USC (2022-2023)

[fast escarp]

If it was required I’m not sure their policy on reviewing late materials

[signal condor]

Wait I see

Okay so you can self report

[fast escarp]

Oh that’s great

[signal condor]

But you have to do the thing where you download the report score pdf from college board

And then submit that to the portal?

[fast escarp]

I didn’t know that’s a thing

💀

[signal condor]

Yeah it’s like a pdf thingie

Then you upload that to your portal

[fast escarp]

that would’ve been nice to know hahaha I spent like $40 on the frickin rush shipping

[signal condor]

And the lil red x on the checklist with become a lil green check after processing

[brisk orbit]

You just need to upload the score report on the portal

No need to send officially

[wispy elbow]

@signal condor how did u report?

[signal condor]

@wispy elbow I did this

[wispy elbow]

Oh

[shell dust]

you have to send the PDF

that works too

[green jewel]

so soon 😖🙏🏼

[brisk orbit]

whoever gets full tuition should split with me

[signal condor]

🙏

[timid forge]

prayers up

[manic vine]

manifesting full rides for all of us 😩😩😩🙏🙏🙏

[flint meteor]

I saw someone on tiktok say usc does yield protection😭😭😭😭😭😭

[lime salmon]

that person is wrong

[flint meteor]

very

[fiery cloak]

USC doesn't do yield protection

They do broke protection

[untold carbon]

My friends with cracked ECs and high stats who applied ea all got deferred. The students who got in were all pretty low caliber.

[worthy tangle]

this isn’t true lmao

all of my cracked friends got in

i thought it was very meritocratic

or the most meritocratic i’ve seen

[untold carbon]

Are they from socal

[worthy tangle]

no lol

[untold carbon]

That might make a difference, it’s too oversaturated here

[worthy tangle]

ah maybe

[untold carbon]

Like my friends were the presidents / founders of some of the the organizations the kids who got in joined last second in. It was rough lmao

[worthy tangle]

kid who joined in last second still obviously had something to show

[untold carbon]

They had 1300 sats and I saw their common apps

A2C rule but 1 of them was likely legacy and AA, the other two were none of the above. One of them probably wasn’t even top 30% in our school the other one had solid ecs but overall his essays were really awful lol

[twilit citrus]

Hmm it was just a weird ea round overall

[untold carbon]

Outside of California it sounds like merit but in SoCal it’s pretty much a dice roll

[lethal oracle]

what is this about socal

[untold carbon]

Way too concentrated

90 of the 150 kids applied at my school

I forgot to apply lol

[lethal oracle]

oh lol yeah

also you guys have to realize there's a reason only 20% of the class is admitted EA

[lethal oracle]

you're not being admitted based off of stats

[lime salmon]

Fun times

[lethal oracle]

more so scholarship qualification

the general qualified apps will be admitted in RD

[untold carbon]

I honestly think at my school there was yield rating, they might have admitted the mid students since they were much more likely to accept the offer

[lethal oracle]

if you're in socal that's not happening

USC is held to the same regard as UCLA

one of the worship schools

USC knows this

[untold carbon]

1 of my friends who got deferred was already admitted to caltech and the other got into Notre dame rea

[lethal oracle]

again

USC EA was more for scholarship admits

not general admits

else they'd fill up the class in EA instead of RD

[untold carbon]

The thing is, you’d except scholarship to be for the top students, but it makes sense they only offer it to the students more likely to enroll

[lethal oracle]

so your friends may get in RD instead since they're prolly not qualified for the scholarships

[lethal oracle]

no, merit is almost always to woo those who can't afford to come but are very talented

[untold carbon]

The legacy kid has millionaire parents and the other two are well off lol

[lethal oracle]

if you look at the requirements for their scholarships you see this quick

[lethal oracle]

legacy kid got in bc he had 2 hooks

[untold carbon]

Ya

[lethal oracle]

other two are prob not being considered for scholarships and got in to fill the 20%

the remaining 80% wont be like tht

[untold carbon]

True true

Just kind of appalling, my friends would have rejected their offer anyways tho lol

[lethal oracle]

eh

you never know the full picture

[untold carbon]

Oh getting in ea doesn’t even guarantee scholarship? Lmao

[lethal oracle]

never did

they just said if you want to be considered apply early, and if you're admitted at that point you may still be considered in a sort of final round

but they didnt offer it to everyone because 20% is a large amount to offer merit scholarships to

also the other thing is if you are socal USC offers this insane merit scholarship

they call it commuting

so they're a little less generous to the region that already loves them and has a built in way of paying them less

[weak bluff]

Why does USC need a CSS profile… like who decided a financial aid application would cost money

[lethal oracle]

do you want them to know how much you need or not jfc

they don't have to offer you a penny

[modest mural]

Collegeboard

[lethal oracle]

or admission for that matter

[weak bluff]

is fafsa not enough?

fafsa is literally free

[lethal oracle]

FAFSA is so shit

CSS profile actually accounts for expenses

[weak bluff]

other colleges take fafsa only

[lethal oracle]

"other"

is USC your only private?

[weak bluff]

no

[lethal oracle]

over half my schools ask for CSS

and surprisingly

[weak bluff]

only 2 of my 20 schools ask for css

[lethal oracle]

all the ones that ask for CSS are the ones w the lowest estimated COA

but all the ones that ask for FAFSA?

assume i can pay full price

[weak bluff]

even sending sat scores

$12 / school just to send a number

i can literally send my score here in 0.1 secs for free

[lethal oracle]

keep complaining 💀

fix the system or game it thats all i can say

[weak bluff]

and

do i have to submit official transcripts before my app is reviewed?

[lime salmon]

Lmao

[lethal oracle]

jesus chrsit

can we like create an SAT for common sense and google fu

set a basis point for college admission

[weak bluff]

then do it

fix the system

[lethal oracle]

i already have

its called shitting on you idiots on discord

[earnest glade]

man no one fuckin cares bro

both of u

yall r tryna argue whos right on a2c

respectfully no one fuckin cares bro

[lethal oracle]

respectfully you have a minion pfp

go back to facebook where you belong

[earnest glade]

LMFAOO

fairs

[lime salmon]

😎

[small cove]

why r u always acting like a dickhead to ppl in this server..?

[lethal oracle]

why are you hoping to go to bitch universit

[earnest glade]

thats ram for ya

the goat

[lime salmon]

bro felt the need to spam every mega thread

[wintry cosmos]

yo

I only need to send official sat scores if I decide to commit right

I got admitted during the EA round

[earnest glade]

probably if they ask for it

[stone spoke]

yeah

[wintry cosmos]

aight thanks

[signal condor]

Ye

Lol aayan’s message didn’t load but he

[honest folio]

this is prob a dumb question, but should I be sending in aa LOCI?

[lime salmon]

USC explicitly does NOT want a loci

as stated in your deferral letter

[honest folio]

that's what I thought

thank you

for entertaining a dumb question

[lime salmon]

your welcome WoodenPoem

u have a funny name

[honest folio]

It's my username [👀]

Xbox randomly generated username from 2013

[lime salmon]

ok, u didnt need to dox urself like that

[honest folio]

oh shit yeah

what's your residential colelge btw @lime salmon ?

[lime salmon]

Roosevelt

[brisk orbit]

Ur committed tho with the wooden pfp lol

[lime salmon]

Ur doxxing yourself with this line

[signal condor]

😂

Anyone got the housing email thingie?

[charred laurel]

and so it begins....

[brisk orbit]

the feb 2-> feb 1 mistake lol

[weak walrus]

application tracker?? how u make that

[charred laurel]

you don't make it, you get it on slate.org

a lot of colleges use it for their apps

[hazy sorrel]

How do I get USC to show up

I just made an account and it’s only showing UChi and UVA

[charred laurel]

hm, i guess you'll have to wait, I checked last week and USC wasn't there for me too

[weak walrus]

ooh

thats cool

[hazy sorrel]

Oh nvm I found it

I had to go to the 3 lines and click Applications

NCSU “Application has a decision” then give it to me tf

[thick gorge]

wait you can track when they make a decision on you?

damn

[hazy sorrel]

Miami is supposed to come out today I think and it doesn’t say anything about decided sooo I guess it’s a coin toss

[thick gorge]

yeah but that means they prolly just didn't care to update it

but if it says decided it means they actually made a decision?

part of me is thinking this is some portal astrology stuff lol

[hazy sorrel]

I’d think so, state is today or Monday so it makes sense

Probably right about some schools just being lazy for whatever reason though 😪

[thick gorge]

right but there's ppl here posting that caltech has alr made a decision on them according to slate

like multiple ppl

and it's still quite early in the process lol

jan hasn't even ended yet

[tiny oar]

it does for me

[hazy sorrel]

Oh yeah when I clicked on it it showed up, I was initially just looking for tags like this

[wintry cosmos]

Does USC send any package to accepted students ☹️☹️

[stiff flare]

bro see heres the thing

youre intl

even if they do send packages

i dont think they send to INTLs

I THINK

DONT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT

DONT

PLEASE

I DONT TRUST MYSELF

[potent quartz]

yeah ive only seen US ppl get the box thingy

[stiff flare]

the shipping cost will be too high

and they will lose all the profit they made from the absurd international fees

[wintry cosmos]

😔😔😔

That’s sad

I wanted some serotonin

[stiff flare]

man got into

usc

probs will get into gtech

and says he wants some serotonin

[spring sphinx]

they do to intls as well

my seniors received packages

[wintry cosmos]

oh wow

[wintry cosmos]

i did not apply

I’m an econ guy

[spring sphinx]

i shouldve just applied to econ tbh

my whole app was geared to an econ major

[quaint steeple]

wait usc sends packets to intls?

damn

[wintry cosmos]

i sure hope they do

[shell dust]

if ur accepted then I think they do - but do u have to commit to get it? idk

[wintry cosmos]

oh nah pls 😭

all my friends getting packages for just acceptances

not commitments

UND sent my friend one rlly quickly, by like 28th december she received it lmao

[shell dust]

ooo

hope u get one soon too man

[quaint steeple]

@wintry cosmos tell me if u get one LMAO

[wintry cosmos]

yes lmfao i will

[wintry cosmos]

🙏

[timid shuttle]

manifesting (again) for that RD acceptance

EA deferral was painful

[lime salmon]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1050862205832265790/1068461118982463538/A2C_Bear.png

[violet musk]

this logo has no business going as hard as it does

[lime salmon]

I made it

This should be a t shirt

[lusty urchin]

its adorable

[old gust]

How do you get that?

[lime salmon]

slate.org

[old gust]

Can you apply from there

[signal condor]

A folder with USC stickers and the acceptance letter printed out

[lime salmon]

if u get marshall

u get airpods

like im not capping

https://twitter.com/portiaxporsche/status/1362851937545199617

portia 😂 (@portiaxporsche)

USC is making students pay an extra $6K a year.
They take a whole year to give us acceptance letters in flimsy envelopes.
What is even worse is that they then give new possible students
(Merit scholarship applicants)
a fancy box, a gold embellished envelope, and AirPods

Twitter · Feb 19, 2021, 7:49 PM

last year they scaled back

and gave ppl an airtag

witht the peace sign

[signal condor]

What…?

[lime salmon]

as seen on ur acceptance letter

[signal condor]

I should’ve applied to Marshall 💀

Jk but AirPods would be nice

[lime salmon]

airtag tho last year

thats $25

vs $150

[signal condor]

😂

AirPods this year tho?

[lime salmon]

prob not

[signal condor]

😂

[lime salmon]

all other majors dont get shit

maybe a tee shirt and cap

when u show up to orientation

[signal condor]

😂

So basically we gotta commit for the merch?

Intriguing

[lime salmon]

thats how it is for most places tbh

unless they bribe u

like in usc's case

the airpods are a bribe

u got them even if u didnt commit

its a psychological thing

[signal condor]

I refuse to be bribed

Well acc they don’t bribe anymore anyway lol

Which is probably a good thing

[brisk orbit]

Wait what, I thought u didn’t have to commit to get the envelope?

[wintry cosmos]

yo what

Bruh my major is literally viterbi + Marshall😭

I should get 😔😔

[lime salmon]

Did u get in?

[timid forge]

TF

WHERE ARE MY AIRPODS ?

[golden vessel]

Don’t you already have AirPods

I need them

I want them

[wintry cosmos]

Yes

For csba

[lime salmon]

Oh nice

Idk what you’ll get

As I said, last year they sent ppl air tags

But the thing is

AirTags only work for iPhones

So USC is basically assuming ur rich af

[crisp halo]

thats only for marshall scholarship recipients

[lime salmon]

And have an iPhone

Not android

Yea it’s Marshall

[crisp halo]

not all marshall students got airtags/airpods

[lime salmon]

Oh really

[crisp halo]

marshall scholarship

mhm

[lime salmon]

Dam

The 2 ppl ik who got in Marshall must’ve gotten that

[brisk orbit]

@crisp halo does the acceptance package go out to every admitted student, even if they arent committed?

[crisp halo]

yes! it's just a certificate of admission, not of commitment

[brisk orbit]

👍 thx! do u know when they typically send them out

[crisp halo]

it usually takes two ish weeks if youre in the continental US and up to four weeks if youre an international student

[brisk orbit]

thx

[crisp halo]

ofc!

[wintry cosmos]

LOL

[wintry cosmos]

oooooh okay thank u sm

and what does the package contain?

[crisp halo]

basically your admissions letter printed out and a little certificate thingy with some stickers

[wintry cosmos]

oh lol nice

thanks

[crisp halo]

ofc!

[lime salmon]

How do u like this

im either gonna minor in cog sci design

or marketing

this stuff is so basic tho

[potent quartz]

lmao this is good

[signal condor]

Yo this is really good

It’s fire

[wintry cosmos]

@crisp halo wtf lol I already received mine

I’m in india that too lmfao

@quaint steeple I got mine

[slim bluff]

wtf

wow

[signal patrol]

so this is what they do with all the money they siphon off of kids

[stable spear]

if uiuc does this, i will get so much academic validation ONG

[slim bluff]

REAL

[stone spoke]

i want purdue to do this

[frozen zodiac]

Fr

[desert ice]

Dang i have yet to get mine, tbf im east coast but still

😔

[green jewel]

woo!!

[low sluice]

W

[desert ice]

Sheesh finally got it too

[misty cedar]

W man

Walking W

[timid shuttle]

jan 28: manifesting this RD acceptance after an EA deferral

[quaint steeple]

DAMN that was fast gonna hope mine comes soon too

[south ruin]

cant be deferred cuz alr in RD 🥲

[weak walrus]

so no loci no email nothing for usc right

just the checkbox in the portal and thats it

man

i wish i could update them with shit bruh

[quaint steeple]

damn i was hoping for stickers at least 💀

got mine wooo

[signal condor]

U didn’t get stickers 😞?

[quaint steeple]

you did? :(

[minor venture]

there’s one glued on the inside of the folder

you have to peel it off

[quaint steeple]

no way 💀 the trojan one?

[signal condor]

Secret sticker 😎

Has your worldview been changed?

[minor venture]

yeah

[flint meteor]

how many ea admits get scholarships?

[brisk orbit]

i think 900/2400 will advance in the process on feb. 10 (38%) and ~400 (17% or 1 in 6 admits) will actually end up getting a scholarship

[quaint steeple]

what i heard was 900 will get either full or half tuition and 200 more will get one of the smaller ones

[timid forge]

usc has a LOT of scholarships

[quaint steeple]

plus their website says 20% of undergrads have merit schols

[brisk orbit]

While I certainly wish this was true, their website disclosed the # of scholarships they give. Only 100 for full tuition and 200 for half tuition

[brisk orbit]

More like 500 actually

[quaint steeple]

oh yeah okay i see that on the website

damn thats unfortunate

[livid crypt]

100 for full, 400 for half, 160 for quarter, and 80 for some amount between full and 0

[quaint steeple]

not bad at all

[livid crypt]

yeah it's not

considering the incoming class was ~3400, about 700 on scholarship isn't that bad

[timid forge]

wasn't it 2400?

[quaint steeple]

2400 for merit consideration yeah

[timid forge]

omg fr?

[livid crypt]

and that's just scholarship, i believe about 20% of students are on free tuition because of parent's income

[timid forge]

PURR WHAT

[livid crypt]

https://customsitesmedia.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/10/07155342/First-Year-Student-Profile-2022_FNL15.pdf

about ~2/3 are on some sort of financial aid

[timid forge]

so people who parents income are below 80k

[livid crypt]

*of all students

[timid forge]

aren't in that scholarship pool

right ?

[quaint steeple]

i think they get scholarship first then financial aid

or something

[livid crypt]

i dont know, but i doubt it's a substantial part of it, if any

i dont think usc would give you a half tuition scholarship and then a full one

they would just give you the full one

[timid forge]

well i was reading

the website

i might be wrong

[quaint steeple]

wait and thats only how many attended, so the actual number who got schols must be higher?

or is that of admitted

[timid forge]

but if they do pay full tuition due to income, you can't get merit aid

[livid crypt]

it's of people attending. students that get a scholarship and say no just have the scholarship moved to the next person in line

[timid forge]

cause that would invalidate the purpose of the scholarship ?

praying for that scholarship fr

[quaint steeple]

WAITTT

nice

[livid crypt]

merit scholarship or financial aid?

[timid forge]

well kinda both

[livid crypt]

financial aid will be restricted beyond a certain income, yeah

[timid forge]

my parents make over the amount

but usc looks at 100% of need

so my efc is half the tuition

[livid crypt]

it depends on fafsa/whatever that collegeboard thing is called

[timid forge]

yes

usc is what

80k?

[quaint steeple]

85k

[livid crypt]

yeah, 80k for free

[timid forge]

my efc is like 40-42k

[livid crypt]

income

[timid forge]

so that cuts it in half kinda

[quaint steeple]

oh

[timid forge]

wait wait wait

[livid crypt]

your eestimated family contribution is 40k?

[timid forge]

i have a question

yes

[livid crypt]

i believe it's just free tuition then

[quaint steeple]

i really hope i get a schol bc i love usc more than the other school, but that school is literally half the cost of usc

[timid forge]

noo

you're thinking of it wrong

my parents make within the 100k range

but my efc is 40k

meaning thats how much colleges expect me to pay

but if a school looks at 100% of your need

they subtract your efc

[livid crypt]

i think the free tuition is based on income alone

[timid forge]

no ik that

im talking about regular aid lol

[livid crypt]

ok i may be going about this wrong, but i think you get 40k in aid then?

80k-40k = 40

[timid forge]

yes

now my question is

lets say usc is expecting me to pay the 40k

without scholarships

if i get a

lets say, half ride

id be expected to pay 20k ?

[livid crypt]

with a scholarship, your aid decreases by the amount of the scholarship

[timid forge]

...

i did not know that-

um

[livid crypt]

sorry

[timid forge]

no you're fine lol

new to this stuff

[livid crypt]

with a scholarship for half ride cost decreases by ~30k

[quaint steeple]

yeah they give merit first is what ive seen

[brisk orbit]

I’m seeing a much lower number - https://issuu.com/esdwebm/docs/scholarship_grid_issuu_?fr=sMzE0NDM2NzY5Njk

[quaint steeple]

and then fin aid for the rest

[timid forge]

85 - 30 k ?

then fin aid the rest ?

[quaint steeple]

a lot of it just says num of awards varies

[livid crypt]

national merit and presidential are the same award

[quaint steeple]

so guess we just gotta wait

[livid crypt]

200 national merit + 200 presidential is usually what they do

so 400 half tuition

[brisk orbit]

oh that’s a lot more nat merit than I thought

[livid crypt]

yeah usc has like second most in the country i think

[timid forge]

reading all this now

i feel like a lot of people have a chance for a scholarship

[livid crypt]

i think, im not exactly sure how aid works with housing/food etc

[timid forge]

ah i see ty

@livid crypt @quaint steeple do y'all know how usc picks the other scholarships?

or we have to apply to the other ones

like lgbt or races ?

[livid crypt]

usually you dont apply

if you're in one of the categories they just consider you part of the applicant pool

[timid forge]

did you get in EA ?

[livid crypt]

i am a student here now

[timid forge]

OMG

can i dm you

a question

[livid crypt]

sure

[flint meteor]

20% of the undergrad class? Isn’t that basically all EA admits😭

[quaint steeple]

this is on here: https://admission.usc.edu/learn/cost-financial-aid/

[desert ice]

So if its a merit scholarship do they only give it out based on like sat/psat or academics/ecs in general

[stone spoke]

they look at everything

for most scholarshios

[south ruin]

is that like in-year (u enter and they use ur college gpa) or thats initial (given when u applied to usc)?

or is it both ?

[timid shuttle]

I know they said do not submit any additional emails but thoughts on sending a letter of continued interest? idk may be stupid ass idea

additional info**

[west kiln]

p sure they said not to send one in that deferral form

[livid crypt]

Do not send them that, they specifically wrote that they don’t want that

[daring citrus]

Was anyone rejected ea?

[mortal girder]

They didn’t reject anyone

[daring citrus]

Thx

[obtuse basalt]

Did anyone

Get this like packet in thr mail

For parents about interest

Irs like financial aid packet

[minor venture]

yeah

[wispy elbow]

does a letter about financial aid mean anything

[lime salmon]

Nope

Fin Aid and Admissions work independently

[mint inlet]

Still not a huge number tf

[green jewel]

waiting for merit scholarships feels like waiting for the decision all over again 😭😭

[lime salmon]

yes i believe it

thats different

some schools u just know

[daring citrus]

I miss ram 😕

[lime salmon]

CEO of sex

[earnest glade]

what happened to the ceo of sex

[lime salmon]

he left

[earnest glade]

[fast escarp]

No he didn’t, he’s me

[fiery cloak]

Me too

But alas he got banned

[signal patrol]

cant be u, he'd never be so wholesome😭

[high pilot]

anyone know where I can join USC '27 discord?

server

[lime salmon]

go check reddit

[signal condor]

Good take

Bro is actually big brain

[signal condor]

There’s a ‘27 insta gc but lowkey have no idea if that’s full or not

I’m legit new to insta

[high pilot]

sorry for asking so many questions but does anyone know where I can find information about AP transfer credit and which AP test scores they accept? Im not sure where to look...

[stone spoke]

just search ap credit usc

https://arr.usc.edu/students/transfer-credit-services/ap-exam-credit-at-usc/

[wintry cosmos]

when do merit schol interviews or decisions come

Or have they started coming

[high pilot]

yh i wonder when, does anyone know?

and does anyone know the likelihood of getting one

if you got in through EA

[brisk orbit]

They announced February 10 on their Instagram

[brisk orbit]

900/2400 (37,5%) of moving on to the next stage on Feb 10

[young notch]

is that the total number of scholarships? or only for half/full ride

[wintry cosmos]

oh aight ty

[hazy wasp]

ramlord uni

[bright copper]

huh

[low sluice]

really? isn’t this around the total number of schols given?

pretty sure they’d interview more people no?

[brisk orbit]

I think total given is more like 600

Last year that’s how many they gave

100 Full ride, 200 Half ride, 200 Nat Merit Half Ride, and about 100ish other scholarships

There’s a link floating around here somewhere

[wintry cosmos]

damn they give 100 full rides??

and they’re completely merit based right?

are intls eligible?

@crisp halo any idea?

[young notch]

yeah do internationals have less preference for scholarships?

[young notch]

is there a usc '27 discord

[lime salmon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/USC/comments/10rf4gl/usc_co27_discord/

[young notch]

ooh cool ty

[lime salmon]

USC wins

the Dead Chat award

[crisp halo]

sorry! just saw this. i believe international students are also in the running for these scholarships since they are merit based. however, international students are NOT eligible for financial aid/need-based scholarships.

[bronze junco]

.

[signal condor]

😂😎

[high pilot]

what if Im going to an international school but im a US Citizen?

[crisp halo]

I would recommend reaching out to your admissions counselor in that specific case. I’m not quite sure so I would direct you there :)

[wintry cosmos]

okay cool, but the trustee and president full ride/half ride is not need based right?

it’s merit based irrespective of need?

[brisk orbit]

Those are all merit based scholarships

[wintry cosmos]

Okay solid thanks

[hazy sorrel]

Does this increase my chances ??

[lime salmon]

Yes

[heavy narwhal]

pretty sure ur still intl

[high pilot]

ah alright

[wintry cosmos]

Nah

They’re US citizen

They’re eligible to apply for financial aid

p sure

[heavy narwhal]

but lit americans at my school are treated as intl students in application

[high pilot]

FAFSA doesnt open here, so do i just use VPN?

[heavy narwhal]

but yea they do get aid

ofc

[wintry cosmos]

yeah maybe ig

[wintry cosmos]

yeah for admissions purposes

But for financial aid purposes they’re citizens

[heavy narwhal]

ofc ofc

i didn’t read it fully mb

[wintry cosmos]

@crisp halo on 10th feb what exactly do we get to know about merit schols

is it whether we're proceeding in the interview process? or is it how much schol we're getting

[crisp halo]

You’ll be invited for the interview! Unfortunately, I’m not sure if its for a specific scholarship or just a general interview though.

[wintry cosmos]

Ah okay thanks

[blissful plaza]

I think they interview for half/full scholarships

Other amounts you directly get

Not sure though

[wintry cosmos]

viterbi had a 2.7% EA acceptance rate this year

source: admitted student event

[lime salmon]

Y u gotta flex on us

[wintry cosmos]

lmfao no not my intention

just to give an idea of how deadly it was

[maiden lintel]

will rd have better acceptance rate 👉 👈

[wintry cosmos]

yes

i assume

because only 25% of the class was accepted EA

[high pilot]

what about Dornsife and Annenberg?

[wintry cosmos]

I only have access to the Viterbi admitted student event

no idea about the others

[brisk orbit]

I went to the Dornsife one and they didn’t say anything about the acceptance rate this yr

[young ivy]

i got requested for an interview should i keep my hopes up :’)

its for game design

[fathom needle]

in 2021 they had a rate of just under 10%

[blissful plaza]

RD acceptance rate will be <= 10%

based on how many they admit every year/how many apps they have this time

which is all public info

[maiden lintel]

F

[wintry cosmos]

weird, the viterbi one had a slide like this

[lime salmon]

interesting

[young notch]

whats the 1905

[minor venture]

it was just a student panel i thought there would be more

[wintry cosmos]

the year 1905

Lmao

[brisk orbit]

Honestly I was only half paying attention lmao but I don’t think they had that

[signal condor]

Dang

I think as a whole the EA acceptance was like 5%

So that’s just over half…

Fr crazy

[wintry cosmos]

yea crazy

[loud mason]

are they still giving out interviews or no?

[wintry cosmos]

USC doesn't do interviews...

except for merit scholarship people

[loud mason]

yeah i went and read on their website

[green jewel]

do we know if scholarship notifs are rolling or if they’ll likely just drop at 6pst?

on friday

[timid forge]

HI!
still super stocked about Explore USC + potential to be nominated for scholarship there
I'm not sure how it works and if a current USC student can tell me
if I dont get presidential/trustee after the interview, can I still be in the running for Deans?

[livid crypt]

not sure! I'd recommend chatting with the admissions center here https://admission.usc.edu/meet-us/student-ambassadors/

[young ivy]

t-1 until interview

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/568490575339323402/1040094319232684062/9B13FBC5-5280-4A94-A3C9-FFC41EF3E5ED.gif

[green jewel]

scary!

[young ivy]

;n; ya did u do an interview..

oh my god

im

so a

aaa

[desert ice]

So how does it work tommorow

Like do you just get notified if ur

In the next step

[green jewel]

I think?

I guess it’s through email and not the portal

[brisk orbit]

u just get an email. i think it's pretty low key

[timid forge]

@brisk orbit Do you have this on your portal?

[copper laurel]

Hello, i just joined and got in EA for CS/BA.

[fiery cloak]

oop

[copper laurel]

??

[lime salmon]

No portal astrology pls

keep that shit in college confidential

[copper laurel]

oh lmao okay

[copper laurel]

What's this about then

[brisk orbit]

Yes I do!

$250 is not gonna come close to covering travel costs 💀

[copper laurel]

Where did you find this on the portal?

[brisk orbit]

I’m on phone but above the “USC Freshman Honors Application”

[copper laurel]

Oh damn i don't have it

Looks like you got a scholarship! Congratulations!

I think you're almost guaranteed to get the Dean's Scholarship

As that doesn't have an interview, you straight get it

[brisk orbit]

I’m not sure… isn’t the notification tomorrow only supposed to be if you moved on in the process

[copper laurel]

There is only a process for the presidential and trustee one

The rest of them are straight awarded

[brisk orbit]

Oh no…. I really hope it doesn’t mean anything or they haven’t loaded yet or something. The notification is by email not by portal anyways

[copper laurel]

Are you domestic or intl?

[brisk orbit]

Oh I see. Which one is the Dean then? Aren’t presidential and trustee the biggest ones

Domestic

[copper laurel]

Dean is something like 15k iirc

If you're domestic then isn't USC need blind?

So i wouldn't worry too much about the scholarship haha

[brisk orbit]

does it mean they won’t interview me for the presidential or trustee then?

[copper laurel]

I cannot come to USC without some meri scholarship

[copper laurel]

No one can say tbh

I wish you the best

[brisk orbit]

Yea it is but USC is quite pricey as you know lol

[brisk orbit]

YOU TOO! I really hope you’ll get one regardless of this portal thing

And congrats on being admitted; that itself is something to be proud of <3

[copper laurel]

But you'll get need based aid right?

[copper laurel]

Same to you! What major are you?

[brisk orbit]

yea but my income bracket is like 300k so I don’t think i will get much aid if any

[copper laurel]

Oh damn. I'm sort of in the same boat as you (~220k) and even i won't get much need based aid

That's why i was really really relying on USC

I "need" that merit aid

[brisk orbit]

Applied and Computational Math (AMCM) + plan on applying for Data Science during freshman year. I’m actually a data science major but USC only allows u to apply for that during spring of freshman year

[copper laurel]

Oh wow

[brisk orbit]

Why

Wbu*

[copper laurel]

I got in for CS/BA

At viterbi

[brisk orbit]

YOOO that’s super impressive

[copper laurel]

Thanks!

But there's no point coz I cannot afford it rn

[brisk orbit]

AMCM is at Dornsife but Viterbi is much more competitive

[brisk orbit]

I really hope u get one, and if not, I think it wouldn’t hurt to contact them or ask them

If u say something like you need it to attend

[copper laurel]

Yeah i hope so too

i doubt they'd care tbh

They get so many rich intls

[brisk orbit]

Ah

[copper laurel]

i already got some bad news today, really hope i don't get more

[brisk orbit]

Oh no what happened? If you don’t mind me asking

[copper laurel]

Berkeley MET decisions came out

Today

Didn't get an acceptance 😦

[brisk orbit]

BERKELEY IS OUT

WHAT

[copper laurel]

Only if you applied MET

[timid wigeon]

only for some people

[copper laurel]

Or if you get reagents / chancellors

[brisk orbit]

Oh

[copper laurel]

Vast majority will come out in March

[brisk orbit]

I’m sorry. They didn’t deserve u

Better news will come your way, even if it takes some time 💪

[copper laurel]

Any idea about the time for USC notifs?

[copper laurel]

Yes! I atleast have an option I can afford (UIUC) so it's all good

[brisk orbit]

UIUC CS is cracked

[copper laurel]

yes!

[brisk orbit]

You’re chilling. Congrats!!!

[copper laurel]

Thank you!

[brisk orbit]

Bc it’s email I assumed throughout the day but I’m not sure

[lime salmon]

Congrats!

[brisk orbit]

Well gn y’all

[copper laurel]

It's 1 PM here but haha gn

[brisk orbit]

And gl to u with everything college PotterBoy

[copper laurel]

same to you!

[brisk orbit]

https://tenor.com/view/sleep-time-gif-25989059

[daring wyvern]

hi, anyone applied to USC SCA undergrad program? i got asked to do an interview

tbh i didn't expect there would be an interview for undergrad students

[lime salmon]

i applied to their business of SCA program last year

interviews are quite common for undergrad schools, especially the popular ones.

[daring wyvern]

ic, cuz it says on the website that they don't conduct interviews for undergrad programs so i was a bit confused

[lime salmon]

wait, did u get in during EA?

or ur still waiting on RD

and youre right, their website does say that they dont offer interviews

[daring wyvern]

there's no EA for SCA i think so still waiting on RD

[lime salmon]

Consider yourself lucky

u should take the interview if possible

https://www.reddit.com/r/USC/comments/mmaksa/usc_sca_interview_requested/

u should read this post

[daring wyvern]

thank you so much, i've already booked an interview with them for tomorrow

[lime salmon]

Awesome! Good luck!!

[daring wyvern]

thanks!

[blissful plaza]

It's possible that intl applicants don't have this msg

Because 250$ would very likely not cover it for them

[high pilot]

I think so

i wouldnt worry at all

if you're international

[blissful plaza]

yeah anyway got to wait for a day only

[copper laurel]

I'm so scared for USC

[blissful plaza]

relax

you have UIUC CS already

even if things don't work out with USC you're more than safe

[copper laurel]

Have y'all gotten in anywhere else?

[blissful plaza]

I got into UMich

But got deferred from CS adv selection

[young notch]

@copper laurel youd pick usc over uiuc cs?

[high pilot]

hm cs UIUC better

id take USC over UIUC in general though

[young notch]

yeah student life at usc would be way better for sure

[high pilot]

YEP

not hating on UIUC tho, it’s an amazing school

[signal patrol]

usc expensive tho

[high pilot]

yeah that's the one con

[copper laurel]

Same! I got UMich College of Engineering but deferred CS

[copper laurel]

Yes, i like the CS/BA program better. And USC is a better uni overall. I just need some scholarship

[green jewel]

just got a “your fast portal has been updated” but there is no update…

[blissful plaza]

huh

show

[high pilot]

yh can we see?

[wintry cosmos]

This is for minorities only

[wintry cosmos]

No no

This is just for minorities

Someone said it on the USC group on ZeeMee

Y’all can join from the link in ur portal

[wintry cosmos]

ayy same

U domestic or intl?

[green jewel]

this.

but then my fast portal has nothing for me to complete

[high pilot]

wtf

try contacting the financial aid office

[wintry cosmos]

Are you sure you’re selecting the right year on the FAST portal?

Because iirc the portal shows you options for the academic year 2022-2023 and 2023-2024

If you choose 2022 by mistake it doesn’t show anything

But the form might be in the 2023 one

[signal patrol]

cs/ba has high ROI so go for it

[wintry cosmos]

Yea csba is honestly amazing

In terms of academics tho I’ve heard it’s not too intensive into CS or into BA

but then again it has great returns if you wanna go into tech or finance

I was looking at their courseload and turns out APs even allow me to skip like 4 of the first year courses so that’s quite cool

[keen nova]

What time does the scholarship information come out?

[wintry cosmos]

Probably same time as decisions came? Idk

5PM was it?

CET

[keen nova]

So give or take 2 hour from now most probably

Thank you

[blissful plaza]

huh

no

10 hours from now

it's 6:03 AM in LA

[blissful plaza]

4pm PT

[keen nova]

Is it CET or PT?

[blissful plaza]

PT

[keen nova]

11 hours away then

[signal patrol]

thats the plan, hence pretty perfect

[wintry cosmos]

Ah ok mb

[wintry cosmos]

yeah makes sense

[blissful plaza]

it takes out quite a bit of CS credits though

[brisk orbit]

yea this makes more sense

@copper laurel you prob don’t have one bc you’re international and costs are too high to reimburse

[blissful plaza]

no costs are too high for usc

[hushed nexus]

does anyone know if the scholarship status email will be sent through email or updated on the portal

[blissful plaza]

just check both in 8.5 hours

[brisk orbit]

Email

[hushed nexus]

do we know what time??

[hushed nexus]

true

[blissful plaza]

im nervous now

i never thought i'd be considered for a scholarship let alone get in somewhere with a 2.7% sel rate 😨

[hushed nexus]

wishing the best for us🤞

[blissful plaza]

btw viterbi admits we have a discord
if you join the zeeme chat you'll find the invite there

[copper laurel]

Haha it's gonna be 5 am here

[copper laurel]

I'm not able to install zeeme, there's some issue

Is there anyway you could send me the invite link

I can dm proof if you'd like that i got in CS/BA

[wintry cosmos]

i can't find it on zeemee

can you DM me the link?

or tell me which channel on Zeemee the link is in?

[low sluice]

i'll dm you it

[young notch]

yeah could you dm the link to me too?

[copper laurel]

Please dm it to me too

[blissful plaza]

are you in india lol

[wintry cosmos]

everyone is in india

even if someone says they're not in india, they are in india.

(hoping you are an f1 and seb fan and understand this)

[copper laurel]

yeah lmfao

you too>

[blissful plaza]

yes

[brisk orbit]

this is true

[timid forge]

I remember the way it worked in aprevious years was that you get interviewed and 25% get trustee 50% get residential and 25% get deans

[timid forge]

Im not a minority tho… im orm…

[brisk orbit]

I think he means in general context, not specifically for colleges (i.e. non white)

[copper laurel]

Do you mean that everyone interviewed gets something atleast?

[timid forge]

Wait so that means

[copper laurel]

And how much was Dean's again?

[timid forge]

The thing on my portal doesnt mean scholarship?

[timid forge]

I think so…

[brisk orbit]

Yea apparently not

[timid forge]

Damn well i was hopeful

Did you guys get it?

On your portal?

[brisk orbit]

Yea

[copper laurel]

No

[timid forge]

Potter

[copper laurel]

I don't

Didn't*

[timid forge]

Are u white?

[brisk orbit]

He’s INTL tho

[timid forge]

Oh

[copper laurel]

I'm international

[timid forge]

So every domestic admit got it

[signal condor]

Got what?

[brisk orbit]

Idk we have a sample size of 2

[timid forge]

The thing on their porta

The travel stipend

[signal condor]

What’s the thing?

Lemme check

[desert ice]

Do i check portal?

[brisk orbit]

I thought the point of the notifications today was to notify some people that they would not be moving forward and therefore not interviews

[signal condor]

That thing?

[timid forge]

Oof 😅 ig it doesnt mean scholashi then

Was hopeful

[signal condor]

Wait is that it?

[timid forge]

Now im scared lol

Yeah it seems like everyone got it

[signal condor]

I had that on my portal for weeks now tho

[brisk orbit]

because Tom DEFINITELY isn’t getting a scholarship

😂

[signal condor]

You underestimate me, just like he did

[brisk orbit]

Jk love u Tom

[timid forge]

The travel stipend thing

[signal condor]

Ye

[timid forge]

I just got it like yesterday

I thought it meant something oh well 😕

[signal condor]

Bro you know I’m better than Jay

[timid forge]

Im probs not grtting any money in that case

[brisk orbit]

I don’t know when I got it. I don’t check my portal that often lol

[signal condor]

I checked like a week after I was admitted

[brisk orbit]

Well it certainly doesn’t mean u WONT get it, just pretend it never existed and wait today for the email notif

[signal condor]

Bc a friend told me abt zeemee

[timid forge]

Yikes

[signal condor]

Has anyone gotten an email notif as yet?

[timid forge]

Ok yeah heard you

There is no way in hell their giving me money

I was probably a borderline admit anyways

Rip

[brisk orbit]

I haven’t gotten any

Although I just got an email from Berkeley and it scared me lol

[timid forge]

Me too lmfao

[brisk orbit]

in summary ; “ you didn’t get regents now wait until March.”

[copper laurel]

Same

[timid forge]

Oh well now im depressed af I really thought that travel stipend meant that I was a scholaship rescipient

[brisk orbit]

u still can get it

Wait until the email before being depressed

[timid forge]

Eh I am very confident that I was a borderline admit

[copper laurel]

You might be in for like Associates or smthn

[timid forge]

So yeah my dumbass really thought

[copper laurel]

Which doesn't need an interview

Intls can get Associates right?

[timid forge]

Im domestic

[signal condor]

Wait whaaaaa?

[brisk orbit]

It’s just telling me that my app is still under review

[signal condor]

💀

I got that too

[timid forge]

I probs gonna go to an in state uc over usc since im probs not getting ant money

[fluid plume]

lmao my heart stopped i just got that

[copper laurel]

I'm asking generally

[signal condor]

USC > Cal anyway

[copper laurel]

Do intls get Associates

The 18k one

[signal condor]

Heck UCLA > Cal

[timid forge]

😭

[brisk orbit]

Yesss, unless I don’t get money for USC

[signal condor]

Community College > Cal

[timid forge]

There is no way my fam is spending 80k for usc

[brisk orbit]

Yea come on give us money

[signal condor]

Fax 😂

[lime salmon]

Cal state Berkely

[signal condor]

🙏🙏🙏

[timid forge]

Well it was a nice run getting an ea acceptance

Hopefully some t10 or ivy pulls through

Bc those are the only places im spending that kind of tuition

The good news is

That when I dont get a scholarship

I dont have to try as hard in school

Like I can get by with mostly cs and not have my admission rescinded

[signal condor]

Me rn

[timid forge]

That’s the bright side!

Only 800 are invited for scholarships i think

[brisk orbit]

900 I think

37.5%

[timid forge]

Jesus

Thats still hella low

40% is crazy low

Given that we are all really accomplished

[copper laurel]

40% for what?

[brisk orbit]

I agree they should give everyone admitted a full ride

[timid forge]

Of ea admits get scholarships

[copper laurel]

Any scholarship or full one?

[brisk orbit]

Get invited

[copper laurel]

Oh i see

[timid forge]

Any scholarship

Wild

[brisk orbit]

600 end up actually getting scholarships

[timid forge]

Wtf

That includes deans too right?

[brisk orbit]

100 full ride, 200 half, 200 nat merit half, 100 other

[brisk orbit]

Yeah

[timid forge]

Im not even bational meroy

Merit

Fucj

[copper laurel]

Source?

[brisk orbit]

They published it for class of ‘26

Somebody posted here

[timid forge]

I should have stuck with uchicago ed2

[copper laurel]

I see

[timid forge]

There is no way im getting money

[brisk orbit]

LOL i was also considering this

[timid forge]

Did u also drop uchic ed2?

[brisk orbit]

Funny thing is Uchicago ED2 comes out today

[timid forge]

Ik lmfao

[brisk orbit]

Yea I ended up not doing it

[timid forge]

Its probs more competitive than usc da

Ea

Ngl

Everyone has been ed2 uchic

[brisk orbit]

I didn’t even apply RD there because it’s so low

[brisk orbit]

Rate is higher but applicants there are more competitive because all the Ivy EA deferrals/rejects do it

[timid forge]

Usc ea + scholarship is more comp than uchicago ed2 though

[timid forge]

Yeah I was rejected upenn ed CAS and in usc ea

And mind u cas probs had >15% ed rate

[brisk orbit]

I was deferred Columbia ED

[copper laurel]

I was rejected Stanford REA

[timid forge]

Straight up rejected from the easiest school at upenn

[brisk orbit]

USC saving my mental health these few months! And for that I’m forever grateful

[timid forge]

Me too at the same time

Realistically

[brisk orbit]

Still super competitive, don’t beat yourself up

[timid forge]

I dont see myself going to a private school

Sinve im not getting money nor am I getting into any t10/ivy

[copper laurel]

I got rejected despite applying for aerospace

[timid forge]

Im probs gonna land up in a uc

[timid forge]

Upenn?

[copper laurel]

And my whole application screams aerospace

No, Stanford

[brisk orbit]

Are u domestic or INTL

[timid forge]

Domestic

[brisk orbit]

CA?

[timid forge]

Yea

[brisk orbit]

Ah gotcha

I don’t think I was ‘diverse’ enough for Columbia

[timid forge]

Deferred columbia is good wtf

[brisk orbit]

Asian male doing data science (effectively CS)

[timid forge]

I was rejected for env studies 😭

[brisk orbit]

Nah their deferral rate is like 65% a few years ago

It’s not like Yale or Stanford

[timid forge]

I switched my aplication around and applied for cog sci to my rd schools

After penn rejected me

[brisk orbit]

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE HERE

anxiously refreshing my email

Expecting it between 4-5 today

[timid forge]

Im good w whatever man its fine if no scholarship