University of Southern California (USC) (2023-2024)

[steady olive]

Texas oos is insane now with the new rules

[meager crescent]

90%

Luckily my school is small so it wont be high school 2.0

But for some kids it def is lmao

[onyx geyser]

my state school kinda is

but theres way too many people there in the first place

[unkempt sail]

im just saying the ranking plus tuition diff makes it a no braine

[meager crescent]

Emory usc nyu had shit aid for me but all my other schools huge W in terms of aid

Im fine paying 30k

[onyx geyser]

nyu aid for me was 33k 💀

LOL

[meager crescent]

Nyu was like 70

Or more

I forgot

[prisma arch]

r u oos?

[meager crescent]

Yea fs

[onyx geyser]

so much for trying to be generous

[onyx geyser]

wym

[meager crescent]

Nyu is private

[prisma arch]

ohh yea

I forgot

[onyx geyser]

im out of state tho

so i'd live on campus

[prisma arch]

I got no aid

[meager crescent]

Michelle how does washu look

[onyx geyser]

full ride

[meager crescent]

W

Do u know anyone from the flyin who ed

Some flyins dont help too much with admissions apparently

Im wondering if washu does

[onyx geyser]

yeah i do

they all got in

💀

[meager crescent]

W

Howd u like the campus and dorms

[onyx geyser]

apparently for peep a lot of people got deferred

[meager crescent]

They have the best dorms right

[onyx geyser]

they were really really nice

[unkempt sail]

a tonnn got deferred peep

[meager crescent]

Some did for epc as well

[onyx geyser]

reminded me of a quirky hotel

[meager crescent]

Stars i think a lot got in

Same with darty flyin

[onyx geyser]

yeah they'll end up at a good place anyway

[meager crescent]

Where does it rank on ur list

are u considering usc anymore?

No merit scholly

[undone elbow]

darty was like everyone

[fleet belfry]

Bruh my whole friend group went to carry

[onyx geyser]

i love usc but i don't think it's worth it if i have a full ride elsewhere (still considering it tho). i don't rlly have a top choice rn

[unkempt sail]

we get half tuition if we get in RD

[meager crescent]

Makes sense

[meager crescent]

Thats 30k

So still around 40-50 for me

Which doesn’t make sense

[unkempt sail]

oh that’s not worth it

[onyx geyser]

i like washu but i dont know how i feel about missouri

[unkempt sail]

i’ll leave it in for RD but i’d go UT over it

[meager crescent]

I paid the app fee lmao i want a decision

[unkempt sail]

and i’m gonna get into a better school anyways (fingers crossed)

[meager crescent]

You dont need to worry

Basically guaranteed duke

Or some t10

Anyways if i get decent aid at Georgetown ill prolly go there

Unless I get into an ivy/t10

My cali dream

[meager crescent]

Fair

Fullride anywhere is great

[undone elbow]

same

well not any t10 i wouldnt go to caltech over usc

[meager crescent]

I didnt apply to some

[undone elbow]

me neither

[meager crescent]

Didnt apply to mit caltech jhu

[undone elbow]

same lmao

mit is a waste of money for me to apply to

[meager crescent]

Applied to northwestern but not gonna go

I applied brown but not gonna go

Prolly wouldnt go to cornell either

[cerulean zealot]

gtown over brown?

[meager crescent]

Im a finance major

[undone elbow]

valid

[meager crescent]

Ivy econ is good

But brown is more humanities

Brown is elite

But not my school lol

More of a columbia guy

[undone elbow]

im premed bme so brown is my place 🫡🫡

[meager crescent]

I applied to the ivies for the financial aid

[undone elbow]

(if usc doesnt give me trustee)

[meager crescent]

And prestige obviously

But the cost is 1 for me

Ive heard bad things about gtown aid

[meager crescent]

Dont u have to go on campus

And interview

[undone elbow]

yes

thats chill

[meager crescent]

Jan 30 is the big day ig

[undone elbow]

then loaf can give me a tour

[meager crescent]

My cali dream is alr over

[undone elbow]

stanford

[meager crescent]

Funny

Delusion cant save me

[undone elbow]

i feel like the world wont let me know if i can have a cali dream or not

[meager crescent]

I forgot i even applied to some schools

[undone elbow]

i have to wait for trustee scholarships for usc and got deferred stanford

like wtf is this luck bruh

[meager crescent]

My ass applied to vanderbilt 💀

[meager crescent]

Both of those are great luck lmfao

Stanford rea almost all got rejected

And u got in usc ea

That should also indicate that ur a strong candidate

For t20 admissions

[steady olive]

Delusion can't save me but it can make me feel better

[undone elbow]

i just wanna know if i can go to cali

[meager crescent]

March 28/29 i have like 10+ decisions coming out

[undone elbow]

did u apply to mich kvd

[meager crescent]

At minimum its gonna be the ivies stanford and duke

[meager crescent]

My last ea

I shouldnt have applied

They have shit oos aid

[undone elbow]

thats why i didnt apply

i thought usc gave good aid

[meager crescent]

I spent the longest of any school on mich which is ironic

[steady olive]

I didn't apply cause of the cold lmao

[meager crescent]

Ross is too good tho

[undone elbow]

i spent 3 months on stanford and way less on usc (i just reused essays)

3 is the mid number

[meager crescent]

Ik someone who was at an nba stadium watching the game and wrote his essays

Got in early

[undone elbow]

i mean all i really had to do was like why usc

[meager crescent]

Im ngl i didnt spend that long on stanford

[undone elbow]

actually fuck i forgot usc had the engineering challenges

[meager crescent]

Comparative to you

[undone elbow]

nvm i spent several days on that essay

[meager crescent]

I spent hella long on umich and gtown

They have insanely hard applications

For no reason

And ea so had to write from scratch

No reusing like i did for harv stanny

[undone elbow]

harvard took me 2 hours

stanford was just reusing stuff

[flint nexus]

did u get ur usc fin aid?

[undone elbow]

0-3k

[meager crescent]

Harv was j reusing stanford and then adding a why harv essay

[undone elbow]

i really wish i spent more time on my usc essays

[flint nexus]

A YEAR?

[undone elbow]

i procastinated

[undone elbow]

no

how much they give me

[flint nexus]

oh over 4 years

[undone elbow]

oh a year

so its 80k a year

[unkempt sail]

holy thats nothing

[flint nexus]

wow

[unkempt sail]

what r ivies giving u

[flint nexus]

that sucks

[meager crescent]

My aid is kind of good then

Compared to u

Lmao

[undone elbow]

20k (price of usc with trustee)

princeton is like 8k

[meager crescent]

Mine is similar

Harv is lowest

At 8k

Highest is around 20-25

[undone elbow]

iirc we have virtually the same income

[meager crescent]

Yep

Diff assets tho most likely

Which is why it isnt the same

[meager crescent]

Whats ur sai

[unkempt sail]

my ass is full pay so i wish usc got me in ea and gave me merit

oh well

[meager crescent]

You wouldnt go anyways lmao

[modern chasm]

how much is usc full pay

like 91k

including housing and stuff

?

[undone elbow]

30

[unkempt sail]

True

[meager crescent]

Yall see michael rubins daughter got in 😭

USC is never beating the allegations

[meager crescent]

Nvm we are not the same

💀

[undone elbow]

whats urs

[meager crescent]

I havent completed fafsa yet due to this stupid error but i ran the calculator they have on their page

It was like 13?

[undone elbow]

my efc was 27

[meager crescent]

Idk my efc

[undone elbow]

damn

[meager crescent]

But sai 13

[undone elbow]

how are we getting the same aid then 😭😭

[meager crescent]

No clue

[unkempt sail]

it sucks cuz she could be perfectly qualified

[meager crescent]

Thats what im saying

We dont know

The fact that they all already had usc sweatshirts says a lot tho

Remember dr dre flexing that his kid got in off merit

Mf donated millions to usc

💀💀

Sharukh/Hritiks kids went there

One of them i forgot

Damn i am kind of sad i didnt get in

It was acc my dream school in junior year

The campus is fr nice

And weather

[undone elbow]

my dream school always changes

it was stanford, then dartmouth, then columbia, then stanford, now princeton

[unkempt sail]

i got my dartmouth interview tmr what special abt it

[undone elbow]

nothing really

i vibed with my interviewer so much

it was definitely the best interview i had

bro told me "im getting in" 💀

[meager crescent]

I honestly dont care about interviews anymore

Almost every interviewer ive ever talked to said they gave the highest rating to like 5-10 kids and none of them got in

I know the rest of their profile matters

[jaunty zenith]

my dream school is squidward community college (HONORS PROGRAM)

[meager crescent]

But like it’s clear colleges dont gaf about interviews

[undone elbow]

i told mine i got into usc cuz it was 5 mins after my usc decision 💀

[meager crescent]

Lmfao

I have darty princeton and stanford in feb

We will see if i get anymore

[undone elbow]

i was like "sorry i was late just got into usc"

[meager crescent]

Subtle flex

Im so withdrawn from college apps

I thought i would be more sad about usc

Than i am

I will prolly feel it during ivy day

The pajn

Of going0-8

[undone elbow]

check dms

[unkempt sail]

this is what i have too

[unkempt sail]

oh

[onyx geyser]

harvard is 8k a year for you??? good for u

[forest skiff]

cheddar (the dog from Brooklyn 99)

LOL YEAH i was hella quirky on my app

[high wave]

i put tony stark

genius billionaire playboy philanthropist narcissist egomaniac

[ionic stone]

i put mercutio from romeo and juliet lol

[high wave]

oh

[short pine]

Sounds like a perfect fit for usc

[high wave]

real

[meager crescent]

I put ferb lmao

quiet, but courageous, calm, and level-headed, great problem solver & innovator

[woven rapids]

Dude, I am so sorry. At least the Broncos have won their division since the fall of the Soviet Union. Deshaun was a waste of money, but they looked pretty good toward the end.

[steady olive]

yeah I'm still pissed they moved on from baker

they'd be unstoppable now if they had him and 3 more first round draft picks

[woven rapids]

I would love to see Baker go to the Super Bowl. Not sure they can beat the Lions tomorrow though

[meager crescent]

Im a patriots fan and now i know how it feels to be a browns or lions fan

[modern chasm]

thats actually hella smart

[steady olive]

idk the lions haven't ever looked complete

[meager crescent]

Im kinda sad i wasnt born like 10 years earlier

[modern chasm]

putting an animal

[meager crescent]

Wouldve been able to witness the entire dynasty

Not just the 2nd half

[woven rapids]

Yeah, all the Pats fans I know are starting to sound like the long suffering Cowboys fans, and it hasn't even been that long for them.

[meager crescent]

Those are fake pats fans

[woven rapids]

Hopefully you can get a better QB

[meager crescent]

The real ones know its not our year

Cowboys fans think theyre gonna win

We know we are ass

Im glad bill moved on but its sad to see my childhood team all leave

[woven rapids]

idk I kind of admire Cowboys fans hopefulness, until their dreams a crushed

[meager crescent]

Every player on my wallpaper

And coach

Gone

[meager crescent]

They are me with college apps

I think im getting in everywhere

[woven rapids]

You have a better chance than they do at this point though

[steady olive]

all the players from my childhood 🥹

(this is only half of them)

[meager crescent]

True dat

[woven rapids]

The Broncos need to draft a good QB. I love Caleb, but I also beliee in the Heisman curse, so not him

[steady olive]

I honestly don't think it was russes fault this year

I feel like they should have fired sean payton instead of russ

[meager crescent]

Caleb is going top 3

[steady olive]

bears are gonna trade down I'm calling it right now

and take marvin harrison jr

[woven rapids]

Yeah, Payton should be gone too

[steady olive]

itd be really funny if they trade the pick back to the panthers 💀

[forest skiff]

no i also put favorite movie as zootopia so i basically told them i was a furry

[modern chasm]

oh ok thats crazy

are you fr a furry

zootopia is so good though

[forest skiff]

maybe i am 😍😍

nah im not but like i love dogs

i have a dog and i love him

[forest skiff]

RIGHT BRO I LOVE THAT MOVIE SM

[modern chasm]

when young bunny or rabbit lady gets jumped by the gang when she was young that is so heart wrenching

[forest skiff]

I also put try everything from that movie for the soundtrack question😭

[modern chasm]

i love dogs

[forest skiff]

right :(

fr

[modern chasm]

i dont have a dog anymore

but i loved going on walks and stuff

[forest skiff]

awwww

[modern chasm]

and the dog park is honestly insane

[forest skiff]

my favourite part is playing

[modern chasm]

nah the dog didnt die

sorry

[forest skiff]

we don't have a dog park here :(

[modern chasm]

i phrased it wrong

[forest skiff]

oh

[modern chasm]

i just would always play with my exgfs dog

but then we broke up

so no more dog!

[forest skiff]

💀💀💀

[modern chasm]

but i fr needa get a dog

[forest skiff]

bro i would've suffered in a horrible relationship if it meant i could play with a dog LOL /j

[modern chasm]

yeah our relationship wasnt horrible

[forest skiff]

my friends have told me multiple times they only keep me around so they can play with my dog

[modern chasm]

just missed communication on my part

and then some beef

[forest skiff]

ironically or unironically who'll know

[modern chasm]

but its subsided

for now

[forest skiff]

ah well at least you're out of it

[modern chasm]

i wanted a pig

[forest skiff]

oink

so cute

[modern chasm]

yes

[forest skiff]

🐷

[modern chasm]

teacup pig

but those grow to like 200 lbs

and theyre also like geneitcially mutated

so not the best idea

[forest skiff]

awwww

i wanna be a pet mom

[modern chasm]

i wanna dog but i also dont want to clean up its poop

because my older sister has a dog

and it pees everywhere

like its actually autistic

he just pees when theres a loud noise or someone new that he doesnt know is like being somewhat loud

[forest skiff]

LOL yeah fair

my brother does that😍😍

no but i got used to it im ngl

[forest skiff]

yeah my dog does that too like not loud noises but if there are a lot of unknown people he gets scared

[modern chasm]

also i have no time for a dog tbh

maybe now

but im gonna leave soon anyway

[forest skiff]

:((

[modern chasm]

can you bring a pet in a freshman dorm

[forest skiff]

@brisk osprey very important questions being asked here

[modern chasm]

would be crazy if my roomate has a 150 pound saint bernard in our 150 sq ft dorm

[high wave]

great dane

[ancient echo]

not rlly

depends sometimes there are exceptions but normally no

check housing.usc.edu for info on housing

EA admits look at this for info!!!

https://housing.usc.edu/

[clever monolith]

I put Aeneas. The #1 Trojan 😤

[forest skiff]

HAHAHAHHA THAT'S SO SMART

[clever monolith]

THANK YOU LMAOAOAO

[undone elbow]

best house?

[sick star]

genie from aladdin but i had no idea

[ancient echo]

housing?? depends what you want

[split sun]

fuck it should i push the commit button?

[radiant birch]

Wait until finaid/scholarship info mate

[plucky barn]

https://open.spotify.com/track/2aV5ZEAvHwvL332EsJ1gWc?si=e313d3cdd3e947d8
this guy dropped outta usc 💀

[jaunty zenith]

bro kinda fell off

but music still a bop

[woven rapids]

That I Go to USC song is kind of cringy though.

[wispy plank]

USC is so mean like why is everyone I know who’s smart deferred seriously??😂😂😂

[finite minnow]

Yeah ong who does that highly selective college think they are??

[wispy plank]

🙄😂

[high wave]

🤡

[wind lark]

I did not get in

therefore usc is now my opp

I am team UCLA

[high wave]

go bruins !

[undone elbow]

wtf u didnt get in?

i got in but im too broke 😭😭🙏🙏

[fleet belfry]

UCLA is super nice I hope you get in 🙏

[night oriole]

Did you not get any aid

[undone elbow]

barely if i get any

[radiant birch]

USC moment

[wind lark]

Unfortunately no

Getting in is crazy bro

2 something k/40k

[fleet belfry]

Lmfao yall are running back what we did

[ancient echo]

omg can i join

i got in!!!

[fleet belfry]

We should definitely join

[clever monolith]

Wait so how do you know??

Just the net price calculator?

[undone elbow]

yes

[clever monolith]

Oh alr

I think mine said like half but 40K per year and moving across the whole country is crazy 😭

[onyx geyser]

why are u posting this here😭

[undone elbow]

a couple unadmitted students joined

[fleet belfry]

Lmfaooooo

Imma join

[somber jasper]

joining rn as a future admit

[meager crescent]

Worst case u get trojan transfer like stephanie chan

Legacy baby ur way in

[somber jasper]

this my backup plan fr

regardless im ending up at usc so i might asw join rn

[meager crescent]

Lmfao

[meager crescent]

Where would u go for 1 year

[somber jasper]

uh san diego state i guess

or maybe rose hulman or purdue

i feel like i wouldnt be able to thrive at purdue for a whole year it seems way too depressing

[wispy plank]

USC has become the new west coast Ivy at this point it’s sad it’s getting even more difficult to get admitted there :/

[forest skiff]

have y'all watched shaurya sinha's videos

[clever glacier]

yeah

[forest skiff]

bro i wanna get that 250k scholarship

[high wave]

real

[high wave]

the ppl in the insta group scream rich ngl

[forest skiff]

bro i zoned that and found individual people to talk to lol

found someone in my own city (as an intl) with whom i found a mutual friend! we're now best friends and have a photo chain running LOL

[flint nexus]

this is the way

[high wave]

the ppl who have already commited before scholarships come out scare me

[fleet belfry]

Nah that’s wild

[forest skiff]

no way people already committed

[high wave]

in that insta group there are def a few

[high wave]

good for them tho fr

[fleet belfry]

Yeah fr nice to have that much money to spare

[forest skiff]

fr😭

bro but i still don't get the advantage of committing early

[high wave]

how does housing work at usc

is it first come first serve

if soo ☠️

[fleet belfry]

Kinda but kinda no

Basically by getting in early some of yall will get scholarships and be eligible to dorm in the honors college which is in the village so most of the kids will apply for that

You get priority for that based on scholarship

So trustee-> Presidential-> Deans

But just getting in early you get to apply for housing at a much earlier date than RD

[high wave]

ohh ic

is the honors college dorm the most expensive

[forest skiff]

only honors is village right

can you get into mccarthy if you don't get scholarship like can you apply while at usc

[high wave]

I did like 0 research on USC i applied bc of the cali dream

[forest skiff]

I applied because they're good for journalism

[forest skiff]

Did you get in btw

[high wave]

yup for bio

[forest skiff]

damn congo

[high wave]

ty u too !!

[fleet belfry]

Nah it’s like scholarship only

Unless you are nms in which cause you’ll get a presidential scholarship

[fleet belfry]

I don’t think so but I also don’t remember off the top of my head

[high wave]

oo okay ty

[fleet belfry]

Actually I have some old spreadsheets that would probably be useful for y’all

[high wave]

i shouldve grinded for the psat

[fleet belfry]

Pretty sure I put all the dorm prices early

[fleet belfry]

😭 if you got in early you should get a scholarship email soon

[high wave]

yup jan 30 iirc

[high wave]

the research I did do was on study abroad & campus food

[fleet belfry]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BoTtQsVog6ffxepTZ6dN0r11Y6wnf1kE75r-CD1plLM/edit

The cost might be a little off since they already raised it from when I got in

I also didn’t include all the McCarthy room types

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11_OtvZYCqN-31Vcso2iLl3oXgj4UAyrupR443LC44Qc/edit

Meal plans cause who doesn’t love food

[fleet belfry]

Very valid

[high wave]

tysm for all this stuff 🙏

[fleet belfry]

No problemo

Are you premed or just like more stem oriented

[high wave]

premed

[fleet belfry]

Noice me too

[forest skiff]

i see on my major specific website that if i finish a course i can get departmental honors? is that just for the degree and not the village?

[forest skiff]

man all you usc students are so nice

tysm <333

[undone elbow]

i heard honors housing is available for merit scholarship srudents

[somber jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/nba-youngboy-gif-22291555

i cant wait this long for rd decisions

usc lowk got me considering other schools

nah i cant be distracted

[forest skiff]

Only them and nobody else?

[forest skiff]

i love your mindset

[hushed stirrup]

iirc it’s only merit scholarship freshman

[somber jasper]

thx

you're also goated

[winter belfry]

me rn

[rugged lantern]

does someone mind dming me the link to the ig chat (im an admit)

i think the original msg got deleted

[somber jasper]

yeah dm me too

(future admit)

or at least transfer

i’ll need to make friends before i arrive

[fleet belfry]

No problem 🙏

[fleet belfry]

That’s the degree it’s only merit scholarship freshman

[clever monolith]

Which is why I’m hoping to lock in aid 💀

[sullen vale]

Can you guys help me make sense of USC? It’s 90k a year and I just can’t justify that the school deserves it.

[native heron]

no school desevres 90k/year

[sullen vale]

I guess I just wasted $85 then.

[mighty patio]

Cause Olivia rodrigo

[ancient echo]

mccarthy is a first year only college.

unlikely you get a scholarship midway through the first year

[ancient echo]

mccarthy is specifically for honors students like students entering in particular merit scholarships

[keen matrix]

if ur parents are paying then its prob fine right?

cause its not liek ur taking out loans etc

90k is still a lot tho lol

[random dock]

Hi y’all does anyone know if there’s an admitted student that for usc?

[clever monolith]

Yeah they’ve announced admitted student days in the applicant portal.

They’re in April

[random dock]

Ohh thank you!

[sage gazelle]

hii does anyone know what time the online event is on saturday?

[native heron]

if you can afford it then go ahead, it’ll be a great time! i’m just saying that if it’s gonna incur loans, no school is worth that cost

[sage gazelle]

i just registered but i can’t find the time anywhere😭

[ashen hawk]

1pm eastern

[sage gazelle]

okk tysm!

[fleet belfry]

The online events kinda suck ngl

[tame folio]

Considering cheating on USC with other private colleges now, are we? Where are your morals? 😡😡

[somber jasper]

of course only to transfer to usc from 😄

[tame folio]

That’s what they all say… 😑

[somber jasper]

nah you can trust me

[clever monolith]

The five towels is hilarious

[somber jasper]

i have 7 that i stole from a volleyball game

a friend an i snuck into the courtside seat section

usc harvard game

[clever monolith]

LMAOAOAOAOAOAO

What a king

[native heron]

did you submit this to usc?

[meager crescent]

They would’ve loved it

[native heron]

if demonstrated interest mattered for usc, you’d be locked in

[somber jasper]

i wish i could

[hushed stirrup]

no more holistic admissions, acceptances are given out based on the amount of money you spend at the student store <33

[native heron]

finally a true meritocratic system

[somber jasper]

I WISH THEY DID THIS

PLEEEAAASEE

[plucky barn]

what abt usc makes you like it so much

[somber jasper]

i work there, my mom went there, everyone there is so happy, and its high ranked in all the relevant fields, trojan network is real

[plucky barn]

you work there? whatcha do there

[somber jasper]

i do research with a professor at viterbi

task scheduling algorithms n stuff

[plucky barn]

oh rip did you get deferred?

[somber jasper]

yeah

[plucky barn]

theres always hope

[somber jasper]

yep prayin for rd or at least transfer

[plucky barn]

here me out, just take this pic and email the entire admissions department

[somber jasper]

if i dont get in rd i might actually consider it

ill make one of those appeals

[plucky barn]

💀

[somber jasper]

bneing deadass rn

[plucky barn]

do it before ur rd decision

to show em ur committed

would be funny

[somber jasper]

idk if that would be the move

if i meet up with the local ao again i may just show the pic

i mean idt she knows my nanme

[high wave]

are u the legacy guy

[somber jasper]

i mean i do have legacy yeah

jus not double or anything crazy

my mom did her masters at usc

[high wave]

ohh

[modest venture]

is everyone in here a viterbi student/college applicant ?

that’s a dumb question but still

[meager crescent]

No

Im a marshall applicant

[high wave]

i applied dornsife

[clever monolith]

Accepted Sol Price

[modest venture]

when did y’all apply ?

i’m applying this year for marshall as a sophomore transfer

[meager crescent]

Oct 22

Got deferred EA

[static heart]

DEFERRED WOOOHOOOO

expected

😭😭

[undone elbow]

WTFFF

[somber jasper]

stuff ive gathered over the years

[undone elbow]

i only have a hoodie i got yesterday

[somber jasper]

dope

[undone elbow]

if i go somewhere else i hope u get my spot

[somber jasper]

thx man

appreicate that

[median ocean]

how’d you get it already?

[undone elbow]

ordered literally as soon as i got in

[median ocean]

oh i thought u got the acceptance package thing

[undone elbow]

nah idt they give hoodies

what school did u apply to

[median ocean]

accepted to usc

[undone elbow]

i mean

usc school

[median ocean]

oh

dornsife 💀

[undone elbow]

yall get headphones i think

but maybe thats marshall

[median ocean]

actually?

[undone elbow]

theyre cheap ones

[median ocean]

i thought that was the stem school

[undone elbow]

nah we get a coffee mug

marshall gets spoiled

[median ocean]

lmao i kinda want a hoodie

seems practical

[undone elbow]

bro ik they should just get us hoodies or shirts instead of mugs

[median ocean]

what school got airpods

[undone elbow]

marshall

[median ocean]

ofc it’s the business school 💀

[somber jasper]

marshall is lit

i want to do csba at usc

but i applied ece

[median ocean]

me who doesn’t understand the acronyms🗿

[undone elbow]

electrical & computer engineering

what did u apply to

[median ocean]

poly sci

[ancient echo]

hehe shameless plug

[forest skiff]

okay thanks. what about the other honors thing y'all were talking about from like second year? illinium or whatever. is that also in the village?

[forest skiff]

Im afraid to ask but what does annenberg get

[wispy grotto]

decided im going to shotgun apply as a sophomore transfer (in va) wish me luck

3.75 from first sem at a 4 yr state school, probably gonna get a 4.0 or close to second sem at a cc (one of largest in country)

want to go to uva but figured why not shoot my shot

[median ocean]

W

you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take - wayne gretzky - michael scott

[somber jasper]

had

*hard

[ancient echo]

way too much free time

[ancient echo]

for students who live in mccarthy first year they have the option to apply to illium their sophomore year. that’s also an honors community but it’s just smaller (not all scholarship students get it, and there’s a small application)

[forest skiff]

i meant with regards to acceptance packages

[dull pulsar]

Marshall on top

[ancient echo]

ah. idk a copy of the LA times or smth

[forest skiff]

bro i want airpods

[dull pulsar]

nothing extra iirc

[forest skiff]

ohhh so non mccarthy people cant do illium?

thats so mean :(

[forest skiff]

:(((((((((((((

what if i switch rn to marshall

[dull pulsar]

and they only did airpods for marshall once

in the last few years it's been airtags

[forest skiff]

what are air tags-

[dull pulsar]

location trackers

[forest skiff]

oh

[ancient echo]

you can yes

people not in mccarthy can apply for general village housing and some illium places

but illium has a set of houses meant for scholarship students

[meager crescent]

Marshall only did that for scholarship finalist weekend

[meager crescent]

Lmfaooo

[flint nexus]

😳😳😳

[somber jasper]

i need to buy more merch maybe then they’ll let me in

[flint nexus]

Yes ur just missing a few things

[steady olive]

I think if you get like 500k of "merch" they'll let you in

[flint nexus]

guys

I got an email from [email protected]

Talking about scholarships for incoming student

????

I applied rd

So weird

[royal mural]

everyone does iirc

USC is such a spammer with emails ngl

[flint nexus]

USC sucks

Made me feel special for a sec

[royal mural]

i got it too

and they deferred my ass

[flint nexus]

😭😭

Hope you get in RD

You’re too good for them

[meager crescent]

I hate usc

First the zeemee email now this

Why tf they rubbing it in sm

[pale lake]

Why they send me an admit scholarship email 💀

[meager crescent]

Fr

[flint nexus]

Yeah what’s wrong with them

[long mauve]

playing with our feelings 😞

[steady olive]

It came from "admitusc" too 😭

[zenith pilot]

hell nah the admitusc email and the trojan family bs

[onyx geyser]

😭

[quartz frigate]

ywa

Yes

[rancid lion]

Sorry deleting my name is there lol

[rancid lion]

USC is trolling me like Yale

[ancient echo]

hey it’s okay at least you guys are getting deferred by usc admissions

i’m getting deferred by usc girls

[rancid lion]

Don’t know if u saw the “I will never forget the day I glazed the wrong college” ya that was me

So id rather appreciate if they gave my rejection

So I lose my feeling of activation

[ancient echo]

alright let me get that expedited for ya

[rancid lion]

Yes pls that would be great

[flint nexus]

Yale did this to you too?

lol

[rancid lion]

After I didn’t get matched they sent me an email similar to this

I was confused

[flint nexus]

Oh

Well they suck for that

[rancid lion]

Honestly usc ik I’ve been rejected so I’ve moved on.

If u want the full story I can send u something

[high wave]

what is the full story 👀

[somber jasper]

i’m pretty sure donations need to be at least like 5 mil to start mattering

[forest skiff]

interesting okay tysm!

[final tangle]

There’s a distinction to be made between McCarthy residents and honors students. All honors students have the opportunity to live in ilium regardless of if they stayed in McCarthy their freshman year

[wintry bobcat]

is USC really that bad at giving financial aid?

my worst fear is getting in and then not being able to afford it

[undone elbow]

yes

[wintry bobcat]

well shit

[final tangle]

Cross that bridge if u get in and ur fin aid isn’t what you hoped

[forest skiff]

thanks!

[ancient echo]

not really

it’s not as generous as some schools like pton but they do offer p decent air

[forest skiff]

what are some criteria to get rescinded from usc

[forest skiff]

bro im on phone and can't scroll can someone send the link to the a2c x viterbi ama

[high wave]

this is so real

[forest skiff]

🤡

bro i emailed my ao and they didn't respond what if they're reconsidering my offer

like i said thank you for acceptance, asked a query, and said something kinda cute kinda cringe at the end

[fading gazelle]

did u get an academic scholarship from any of ur accepted schools?

[forest skiff]

yeah all of them except usc

[fading gazelle]

damn congrats u must have some amazing stats

[forest skiff]

thank you!

none of them are like top schools tho😭

[fading gazelle]

i mean getting into usc is alr really really good

[forest skiff]

true but it's prolly the least competitive school at usc LOL

[onyx geyser]

honestly yeah

plus usc in la which is an added cost in and of itself

[onyx geyser]

annenberg is def selective wym

[ashen hawk]

i heard merit scholarship finalists still get them for marshall

[forest skiff]

def not marshall viterbi levwl

like if you wanna get in to USC annenberg is your best shot

[onyx geyser]

nah there are some other smaller schools

although idk the selectivity of any of em

bc they don't publish

[forest skiff]

hm

im coping

[onyx geyser]

ofc not

[forest skiff]

because it'll inflate my ego or else

[forest skiff]

20% a2c acceptance rate is damn

[undone elbow]

hes ass for no reason

what an insane L he is bro

if his strength was even a third as good as his writing then we'd be gettin somewhere

[forest skiff]

Why does this say no early action

[steady olive]

Most of that data is from 21-22 which is the year before they started ea

It says on each page on the top left when the data is from

[clever monolith]

They didn’t reply to me either lmao

[onyx geyser]

anyone else keep getting usc email spams

[past shale]

i got something about the housing

[onyx geyser]

wym??

ohh did u get in

[past shale]

yeaaaa

idk when they give out scholarships bc its probably not gonna be affordable for me

[onyx geyser]

i was saying this bc they keep emailing me abt scholarships💀

[onyx geyser]

well u got in ea so you have a shot at merit. i think they give it out by march ish??

[past shale]

is being in state a benefit for tuition?

[somber jasper]

when they sent the usc zeemee email out i threw my phone in my physics class

disrespectful asf

[onyx geyser]

i mean no but like if u live at home and commute it'd cost less

[somber jasper]

the trojan family email had me piqued tho then i found out everyone got it not just legacies

[mighty patio]

i would too

[mighty patio]

i didnt get it

GG

[onyx geyser]

did u get the norman topping one just rn??

its a scholarship there

[somber jasper]

it’s the scholarship one

[onyx geyser]

literally stop spamming me usc 😭

[past shale]

traffic to get to LA is diabolical

[somber jasper]

lemme check

[past shale]

people from cali know

[somber jasper]

i think so

[high wave]

I got the welcome to dornsife email and the housing one one after another

[somber jasper]

it sucks but lately it hasn’t been the worst

[onyx geyser]

norman topping first year applicants can apply for rn i think

[somber jasper]

i didn’t see that one yet

[high wave]

what is Norman topping

[onyx geyser]

idk i got this email from usc ab a scholarship they have https://ntsaf.usc.edu/

[final tangle]

Last year everyone got them iirc

[forest skiff]

uh i didnt get the zeemee one what

[somber jasper]

yeah but you got in there’s a 28 discord server i think??

[high wave]

what is a 28 discord

[somber jasper]

class of 28 discord

[high wave]

o

how do i get in

[somber jasper]

idk i didn’t get in ea

i’ll send the link as soon as i get in in march

[forest skiff]

where do i find that

[somber jasper]

idk i thought they might have sent it to you

[forest skiff]

is it an official one

[somber jasper]

i’ll ask my friends if there are any servers for admits official or not

[forest skiff]

tysm <3

[somber jasper]

i assume there is just cuz i know 25 26 n 27 had a server

[forest skiff]

did people at your hs get in

[somber jasper]

granted it dies pretty fast

[forest skiff]

rip

[somber jasper]

yeah 😭 6 people ea

3 of my close friends

[forest skiff]

wow

its ok you'll get in rd

who needs scholarship anyway

[somber jasper]

usually around 20 from each class go to usc

i’m hoping it’s higher just cuz ea was much higher this year on our class

class of around 160

[forest skiff]

ahhh

20 admits or 20 commit

[somber jasper]

admits

[high wave]

no one in my midwest state applies anywhere

very very boring

[forest skiff]

how many commit

[somber jasper]

about like 8 or so commits maybe?

[forest skiff]

lol im intl and we have so many t50 applications

[forest skiff]

ah okay

[somber jasper]

hoping i make the rd cut

kinda ranking my schools now based on how easily i can transfer to usc from

Like which has less deflation and whatnot

[forest skiff]

lollll thats nice

you'll get in trust

[somber jasper]

i hope so

[wise turret]

me

[high wave]

they cant reject the certified number 1 usc fan

[wise turret]

i got deferred and they keep emailing about financial aid scholarships and zeemee

[high wave]

u got this !!

[somber jasper]

i hope they dont

[high wave]

like 95% of my hs stay within 1.5 hours of the school

i hope not to fall to the same fate

[somber jasper]

r u in socal?

[high wave]

[somber jasper]

yikes

[high wave]

fr

[somber jasper]

big shift ig

[high wave]

i have family in socal tho

[somber jasper]

oh then its not that drastic of a change

[meager crescent]

Same

[high wave]

idk how i ended up in the midwest

[meager crescent]

We feed utd unt

[somber jasper]

my school feeds uci n berkeley so hard

[high wave]

what is utd

is that ut dallas

[meager crescent]

Ye

[high wave]

o ic

my school feeds no where

[meager crescent]

Unt is u north texas

[high wave]

maybe to community college

[meager crescent]

Its not a feeder when the acceptance rate for utd unt are in the 90s lmao

[meager crescent]

Asian schools lol

[somber jasper]

yep

[winter belfry]

i wish

[somber jasper]

nah my school boring ash nothing goes on its super competitive n boring

[high wave]

whats ur class size

[somber jasper]

160

[winter belfry]

my school gets like 3 UC admits every 5 years

[high wave]

are u in a cali suburb

[winter belfry]

i’m just tryna get out of the midwest 😭

[somber jasper]

yep

[high wave]

real

my class has like 400

[trail solstice]

are people filling out the housing form

like should you still fill it out if you don't know if you're comitting yet?

[undone elbow]

yes

not until feb 1 tho

[trail solstice]

oh im silly i read it wrong i thought it said due feb. 1 not open lol

[onyx geyser]

my school feeds into my state school thats it💀 as for selective schools maybe uw-madison?

[rain swallow]

my school feeds into UCF 😎

[undone elbow]

wtf

Surely this is cap

[winter belfry]

im out of state

[wintry bobcat]

genuinely our school kinda a USC feeder

30% acceptance rate

[somber jasper]

[winter belfry]

[somber jasper]

for usc

heres uci lowk banking on uci to plug me up for now

[clever glacier]

uci is sat blind tho right?

[somber jasper]

yeah

[rancid lion]

See u there!

[somber jasper]

lol

[clever glacier]

does ucs take intls?

like a good amount

or it's all instate

[somber jasper]

from what i know not really

mostly instate and some oos

idk maybe there are international students

[rancid lion]

Yes, but if u are asking for aid I really don’t know

[somber jasper]

no aid

[rancid lion]

My dad applied to ucs as a intl

[clever glacier]

no I am full pay

[somber jasper]

they dont even give aid for out of state

[clever glacier]

ucs don't give aid to intls

[rancid lion]

Oh ur fine. And tbh cuz it’s a public school, it’s pretty much expected for them to accept more in state

[clever glacier]

i got a 95 avg grade in js

hs*

pretty rigours curriculum

i am looking for ucsb

[prisma arch]

is that ur schools?

omg I’m praying for uci too

[modern chasm]

is this just this year

[wintry bobcat]

no

[modern chasm]

oh ok

[somber jasper]

yeah

[modern chasm]

are you in california

[wintry bobcat]

Im out of state

[prisma arch]

no way ur school is a feeder for uci

ur def near la

[somber jasper]

yep

ill jus dm you my school for context

[prisma arch]

oh aight

[pearl zenith]

should i submit 1400?

630RW / 770M

[undone elbow]

what school

[pearl zenith]

viterbi 💀

[undone elbow]

i had mid 1400s and went test optional myself

i got in as well

i think around 50% of the class is test optional so ultimately its up to you

[pearl zenith]

yeah idt it'll make a difference

alr i just went TO

[undone elbow]

id just go test optional imo

W

good luck

[pearl zenith]

thanks

[undone elbow]

fight on

[meager crescent]

Bro ditched bronny so fast

[undone elbow]

he fumbled

dg was shitting on me too much

[wintry bobcat]

USCs common data set does say "very important" for test scores though

[undone elbow]

look at how many actually submit sat/act though

[somber jasper]

😦

[wintry bobcat]

honestly crazy how so many get in test optional. especially considering the grade inflation and whatnot

[undone elbow]

there's teacher recs for that

[wintry bobcat]

I'm biased bc Im a good test taker but I feel like they should have more weight

[undone elbow]

idt this benchmark applies to test optional at all

[wintry bobcat]

Yeah but after a while I have to imagine every rec letter sounds the same right? "This student is a great student, works hard in class, involved with their classmates, blah blah blah"

[undone elbow]

i mean that's why only 7% of people were admitted right

i mean not the only reason but

[wintry bobcat]

yeah

still though

[undone elbow]

i also feel like another argument is that a multiple choice test cant really represent how good a student will do in a school thats composed of primarily free response tests

so its like there's not really an ideal metric

[wintry bobcat]

idk not trying to sound like egotistical or whatver but my GPA isn't great because I truly just could not bring myself to do the homeworks in freshman and sophomore year, and as a result I know many people who have much better GPAs/perfect GPAs who definitely are not great students lmao

[unkempt sail]

different schools have diff methodologies

[wintry bobcat]

maybe I'm just bitter

[unkempt sail]

there’s a reason why MIT requires

and why Cornell Dyson is test blind

[undone elbow]

better gpa doesn't necessarily equal better student lol

[unkempt sail]

and Yale states that they find it to be an appropriate predictor of a student’s academic success and it gives context to a student’s other academic factors but you are not penalized if you don’t submit

[undone elbow]

yeah it depends

schools also use ap scores to help as well

[wintry bobcat]

I think standardized tests are definitely flawed, nerves, bad day, etc. are all factors that should be accounted for, but at the same time someone scoring a 1030 and applying test optional should not really be getting in over a student with a 1540 in 8/10 cases

Unless they truly do have exceptional activities/grades

[rancid lion]

is getting back from deferral to acceptnace hard

[undone elbow]

i mean theres much more to that example than just test scores, you have to consider fit, ecs, essays, who'll genuinely contribute more

they also have logs of past students who've been accepted as well

[wintry bobcat]

I mean I agree for sure

a bad test score shouldn't put you out of the running

[undone elbow]

i think a good test score definitely helps more than not submitting a test score

[wintry bobcat]

agreed

[undone elbow]

they look at your overall curriculum more harshly; like weighing ap scores, college classes, rigor if you're test optional

[wintry bobcat]

Really I guess what Im trying to say is that Im suprised USC admits 50% test optional and 50% submitters, I would expect it to be closer to a 30% 70%

[undone elbow]

its the cali standard tbh

uc test blind, caltech test blind

stanford lenient on test optionals i feel like

[wintry bobcat]

Insane to me how caltech is test blind

especially since a friend of mine got in and his SAT score was a highlight of his application

[undone elbow]

i mean heres the thing, whatever kids they're admitting aint failing

whatever they're doing is working

[wintry bobcat]

fs, with such a highly skilled applicant pool they can definitely choose the high-achievers out

I think even though they're test blind the average SAT (that didn't get submitted) is like a 1550 or something

still though

[meager crescent]

Low gpa + test opt is sus so i think its good to have a high one or the other

[undone elbow]

i think it depends on the transcript

[wintry bobcat]

Yeah thats me, I'm praying my test score balances out my low gpa

[meager crescent]

Low grades not low gpa

[undone elbow]

if you have a continuous low gpa its sus, but if you have upward trend it doesnt matter as much

[meager crescent]

True

[wintry bobcat]

oh well though, with such a competitive pool you really just have to hope for the best

[meager crescent]

Especially if u have good rigor

In the later years

[undone elbow]

whats ur gpa lol

[wintry bobcat]

3.74 unweighted

not like below average or anything but below average for USC applicants

[undone elbow]

ya bruh ur good for somewhere like usc esp with a good test score

[wintry bobcat]

🙏

[meager crescent]

I dont think ur gpa alone will get u rejected at usc

Having a high gpa and sat didnt do me or many others i know very good

[wintry bobcat]

damn ok nice

[meager crescent]

USC is obviously holistic

[wintry bobcat]

I applied to 3 schools, all hard reaches, and if I don't get into any of them I'm taking a gap year lmao

[meager crescent]

What 3

[undone elbow]

usc likes ecs and academic record

[wind belfry]

That’s… an interesting strategy 💀

[wintry bobcat]

USC, NYU, Chapel Hill

[wintry bobcat]

Honestly its just because I started my essays too late, my original list had like 18 schools but I missed deadlines for like all of them

[meager crescent]

USC and t30 admissions in general is hella random tho lmao i mogged ppl i know in every regard and didnt get in while they did

Thats why safeties are so important

Oak bro that was uhh an interesting choice

Are u instate unc

[wind belfry]

I recommend trying cc -> transfer if you don’t get into any

[meager crescent]

At least

[wintry bobcat]

I ain't even gonna lie I started my USC supplemental after the deadline, my chances ain't lookin good 💀

[undone elbow]

tbh i think usc was looking for fit this year or something to increase their retention rate ngl

so many crazy applicants ik got rejected

[wintry bobcat]

nah I would much rather just run a safety next year, I would genuinely be suicidal if I go to community college in my area I think

[meager crescent]

I thought so at first but it doesn’t make sense to me

Wouldnt they just give the ppl they liked merit scholarships

Lol

[wintry bobcat]

nope lmao

[meager crescent]

F

Good luck bro

[wind belfry]

Try not to compare yourself to your peers when it comes to college admissions, tho I know that’s easier said than done

[undone elbow]

EA is like 2nd phase of scholarships tbh

[wintry bobcat]

thanks, I'll need it

[meager crescent]

Yea

[wind belfry]

That is rlly messed up. Unless your home environment isn’t good, CC is a great option

[meager crescent]

Societal pressures are often very strong

And the stigma with cc is stupid

[undone elbow]

u should just apply to asu or u of a oak

[meager crescent]

Imo

[undone elbow]

its like 30 mins

if you get in you're going somewhere