

[fiery cloak]

If it's cheaper then yeah I agree

By a good amount

[autumn silo]

it is cheap

30k/yea oos

[timid forge]

did you get in?

[deft brook]

ye

me when everyone put versitile

[lime salmon]

Shiiiii, that’s not anywhere near usc. That’s closer to cal state la

[lime salmon]

Should’ve worded it as “Double-double from In-N-Out”

[deft brook]

ngl i've only had it once in my life when i went to california

but it was amazing

[lime salmon]

So u don’t live in CA

how can ur fav food be a California staple, if u only ate it once lol

Feels like an inauthentic answer u gave just for usc

[flint meteor]

Yeah I just checked the ranks and it’s actually T5

[bright copper]

cal state LA has a fye food court

or at least it did when i was there like 8 years ago

[lime salmon]

really

are u sure that wasnt ucla

[bright copper]

yes i am

i went there for a wordpress conference

[lime salmon]

inch resting

[bright copper]

also UCLA food was fye but ion like it no mo bc my sister spoiled us w it

she'd j use her remaining swipes each sem on a fuck ton of drinks and pizza

and then leave it at our place

[lime salmon]

my sister ate at cal state long beach and said the food was ass

like i wanted to try it

but she said no

[bright copper]

LA had like el pollo loco and a sbarros iirc

carls jr too

[lime salmon]

i tired ucla

that was like 7 years ago

[bright copper]

same

[lime salmon]

the b plate cafe

all u can eat

buffet style

dam i still have dreams ab ucla dining

[bright copper]

a school with fire dorms

fire food

is all i need

i will prolly come out obese

but i will sure asl be happy as fuck

nice ass sleep

nice ass meals

school could be the hardest shit in the world

food would motivate me

[lime salmon]

reallllll

i wish the ucsd dining food gave me more motivation

but i feel like its so unhealthy and unbalanced

[bright copper]

dang

there's a fatburger, fire mediterranean place, dominos, fucking amazing mexican spot, and donut shop(LA Deli ykwim) right next to my HS

so like

lunch is always fuckin fire

expensive tho

[lime salmon]

wow

my school didnt allow us to go off campus

[bright copper]

but then i wanna pass out in 5th/6th

dang

[lime salmon]

sheesh

[signal condor]

I hope you mean your hs

Not college

[lime salmon]

Duh

It would be illegal for a college to hold u hostsage

[signal condor]

Tbh it should be illegal for your high school to hold you hostage too

[lime salmon]

I mean that’s diff tho. They just didn’t allow u go off campus for lunch

And the closest thing to us was a 7-11

[signal condor]

True

My high school is kinda the same way

Except the admins don’t care

[spice maple]

bro

tom buchanan

☠️

[autumn silo]

De Tocqueville is goated, he saved our nation

[signal condor]

Facts

[lime salmon]

Yes

You can wait

Idk if there’s a deadline

[gleaming saffron]

may 1 deadline

np

[small cove]

congrats on getting in !!!!

[timid forge]

yess girl

[timid forge]

@crisp halo

i have more questions

[crisp halo]

whats up!

[frozen zodiac]

when should we send the letters of continued interest?

[fair agate]

they said they didnt want any LOCI on their insta

[lime salmon]

You can’t

It’ll be ignored

They are trained to ignore all locis

[frozen zodiac]

welp

[lime salmon]

Ucla’s better anyways

[viscid linden]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-gif-23501265

I’m just stalking this thread as a junior watching all the senior suffer haha

[lime salmon]

Me as a freshman in college doing the same

[viscid linden]

except I realize I’m going to be in the same situation as them a year from now

[lime salmon]

Jesus

Caught me lacking

[viscid linden]

ucsd sounds fun

[lime salmon]

It really did

Massive weight off my shoulders

I was really in the lowest place in my life

I had already committed to Syracuse

Bc the national SIR date had passed

Yea in stat

Real

I was honestly debating withdrawing from cuse

And just attending CC

Bc I was that depressed

I had ucsc and ucr

But they didn’t have the major I wanted

Ye

I could’ve gone to riverside, but my dad went and said no way

Some of them do

Most them actually

Yea

Davis and SD had loci

It’s highly recommended

[worthy tangle]

doesn’t loci basically put you on waitlist

[lime salmon]

All the UCs have an appeal form too, so if u get rejected, you can send a loci as well

[frozen zodiac]

thats kind of sweet

[lime salmon]

UCB prob not

UCLA had something too

[signal condor]

What’s your major @ USC?

[crisp halo]

I’m a theatre major haha

[timid forge]

thats so cool omg

[crisp halo]

haha thank you!

I think so :))

[signal condor]

Whoa cool!

That’s actually insane! So competitive!

[crisp halo]

haha yeah its a good time :))

[signal condor]

Just out of curiosity, how flexible is double majoring?

Esp across schools?

[crisp halo]

any major(s) specifically?

[signal condor]

Like film and media studies

Ye… prolly not possible

[crisp halo]

like that and a viterbi major? dornsife? another SCA major?

which two are you trying to double in

[signal condor]

Dornsife and cinematic arts

[crisp halo]

thats very doable

[signal condor]

Thanks!

[green jewel]

@crisp halo any insight on how competitive music minors usually are? hoping to get into musical theater!

[crisp halo]

you can definitely declare a musical theatre minor very easily

[green jewel]

awesome thank you!

[solemn grove]

people who got in usc--do you know what's the latest date you can accept the offer?

[lime salmon]

May 1st i believe

May 1st is the national commitment date

[solemn grove]

cuz ed has earlier dates of commitment deadline

so ea has the same commitment deadline as regular?

[astral vortex]

yes

ofc

[lime salmon]

USC doesnt have ED

[astral vortex]

Ed is the one that's early

ea is same as regular

[lime salmon]

only EA and RD

yea

[astral vortex]

yes

[solemn grove]

ah ic

[astral vortex]

Benz u are awesome

[lime salmon]

how

i think everyone just wants me to read their essay now

[astral vortex]

no

u are more than an essay reader to me

u never even read my essay

u are good 👍

[lime salmon]

ty for the kind words shanyewest

[grave garnet]

Its may 1

[minor venture]

its not first come first serve right

bc i am 100% procrastinating commitment

[stone spoke]

if u have been admitted u can commit anytime before may 1

its their fault if they overadmit

[wintry cosmos]

@crisp halo i got in for csba

just wanted tk, do we take most of our classes at marshall or at viterbi then?

because the major technically comes under viterbi

but i assume business admin is taught at marshall?

are there any finance clubs that are only-marshall?

[crisp halo]

it is a viterbi degree but you’ll split your time evenly between marshall qnd viterbi

[wintry cosmos]

Oooh okay

[wintry cosmos]

Any idea about this?

[crisp halo]

if you mean unique to USC, probably? If you mean only available to marshall students? Also probably

i mean there is a finance emphasis though

[wintry cosmos]

yea i meant unique to marshall students

not USC as a whole

[low sluice]

how early do you suggest applying for housing? i’ve gone through the guide they attached on the portal and all, but is there anything i should know in particular about choosing residence halls/accommodation? what’s generally considered the best one for freshmen?

[ionic bison]

Looks like housing is first come first serve so as soon as you know you’re going and want it you’d want to apply

[low sluice]

would it make sense to apply for housing before committing/submitting the enrollment form? i think you can, but i’m not really sure whether it’s recommended

for context, it’s quite likely i’ll attend, but it somewhat depends on whether they give me a scholarship and that’s only announced in mid april

[old gust]

Kiley do you know if admission info for architecture, comes out earlier? Because deadline was Dec 1 even though it is in RD.

[crisp halo]

You’ll still hear back by April 1st. Portfolio based majors just take more time to review :)

[green jewel]

in the same boat as you and I think i’m gonna apply right away

[wispy elbow]

How competitive is USC actually

[lime salmon]

extremely

[wispy elbow]

What is the reason for lower tier stats

Compared to other 6% schools

[lime salmon]

wdym by lower tier stats

[wispy elbow]

Admitted averages

[timid forge]

Much more holistic, also USC has the film/theatre people which is more portfolio based rather than stats

Maybe auditions too if they do that

[lime salmon]

yea they have a ton of really niche/specific programs

and yea, abcde said it perfectly

[wispy elbow]

So good application overall = still a crapshoot?

[autumn silo]

yes, I got refused

[timid forge]

That’s how it is with t30s

[wispy elbow]

International right?

[autumn silo]

indeed yes, but from a niche country

[wispy elbow]

I suppose

At least I don’t have a generic application

[autumn silo]

in what sense?

[thin hill]

My friend just got in EA to dornsife, she’s international

[timid forge]

damn so waiting for RD isn't a good option-

[ionic bison]

This is another reason why applying early for rolling is good

But yeah some non rolling schools also do this

Seems USC is one

[timid forge]

ah i see

[lethal oracle]

housing app isnt binding for most unis

if you're considering going there at all

file it

[timid forge]

i'll wait till feb

and see if i get the merit scholarship

[lethal oracle]

like umn checks based on when you submitted it

you lose a lot by not just paying the 50$ to apply immediately

[timid forge]

oh its just $50?

did u pay it?

[lime salmon]

You can always enroll and withdraw if u want too

But then u loose that commitment deposit

Like I lost my deposit at Syracuse and UC Davis

Rip

[timid forge]

i rather put in $50

and secure a housing spot

[lethal oracle]

months ago

i submitted the day it came out

and i've been editing as needed ever since

all they care about is when u submit it not if u edit

[lethal oracle]

^

its insanely worth it bc like yk

maybe you want an apartment

or nice dorm

pio 😍

[timid forge]

congrats btw

yea

ill prob submit it later on today

[lethal oracle]

on umn? or my amazing USC deferral

congrats to u on that latter one btw(acceptance obv)

and gfy bc u took my spot 😊

/s

[timid forge]

wait how did you submit the housing app if you didn't

im sorry my b

[lethal oracle]

i said umn

not usc

[timid forge]

OH

MY B

cause im thinking since we're in the usc channel

[fast escarp]

If I forgot to send my official sat score until today (9 days after the deadline for it) and I chose the rush shipping on the college board, would they consider it?

I know I’m a moron and should’ve sent it on time, I completely forgot

[signal condor]

You don’t need to submit official scores unless you decide to enroll

[fast escarp]

Usc says u do

[signal condor]

I didn’t submit my official scores, I just self reported

[fast escarp]

I’m pretty sure

[signal condor]

I’ll check rn

[fast escarp]

Are you sure they considered them? Maybe you just got in without your test scores lol

[signal condor]

I had emailed my AO and she said you didn’t have to

[fast escarp]

Oh

Nice thank you

[signal condor]

Lemme make sure tho

[fast escarp]

I sent it rn but I’m just worried it will get there too late

[signal condor]

Ohhhh