USC (2022-2023)

[brisk orbit]

ah that matters even more for where u go ugrad. Did u apply Wharton?

[twilit citrus]

https://tenor.com/view/fed-federal-reserve-inflation-powell-jerome-powell-gif-25678114

[twilit citrus]

Yes

Not gonna get in

[brisk orbit]

Gl!

[twilit citrus]

But I had to try lol

Thanks!

[brisk orbit]

yea fs! If you don try you’ll regret it

Always good to try

[twilit citrus]

I'm regretting not applying to Berkeley and UT

[wintry cosmos]

us moment

[lime salmon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OErRW-1BAjo&list=LL&index=1

[twilit citrus]

I'll be relieved if I don't get in kinda, as much as I want to at the same time bc it's so cutthroat there to even get into clubs and shit

[lime salmon]

WATCH!

[twilit citrus]

Did you pay someone on fiver for that voice over 💀

[lime salmon]

lmao

it was much cheaper than the ken bone cameo ngl

[green jewel]

y’all I finally saw my finaid letter (they never emailed me lol.) and I can actually afford to go 😭😭

[twilit citrus]

That's great! Congratulations

[brisk orbit]

nice!! can u tell me where you found the finaid letter?

[daring cape]

prolly on the portal

[brisk orbit]

don’t see it there

[daring cape]

no clue then

[wintry cosmos]

It’s in the portal

On the top right of your portal, there’s a link to USC Fast

If you click on that you should be able to see it

[brisk orbit]

dont see it, can you send a ss

[stable drift]

I submitted my fafsa and the private finical aid thingy but on usc it says not received

What should I do

Should I be worried?

I did give them my right ssn

[crisp halo]

It can take up to four weeks, so don't worry about it!!

[old gust]

Hey Kiley, USC says I need to submit the "Identity Documentation and Statement of Educational Purpose" for financial aid. Do you know what the purpose of this is? thank you

[crisp halo]

Are you an international student?

[wintry cosmos]

Huh weird

I wouldn’t have it because I’m an intl

Maybe kiley can help u

[old gust]

No I’m from Cali

[timid forge]

when are decisions going to / speculate to come out (ping me when replying pls)?

[crisp halo]

Ah. That makes things easier then! That form just certifies that any financial aid you get through USC will only be used for educational purposes, and not just to line your own pockets. The second part of that form is just to verify that you are who you say you are. This just protects USC in case you just take the financial aid package and do something else with the money

[brisk orbit]

Spec April 1, confirmed on or before Apr 1

[timid forge]

oki

no exact date tho? cuz april 1 is just the deadline for most universities

[stable drift]

They going to prank us all that we got accepted

Cus it’s April 1

Lol

[hazy sorrel]

There was something they posted on IG that insinuated exactly the 1st

[brisk orbit]

This one

[fathom needle]

Step 3: Brace for a rejection

[brisk orbit]

right? I don’t see any schools giving any tips for dealing with rejection 🙄

[south ruin]

be emotionless cuz u alr knew u applied to all reach schools 😉

no need to be scared when all u'll face is an L

[hazy sorrel]

100% acceptance rate year at every school 🫡

[alpine willow]

does anyone know when rd comes out?

[merry crypt]

april 1

[atomic inlet]

hopefully a miracle happens and I get in my dream school

[copper laurel]

Will the EA scholarships come out the same day?

Or earlier?

[shell dust]

they are out already?

EA

[copper laurel]

EA Scholarships

Decisions are out and they've selected the finalists

But scholarship final decisions aren't out yet

[shell dust]

huh

idk then fam

[copper laurel]

did you get in EA?

[shell dust]

deferred

[fiery mesa]

Anyone know acceptance rate for cs..:(

[copper laurel]

All the best!

[shell dust]

infitesimally small @fiery mesa

thats all I know

[copper laurel]

Viterbi was like 2-3% in EA i think

[shell dust]

oof

[fiery mesa]

Gg no way im getting in

[copper laurel]

Where else have you guys gotten?

[fiery mesa]

Bruh wtf

[copper laurel]

Overall EA was 6%

[fiery mesa]

LMAO bruh

[shell dust]

what a "conditional offer" means for context

[copper laurel]

Congrats on Utah!

[shell dust]

thank you!

[copper laurel]

We applied to a lot of the same schools

[shell dust]

what's your list?

[copper laurel]

I'll show

[fiery mesa]

Ooohh did u make this urself or is it like a website

[shell dust]

made it myself on notion

I can send you a link and let you copy it as a template if you want

[copper laurel]

USA:
CalTech
Carnegie Mellon
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Georgia Tech
Harvard U
Northwestern
Purdue
Princeton U
Georgia State University
Johns Hopkins
Stanford
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Yale U

Canada:
University of Toronto

UK:
Oxford
Imperial
KCL
UCL
Edinburgh

[fiery mesa]

Niceee congrats on all the offers

[copper laurel]

Damn pls DM, looks super nice

[fiery mesa]

Yes plzz thank u!!

[shell dust]

do you have a preference order? And all the best!

Princeton yet no MIT?

[fiery mesa]

Is this for cs

[copper laurel]

MIT was 0 chance

Didn't wanna waste time

Yes mostly all CS

CS + Biz at USC , Berkeley, UPenn

and Yale

[fiery mesa]

Oooh r u from us?

[copper laurel]

No

[shell dust]

https://vijitdua.notion.site/23b85d0c4ce1462895654dce8235a64d

Jump over to the first page "Application Status Tracker" and a "duplicate" button should show up on the top right

[fiery mesa]

Bc i see bunch of uk as well

[shell dust]

I see

[copper laurel]

thank you!

[shell dust]

which country are you from?

[copper laurel]

I'm indian

[fiery mesa]

I study in the uk so ya

[copper laurel]

let's dm, since this isn't really related to USC

[fiery mesa]

Thxx

[shell dust]

ah, all the best fella. Same shit here

[shell dust]

I got DMs off

[copper laurel]

wow lol

nvm then haha

All the best to you too!

[shell dust]

thank you!

[shell dust]

let me know when you're done so I can disable duplicating

[copper laurel]

I'm done

[fiery mesa]

Done, thx a lot :)

[shell dust]

no problem :)

disabled it now

[charred laurel]

@crisp halo I sent my regional AO an email about fixing an error in my Financial Statement 3 weeks ago and they have not responded nor resolved it. Does this mean I got rejected?

[thick gorge]

auto reject

ur blacklisted from everywhere

[lime salmon]

Ur not rejected until they send u that letter

[crisp halo]

it does not mean you were denied! Financial aid is completely separate from admission decisions. That being said, all finance related questions can be directed to our financial aid office. Due to the sheer volume of paperwork, it can take up to four weeks to get everything updated :)

[wintry cosmos]

last week of march

viterbi emailed me this

[hazy sorrel]

What site is that

Nvm I see it’s a custom thing

[wintry cosmos]

yo do u mind sharing the template w me?

[crisp halo]

alright yall here for 30 mins ask some qs about literally anything

[wintry cosmos]

when is usc giving me my full tuition schol

[crisp halo]

you should be notified in the next few weeks about scholarship decisions

[mental copper]

Will USC release rd decisions on a rolling basis starting April 1, or are they going to release them all at once at a specific time?

[crisp halo]

It can vary slightly based on region, however it will all be on the same day/time, just a few minutes apart at most

this of course is separate from portfolio/audition based majors who hear back earlier

[little berry]

not sure if you know about transfer students but when do decisions usually release for transfers?

[crisp halo]

I actually do!! I am a transfer student haha so I'm happy to answer those questions too. I personally got my decision on April 20th, but the will be out by May 31st

[little berry]

oh they can come earlier?

[crisp halo]

however you can also be asked for your spring grades on May 31st, in which case you'll have your admission decision in July

[little berry]

i was under the impression that they all had to come out by may 31st

[crisp halo]

you'll either have an admission decision or a request for spring grades by May 31st. If they request spring grades, then you'll send those as soon as you can, and you should hear back a few weeks afterwards. Usually by mid-July

[little berry]

i see, do you know why you got your decisions so early?

[crisp halo]

I honestly have no idea

I can speculate (higher GPA, Trojan Transfer Plan, I applied once before) but I honestly don't know for sure why my decision came earlier

[mental copper]

what do you think got you into USC @crisp halo

[crisp halo]

I can't tell you why I got into USC...I mean no one really knows for sure. That being said, I honestly think I got in to USC because I refused to give up. Our motto is "fight on" and I quite literally did that with my admission. I was denied straight out of high school, appealed that decision and was denied again before I applied to transfer. My essays were a lot more personal the second time around and I didn't focus as much on why I "thought" I was a perfect student for USC. I was just myself and didn't really care if that was what the AOs were looking for.

alrighty yall im headed out, but if you have any USC related questions about admission/student life etc feel free to dm :)

[little berry]

thank you for your input. i'm super nervous for the decisions haha

[crisp halo]

I totally understand those nerves!! Trust that everything will end up the way it should be :)

[shell dust]

notion

[shell dust]

https://vijitdua.notion.site/23b85d0c4ce1462895654dce8235a64d
application status tracker page (first page)

enabled duplicate as template

[wintry cosmos]

thanks

[digital turtle]

how do i apply for the trojan transfer plan? or is it too late

[lime salmon]

they have to offer it to you when you get your decision iirc

[severe nova]

Anyone here doing a-levels

[fiery mesa]

here

[stuck fiber]

i am

[heavy mural]

Yup

[severe nova]

What grades are you applying with?

[stable drift]

Anyone drop their sat? I only submitted my gpa 😬

[little berry]

yeah i didn't submit my SAT, just my GPA

[fiery mesa]

3a* and epq a* all predicted

[timid forge]

Do u attend usc?

[little berry]

no but i want to transfer there

[thin hill]

Yeah

[thin hill]

2A*, 2A and an A* EPQ all predicted

For Marshall

[minor venture]

what is a level

[cursive swan]

are there reimbursements for travel if we're going to the admit weekend

[heavy mural]

A* A A A in EPQ

[earnest glade]

if they say they're giving you a stipend then yes

[ionic bison]

Y’all about to hit 20k messages

[shell dust]

How about you hit 20k gains

[ionic bison]

🪞

[shell dust]

https://tenor.com/view/yugioh-no-u-no-you-reverse-uno-uno-gif-22508660

[manic fulcrum]

do you guys know if usc yield protected in EA

[earnest glade]

why would usc yield protect lol

[manic fulcrum]

idk

[earnest glade]

yeah they dont

[signal condor]

Don’t think so Bc a couple of peeps that got into stanford also got into USC if I recall

[thin hill]

Isn’t Stanford REA though

[signal condor]

Stanford REA allows you to apply to private colleges EA if it’s for schollie reasons

[vagrant cape]

usc def yield protected

if not then they admitted in a weird way

[twilit citrus]

EA was weird af

USC somehow made the most horrible admissions system by deferring everyone EA

[signal condor]

Nah fam

[signal condor]

This might be true

But it wasn’t yield protection lol

And also ivies admit in a weird way too

Nobody gets angry when they do it

USC is a very selective school

And maybe the second best private school on the west coast

Ppl just gotta accept that

[wintry cosmos]

they didn’t yield protect lmao

but at the same time

It became a bit luck based

Begause ik overqualified ppl who got deferred but some avg ppl who got in

So it’s a toss up

[maiden lintel]

what's epq?

[signal condor]

Same thing as every single selective school out there though

Even HYPSM I’d bet

[wintry cosmos]

that’s true I guess

[maiden lintel]

gambling moment 😔

[signal condor]

Ong

It’s not anything unique to USC

[wooden dome]

ye they didnt yield protect

admisisons are just random

lots of luck involved

[timid forge]

More like people with personality got in

those “average” People definitely shined a light on them essays cause them 1550 people were boring 💀

remember the favorite book or movie things

look through this threat and see those other people responses

[wintry cosmos]

uhhh I doubt that’s true in general lmao I know plenty of ppl without a shit of personality in them who got in💀
even read essays by a couple of em

im not salty here btw jus to clarify

I got in EA too😭

[timid forge]

i got in too-

And in group chats

You can tell a lot of people have personality

Idk who you’re reaching out to

but I’ve been talking to hella people

Zeemee, instagram everything

[wintry cosmos]

well my view was mainly from ppl from my school who’ve also been admitted

obviously there’s different type of admits

[timid forge]

must be an outlier

[oblique lily]

that's an iffy claim 🤨 🤨 🤨

[signal condor]

Probably third. I always forget caltech because as a humanities major, it’s not really a school I’d consider at all. But besides stanford and maybe caltech…

[spring sphinx]

yo im pretty sure that doesnt have as much of a weight on ur app 😭

[timid forge]

I’m meaning the whole essay portion

[spring sphinx]

that fs yea

[timid forge]

but that definitely showed what type of person someone is💀

IMO, usc is a school of fit

I might but wrong but I see it like that

[signal condor]

Nah it def does

I had some genius takes as responses to those SAQs

[fiery mesa]

extended project qualification, its same as half an a level and u do an independent project based on ur interests. u can write 5000 word dissertation or present in any other ways. honestly i dont think any uk unis care (bc i applied to uk as well)

[signal condor]

Sounds like the IB EE

I still have to do mine

😔

I apparently have one week

[fiery mesa]

idk what it is but ya maybe smth similar

[south shale]

caltech?

[thin hill]

Some give lower grades based on ur EPQ grade if it’s to do with the subject you applied for

[thin hill]

Yeah pretty similar

[thin hill]

Don’t stress I banged out my epq in like 4 days it’s not awful once u get on a roll and just ramble

[signal condor]

Thanks 🙏

[fiery mesa]

yea they say that but honestly like im doing cs and no single uni in the uk cares abt it, its only to write one line in my ps :/

probs for medicine ppl it might be different idk

[thin hill]

Yeah I can’t remember for sure but in my year people have defo gotten lower grades, maybs in geography, I can’t remember but it’s not like at top 10 unis

[crisp halo]

hate to break it to ya but these have no influence on ur admission decision lmao

the SAQs are just a fun question/break from essays

dont put too much thought into it

[minor venture]

i disagree

its in the app

the aos look at it

:/

[crisp halo]

i work in the admissions center

my supervisors read apps

they're just for fun haha

[minor venture]

i feel like it still influences their decision a bit lol

but thats cool

[crisp halo]

way less than you think, but i mean yeah they look at it

don't feel like you have to have an amazingly personal answer about your grandma's cooking for your favorite food though

[minor venture]

thats what i said

mwahaha

[crisp halo]

hahah valid

did you apply EA? or RD?

[minor venture]

admitted ea

[crisp halo]

ooooh congrats!!

[minor venture]

i actually just came back from a visit

[crisp halo]

wait no way

[minor venture]

bro the poke at evk is so good

[crisp halo]

HAHAHA

evk is the worst dining hall tbh

[minor venture]

literally shoveling it into my mouth

[crisp halo]

but the poke is good i agree

did you go on a tour?

or just like walk around?

[minor venture]

nah i showed up

[crisp halo]

valid

[minor venture]

my friend there swiped me in to a bunch of places

[crisp halo]

niceeee

[minor venture]

the trip made me want to commit rly bad lolll

campus is so nice

[crisp halo]

are you waiting on other decisions?

[minor venture]

just ivy day basically

im pres/trustee finalist so if i get that then ill just commit

[crisp halo]

thats fair

[minor venture]

dude the target being on campus is actually so convenient

[signal condor]

Wait what do they look at then?

Just out of curiosity

Ik there’s two other essays but those are really short

[crisp halo]

its a holistic application review. they look at your background, the area your school is in, what academics your school offers compared to what classes you took, letters of rec, extra curriculars, essays, all of it

[signal condor]

Gotcha

Bro I def thought those questions made my application 💀

Guess I got lucky somewhere else

[crisp halo]

yeah no those three word answers are just fun get to know you questions

they wont make or break ur app

[signal condor]

Odd question but

Did you draw your pfp?

[crisp halo]

i found the artist on twitter, but it is drawn lol

i commissioned the artist

[signal condor]

YOOOO

That’s actually such a cool origin story for a pfp

Well I guess my pfp was also commissioned art (commissioned photography?) but I didn’t commission it lol

[crisp halo]

haha thank you! that was a few years ago now but I like it so

[crisp halo]

hahah

[signal condor]

Is it supposed to be you or someone you know?

[crisp halo]

its me! basically when this server was first created I had just a pic of myself as my pfp but carly said it was doxxing so i did this instead to get around the rule lmfao

[signal condor]

Oh 💀

I guess it worked out in the end though!

[crisp halo]

THAT WAS MY POINT

it was a self dox and i didnt care

but yeah lmao

[signal condor]

The commissioned art looks good though

Plus, you’re putting it to use

Getting your money’s worth out of it

[crisp halo]

haha thank you!

[strange bay]

bro wdym by “avg ppl” 💀💀

[signal condor]

Lol

Tbh kiley might know if they yield protection

*practice

Since she works in admissions

I doubt it tho

[strange bay]

they def don’t

yield protection is for schools w like 50% acceptances or higher

*rates

[fathom needle]

no it isn't. literally tulane and case western are the two most famous yield protectors out there

they generally waitlist overqualified applicants

[strange bay]

um

usc don’t do that🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🤣🤣

[wintry cosmos]

bruh

we gonna drown in debt out here

[earnest glade]

new student fee 💀 🪂

[thin hill]

$91k oh my god 💀

[shell dust]

university of spoilt children

[lament jasper]

ye no point of getting in

unless scholorship

and a huge one at that

[young notch]

IT WAS 85K WTF no way

ok nvm bye usc

[wintry cosmos]

yeah that’s what lmao

[wintry cosmos]

yea exactly

im just waitin and hoping they decide to give me a huge ass schol so I at least have a good option 😔

[twilit citrus]

NMF scholarship is a lifesaver

How is fuckin usc gonna charge $10k/yr more than the rest of the t30

[wintry cosmos]

not really tbh

the rest of the t30 are in the 85k-90k bracket

so i guess a couple grand more yea

[twilit citrus]

91k vs about 82-83k

[thin hill]

Bruh this is insane… my 18k/yr Tulane scholarship is looking real good now

[old gust]

Hey @crisp halo do you know how the USC architecture admissions process differs from the regular process?

[crisp halo]

It’s a portfolio based major, so that application is gonna be due December 1st

[old gust]

Yeah I submitted already but I was meaning, like how they look at the application thats different then how they look at the regular one, when it’s already submitted.

[twilit citrus]

Tulane is stingy as fuck with those scholarships if you don’t get full tuition

[crisp halo]

ahhh, those apps are more gonna be viewed by professors and they look at like your portfolio, your admissions counselor still looks at your “regular” application

[old gust]

Oh ok thank you

[fallow stratus]

When will they release rd decision?

[twilit citrus]

April 1st probably

That’s what their insta posts suggest

But it’s also the latest possible day

[signal condor]

I’m balling because t30 UF will cost me nothing

[manic fulcrum]

in state?

[signal condor]

Lol ye

[cursive swan]

NMF still puts your coa at like the price of some schools still 💀 wtf

[twilit citrus]

Yeah but it still makes it much cheaper than the rest of the t30 except publics

~$58k

[timid forge]

@crisp halo do you mind answering my question in dms?

[crisp halo]

sorry about that!!

[timid forge]

np

[south ruin]

90k gone

tbh tho, if i get into marshall, 90k might be worth it 🗿 sorry mom, dad

[manic fulcrum]

DUDE IM SO BROKE

HOW AM I GONNA GO TO USC

[manic fulcrum]

IS SCHOLARSHIP ONLY ON TUITION 😭😭😭😭

[wintry cosmos]

yes

[manic fulcrum]

FUCK

IDW PAY RHAT MUCY HELP

[twilit palm]

Doesn’t housing costs change depending on what dorm u choose might just be me but 12k seemed higher than I remember

[manic fulcrum]

it’s lower actyally 💀💀💀

housing is 4.5-8.5k per semester if i remember correctly

[manic fulcrum]

idk if it includes meal plan tho

[minor venture]

do we get the aid package and the scholarships

bc gift aid eats into tuition but if tuition is covered by the scholarship does the gift aid move to the other costs?

[south ruin]

💀 at least it helps u a bit

[south ruin]

per semester? 8.5k?

damn tf 💀

4 months, 4.5k

might just look for places outside of campus lol

[stable drift]

If i make under 80k tuition is free and do I still get the cal grant E1 on top of that?

So technically I can use it for dorm and books?

[daring cape]

is this for deferrals too

[low sluice]

yes should be

[crisp halo]

best of luck yall!!!

[shell dust]

o dam

[woven rapids]

rip only like 5000 kids get in for RD or smtg right

[royal osprey]

does anyone know how many people applied

ard 40k right?

[wispy elbow]

What time

[versed quail]

i think 7 est again like ea

[twilit palm]

Does 40k include everyone who was deferred

[drowsy sparrow]

no idt

[woven rapids]

its like 100+40

so its like 140k i think now

or smtg

[twilit palm]

Damn good luck

[royal osprey]

uhhh wtf

[twilit citrus]

Nah it's about 80k

Less the 3k who got in EA

And any students who didn't indicate interest in being considered RD

Probably about 70k

Total

[twilit palm]

oh I just googled I believe rd is 78k with ~6.9% accept rate

not sure how factual that is though

[twilit citrus]

That's basically correct

But that 78k includes everyone deferred EA

Not in addition to ea

[noble willow]

It used to be like $85.5k last year wtf

InFlAtIoN

[timid wigeon]

nms half tuition scholarship is going to carry

[crisp halo]

here for 30 mins to answer any questions!

[thick gorge]

Many of us have at least one issue or passion that we care deeply about – a topic on which we would love to share our opinions and insights in hopes of sparking intense interest and continued conversation. If you had ten minutes and the attention of a million people, what would your talk be about? (250 words)

[wispy elbow]

LOL

[crisp halo]

i actually did a different supp LMAO

[wispy elbow]

@crisp halo If your life had a theme song, what would it be?

[crisp halo]

i said "bitch i go to usc"

[wispy elbow]

ohhhhh

[thick gorge]

Favorite movie- varsity blues

[crisp halo]

okay maybe not that

but dont take those questions too seriously

they wont affect ur admission

[wispy elbow]

who knows

[crisp halo]

i know

i work for the admissions office 💀

[thick gorge]

kiley do u read apps or do u just like hang out in the admissions office lol

[crisp halo]

im a student ambassador so I like give tours, answer phones/emails, but I dont read apps

my direct supervisors do tho

[thick gorge]

Oh so u be LEECHIN some knowledge off of them huh

Some tidbits

Some morsels

Some bites

[crisp halo]

theyre not gonna let students read apps lmao

[crisp halo]

yes i know a good bit about the process + stuff

[thick gorge]

I wonder what would happen if you tried

Also

Are you allowed to look at your admissions file

[crisp halo]

yes but there arent any comments or anything its just like a bunch of random numbers and your commonapp

[wispy elbow]

wdym randon numbers

[crisp halo]

like how they "grade" your app

[wispy elbow]

so they arent so random huh

[crisp halo]

but theres no key or any indication of what the numbers mean

so like you cant tell why you got in

[thick gorge]

Hope I get the maximum score for rizz

[bronze junco]

You consciously joined the a2c discord and searched for this thread

[wispy elbow]

@crisp halo do u know how much legacy helps

[crisp halo]

i mean they look at it fs but it doesnt give you any incredible leg up

you can still be denied as a legacy

[noble willow]

Do you agree with the spoiled kid vibe at USC? Or is it not true?

[wispy elbow]

yeah

what percent do u think are legacy

[crisp halo]

i mean it just depends on what kind of crowd you associate yourself with. There are definitely people here that are full pay and wear designer everywhere they go and have more money on their wrist than some families make in a year, but there are also people who make less that 80k a year and are here on a full ride, FGLI students, etc. 2/3 of our student body is on some type of financial aid. so theres definitely a mix of everything

[crisp halo]

i dont have that answer off the top of my head, but i bet its lower than you're thinking

[twilit palm]

i think iirc in the ea round then said 1/6

could be wrong thou

[crisp halo]

i know for my incoming class it was around 13%

[noble willow]

Oh that makes sense.

[fathom needle]

Accept me please

And if I get waitlisted

Can I send in a loci

[crisp halo]

would if i could

[crisp halo]

and no, we dont accept loci or updates

[fathom needle]

Do you know the acceptance rate for viterbi

[crisp halo]

not off the top of my head unfortunately

[noble willow]

Does USC accept a decent amount off waitlist?

[vestal onyx]

I don’t think usc waitlists?

I hear in place of that they sometimes accept people for spring semester

[fathom needle]

It’s new

They do now

[vestal onyx]

Oh

Epic

[noble willow]

I actually liked no waitlists 😦

[crisp halo]

Uh im not aware of any waitlist…could you show me where you got that info?

[noble willow]

Oh ok

@crisp halo is our USC fact checker

[fathom needle]

I forgot but I read it somewhere

I think they implemented it last year

Is early action new this year or last year

[crisp halo]

Early action is new this year but i still don’t think we have a waitlist

[fathom needle]

@crisp halo https://ask.usc.edu/app/answers/detail/a_id/454/~/does-usc-maintain-wait-lists%3F

am i right then

and not related but why is the ui for the home page so outdated

[crisp halo]

We don’t offer waitlists but we do have spring admits as mentioned earlier

[fathom needle]

is that not basically a waitlist then

[tiny oar]

not really

[crisp halo]

It’s different…its not a formal waitlist, but instead admission for the spring semester

[tiny oar]

theyre guaranteed admission in spring

and maybe in fall depending on space

so they kinda j defer your enrolment ig

[fathom needle]

so if u get spring admit, do you know what you do in the fall

can you still be at usc?

[burnt cedar]

What's RD decision date for USC?

[empty cove]

I think the 24th

[fathom needle]

its confirmed

[empty cove]

If anyone gets in and is visiting on the 17th lmk and we can meet up

[vestal onyx]

You just go to a cc or hang out

I had someone I know get admitted spring

[fathom needle]

did they accept

[vestal onyx]

Don’t think so

[empty cove]

I know someone that got admitted spring

[crisp halo]

You can take CC classes, study abroad, or just enjoy your break!

[empty cove]

He accepted and he’s loving it

[crisp halo]

my roommate was admitted for the spring :)

[empty cove]

He went abroad to Italy

[fathom needle]

wait so do some people drop after fall semester

how exactly does space open up in the spring tho

[crisp halo]

not drop, but we do have December graduates and people who study abroad in the spring!

[severe field]

this was the hardest prompt lowk

[empty cove]

LMFAO inside agent

[crisp halo]

hehehe

[fathom needle]

do AOs at usc review together or alone

and what if one AO loves an applicant but the others are like meh.

[empty cove]

Wait that’s so weird to think about cause I swear I’ve been to the admissions office I wonder if I saw you 😭

[fathom needle]

is there some agt golden buzzer to send them through

[minor venture]

😭

[empty cove]

100%

[mental copper]

It’s confirmed that USC comes out the 24th of March?

[twilit palm]

yea they posted it on instagram

[noble willow]

Yes

[empty cove]

Sí

I just couldn’t remember if I had it wrong in my head

[burnt cedar]

mind sending a link?

[noble willow]

There was a screenshot if u scroll up a bit

[twilit palm]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpnXWJPJKGT/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

uscadmission

First-year applicants: Admission decisions will be posted on Friday, March 24 in the USC applicant portal. Students will receive an email notifying them when their decision has been posted.

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[burnt cedar]

Very cool, ty

[high pilot]

good luck guys!!

🙏

[twilit palm]

yea good luck im rooting for yall

[exotic talon]

so nervous

i really hope i get in.

[south ruin]

nice birthday gift ngl

[wintry cosmos]

When do schol decisions drop

@crisp halo will it be before the RD decisions

[crisp halo]

I can’t confirm for certain at this point, but they are wrapping up decisions as we speak

[wintry cosmos]

oooh okay

[crisp halo]

perhaps 👀

April 2nd is admitted students day!! Come explore campus and find me to say hey :))

[twilit palm]

im visiting on the 7th

[crisp halo]

omg are u taking a tour

[empty cove]

I was going to come then but I can’t because I realized I’m out of the country through April 10th I’ll be visiting on the 17th

I took a tour a few weeks ago

[twilit palm]

yea the explore usc or whatnot

[crisp halo]

hold up what day

[empty cove]

Angel was my tour guide he’s so cute

[crisp halo]

OMG

HAHAHHAHAHAHAG

[empty cove]

I love him

[crisp halo]

THEYRE ONE OF MY BESTIES

[empty cove]

Tell him that for me please

🙏

[crisp halo]

i will pass it along

[crisp halo]

so slay i’m on the 1:15 tour

[empty cove]

Woooo

Are you doing any tour things the 17th

[crisp halo]

I work the morning shift, no idea yet if i’ll be on the tour tho

[twilit palm]

Idk how the schedule works or anything but maybe i'll try to make it

also this is kinda random but do u know when scholarship decisions r released

[crisp halo]

I dont know for certain at this point, but they’re finishing up final decisions as we speak

[twilit palm]

😱

[charred laurel]

does anyone else have "in progress" for usc?

[twilit palm]

what is that?

[charred laurel]

slate

[twilit palm]

what's slate?

[charred laurel]

many colleges use it for admissions

[crisp halo]

how do u have access to slate??

HUH

[charred laurel]

i made an account

[crisp halo]

lmao we use slate for our scheduling stuff

[twilit palm]

oh huh what does it do

[charred laurel]

well you guys gotta update your schedule cause it still says in progress, most colleges have completed and decided lol

[crisp halo]

wrong reply lol sorry

did you apply through commonapp??

[charred laurel]

yea

[crisp halo]

okay then use that for ur updates

interesting

[twilit palm]

should i make an account lol

[crisp halo]

It doesnt do anything for yall tbh

that i know of anyway

[exotic talon]

yea i do

[noble willow]

Yeah

[stone spoke]

whats the name of thsi, i keep forgetting

[timid wigeon]

slate?

[stone spoke]

thanks

[old gust]

Can you view your status in the undergrad portal?

Also what is USC CAS

[twilit palm]

No

[twilit palm]

what context?

[minor venture]

@turbid pier lum in the vc

[turbid pier]

usc bum school

no acceptance = bum school

[minor venture]

uo is bum school

[empty cove]

Anyone coming for the explore day on the 17th?

[old gust]

Idk this https://usc.liaisoncas.com/applicant-ux/

[twilit palm]

Did a small google search and it seems to be the grad application

[empty cove]

Yeah it is

[fast escarp]

Such a cute pfp, is that your dog?

[twilit palm]

yea it is tyyyy

[fast escarp]

Also congrats on usc that’s super exciting

[twilit palm]

thanks!!

Good luck if you applied!

[fast escarp]

Thank you <3
I don’t think im a good enough applicant to get in but we’ll see how it all works out

[minor venture]

yoooo connaor

[signal condor]

Connor?

Which one?

[minor venture]

2 i think

nvm hes connœr 1

[azure hawk]

when is the usc rd date?

is there a prediction

[crisp halo]

the 24th

comfirmed :)

[azure hawk]

lets go????

[noble willow]

just curious, could you share what stats you had that got you into USC? if you feel comfortable with that of course

[crisp halo]

Well I got in as a transfer, but I applied straight out of highschool during COVID (and first year it was test optional) so I dont think my stats accurately reflect what you’re looking for

USC does have a hollistic review process though, so don’t worry about your stats toooo much

[noble willow]

oh ok cool. Thanks!

[crisp halo]

of course! good luck!

[twilit palm]

From my interactions with admitted students (at least within viterbi) a lot of students don’t have stellar stats but had amazing essays

Or are just rly interesting people

If u want u can dm me and I’ll share my stats but I don’t think comparing stats is beneficial whatever happens happens

[noble willow]

Ah I see. Yeah my stats are ok but my essays were really good. Thanks for the info!

[empty cove]

ITS MEEEE

How’s it going

[minor venture]

hoping that scholarship decsions come out on the 24th

[twilit palm]

same or hopefully earlier 🤞

[twilit palm]

good luck!!

[empty cove]

🤷‍♂️ it’ll be okay don’t stress

[minor venture]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/514187873088438275/936094057124462633/5688C6CC-535D-45E3-B554-9CFF29B591C3.gif

[south ruin]

lesgo :>

hehe my birthday gift

[empty cove]

Bread

[twilit citrus]

Why does such a nice school have the most awful admissions system

6% EA acceptance rate

At least they give decision dates far in advance

[brisk orbit]

EA is new for them

[twilit citrus]

Yeah but they could look at how every other school does it

Instead of being clever and deferring everyone

[empty cove]

I hope you get in

🙏

[brisk orbit]

Most schools don’t get nearly as many early applications. I believe they knew they were getting an extraordinary amount and expected not be able to get to everyone

Hence deferring

Like UMich

[twilit citrus]

Thanks 🤞

[twilit citrus]

That's possible

[empty cove]

If you come out for an admitted students day or tour lmk and we can meet up

[twilit citrus]

I'd love to if they somehow admit me. Socal weather sounds so nice rn

But I already toured back in Nov 💀

And subsequently got deferred

I did

[empty cove]

It’s been raining a lot recently

Not very so cal

[twilit citrus]

Better than snow at least

[empty cove]

True

[twilit citrus]

Redacted

[empty cove]

Damn

Yeah they just didn’t get to your application lmao

[twilit citrus]

Idek lol I don't love my chances for RD

But like if they don't even review everyone EA, that's kinda bullshit because the scholarships require EA admission

[brisk orbit]

Oh yea

[wooden dome]

if ur national merit then u can still get it btw

[brisk orbit]

Maybe a skim

[empty cove]

I got a scholarship honestly don’t remember

I think it was 25 or 50%

[twilit citrus]

Yup that saves my USC hopes because their 90k/yr is crazy

[empty cove]

Still expensive

[wooden dome]

yea no way im paying 90k for usc 💀

[empty cove]

National merit they give you 50% iirc

[wooden dome]

yup

[brisk orbit]

60k/year with nat merit scholly 💀

[twilit citrus]

Could be worse tbh

When you're full pay you take what you can get

And at least the scholarship increases when tuition does

[brisk orbit]

Yea it’s better than 80-85k/yr at privates with no merit money

[brisk orbit]

The big increase to 90k this yr was a big bump in housing fees tho

[twilit citrus]

Hmm that's true

And non-billed expenses

[brisk orbit]

Yea, things in LA getting really pricey

[alpine willow]

How many people does USC typically select from your schools?

[wintry cosmos]

when are schol decisions aaaaaaaaaa

[twilit palm]

24th

[twilit palm]

Not sure an exact number totally but I think ~3 got in ea from my school (but someone could be keeping their acceptance quiet)

[wintry cosmos]

are u sure?

that's j the decision date for RD

i doubt its the same for scholarships

[twilit palm]

oh I thought u had misspelled school 💀

[brisk orbit]

lmao

[empty cove]

~8 kids at my school iirc

[twilit palm]

dang how big is your school

[hazy sorrel]

Almost definitely zero every year

[south ruin]

true

its like an all around school

[wooden dome]

like 25

[south ruin]

possibly the final evolve from purdue -> uiuc -> usc lol

[wooden dome]

i somehow iddnt get in tho

[south ruin]

rip

[wooden dome]

u got into uiuc?

[south ruin]

nah lol

[wooden dome]

oh wait i misunderstood what u said

[empty cove]

Like 900 graduating class

If I had to guess at least 300 or so kids probably applied

🤷‍♂️

Actually maybe more

[south ruin]

lol its fine

[twilit palm]

dang I thought my school was big

[empty cove]

😭

[empty cove]

How many you got

[twilit palm]

~2k grad class about 500

Apparently my school is rly competitive though

[empty cove]

Mine is semi competitive

[twilit palm]

I don't rly know how people can tell cuz i don't have any context outside my high school so tbh not sure how competitive my school is 🤷‍♂️

24th

[manic fulcrum]

i’m so scared!!!!!

acc tho good luck u RD applicants

hope y’all get in!

[manic fulcrum]

thank u for accepting me

[manic fulcrum]

i wanted to apply to dornsife just because i loved this supplement

honestly tho my price app was much more competitive though

[timid shuttle]

Anyone who got accepted EA go test optional?

[twilit palm]

I'm sure many people who went test optional got accepted

[manic fulcrum]

test optional is not inherently a disadvantage

you can very much get in while going test optional

don’t look for ppl getting in to for validation

just sit tight and hope

@signal condor

actyally

just in general

for all of u waiting for USC RD decisions, good luck

the school seems rlly cool but not cool enough that you base your mental well-being and self esteem on ability to get in

[severe field]

bro went from lying about getting a letter to becoming an admissions officer 💀

[empty cove]

Character development

[noble willow]

Who?

[timid forge]

I did

[signal condor]

Wassup?

[manic fulcrum]

how u doin

[signal condor]

P good u?

Also I applied to USC with a 1480

Just in case anyone was curious

[manic fulcrum]

W

i applied with a 1570

but my GPA was hot garbage

[spice maple]

how bad

[manic fulcrum]

like

id argue a

like maybe

3.6/4?

something like that

[spice maple]

Oh

[manic fulcrum]

it was a predicted 40/45

it was ASS

[spice maple]

Lol

[manic fulcrum]

sat carried academics for me

[spice maple]

It’s ok

Not too bad

[thin hill]

I applied with that too! Superscore though

Applied to Marshall

[fathom needle]

didnt u get columbia likely

[manic fulcrum]

no

it was a joke

i need to stop joking about everything

[manic fulcrum]

congrats!!!!

im assuming u go tin

got in

[fathom needle]

i applied with a 1470

[twilit palm]

iirc the usc sat range isn't super crazy

[fathom needle]

my gpa is decent

[twilit palm]

let me go google

us news says 1410 - 1540

[fathom needle]

i applied viterbi

so i am below average

[twilit palm]

oh is viterbi's different

[fathom needle]

probably

all engi schools are smart

and have higher sat scores

[twilit palm]

I mean some of the viterbi admits ea I talked to have lower sat scores than u

[noble willow]

any test optional?

for engineering

[twilit palm]

I believe so but don't remember specifically off the top of my head

[noble willow]

cool thanks

[vague rampart]

when does rd come out

[noble willow]

24th

see pinned comment

[thin hill]

No I actually applied RD becuase I was too late with EA (bad organisation) so really hoping to get in!

[thin hill]

My maths is 740 which isn’t amazing for a Marshall applicant I don’t think…. Idk to be honest

[twilit palm]

Idk for marshall but I think ur sat score isn't gonna break ur app

[signal condor]

IB?

[low sluice]

i’d say 40/45 = 3.6 is quite harsh a conversion tbh

[signal condor]

Most definitely

[quaint basalt]

I got an e-mail from USC going "Fill out this tedious shit for us (aka filling out your college coursework/evaluating your course work) so we can consider your transfer application even though we are probably gonna reject you"
Fun.

[manic fulcrum]

nah because i had 6s in the main HLs i was applying for LOL

[signal condor]

Fair but predicted scores don’t mean anything tbh

At my school they’re almost always off by quite a bit

[little berry]

same fr. probably just "helping" them to do less work 💀

i was thinking of not doing it but i do want my acceptance

[manic fulcrum]

for us the predictions are the main indicator of gpa

[south ruin]

for IB?

if its for IB i'd say its pretty good

cuz idk abt yall but for my school around a 38 ish is converted to 4.0 GPA

rough conversion tho

just for reference kinda

[manic fulcrum]

your school maybe gives harsher predictions

our school has like

13-14 people with predictions of 40=

40+

[south ruin]

our school has alot of kids with 40+ lol

40-45

i dont know the exact number but i'd guess around at least 20-30 kids

out of a class of like 110

with like mb 5 or 6 kids with a perfect 45 predicted

[thin hill]

I think the average of my school is 42, but I can’t remember exactly

[manic fulcrum]

out of 110 we have like

13 40+

1 45

[manic fulcrum]

ACTYAL IB AVERAGE IS 42?????

[thin hill]

Yeah pretty sure 😭

Only like 30-40 kids take it in the year, the other 60-70 take A Levels

Me being stupid took alevel, one of my biggest regrets lol

[digital turtle]

What A level grades will be good enough for USC

[thin hill]

I’m actually wrong, last year it was 43 and around 30 students took it

Insane 😭

[thin hill]

Idk I applied with A* A* AA and A* EPQ

[digital turtle]

Did you get in?

[thin hill]

No I applied RD. but my friend applied EA with the same grades as me (possibly an A for EPQ though) and got in

[digital turtle]

Oh damm okay

I have applied with A*AAA

Fingers crossed

[thin hill]

What are your subjects?

Like what’s the a* in?

Becuase for a lot of subjects there’s a lot of credit given even for a grade B, so they’ll probably see it like that

[digital turtle]

A* in math, and AAA in EPQ, Business, and econ

I’ve applied as an econ major

[thin hill]

Yeah I’m sure that you’ll be fine. It definitely wont make/break application

A* in maths is really good

[south ruin]

💀 SAME my school is like 40

[south ruin]

🗿

i thought my school was good

[minor venture]

youll be fine, stop spamming every thread

[rigid pivot]

yo

i’m tryna apply to usc viterbi for the 2023 2024 sesh

my act is a 33-34

but my gpa uw is is like a 3.79 3.8

only reason is cus I had covid issues in fam sophmore year and it violated my grades

all As this year and hopefully all As senior year

11ap total

and really good ecs

like my ecs are my focus point

and they fit in very well with the program i’m tryna apply to

is there anything I should do rn to increase my chances or should I stop worrying and chill lmao

since i’m still a junior and have time

[fast escarp]

You need to engage in necromancy for maximum chance

[rigid pivot]

interesting

would indulging in that nefarious evil sorcerer kush increase my chances?

[gusty sierra]

There’s no need for an excuse. A 3.7-3.8 is well above average for UW. That still places you as a competent and competitive applicant with GPA alone.

[rigid pivot]

gotchu gotchu

I needa get my essays down

also i needa focus on not violating ap stat

literally ap physics is way easier for me than ap stat

idek why

im booty at it ☠️

i mean also my teacher has the test category as 90% of the grade weight

https://tenor.com/view/skull-droeloe-gif-19319575

[brisk orbit]

last year unweighted average was 3.91 tho

[rigid pivot]

https://tenor.com/view/skull-droeloe-gif-19319575

I feel like I should be fine tho

cus I have all As now

I only had dubious sophmore year grades cus of covid issues with fam

[brisk orbit]

yea a 3.7/3.8 is not gonna what gets you rejected. Definitely explain it regardless, doesn’t hurt to provide that info

[rigid pivot]

yeee

Trust in the ECs 🙏🏽🙏🏽

they will carry 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[gusty sierra]

Look at their Common Data Set. A 3.7 or 3.8 will not break his application; USC admits far lower.

[brisk orbit]

I just said that, I was just responding to your statement about a 3.8 being above their average

[brisk orbit]

every college admits below their average gpa, that’s what makes it an average lol

[twilit palm]

This. ur stats are important but ur essays r what is gonna get u accepted

Also make sure you take a Calc class that’s a pretty big make or brake for viterbi

[rigid pivot]

yuhhh

calc bc

also how much does viterbi weigh ecs

or does it depend

[twilit palm]

I mean not sure for sure but usc is holistic so everything is taken into account

You should def make sure you have some strong ecs

[rigid pivot]

yuh

my ecs are the strongpoint of my application

[tender prism]

T minus 8 days

I'm an auto reject so it's all good

[empty cove]

You will all get accepted 🙏

And be my friends por favor

[twilit palm]

r u committed usc?

[empty cove]

Not yet but after Friday I’ll probably be good to commit

I’m basically 100% going to commit it’s just a matter of my parents wanting to see where else I get in

[rigid pivot]

major?

[empty cove]

Biochem

[rigid pivot]

dub

[empty cove]

Yesssir

[south ruin]

true

[south ruin]

fr

idk if my ecs can carry me to marshall tho 🗿

t10 bus

[twilit palm]

I'm sure you have a shot

[south ruin]

ye ig so lol

thank u

[digital violet]

when does it release

[twilit palm]

24th

[digital violet]

i heard theres lots more wiggle room in acceptances this time right

[twilit palm]

Wdym by wiggle room

[digital violet]

meaning it wont be national merit scholars only

[twilit palm]

The EA round wasn't only national merit scholars

[digital violet]

yk what i mean

[twilit palm]

not rly...?

the only difference is that the overall accept rate is higher than ea I believe

[twilit citrus]

Damn wish it was 😭

That deferral was the only decision that I was actually disappointed by so far

[digital violet]

i want to get in RD

we had a girl from my school get in with a terrible app

[twilit citrus]

it was sooo random

[twilit palm]

It was literally a 94% deferral rate at that point u need luck

[twilit citrus]

yup

[wooden dome]

same 😭

[twilit citrus]

marshall was probably lower than 6% too

if viterbi was 3%

[twilit palm]

wait viterbi was 3%

?

[twilit citrus]

according to someone in here who was at an admitted students thing. 3% or 4% i forget

why, did you get into viterbi?

[twilit palm]

I did

[twilit citrus]

W

[twilit palm]

Don't remember them saying 3% at our admitted students thing but i might have missed it

[twilit citrus]

let me see if I can find where that number came from

here it's this #1050882386751148103 message

2.7%

[twilit palm]

danggggg

when im not super busy gonna look back at the admitted students thing and see where they said that

oh I think they were going off this data which I think is for the entire class not just ea

[twilit citrus]

oh perhaps. 410 first year students in 2022/2023

[twilit palm]

They said in the webinar they aim to have an incoming class of 410

[twilit citrus]

but what's their yield? like 40%

[twilit palm]

Which is where the 410 number comes from

[twilit citrus]

so about 1k admits

about half of which ea

[twilit palm]

Yea accept rate def higher than 2.7 lol

[twilit citrus]

so 500 acceptances EA

out of maybe 8-10k EA apps

like 6%

tbh that makes more sense

[twilit palm]

ea numbers hard to tell but overall i think rate around 6%

[twilit citrus]

I was just parroting the number I saw in this chat 💀

[twilit citrus]

the rate for the school overall EA has been confirmed at like 6.1% or whatever their email said

but it's also known viterbi and marshall are more competitive

though that might not have actually affected the EA acceptance rate.

[twilit palm]

🤷‍♂️

tbh unless they release the actual numbers for each round its all just speculation

[twilit citrus]

yeah idk if we'll ever see exact school-specific numbers. We can only extrapolate based on yield and whatever numbers they do decide to give us

not that it matters at this point anyway

[wary basin]

Ya this was in the decision

[fast escarp]

Stanford tree?

[manic fulcrum]

i got into price school for policy! #livingtheeasylife

[twilit citrus]

A win is a win. And thats still well below a 10% acceptance rate EA. Congrats!

[wary basin]

[fast escarp]

Yeah really idk what other school has tree

[crisp halo]

slay

[shell dust]

25th 👀

[gusty sierra]

what school?

[shell dust]

usc

(in my time zone, 24 for u guys)

[twilit palm]

Good luck!

[shell dust]

ty :D

USC is the only (semi) realistic decision I have left that Id pick over UC Davis lol

I have many unrealistic ones too, but those are unrealistic for my stats loo

[harsh sable]

Usc coming out on 25th?

[crisp halo]

The 24th PST

[solar trellis]

Yeah

Maybe 25th their time

[weak walrus]

ea was 6% 😭

rds gonna be like 7

[twilit palm]

Rly? 7 seems a little low

[weak walrus]

well they explicitly said that there are about 38k ea applicants left minus those who got in and about 40k rd applicants, and they also explicitly said they are going to offer 5500 admissions in march, so thats about 7% if all the deferred people continued their application

[twilit palm]

Dang well good luck

[rigid pivot]

yo @twilit palm dm

[shell dust]

in IST

for folks living in the west, 24

[brazen geode]

any idea when they're dropping?