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

[wintry bobcat]

I'm really eager to get out of my area, plus I equally value the college experience and the degree. I would hate to have to stay here for another year, miss out on a whole year of college, and then transfer

[wind belfry]

Ah okay that’s understandable

[wintry bobcat]

I would maybe consider community college in like california or something, but that gets complicated

[wind belfry]

Tho going to cc is not missing out on a year of college, I get what you’re saying

[undone elbow]

its like 8k but with room and board (aka renting) it could get expensive to like 20k

[wintry bobcat]

Alabama was my safety but I missed the deadline for financial aid on purpose, knew that I would rather take a gap year and reapply than attend Bama

[wind belfry]

Oos to California CC is a bad idea imo

[undone elbow]

why so

[meager crescent]

Living costs

[wind belfry]

This

[undone elbow]

he can afford usc rd for 90k it sounds like lol

i think he'll be fine

[meager crescent]

Gap year is also fine

[wind belfry]

Well anyway

I’m halfway done with usc app

Done with all but the essays

[wintry bobcat]

honestly thats the crazy part, not even. Even if I get in to USC I probably wont be able to afford it

[undone elbow]

oh damn

[meager crescent]

Bro what made u decide not to apply to college

Im genuinely curious

[undone elbow]

yeah idk i think ur screwed for scholarship money since u didnt ea then 😭

maybe nyu or chapel hill offers good aid?

[wintry bobcat]

I'm in an interesting situation where my household income is <30k, but I have a college fund. Just have to pray for them to bring cost of attendance down to like ~45k and I could go

[meager crescent]

R u national merit by any chance

[wind belfry]

Lowkey reconsidering applying cause of cost but I’m in too deep

[meager crescent]

U get tuition off

USC under 80k

Is tuition free

Nyu under 100k is tuition free

[wintry bobcat]

Isn't that with normal assets though?

[wind belfry]

That’s only with typical assets

[meager crescent]

UNC idk about

[wintry bobcat]

I technically have abnormal assets

[meager crescent]

But your income is pretty low overall so it should balance

[wintry bobcat]

Thats what I'm hoping for

all just a gamble at this piont

[undone elbow]

just apply trust

[wintry bobcat]

I was super close, but no

[wind belfry]

Merit 🙏

[undone elbow]

usc will either give you something or nothing

usc is horrible with aid

[wintry bobcat]

Inability to focus on essay writing, procrastination, etc

[undone elbow]

like i wouldnt expect anything tbh

[wintry bobcat]

Thats what I hear

[undone elbow]

even if you had 0 dollars usc would find some way to charge you 90k

[wintry bobcat]

lmaoo

Yeah theres a story kinda famous around our school now about a kid who got into USC last year but couldn't attend because they wanted to take literally ALL of his money.

like genuinely everything he and his parents had

[undone elbow]

sounds about right

[wintry bobcat]

My counselor also told me that of everyone that has ever gotten into USC from our school, merit scholarships were abysmal.

like max 5k

[meager crescent]

Isnt the minimum 10k

[undone elbow]

they mustve gotten the rd ones

[wintry bobcat]

So as of now I'm just planning for my gap year and if by some miracle one of my 3 shots works out, I'll be happy asf

[undone elbow]

rd ones are like only 5k

[meager crescent]

What major r u

[wintry bobcat]

not sure, thats just what she told me

[wintry bobcat]

Business/finance

[meager crescent]

Same

[undone elbow]

shes probably right

2% chance for the good ones

[wintry bobcat]

Also helps though that the rest of my school is generally pretty awful students

[undone elbow]

7% x 33% = 2%

harder than an ivy to get into usc w a good scholarship statistically

[wintry bobcat]

Oh also I'm legacy to harvard but missed the deadline lmao

so thats not exactly why I'm taking a gap year, but it helps

I wanna give it a shot at least

[meager crescent]

False. The competition at usc is easier

I know people who applied to usc who would never even consider applying to an ivy

[undone elbow]

depends on the ivy

[meager crescent]

Acceptance rate doesnt mean difficulty

[meager crescent]

No it doesnt

Look at medians for usc

[wintry bobcat]

Cornell has the same acceptance rate though

[meager crescent]

It doesnt beat any ivy

[undone elbow]

getting into the school is easier but not getting a scholarship

[wintry bobcat]

Honestly I feel like some of the lesser-ivies are heavily overrated

[meager crescent]

Not true at all lmao

I know multiple trustees and none got into an ivy

[wintry bobcat]

Like if you go to NYU or Dartmouth, I feel like the person who went to NYU may be a better candidate depending on the field

[undone elbow]

really? all the ones ive met have

i heard thats how they steal ivy bound students

[meager crescent]

They wouldve accepted kirk and olivia zhang then

[wintry bobcat]

Also though USC is just sick

I would so much rather go to USC than like 4/8 ivies personally

[meager crescent]

Thats an interesting take

[undone elbow]

dartmouth smokes nyu sorry not sorry

[meager crescent]

If u wanna go into finance the ivies are better than usc

All of them tbh

[supple falcon]

dartmouth places very heavily into consulting and finance (a little less than nyu tho)

[undone elbow]

cheaper price + smaller classes + better undergrad teaching

[wintry bobcat]

I mean fair but still, USC is very solid for networking/reputation

[undone elbow]

dartmouth would be virtually free for u

[meager crescent]

Stern easily mogs dartmouth for finance

But outside of that i agree

[undone elbow]

thats true but i think usc is highly competitive

[meager crescent]

I would agree

[undone elbow]

look at the amt of ivy students who applied lmao

[supple falcon]

a lot of it has to do with location

[meager crescent]

True

[wintry bobcat]

Point taken, counterargument:

[supple falcon]

obv nyu being right next door to wall st makes it easier

[somber jasper]

usc is free for under 80k income

[meager crescent]

Stern has been prestigious for a while

[undone elbow]

only tuition i think

[meager crescent]

Typical assets

[supple falcon]

yeah nyu is a great school in general

[undone elbow]

some qb person said that without scholarship usc is 20k

[wintry bobcat]

Realistically Marshall, Stern, or any ivy would easily get you in the door to most careers you want to pursue.

[supple falcon]

if usc let me apply through qbrd i would’ve

[wintry bobcat]

at that point its more about networking/hard work that will take you far

at least for business

[somber jasper]

i fw usc heavy

[wintry bobcat]

You don't say

[somber jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/mercy-overwatch-come-here-gif-14280244

that usc rd acceptacne

[wintry bobcat]

They deferred 38k/40k EA applicants lmao

[prisma arch]

https://tenor.com/view/jaxson-dart-usc-collegefootball-gif-3463419832144027775

[rancid lion]

wait even for RD????

[somber jasper]

yah for need based

yep

[rancid lion]

oh thats sickk

[meager crescent]

Marshall isnt on the level of stern and ivies imo

[wintry bobcat]

Also I feel like its a big consideration that party wise USC shits on every Ivy

[undone elbow]

actually future ivy students not getting accepted kinda just supports the claim its harder to get into than an ivy 💀

[wintry bobcat]

Easily top 15 if not top 10

[meager crescent]

No it supports the claim that usc yield protects lmfao

[rancid lion]

my dad hates usc for this reason. the partying. he says he has fired a lot of workers mainly from usc

[wintry bobcat]

Eh fuck it. Life isn't all about high achievement, having fun is priority #2 for me

[undone elbow]

or they value fit a lot

[rancid lion]

same bro. my dad said go to trade school after seeing my D in ap lit

yo honestly we fck and ball bro. i really wanted to go to usc

[wintry bobcat]

damn thats a little extreme 💀

[prisma arch]

HELP

[rancid lion]

cuz of the social life

[prisma arch]

u still got a chance

[rancid lion]

would u like to hear my story loll

[wintry bobcat]

One D wont screw you

[somber jasper]

they dont really

[wintry bobcat]

also you could easily transfer

[rancid lion]

oh no i have a D right now second semester. first sem was over a while ago and got a B

[meager crescent]

Im not convinced

[rancid lion]

ya usc yield protected me yawn

[wintry bobcat]

Any school with <20% acceptance rate is a crapshoot, you can be the most phenomenal applicant to walk the earth and get rejected from 70% easily

I got a math test tmrw and I'm procrastinating studying rn

[prisma arch]

u can raise it bro

second sem js started

[wintry bobcat]

fuck it we ball 🥱

@undone elbow are you committing to USC

[rancid lion]

already did just checked i have a C

now

[wintry bobcat]

I mean even if you don't do well in high school safety/CC and transfer is always an option

[prisma arch]

wait did ur counselor submit midyear grades??

isnt usc hollistic i think ull be fine

[rancid lion]

ya.

also that C is second semester lol

not first sem

[wintry bobcat]

You can always lock in and raise grades, I'm technically failing 3 classes rn

[rancid lion]

i got a 4 more months to raise it

[wintry bobcat]

trimester won't end like that though

[prisma arch]

ur fine

[rancid lion]

ya might have thrown calc bc test today

[prisma arch]

omg i have a math test tmrw

[rancid lion]

hope so but seniorities has come to a full circule around me

[wintry bobcat]

Shiit bruh I got AB test tmrw lmao

Honestly not terrible though, I'm somewhat confident

[prisma arch]

so real like i can;t read my stat notes bc im so tired of doing nothing

[rancid lion]

i hate calc

[prisma arch]

same

[wintry bobcat]

Calc is fun if you get it

[rancid lion]

this yr was the year i found abt my hatred for math

[wintry bobcat]

unfortunately I only like halfway get it

[rancid lion]

but i applied as stats major so thats gunna be fun

[wintry bobcat]

so I halfway like it

[wintry bobcat]

I doubled up for calc and stats this year

[prisma arch]

💀

[rancid lion]

also idk if u were in the general chat earlier but pls forget what i did send there. i feel u were there before i got muted from the servee

[prisma arch]

SAMEE

[rancid lion]

here me stats is fine but clac aint

im doing ap stats and calc bc

and i can confirm stats is more fun

[prisma arch]

i actually forgot but now u reminded me LMFAOO

[rancid lion]

uh ya. i did not mean to send it here

[wintry bobcat]

bringing up something embarassing in the past never goes well tbh

[prisma arch]

yea calc is like hell

[wintry bobcat]

just reminds people that it happened

[prisma arch]

its ok i forgot it trust

no one remembers

[rancid lion]

got nothing to fear lol. im kidding but that was embarassing like hella

[wintry bobcat]

Now you've just piqued my interest

[prisma arch]

ill dm u it LOL

/J

[rancid lion]

wait no no

[prisma arch]

im joking LOL

[rancid lion]

i got a better story abt usc

[prisma arch]

deflection

/j

[rancid lion]

no when writing the usc why us essays, i glazed the wrong school

university of southern california and univeristy of southern carolina

[wintry bobcat]

💀

[rancid lion]

i actually threw

[wintry bobcat]

ur cooked sorry

[rancid lion]

ya no

i am

ive accepted defeat

[wintry bobcat]

dw my supplemental was literally awful

[rancid lion]

dw mr spoilt child said he can speed up my rejection quicker

[wintry bobcat]

I reread it the other day and I mentioned "nearby skiing" in my supplemental for USC when the closest skiing is 2.5 hours away

[prisma arch]

UR JOKING LMFAOO

[rancid lion]

i liked my supps. i legit themed my usc application marvel themed

[wintry bobcat]

I dont know what I was thinking

[prisma arch]

STOP THATS FUNNY

[rancid lion]

ya i think this is funnier than what i said in general

well idk if it was funny but take it as u will

[prisma arch]

ha nice trick but it didnt work

[rancid lion]

uh no

u dont need to bring it up

i got muted for four hours cuz i said that lol

[prisma arch]

ok mb mb

werent u the dude who had usc in ur name or sum

[somber jasper]

big bear is nearby ig

[rancid lion]

yup

omg wait my name didnt get fixed

[wintry bobcat]

Wrote it in about an hour in a caffeine-fueled extravaganza anyways

[prisma arch]

u still got a chance at usc viterbi bro

dont give up

[wintry bobcat]

Started it at 12:00 AM January 16th 🥴

[somber jasper]

i spent about like 2 or 3 weeks on mine lmfaooo

[prisma arch]

https://tenor.com/view/fight-on-trojans-rob-dyrdek-ridiculousness-trojans-fight-on-gif-17052989

[wintry bobcat]

submitted 2 hours late and still got downloaded lmao

[rancid lion]

im fine. im ok.

[wintry bobcat]

Submitted UNC Chapel Hill 2 days late and they downloaded that too lmaoo

[prisma arch]

are you?

[rancid lion]

im gwenchana

[prisma arch]

https://tenor.com/view/gwenchana-welcome-waikiki-cute-smile-gif-17664416

stop i love that line

[rancid lion]

lol. gwenchana gwenchana

[forest skiff]

no deans?

@ancient echo are you in mccarthy

[ancient echo]

r u trying doxx this is wild

no i do not live in mccarthy i opted to live with a friend of mine who is not a scholarship student

[forest skiff]

oh im sorry😭

i just asked cuz you mentioned you got a scholarship?

Dean's iirc

[forest skiff]

but this doesn't say anything about Dean's so

[ancient echo]

yes correct

deans can live in mccarthy

not guaranteed like prezzy and trustee us

[forest skiff]

ohhhhh

is leadership guaranteed?

[ancient echo]

leadership ??

[forest skiff]

if you get the leadership scholarship are you guaranteed mccarthy

or only trustee and presidential are guaranteed mccarthy

[onyx geyser]

crazy

[olive path]

i got my wbb acceptance in an email?

[wheat jetty]

Today?

[ancient echo]

yes i believe so

i do not know what leadership is

[final tangle]

No scholarship recipient is guaranteed McCarthy but odds for pres and trustee r very high since they get preference

[final tangle]

No

[olive path]

yeah

[meager crescent]

Congrats!!!

Thats amazing bro

[native heron]

schools with <10% AR are def not yield protecting (beside NEU but they are an exception to the rule)

[meager crescent]

Acceptance rate is misleading

[native heron]

idk what to say rly, there’s no reason for them to yield protect because they have enough students interested in them and devoted to them

if you call “yield protecting” rejecting someone who doesn’t seem to care about your school, then every school yield protects

[cold dome]

YOU ARE SO CRACKED WTF ASDJILSDHJKAHDISHDKAD

😻😻😻

[idle coral]

pretty sure ive heard of the entire berkeley met cohort getting rejected from USC

like all of the 20 something ppl they had in a gc

just saying

usc values "fit" ig

[idle coral]

this just isnt true - usc has a 30% yield rate and all of my school's engineering kids shotgunned

despite the fact that theyd rather go to most of the other schools they applied to

ofc thats anecdotal but im not sure where theres empirical evidence for a ton of dedicated usc applicants (im sure they exist tho)

[final tangle]

30% yield rate (not sure where u got that number) doesn’t mean usc yield protects

Neither does everyone at your school shotgunning

[undone elbow]

"usc yield protects" but a portion of the people admitted to usc have been admitted to hypsm rea

from what i've seen a lot of the qualifed people getting deferred/rejected didnt really wanna go to the school

i mean some people get into harvard but rejected by all other ivies, are those ivies yield protecting? no

they just weren't "fit" for their school

[past dirge]

wait rlly?

[vocal harness]

USC does not yield protect lmaoo

[olive path]

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[olive path]

thanks mr aiden 😐

[olive path]

yeah

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wait lemme send u a dm of screenshot

[steady olive]

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[cold dome]

wow that neutral face hurt my feelings 🙁

[olive path]

<3

[idle coral]

i never said they did lmao

i literally said it was about fit

im just addressing their argument that they dont yield protect just cause theres some supposed group of ppl hard committed to going

oops yeah i got percentage wrong

its 45%

[somber jasper]

yeah exactly this one dude fromout school got into harvard and 4 other ivies + stanford, mit, and much more got deffered and rejected from usc

[somber jasper]

like me but they cant see that yet

[idle coral]

this whole argument around whether its fit or yield is based on anecdote and speculation anyway theres no point lol

[somber jasper]

still salty bout that

[amber venture]

same a few stanford attendees i know didnt get usc

idk if USC yield protects

[somber jasper]

yeah same

idt they do

[amber venture]

on one hand theyre a decent private that doesnt need yield protection on the other hand they aint no hypsm

[onyx geyser]

they don't yield protect people who say this are are just trying to cope from their ea deferral😂

(no offense to anyone who got deferred, i was too lol)

[amber venture]

is this that obvious to tell through usc essays?

[amber venture]

yeah but it is still odd how we were talking about hypsm admits many of them get no usc

[past dirge]

should've ended my essay with 'i love usc'

[amber venture]

its also weird my school usually has 25-30 usc admits but they only admitted 2 in ea this year?

are they waiting to do the acceptances in RD?

i doubt it, highly statistically unlikely

pre test optional pre covid we had 40 a year

after TO we have like 25-30 a year

even if my class sucked there should still be minimum 10-15 admits

so idk what usc is doing but theyre clearly super conservative on ea admits

[onyx geyser]

so? usc is selective

they might evaluate national merit semifinalists differently tho

idk what

[amber venture]

like evaluate them better or worse?

[onyx geyser]

i think they might be more picky with choosing who to admit that are national merit semifinalists

because they have a set budget for financial aid

[amber venture]

but how would they know you’re national merit? many i know didnt even mention it on their application

[onyx geyser]

and probably have an idea of how many national merit semis they want

[onyx geyser]

they wouldnt, they'd know for those that do lol. i am not a part of usc admissions this is speculation.

[undone elbow]

probably

i said some things specifically i can only get out of usc and it's location

[final tangle]

They admitted more of the incoming class ea this year than last year

[final tangle]

Not sure how true this is. Might actually save them money if they hand out scholarships to the people they would have needed to pay anyway for nmf

This is obviously anecdotal but I’m nmf (was on my app so they know) and I still got a merit scholarship separate from nmf

[polar lichen]

this isnt evidence of yield protection but i found it interesting that my counselor said the vast majority of ea applicants from my school get in rd
not sure why that is though
usc is the second most popular college choice for our school and we’re in the midwest 💀

[forest skiff]

lol i ended my essay with a middle finger joke

[past dirge]

and u got in

[high wave]

my entire essay was how much i hated the midwest

and how much i loved cali

[native heron]

latest data says 40+ though?

[native heron]

the majority of applicant get in rd so that makes sense

but yeah USC has similar yield rates to other T25 institutions so i don’t think they’re yield protecting but then again, idk and neither does anyone else here so who rly cares 🤷‍♂️

[somber jasper]

we had 6 ea admits and usually get around 30 total out of a class of 160

[native heron]

also just for everyone here anecdotal “evidence” != evidence

[native heron]

yeah :// a 7% ea rate will do that 😭

they also are learning how to do ea as this is only their second year

[somber jasper]

3rd?

i know c/o 22 had ea as well right?

co26 college

[rancid lion]

i think we had an increase lol this year with ea applicants

[final tangle]

No, co 23 was first year usc did ea

[somber jasper]

oh dope

[noble raven]

Is it actually 7%

[last glen]

yea

they admitted 2950 (?) ea and had roughly 40k applicants i think (don’t quote me)

[long mauve]

yep! thats what was said in the letter

[noble raven]

Wowzers

So i have a chance !

[unkempt totem]

a kid from my school got in Stanford ea but deferred usc smh

hes like ranked number 1

[rancid lion]

Yield protect? Idk tbh. Our school valedictorian didn’t withdraw from JHU ed but still got into usc ea

[stable quail]

someone from our school lied abt getting in & did inspect element on their deferral letter 💀

[wintry bobcat]

how tf are they genuinely going to review 78k applications in 2 months

theres just no way

they have to be spending ~2 min per application

[stable quail]

there's prob a good amt of ea apps that wont be reviewed in detail

they have to defer the ppl they intend to reject anyways

[rancid lion]

DW I’m probably already in the reject pile FOR SURE lol

That’s one less applicant to worry abt

[wintry bobcat]

True, so why not just reject them?

like if they gonna take early applicants and put them in a "Reject during regular decision" why not just reject during early?

doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me but oh well

[stable quail]

yeah tbh i feel like its better to just reject early so there isnt like false hope but

it's just usc's way of doing ea

[wintry bobcat]

77,999

[rancid lion]

👍

[wintry bobcat]

I just hope everyone's application actually gets reviewed and they don't just run out of time at the end and be like "well, looks like we gotta reject the rest of these"

[forest skiff]

i read that umich does that for ea

defers apps they dont have time to read

[meager crescent]

Yep

[wintry bobcat]

I can understand that for early decision, but in regular decision what do you do?

You cant defer

[meager crescent]

Luckily im a ross applicant

[wintry bobcat]

just reject?

[stable quail]

yeah idr understand how that works tho cuz arent admissions officers assigned to a specific region

[meager crescent]

They have to read all ross apps

[stable quail]

so its not like each ao has to review every single app

[rancid lion]

ur telling me than umich does it on a rolling basis

[stable quail]

nah idts there was a discussion abt this last year but ppl who submitted on 11/1 still got in

[meager crescent]

They dont review applications by date submitted

[somber jasper]

i did this to troll some sophomores

[forest skiff]

waitlist ftw

[forest skiff]

yeah but still what if there's suddenly an upsurge in californian apps

[forest skiff]

no

[somber jasper]

does anyone have a cmu accpetance letter i can photoshop

im helping my friend gaslight someone

[forest skiff]

i know someone who applied to cmu but i broke up with them and no longer talk to them rip

[somber jasper]

😦

[meager crescent]

Smith lore

[forest skiff]

bro lmao what did i find

[forest skiff]

smith lore is so fun my online friends know more about my lore than my irls do im such an oversharer

pro tip to juniors: do not cut off friends in senior year

i wanna know my classmate's decisions so bad but ugh i cant ask them

[meager crescent]

Yea carly owned u in medium chat 😭😭

[stable quail]

you can prob scroll up in the cmu megathread to when cmu ed decisions came out

[forest skiff]

hey i pride myself on yapping

this was my 10th ec

[meager crescent]

Lmfao

!ivyday

[gaunt dock]

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[meager crescent]

Im mentally ill

Help me plz

[forest skiff]

umich?

[meager crescent]

Yapppppperrrrr

[forest skiff]

im ngl i wish i put something about art but i only did that in 9th and 10th

[forest skiff]

proud yapper* 🫶

[meager crescent]

I need umich so that i can have hope for Rds lmao 2 back to back deferrals would end me

[forest skiff]

yeah fair

you'll def get into lsa

[meager crescent]

Sadly its a realistic scenario

I hope i dont get rejected mich

Early

[forest skiff]

you wont

[stable quail]

wait how common is umich ea rejection

[meager crescent]

I predict waitlist rd for myself

[meager crescent]

I think 30 percent?

[somber jasper]

good idea

[forest skiff]

realistically you might get into lsa but defer ross

[meager crescent]

Nah if i get lsa im confident i get ross

[stable quail]

WHAT

[forest skiff]

that works too

[meager crescent]

My lsa essays were mid

My ross essays were actually good

[forest skiff]

wait separate essays for lsa and ross?

[meager crescent]

Yea

[forest skiff]

oh hmm

[meager crescent]

Ross doesnt read the first 2 essayd

[forest skiff]

do they evaluate you for lsa first then ross

oh

[meager crescent]

Lsa doesnt read the business portfolio

Which is the last 2essays

[meager crescent]

Yes

[forest skiff]

well its like 24 hours left

!uiuc

[gaunt dock]

UIUC EA Decision Date

UIUC EA decisions come out <t:1706306400:F> in your local time
14 hours, 46 minutes and 46 seconds until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[forest skiff]

just wait it out

[meager crescent]

If u get deferred rejected lsa ur not getting ross

April 12 is the rd admit for ross

[forest skiff]

you can get deferred-> accepted lsa then ross right?

[meager crescent]

Yep

[forest skiff]

bruh april 12th is actually insane

[meager crescent]

Then u get in april 12

[forest skiff]

so less time to decide

[meager crescent]

Yep

Im not going either way

[forest skiff]

manifesting your acceptance

[meager crescent]

Its too expensive

I need the confidence boost

[forest skiff]

i know but its still good to know you're wanted

[meager crescent]

😭

True

Academic validation

[forest skiff]

me with uchicago

[meager crescent]

[forest skiff]

like today i foudn out they have highest suicide rate

my parents def not sending me

but i want to get in

[meager crescent]

I swear it was penn

Guess it changed

[forest skiff]

hm i saw on the usc admit chat

wait lemme google

oh it is penn

and mit

ok time to reconvince my parents for uchicago

[somber jasper]

invite me i was totally admitted!

[polar lichen]

me

[meager crescent]

Hater smith -> spoiled child smith

SCS

[forest skiff]

bro but like iit has high suicide rates too but theyll send me to iit

[meager crescent]

Did u apply iit

[somber jasper]

do you live in india rn

[forest skiff]

i can be both

[somber jasper]

?

[forest skiff]

LOL no

[forest skiff]

yeah

[rancid lion]

there is no way because i showed my interest to the wrong school

[somber jasper]

cool what part

[forest skiff]

imma be honest someone asked me to invite them and i have no idea how to lmfao

south

[somber jasper]

oh

[forest skiff]

are you indian?

[somber jasper]

yeah

[forest skiff]

damn

[somber jasper]

punjabi

[forest skiff]

did not expect that

[meager crescent]

Are u sikh

[somber jasper]

my indian radar is spot on

[somber jasper]

no

[forest skiff]

you give off very white guy vibes im ngl

[meager crescent]

Muslim?

[somber jasper]

no

hindu

[meager crescent]

Atheist?

Oh ok

[somber jasper]

personally im atheist i mean

[forest skiff]

bestie i was talking about iit and my name is smrithi i dont think its that hard

[meager crescent]

I’ve never met a hindu punjabi

[somber jasper]

yeah

but kvd was easy to predict

not you

[forest skiff]

kvd just gives off the vibes

[meager crescent]

[somber jasper]

you were waving the indian flag from a mile away

[forest skiff]

lmao

yes

[meager crescent]

Wb kirk?

[forest skiff]

kirk is not indian

i refuse to believe

denied

he's too nice

[meager crescent]

Usc 1 fan saw it coming

He also called out kirk as indian

[forest skiff]

bro i love scamming people on this server into thinking im an intl who got in everywhere when in reality im domestic

[forest skiff]

damn

i still dont see it

[meager crescent]

Well well well

[forest skiff]

kirk doesnt give me white guy vibes though

he feels

[meager crescent]

Scamming i see

[forest skiff]

european

[meager crescent]

[forest skiff]

[meager crescent]

Of course your kind would pull antics like that

[forest skiff]

@somber jasper you're usc and ucla legacy right? grad or ugrad?

my kind?

[meager crescent]

Yes

The curry type

[forest skiff]

indian? female? hater? spoilt child? yapper?

[somber jasper]

grad both

[forest skiff]

WTF IS THE CURRY TYPE

[forest skiff]

ahhhhhhh

[meager crescent]

The butter chicken children

[forest skiff]

im also uc legacy

[meager crescent]

The mutton munchers

[somber jasper]

dope

[forest skiff]

university of cincinatti

[forest skiff]

IM VEGETARIAN

[somber jasper]

That is NOT uc 😭

[meager crescent]

Same

[meager crescent]

Its THE uc

[forest skiff]

who are you to say

[forest skiff]

no thats uchicago

[somber jasper]

actually ywah u right

[forest skiff]

im also ball state legacy

[meager crescent]

Smith ur kerala right

[forest skiff]

damn

no

[meager crescent]

Oh right

[somber jasper]

i can smell curry off of people

[meager crescent]

Tamilians are often veg

Same with telugus

[forest skiff]

yeah makes sense

[meager crescent]

Clearly

[forest skiff]

my dads non veg though

[meager crescent]

My mom is

[forest skiff]

i ate non veg until last year

[somber jasper]

my dad is veg

[meager crescent]

Oh word ive never had meat my whole life

[forest skiff]

ah

my brother and dad are hardcore meat eaters

[meager crescent]

Meat munchers

[forest skiff]

i used to only eat chicken because i hated being non veg but oh i love chicken

[meager crescent]

Why r u veg now

[forest skiff]

but then my friend who's vegan became very activist and posted a lot of stuff on her account

and idk i just stopped

[meager crescent]

Lmfao peer pressure

[forest skiff]

NO

🫠

it just felt

wrong

i miss popcorn chicken though

but its ok

save the animals 🗣️

bro this discord server is killing my productivity

im so failing my boards

[meager crescent]

F

I got mock ib exams in 2 weeks

More like 10 days lmao

[forest skiff]

good luck

[somber jasper]

im a meat muncher ngl

i just cant eat octopus it looks so weird and theyre so smart

[forest skiff]

*shudders *

[ancient echo]

one of my best friends is telegu!

only reason i put up with south indians

[meager crescent]

Telugu*

And we dont believe in north and south here

We arent colorist

Only 1 india

[ancient echo]

yes ofc

[forest skiff]

all Indians are my brothers and sisters

bro omg did y'all get the mail from your AP

ao

[tame folio]

its like in every instagram comment section about india i see people from the north and south talking trash about each other 😭 😭

i didnt know it was such a big deal in india

[meager crescent]

I mostly see muslims shitting on hindus and hindus shitting on muslims and americans then i see americans being racist

Insta reels is a huge mess

[meager crescent]

Depends on who u talk to

Not all of us are colorist

Mostly the north indians shit on south bc south tend to be dravidians who have darker skin

[tame folio]

yeah i try not to go on there much anymore

the politics in every comment section is horrendous

[tame folio]

oh

[ancient echo]

i disagree with this statement because i exclusively date brown girls and i am not in fact into that weird shit

[meager crescent]

It’s genuinely wild

[meager crescent]

Abhi -> bama ‘27?

[ancient echo]

there’s no politics north india just solos

[forest skiff]

damn i would've thought you were

[ancient echo]

i love my south indian brothers and sisters but north india is the best fr

[forest skiff]

abhi how's dating at usc

[ancient echo]

ight buddy hop off

[meager crescent]

Prolly shit

Its just people fucking

[ancient echo]

i wouldn’t know i have never spoken to anyone of the opposing gender

[meager crescent]

Thats any college though

[forest skiff]

you literally just-

[meager crescent]

Freshman year is legit one night stands from what ive heard

[forest skiff]

damn

but i want commitment :3

[ancient echo]

not at all true u find a few favorite regulars

[forest skiff]

time to start hunting for potential suitors on a2c

[ancient echo]

u keep a few regulars

[ancient echo]

good luck!!!

[rancid lion]

USC ACCEPT ME SO I CAN CREATE THE FUNNIEST COLLEGE STORY EVER

[forest skiff]

what's your story

[forest skiff]

that sounds ominous lol

how's your dating life been if you're ok w sharing

[ancient echo]

no of course not u will enjoy it

[rancid lion]

i glazed the wrong college its as simple as that lol

[forest skiff]

ah

[ancient echo]

don’t need spotify to tell me i was the most played this year

[forest skiff]

only if USC gives me a scholarship 🥰

[forest skiff]

damn bro sorry to hear

[ancient echo]

i don’t actively date lol

[meager crescent]

As long as im in high school i can use the nosy brown parents excuse for no girls

[ancient echo]

i just keep a few close friends i am incredibly in love with

[meager crescent]

Bro thrives in the friend zone

[ancient echo]

yeah same i pretend my parents are the reason im single

[meager crescent]

For me it legit is the reason

[forest skiff]

bro i have nosy brown parents who want me to get a boyfriend so they can be all up in my love life

[ancient echo]

yes exactly i make very good friends and then fall in love with them it is great

[forest skiff]

ok mother not parents but still

[forest skiff]

LMAO ME FR

[meager crescent]

Bro i still have jetlag im not reset

Its 3 am and i feel active asf

[forest skiff]

didn't you come 5 days ago

[meager crescent]

Then i get tired in the morning

[meager crescent]

Yes but been pulling allnighters every might

[forest skiff]

rip

[meager crescent]

To make uo for 2 weeks of missed work

[rancid lion]

wow

honestly i cant do that

[meager crescent]

I might just crash and burn

But we will see

[rancid lion]

my friend group consists of boys

so um

that would mean

[meager crescent]

I still havent had cawfee yet

[forest skiff]

🌈

[meager crescent]

I can use it in the clutch

[forest skiff]

hey i love my girls

[forest skiff]

loml

[meager crescent]

But

Bi?

[ancient echo]

yeah i am exclusively friends with girls maybe that’s the problem

[forest skiff]

see it's complicated

[rancid lion]

so is that the strat

[forest skiff]

i hate men

i love women

but im attracted to men

but women are fiiiiiiine

[meager crescent]

Ok so bu

Bi

[forest skiff]

omg are you the gay best friend

we love our gay best friend he's the only guy i like

[meager crescent]

He playing the long game

[ancient echo]

yes kinda except i’m not gay

[forest skiff]

👎👎👎

[ancient echo]

i’m the straight man they adopt and decide to play personality makeover with

[forest skiff]

i love gays

i wish i was gay

LMAO

[ancient echo]

bigoted discriminatory against straight men

[forest skiff]

that's one of my guy bsfs actually

[ancient echo]

i do not believe in the girl guy best friend trope i believe it is stupid

[forest skiff]

why

my bsf and i fell in love except at different times

[ancient echo]

i feel as though when someone is in a relationship there are certain things that are disrespectful that would be fine when friends

[forest skiff]

dynamics change when you go from friends to relationship

but they're still the same person

the way you love them is also different

[onyx geyser]

dyk the rd acceptance rate?

[finite minnow]

Do you mean having a girl/guy bsf?

Having friends is never a problem but it gets problematic when it’s a relationship that’s too intimate to be plain old friends iykwim

[forest skiff]

help i thought the admitted students thing was today and i stayed up late😭

[modest venture]

is there anyone in here who transferred with a low gpa in high school but a higher gpa in college? if so did you explain your reason for why your gpa was low in the essay and if so how?

[native heron]

if i recall they said it was 2950/~40,000 ea and then like 4000-4500/~40,000 rd so expect like ~10% AR for rd

[ancient echo]

i think most of my friendships are like that but i would like distance myself from friends who are getting into relationships out of respect

[ancient echo]

that’s one of the reasons why people transfer. use your essays to explain why your HS gpa was low

[modest venture]

yea like i was gonna explain that

but i wanna make it positive because i heard that’s the best way to write the essay

not use my essay as like a therapy session, i want to use it as explaining those issues and how i think USC is my best fit and also why they should admit me

[nimble wren]

when will usc rd be out

[merry oasis]

i think by april 1

[forest skiff]

where can I find how many students are there in a particular school at usc

[arctic pivot]

Is there any admitted student group? If so can someone send it to me on DM? Thanks!

[forest skiff]

there's an insta chat

[arctic pivot]

Can I DM you?

[forest skiff]

if its for the link, idk how to add people to the gc sorry 😭

[undone elbow]

usc predicts that usc will have a 9% acceptance rate this year

[forest skiff]

some early action stats:

• avg high school gpa of admitted students: 3.92
• 45% of students never earned a grade less than an A
• more than 30k applicants who have a >3.8 gpa who will not get in
• 40% chose words like "curious, resilient, ambitious"

BRO SOMEONE SAID "FULL OF RIZZ" FOR THEIR 3 WORDS LMFAO NO WAY

suits was the most popular show lol

[night oriole]

Where do you find this?

[high wave]

the admitted students webinar happening rn

[high wave]

they called me out w those common words

[night oriole]

I see

[forest skiff]

💀💀💀

my words were principled multitasker and hoarder LOL

[high wave]

i even chose tony stark as my room mate

[forest skiff]

lol i chose a dog

[night oriole]

Anymore fun stats?

[onyx geyser]

i get why i got deferred‼️

[forest skiff]

are you full of rizz

[onyx geyser]

yes

[forest skiff]

should've made it more clear on your application smh

the usc admitted gc is going wild people are rizzing up people left and right

[onyx geyser]

fr?

can't say im suprised😏

[fleet belfry]

Lmfao it’s so goofy

[modest venture]

full of rizz is insane

[fleet belfry]

Some kids ended up dating from the one last year

It’s absolutely cooked

[forest skiff]

damn

[modest venture]

imagine if they got accepted with that

[forest skiff]

that's kinda cute bgl

[forest skiff]

THEY DID

[fleet belfry]

They are still dating

[modest venture]

WHAT

AINT NO WAY

[forest skiff]

awwwww

[modest venture]

LMAOOOO

[undone elbow]

Ye im rizzing up this girl rn

[forest skiff]

damn

[fleet belfry]

Lmfao no shot Brandon

Pu already dating

[forest skiff]

bruh idek if im committing how are y'all edating

[fleet belfry]

I might be active in a frat depends if I stay pledging

[ancient echo]

where u pledging lol

[scarlet thicket]

what's the regular decision notif date

(signed, a deferred)

[native heron]

damn this is better than last years student population 💀

last year it was 40% with nothing less than A and avg GPA was 3.8ish i think

[steady olive]

Prolly the last week of march

They said by April 1st so I would assume it's probably coming out March 29th

[fleet belfry]

😭 nah it’s like basically the same as last years EA

rd should be around 3.8

[scarlet thicket]

ty

[nocturne spoke]

deferred in-state, 3.2 UW, 1590 superscore, physics 😔 expected ig cuz of gpa

[wise turret]

i think i was deferred cuz i went test optional or my essays werent good enough

or ECs

wahtever now tho

[undone elbow]

i went test optional

more than 50% of the admitted class does typically

[wise turret]

hmm

i see

probably essays or ECs then

whatever

im not going now cuz

90k

[native heron]

ohhhh this is only ea data?

[nocturne spoke]

did they reject anyone?

or was it all deferrals

[undone elbow]

just deferrals

[nocturne spoke]

tough

[scarlet thicket]

deferred 4.0UW/4.6W, 34 ACT, Annenberg Journalism

[high wave]

dang

[somber jasper]

my friend told me bout this

[forest skiff]

what kinda ecs did you have for annenberg

[scarlet thicket]

1 month research study about bigotry and sexism in the video game industry, NYT op-ed writing, some other stuff that i can't recall off the top of my head

tbh i wrote their main essay in like 3 hours so ig fair

[forest skiff]

nyt oped writing um wtf? cracked fr

can I dm?

[scarlet thicket]

sure yes

[fleet belfry]

Yes

[fleet belfry]

NYT gangggg

[clever monolith]

Most normal convo in that group chat 💀

[vestal drift]

has anyone had any success negotiating for more merit aid at usc? like using a scholarship at a similarly ranked school for leverage?

[forest skiff]

frrrr

[forest skiff]

i don't think they will because their scholarship amounts are fixed? like some schools have varying amounts so you might be able to negotiate but i don't think you'll be able to at usc

[final tangle]

Havent heard about anyone asking for more merit aid. Iirc people do try to appeal need-based fin aid though

[forest skiff]

bro wtf happened on the usc admitted gc everybody left💀

[high wave]

helppp i just saw rhat

do yk the new link to the gc

[forest skiff]

no

but im thinking maybe it's for the best

[high wave]

maybe

some of the ppl in there were a bit over the top

[forest skiff]

Bros brought up israel/palestine and the holocaust and then there was talk of getting rescinded like wtf went down there

[high wave]

fr i was so confused when the gc name was changing every min

[forest skiff]

i only checked it couple of minutes back and the gc name was such a jumpscare😭

[clever monolith]

Honestly I don’t like how everyone in that gc just assumes we’re all going to commit to USC.

It just feels desensitized to the actual monetary feasibility of attending.

[native heron]

what was the name?

[forest skiff]

SIGMA MEW LEW (or smth similar)

and the gc dp was one of the guys

[somber jasper]

Add me I’ve committed slready

in my heart

[forest skiff]

lol everybody left and they deleted it

[final tangle]

Wait that’s so sad our gcs last year were iconic

[forest skiff]

i don't know what exactly happened bcuz i wasn't active at the time but people brought up israel palestine and the holocaust or smth and then they started getting worried about getting rescinded??? so everybody left😭

[median ocean]

lmao i tried joining but ig there’s no point

[vestal drift]

yeahh that makes sense i kinda figured 😔

[fleet belfry]

I was an icon in that shit

[undone elbow]

they just released viterbi ea acceptance rate

4%

source: viterbi admitted keynote session

15k kids applied ea i think idk i wasnt paying attention but dont feel bad about urself if u applied to viterbi

[arctic pivot]

I presumed they meant totally 15k applied to viterbi and 410 will get in across both EA & RD and for EA in particular, acceptance was 4%
(i was not paying enough attention but i think that’s what they meant?)

[undone elbow]

still insane tf

[arctic pivot]

Exactly 😭

[finite minnow]

Wow

[undone elbow]

additionally u dont have to be admitted to cs & business administration, if you get into viterbi for a diff major u can just switch into it

[vestal drift]

did they release acceotance rate for all the schools or just viterbi

[undone elbow]

just viterbi so far

[high wave]

i think they’ll release ar for each school in their webinars

dornsife is on monday

[night oriole]

Anybody know Keks acceptance rate

[vestal drift]

oh im excited for the webinar in that case lol im kinda curious

[final tangle]

Does this account for yield that seems too low

Also did u meet bestie Paul Ledesma lmao

[undone elbow]

yes

he said thats how many were accepted out of the ea pool

[undone elbow]

and yes

[final tangle]

Paul ledesma is an icon

[cold dome]

would u guys take usc full ride or go to harvard

[amber venture]

where did you get this from

[high wave]

usc admitted students webinar

[meager crescent]

Those are my exact 3 words im p sure

💀💀

[vestal drift]

full ride all the way

[cold dome]

dawg wt

wtf

no way

[vestal drift]

idk id rather go to la than cambridge lol

[woven rapids]

Again, USC without hesitation

[meager crescent]

Again harvard

[somber jasper]

😦

[somber jasper]

Feeling better ig

[somber jasper]

I would take usc full pay over Harvard full ride

[cold dome]

ok bud

[somber jasper]

I said what i said

No offense to any harvard lovers out here but ion rock with it

[meager crescent]

this is diabolical

usc is not allat fam

[steady olive]

This is insane
15k for 410 slots

[final tangle]

iirc 410 is the size of the incoming class they expect. They will hand out more acceptances than that...

at least that was data for last year

[steady olive]

Ah ok that makes sense

So probably like 1000 offers or smth total between EA and rd then I'd assume?

[undone elbow]

they said they admitted 20-25% of the slots in ea

so i feel like less than 15k applied and thats what they assume rd + ed would be im not 100% sure though

[marsh pilot]

where do u find this stat for the other schools?

[undone elbow]

no clue because i only got into viterbi

[marsh pilot]

oh but where did u find that anyways? was it in ur admission letter😭

[final tangle]

Well they already know how many people applied rd

[brisk osprey]

We lost to UCLA in basketball dont come we’re losers

thats all i have to add 😭

[steady olive]

Omg Kiley's back

[brisk osprey]

for a minute anyway

I’m gonna disappear again until rd day 😭

[undone elbow]

nah they had a webinar

[undone elbow]

kiley are you allowed to disclose how many applied early action to viterbi

[brisk osprey]

I do not know the numbers for this year tbh

I’m not in the office this sem so i wont have any updates until yall do lol

[steady olive]

The 15k number is definitely total because last year they had 14k applicants total

[steady olive]

Unfortunately bronny James is not him

15 min to go 0-3 with 4 rebounds and a technical foul 💀

[wintry bobcat]

The first time I met him on my USC tour I thought to myself "I think this is the smartest guy I've ever met" and I don't think my feelings have changed

[past dirge]

anyone know ea acceptance for marshall?

[marsh pilot]

ahh nice

thanks anyways

[vestal drift]

anyone have any experience with the qbio program at usc?

[forest skiff]

c'mon bro you're better than that

[forest skiff]

annenberg doesn't have a webinar yet

[final tangle]

That’s so real

[high wave]

oope

I still need to register for dornsife’s tmr

[median ocean]

how do you register 💀

my portal died

[high wave]

your portal 💀

[median ocean]

it’s not opening 💀

i hoped there was an email

[high wave]

there was but it was a redirect to the portal 🤡

[median ocean]

lmao maybe my wifi will work now

[somber jasper]

you don’t get it

it’s a lifestyle

[meager crescent]

Its just not smart bro

Why would u pass up a free education at the best school in the country

To go to an overpriced 90k school that isnt as strong in academics and connections

Usc fullride vs harvard fullpay then yeah usc makes sense

The cheaper option is always valid

[supple falcon]

tbf if someone applies to usc for the culture/experience they prob arent applying to harvard 😭

[onyx geyser]

nah bro i don't like harvard but even i would go there in a heartbeat over u$c if it meant a full ride at the best college in the world.

[somber jasper]

im jus messing around

[meager crescent]

Genuinely i think u arent

😭

[somber jasper]

but i didn’t apply to harvard tho lmao

[meager crescent]

Lol

[onyx geyser]

sometimes i think he isn't 😭

[meager crescent]

Def committed to the bit fs

[somber jasper]

im jus dedicated like that

[onyx geyser]

reminds me of those usc sports fans lol. they bleed red and gold

[somber jasper]

but full ride harvard and full ride usc would be genuinely tough

like i would think hard

[meager crescent]

Reminds me of the tamu cult

[onyx geyser]

its fine if you take usc in this case ngl

[meager crescent]

Harvard in an instant

[wind belfry]

Hiii

[onyx geyser]

if i chose usc my parents would never let me live that down

[somber jasper]

yay

[onyx geyser]

LMAO is it that bad

[somber jasper]

i think i’m gonna have to settle for umd or uiuc eng for now though until rd rolls around

or maybe a uc school idk

[onyx geyser]

really great options

idk much about umd but ik uiuc is amazing

[meager crescent]

Uiuc eng is great

[meager crescent]

Did u apply georgia tech or umich

[wind belfry]

I mean my situation is much less extreme but if I get usc with merit and go I’d be passing up northwestern, which is cheaper for me, and the #1 school for my major, for usc. I agree that choosing usc full pay over Harvard full ride is ridiculous, but fit def matters

[meager crescent]

Whats ur major and whats

The #1 school

[wind belfry]

My major is journalism. Northwestern is the #1 school

[meager crescent]

I mean u got into NU and ur choice to leave so it makes sense

Did u officially withdraw

[wind belfry]

Yes

[meager crescent]

Or did u call it a gap semester with the scchool

Oh ok

[wind belfry]

I am currently at a local cc

[meager crescent]

Are u prelaw

Wait ur a sophomore

[onyx geyser]

i'm so happy i can finally say i got into uw-madison.

[meager crescent]

Ohh i thought u were a freshman

[meager crescent]

Yayyy

Did u apply any other EAs

[onyx geyser]

northeastern but im def not hoping for anything💀

[meager crescent]

Bro you do not seem like the neu type lmfao 😭

Did u apply bc of the no supps

[somber jasper]

deffered geatech didnt apply mich

[onyx geyser]

yes w a friend but boston seems nice

[somber jasper]

yeah im happy with both

[onyx geyser]

i literally applied as a HEALTH HUMANITIES MAJOR

dude i speedran the app💀

[somber jasper]

i think im prefering umd rn jus cuz i have family that lives there and i like that area and i got this scholar program thing

[somber jasper]

yeah fax there were no supps so i applied lol

[onyx geyser]

what is the neu type

[prisma arch]

im nvr passing free education 😭😭

[wind belfry]

Ew no

[meager crescent]

I am

I aint going to utd dafuq

[wind belfry]

At cc I’m a sophomore. If I go to a uc/csu, I will be class of 2026. If I go to usc, I’ll be class of 2027

[prisma arch]

what’s that

ut dallas?

[meager crescent]

University of texas at dallas

[meager crescent]

When did u grad hs

[prisma arch]

wait I can’t rucking read

[wind belfry]

June 2023. But ucs/csus don’t allow sophomore transfer. So I’m forced to be a junior when I transfer. Not like “a junior by credits” but an actual junior, unfortunately

[meager crescent]

Oh ok

[prisma arch]

no way

is this all ucs and csus

[wind belfry]

Ya it sucks

[wind belfry]

Mhm

[prisma arch]

omg that sucks

it’s like u have to do 2 yrs

[wind belfry]

It’s why I’m taking 19 units at cc this semester. I have so many prerequisites

[prisma arch]

what if u already finished all creds

[prisma arch]

ohh damn

[undone elbow]

if im seeing jay at the function i just know that shit's gonna be poppin

[wind belfry]

Lmaoo

[meager crescent]

Holy fuck

How are u doing that

Bros him

[prisma arch]

usc air must hit diff bc everyone there looks so good

[meager crescent]

Rich = money

Money = happiness

Happiness = good looks

[prisma arch]

I doubt they all r rich and got surgery

[onyx geyser]

ayo whats the neu vibe

[meager crescent]

Idk