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

[prisma arch]

literally like u gotta be Olivia Rodrigo or will ferrells son to afford this

[high wave]

good luck !!

[prisma arch]

tyy!!

u too!!

[meager crescent]

No school is worth 90k and especially not usc

Id pay like 30k max for usc

[undone elbow]

same

[tame folio]

Unrelated to the convo but your PFP from afar looks like the Yin and Yang symbol and I don’t know it that was intentional or not

[onyx geyser]

30k a year?

[hollow narwhal]

30,001 dollars?

[meager crescent]

Ye

[meager crescent]

Nope

Im ngl i wouldnt go to usc at all

Based on my other choices

My socal dream

[onyx geyser]

not for usc

[clever monolith]

Same bro 💀

[clever monolith]

Nah it wasn’t it’s just cool lmao

My application is still in review so I really hope that means I get a lot of something 😭

Are you in the new GC?

[high wave]

ye

[native heron]

lowkey the only time to choose a private school is when it’s less than 1.5x what in state would cost imo

[clever monolith]

Could you possibly slide an invite in DMs. I didn’t get invited to the new one after the incident that shut the previous one down

[meager crescent]

Valid

[clever monolith]

Like I don’t even know for sure what happened. Like did somebody said something then everyone thought they’d be cancelled??

[high wave]

sure ill dm you

[clever monolith]

Prec king

[forest skiff]

lmao yeah

id join the USC GC but the USC dream might be over guys 😔

[clever monolith]

No you just have to believe

Just have grit!

[forest skiff]

Too late I've committed to Cal (metaphorically)

[median ocean]

can someone add me to the gc pls

[clever monolith]

Oh that’s tough.

That metaphor will be literal trust

[forest skiff]

Mm im waiting on other options but cal is great so !!

[median ocean]

pwease 🥺

[dull pulsar]

Don't join it, it's so bad

Half the people there haven't even gotten in

And half of the other half won't even enroll

[somber jasper]

30,002?

[high wave]

should be 100% w/o finaid coming out

[high wave]

which one ru talking about

[clever monolith]

True.

[dull pulsar]

All of em

[forest skiff]

lmao

[ionic stone]

have any fellow merit ppl had their interviews yet btw

im so nervous

[forest skiff]

my friend did

[median ocean]

i want to see lmao

[undone elbow]

lmao me

[high wave]

only the crazies enroll before fafsa

[forest skiff]

crazy rich*

[tough thicket]

what does USC look for in their supplemental essays? should i basically write about the hardest thing in my life but focus on how i grow from that?

and what EC's stand out the most?

[surreal chasm]

What is the average IB score for USC

[median ocean]

isn’t your hardest challenge your personal statement

[clever monolith]

Focus on a character building moment.

Or maybe something that had an impact on your school or community.

[clever monolith]

None of them. With 80,000 applications in this year alone they’ve probably seen everything.

Your #1 EC doesn’t have to be something unique or high level, it just goes back to having an impact on your community

[undone elbow]

check uscs mission statement and values

thats what they're looking for i think

[ionic stone]

donating a building does pretty well i hear. otherwise there's no guarantees besides focusing on things that show character, ability and impact

[somber jasper]

tbf if you know you’re getting not a drop of aid and it’s your top choice…

[forest skiff]

thats my point, paying 90k for usc means you're crazy rich (and crazy)

[somber jasper]

yeah u right

[wind vector]

i’m not gonna get any aid from usc 🤣 prob not fafsa either, if i get in ill prob have to end up paying similar to that unless my outside scholarships come thru

[forest skiff]

do you have other schools you'd be happy to attend? or you'd pay 90k for usc?

[wind vector]

there’s other schools i would attend but 90k is kinda rough for usc, i think im gonna get some off from an outside scholarship but idk ive agreed to pay for some

usc is my top choice tho, so far the schools i’ve gotten into are mainly safeties and a few targets but i still have more schools and id have to really look into if usc is worth it if i get accepted

[forest skiff]

thats fair! usc is goated, just make sure you aren't selling organs to go though

[wind vector]

yeahh, idk prob won’t get in but if i did id find a way to go that wouldn’t burn a hole in my family’s bank lmao

[signal inlet]

Does anyone have any idea how heavily USC takes legacy into account?

[clever monolith]

Unless your dad is Will Ferrell probably not that much

[wind vector]

is applying test optional frowned upon if it’s very important

[ionic parrot]

they claim they dont care but yk if someone submitted a good score and u didnt, at the end of the day they might choose the other person

if it comes down to just u two

[wind vector]

true tbh i have a pretty mid sat so idk it’s not like horrible, but it’s not good for usc for sure

so hopefully not too bad

[somber jasper]

from what i know it’s pretty helpful but didn’t really push me over ig 😭

apparently they also offer many legacies a trojan transfer plan thing so read up on that online

[ionic stone]

did they say how it went?

[final tangle]

it is considered, but won't do much in the grand scheme of things. Must more important if u get rejected but want to transfer

[forest skiff]

they said it went well! it was a professor, AO, and a student.

[jagged drift]

does anyone know anything about the “tax supplement form” that’s listed as a requirement in the financial aid portal? when i search online it says only the css and fafsa should be required

[clever monolith]

I think it’s just your parent’s tax returns.

I think if you click the information panel it’ll tell you.

Idk why they require it twice.

Unrelated but I keep checking my FAST portal to see if my aid has processed yet and keep thinking that they’ve completed it only to be disappointed

[undone elbow]

They require it twice?

[clever monolith]

Not technically I think just the way it worked I ended up submitting it twice

Guys what if I get no money. What’s the move then??

[forest skiff]

do you have safeties/targets you can afford?

[clever monolith]

Yeah but they’re not USC yk?

[forest skiff]

yeah but also they aren't 360k

[high wave]

real

[clever monolith]

True true

I’ll cope fr

[forest skiff]

we're all coping :")

my friend was talking about his scholarship interview like im very happy for him and stuff but i was just dying on the inside bro

[livid ice]

if you get no money, then you didn't get accepted

that's pretty much how it is

[forest skiff]

yeah it hurts knowing you did what you did to get in but you can't attend due to factors out of your control

[livid ice]

i know usc is need blind, but if you can't attend then you can't attend

[livid ice]

yeah exactly

it takes a smart person to get into USC, it takes a smarter person to get into USC and not attend because they know it's the right decision

[forest skiff]

it takes an ultra smart person to get into USC with full scholarship tho

[high wave]

yolo debt

[clever monolith]

So real

[fleet belfry]

I think the responses are all great points but also hound the shit out of the financial aid office

They might not give you anything more but it never hurts

[clever monolith]

Thank you king 🙏🙏

[mighty patio]

Do usc not accept new awards I earned if I got deferred

Only mid year report?

[dull lotus]

only mid year report

[native heron]

would anyone here know if usc thornton would be hard to get into for a minor? idk how good they are as a conservatory

[desert stag]

Anyone know if they're still rolling out emails for SCA interviews?

[trail solstice]

what did people wear for their scholarship interviews?

[forest skiff]

clothes

[trail solstice]

😵

[woven rapids]

Dress up, look nice, think of it as a job interview

[earnest solar]

Any BUAI program or AI for Business EA admits here? 🥲 Want to ask some questions!

[ionic stone]

i just finished mine! i wore a nice sweater and generally looked presentable

oh you probably already interviewed ASDLKFJFLDLASJK my bad

[rancid lion]

embody their spirit, theme everything to usc

[somber jasper]

i would wear my whole usc fit

i would wear the sweater shirt the yellow pants i have the socks and the usc colored jordans

[rancid lion]

at this point, you are usc

[somber jasper]

might even wear my blanket as a little cape

[fleet belfry]

Your background needs to be a wall of pinned up Trojan condoms

It should spell “in the face of adversity we prevail”

[forest skiff]

we fight on*

BRO THEMATIC HONORS IS SO COOOOLL WHAT

[light smelt]

Did anyone get a cinematic school interview

[midnight condor]

hello kitty merch head to toe

[meager crescent]

Auto fullride

[wild shale]

usc colored jordans is insane

[hallow badge]

ooh pretty

[jagged drift]

i didn’t have a scholarship interview but I had an interview for sca and i just wore a plain white shirt

[hallow badge]

business casual is a good safe option

[forest skiff]

wow i want

[somber jasper]

theyve fallen apart

the laces are frayed and theyre so scuffed

[forest skiff]

I'll still take them😔

[somber jasper]

😭

[high wave]

where u gettem at

[somber jasper]

i found them at dicks sporting goods 😭

[high wave]

dang cali tings

[somber jasper]

nah i was trynba get some tennis shoes to play tennis in and boom usc jordans

[hallow badge]

no way

need to go

[somber jasper]

i was not expecting to find js there

[plain escarp]

Guys how long has the deferral form been out..

[merry oasis]

since EA decisions came out

[plain escarp]

Oh shit ok then

[flint nexus]

they're everywhere

[stable quail]

does a usc admissions officer answer our phone calls? i just called and he asked for my reference number to see whether the update was added to my admissions file

[brisk osprey]

did you call your specific ao or did you call the number off of google

[stable quail]

the google one

[brisk osprey]

Then it was a student ambassador (like myself) who answered, but our bosses can check your file

[stable quail]

ah okay

[undone elbow]

did you end up getting ea acceptance rates for this year?

[brisk osprey]

Specific numbers aren’t available to the public yet, but overall EA acceptance rate was about 7%

[undone elbow]

are they planning to release them?

ik they released viterbis in the admitted students webinar but thats all ik

[brisk osprey]

Yes they will eventually! Just like how they released statistics about the admitted class last year lol

thats somewhere in this thread

[somber jasper]

it was like 4 or somethn right?

[undone elbow]

ye thats what they said

and they said about half got merit

[somber jasper]

😱😭😭

[bitter storm]

did everyone get the request for mid year grades?

the phrasing of the email makes it sound promising?

might be grasping at straws lol

[rancid lion]

Brudda u were suppose to have already sent them ur mid year grades by now 💀

[bitter storm]

oopsie

[rancid lion]

lol just send it over asap

[bitter storm]

thoughts on the preliminary review thing?

[meager crescent]

Generic

[bitter storm]

unfortunate

i thought so too but was wondering if anyone else got the same email

[forest skiff]

wait so of everyone who got the interview invite, half were from viterbi???

[undone elbow]

each school has their own number of merit finalists and they select them

[forest skiff]

we didn't have a school specific webinar so i don't know any stats about my school rip

[somber jasper]

fight on

[forest skiff]

your dedication to usc is insane

[high wave]

ur a usc ucla legacy right

[somber jasper]

yea

[high wave]

good luck bro 🙏

[cerulean sluice]

the glaze is insane

[somber jasper]

thx slime

[somber jasper]

found it at a friends house

[forest skiff]

oh i thought you made it

[somber jasper]

i might make my own

[forest skiff]

[somber jasper]

found this while stealing some of my dads old clothes

[forest skiff]

USC>

[wintry bobcat]

How accurate is the net price calculator

because it says expected contribution is full price and that would be like my families entire net worth lmao

[forest skiff]

Bro i put like a $60k income and it said i have to pay $40k/y but that's not true because of the promise or something, i don't think it's v accurate 😭

[wintry bobcat]

I mean according to their cost of attendance housing and other fees add up to like 20k even with free tuition so not impossible

[forest skiff]

40k is double that tho

[wintry bobcat]

Its just weird for me bc like I have 30k household income but above average assets so idk if theyll give me aid or not

[forest skiff]

someone on this thread said they got a lot better package than their net price

[wintry bobcat]

gotta get in first ig

we'll see

[forest skiff]

someone else said they got a similar package

i think it's a lottery tbh

[wintry bobcat]

yeah frl

[forest skiff]

i haven't even gotten my package yet😭

usc playing hard to get fr give my money broskis 😮‍💨

[wintry bobcat]

u got in tho?

[forest skiff]

yeah ea

[high wave]

very accurate

I got my COA like a week ago and its spot on

[forest skiff]

someone else said they got a lot better tho

so it varies a lot from person to person

[undone elbow]

my fast wont complete so i gave up

[clever monolith]

My application has been in review for ages 😞

[undone elbow]

it wont let me submit my 1040 form

[forest skiff]

SAME

[clever monolith]

That’s even worse 💀

[wild shale]

for ur sake i hope u get into usc bc if you don't then what ru gonna do w all that merch

the jordans was the craziest for me

[undone elbow]

u get into usc?

[wild shale]

nope, deferred ea

[undone elbow]

oh i know someone with ur name who got in so i thought u were her lol

[forest skiff]

he should give it to me fr

[somber jasper]

maybe i’ll do an a2c merch giveaway

but i do have a sister who is pretty interested in usc asw

she’s cracked asf she’s getting into harvard or somethn tho

[onyx geyser]

throw it into ur fireplace

[forest skiff]

nah i have very bad luck with giveaways

give them to me and ill give you my usc acceptance package

[somber jasper]

i have a usc towel you can have i have like 8

[somber jasper]

if i get in usc and not ucla i might make some videos destroying some merch

[meager crescent]

lmfao

[forest skiff]

8 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

for all your birthdays did your parents just take you to the usc gift shop

[prisma arch]

bro is ur entire house just usc merch

u most definitely got a house mat saying something like welcome back trojan or sum

[dreamy canopy]

What happens if ucla accepts you but usc rejects

[undone elbow]

ill trade you my viterbi mug for a usc towel

[somber jasper]

i’m transferring

[somber jasper]

fr bet i’ll do that

[dreamy canopy]

Bro

[hollow narwhal]

dont cap

get off that meat

[somber jasper]

i’m being fr

[hollow narwhal]

ur tryna stick to your brand sooo hard

[somber jasper]

i’d be happy spending 4 at ucla but id rather be at usc

being dead serious

[hollow narwhal]

change your profile picture rn

[somber jasper]

nah i like computers more

[hollow narwhal]

20000 dollar pc or usc acceptance

[forest skiff]

having a dream school is valid, transferring out of a perfectly good school is questionable

[somber jasper]

usc acceptance cuz that’s worth 90k per year

[forest skiff]

you do you tho, i bet everyone in this thread is manifesting your rd acceptance

[somber jasper]

thx slime

[hollow narwhal]

you mean ur losing 90k a year

🤪

[forest skiff]

it's a loss of 90k per year 💀

[somber jasper]

my pcs already good

like ion need a 20k pc what return is that gonna give me

[hollow narwhal]

i was kidding

ok 20 million dollars or usc full ride

🤪

[forest skiff]

there was this one guy whose username nickname pfp everything was about boston university

bro got rejected ed2

maybe manifestation is not the way

[high wave]

they were destined for BC instead

[dreamy canopy]

@somber jasper You get admitted into stanford and usc

Where you going

[forest skiff]

bro would choose usc no cap

[somber jasper]

didn’t apply stanford but usc tbh

[somber jasper]

20 million duh

[dreamy canopy]

You’re brain washed

[somber jasper]

i chose the 20 mill

[somber jasper]

i’m gonna pursue a masters so i’d rather do my undergrad at usc where i can enjoy and do my mba or jd or masters in engineering at stanford or wherever

[dreamy canopy]

You get admitted into usc mit stanford ivy leagues where you going

[somber jasper]

li

[somber jasper]

usc but i didn’t apply to any hypsm and ivies

[hollow narwhal]

usc solos

cuz if you get that usc education you can make 20.01 million

[dreamy canopy]

Hardest usc meat rider I’ve encountered in my life gang

[somber jasper]

pocket change for a guy like me 🥱🥱🥱

[somber jasper]

i’ll choose stanford or mit or ivies for grad school

but for undergrad i feel usc is perfect for me

[dreamy canopy]

What can usc provide that other schools cannot

[hollow narwhal]

i hate mit

[somber jasper]

same i didn’t bother applying

[hollow narwhal]

me too

[dreamy canopy]

💀

[hollow narwhal]

im not with the culture at mit

[somber jasper]

i just like professors there and the party/work culture

i have friends going asw

[hollow narwhal]

a2c fiends when someone doesnt wanna go to the usnews t5 schools

[dreamy canopy]

No because I heavily dislike usc

But I respect homies deep love for the school tho

[somber jasper]

why though

[dreamy canopy]

We are all rooting for you to get in

[somber jasper]

thx slime

[dreamy canopy]

Nah gang setting me up

Dissing usc in usc chat is crazy

[somber jasper]

i’ll hear out some valid points

the culture and the type of people who go there aren’t for everyone

[hollow narwhal]

fax

its okay for mea ctually

id be happy with it as a safety

🤪

[ionic parrot]

bros the bigget usc meatrider fr

[forest skiff]

bro got depromoted to freshman

[ionic parrot]

i reclassed so i can become a super senior in 4 yrs

[forest skiff]

wtf is a super senior

like the kind of person who bags all the t20s?

[ionic parrot]

its a senior who got held back who stays in hallways and asks freshman "wheres my hug at"

[forest skiff]

lmfao no way thats a real thing

[ionic parrot]

@forest skiff

also yeah it happens more often than u think esp cuz some ppl dont pass classes

[forest skiff]

i meant the hug thing LOL

[forest skiff]

lol we just call seniors who date underclassmen disgusting

[ionic parrot]

nah its like a joke saying thing but its cuz super seniors date freshman or whatever

[ionic parrot]

i was close to dating a freshman 1 yr apart ina age from me but shes got a rich bitch attitude so

[forest skiff]

1 year is fine

but anything more is icky

[forest skiff]

also we're in the usc thread everybody has a rich bitch attitude lmfao

[ionic parrot]

im young for my grade and shes suepr old cuz she transferred and reclassed but it felt odd and ofc her attitude was not it

[ionic parrot]

nah i mena her family is absolutely loaded

she gave me a $200+ christmas present

[forest skiff]

oh wait you mean as a senior?

[ionic parrot]

and apparently she made a lot form beign a teen model or something too?

[forest skiff]

💀 💀 💀

[ionic parrot]

yeah i mean as a senior

[forest skiff]

lowk weird ngl

like even with the age difference not being much, freshman x senior is uh hmmm

tbh the main reason dating underclassmen is weird is because of the very obvious maturiy difference

but if she transferred and reclassed she's prolly more mature than other freshmen

[ionic parrot]

yeah in any case i didnt

[forest skiff]

bro reclassed again

[ionic parrot]

it wasnt me

a mod changed it 💀

they didnt let me be a freshman

idk who it is

im gonna fin dout 😠

and theyr egonna regret it

[forest skiff]

LMFAO

just tell them you failed senior year so you were depromoted

i dont think itll be that hard to believe ||/j||

[ionic parrot]

they praying on my downfall

[meager crescent]

nahhh bros scouting 😭

[somber jasper]

guilty as charged

[cerulean sluice]

dinner with jay z or 500k?

[sage cape]

dinner with carti or 500k

[somber jasper]

dinner with nettspend

[somber jasper]

^

[sage cape]

dinner with nettspend + 500k or accepted full ride to USC + honors

[somber jasper]

ok the full ride to usc + honors is worth

free education is so worth

[sage cape]

🔥

good luck rd

[somber jasper]

thx slime

[twin skiff]

does one choice guarantee that the other choice doesn't happen tho

because theoretically

if you get the 500k you could donate a 100k to usc, they'd accept you, and you wouldn't have a problem paying off the bills with the other 400k

[somber jasper]

usc is not accepting you for 100k

that’s like one years worth of cost of attendance

[twin skiff]

💀

ok then don't invest and you just get in bcs ur too good naturally

and you still got the 500k and the dinner

[dim oar]

is there a semi confirmed date?

[somber jasper]

nah im grabbing the admission and makin the rest of that money

[steady olive]

Nothing confirmed but it'll probably be March 29th

[dim oar]

boy how i want it to be before ivy day 😭

[high wave]

pay for my tuition n you'll def get into usc

for sure

[somber jasper]

tempting offer

[onyx geyser]

500k easy

[onyx geyser]

also 500k

[cerulean sluice]

ngmi

[pliant iris]

nettspend

[ionic parrot]

hmm prob the full ride to usc honors

tahts worth like 400k + u get education

[somber jasper]

yeah

education is valuable

plus i can make that money back easy cuz im goated

https://tenor.com/view/wait-im-goated-im-goated-goated-cat-cat-water-cat-gif-1308196558419028611

[forest skiff]

bro i want usc honors

y'all wanna give me yours 👉👈

ill give you chips in exchange

[ionic parrot]

ill give u a half eaten piece of gum

[forest skiff]

💀💀💀

[hollow narwhal]

@somber jasper 500k and full ride ucla (no transfer allowed) or full ride usc

[past dirge]

yo 500k is sick

[sage cape]

at the very least include regents for ucla

[forest skiff]

id choose UCLA but i think he'd go usc

[somber jasper]

actually tempting offer tbh

but i’m this dedicated already and you’re not getting me to break so usc

[ionic parrot]

if bro says usc bros a top tier glazer for sure

wild take

😭

mans the biggest usc galzer ever

get teh aos over here rn

[sage cape]

destroy usc or reject your acceptance

[forest skiff]

now we're asking the real questions

i think he'd say destroy

if he can't have it no one can

❤️‍🔥

[sage cape]

🖤

[past dirge]

got an email from WBB... almost freaked out

still under consideration like wtffff it has been 4 months

[somber jasper]

they have a hospital that serves a lot of people in la so idk if i’d want to destroy

i’d reject my acceptance in that case

[forest skiff]

damn

[quiet fiber]

“If you love them let them go” kind of beat

[somber jasper]

fax

[sage cape]

nahhhh bros on a2c

😭😭😭

@somber jasper

[somber jasper]

aint know way

how u know my roommate

thats insane

thats absurd

[sage cape]

[somber jasper]

💀😱😱😱

[sage cape]

he sits next to me in class lol

[somber jasper]

just got the insta request lol

[somber jasper]

that’s insane

small world

[sage cape]

🗣️

[high wave]

you have a roomate(?)

[somber jasper]

cosmos roommate lol

uci

[high wave]

oh

[somber jasper]

i was in a triple for a month

[sage cape]

uci cosmos got me thinking

[somber jasper]

uci cosmos goated

[sage cape]

ucsd just as goated 🔥

[somber jasper]

did u do ucsd?

[sage cape]

yea, was nice since near shore

next question ❤️‍🔥
500k + destroy usc or attend CAL and donate 42k to UCLA

[somber jasper]

attend cal cuz why would i want to destroy and institution of higher learning ❣️

[sage cape]

@forest skiff time for your questions ❤️‍🔥

[forest skiff]

you wanna ask me questions or you want me to ask questions?

[sage cape]

your turn to ask questions❕

[forest skiff]

nah bro man's proved his dedication enough

[dire sleet]

When does Rd come out?

[lofty panther]

they said april 1 but im predicting 24 to 26 march

[cerulean sluice]

so much glaze it could feed a starving country

[forest skiff]

says bro with mit 29 in his name

[iron flicker]

would usc give good scholarships rd round or do we just gotta be lfowing in the money?

[forest skiff]

no scholarships rd round

at least not the main ones (trustee/presidential)

you might get stuff like lgbtq, black association, etc but im not sure about that

[iron flicker]

ok

[forest skiff]

you'll get nmsf tho

[hushed stirrup]

finally got my finaid offer

[forest skiff]

yooo

is it good?

as in comparable to net price

[hushed stirrup]

Yeah I got like 50k in gift aid 💪

NMF saves a lot lol

[forest skiff]

gift aid includes scholarship?

[hushed stirrup]

I think so

[forest skiff]

thats v cool tho, congrats!!

[hushed stirrup]

It turned out to be like 10k lower than the rough estimate I came up with so I’m pretty happy

[forest skiff]

did you run the npc

i want my financial aid offer

bro did you submit everything on time

[hushed stirrup]

The NPC told me it would be 79k 💀💀💀

Tho that didn’t consider the scholarship

[somber jasper]

goated

[forest skiff]

yeah my biggest regret is not doing psat

[hushed stirrup]

mostly? I remember there was some stuff on the FAST portal that they took a while to process

[somber jasper]

biggest regret is not trying on the psat

[forest skiff]

ah

[somber jasper]

went in and bsed that test

didn’t know i could get bands from it

[hushed stirrup]

I think i was on the cusp between commended and semifinalist tbh 💀

[forest skiff]

yeah but you can go to usc without it

[hushed stirrup]

I’m the only one at my school this year

[somber jasper]

yeah but i’d rather go to usc with bands

[forest skiff]

give me your money and we can share a usc spot

[high wave]

woulda committed w this offer

[onyx geyser]

wow congrats!!

[cerulean sluice]

wait

is this only for finalist or also semi

[hushed stirrup]

only finalist

[somber jasper]

nah semi too

[hushed stirrup]

but it's really easy to go from semifinalist to finalist

[somber jasper]

they give scholly to semis asw iirc

idk

[high wave]

semis is half tuition

[somber jasper]

might be wrong

[high wave]

idk about finalist

i think they are the same

atleast from what i gathered from admitted student webinars

[cerulean sluice]

o

[cerulean sluice]

im guaranteed semi so im chilling 🙏

[hushed stirrup]

it's never mentioned semifinalist before iirc

only finalist

[meager crescent]

basically all semis get finalist

as long as u have a decent SAT/ACT score

[cerulean sluice]

oh sweet

[meager crescent]

semi = 16k, finalist = 15k

1k were lucky ppl

who get cut

bc of poor SAT

[cerulean sluice]

thats wild

ight we manifesting this 1600

[meager crescent]

whats ur SAT

[cerulean sluice]

uh

i have one from 7th grade

💀

(1360)

[meager crescent]

when r u planning to take

[cerulean sluice]

next wk

school day

[meager crescent]

good luck

[unkempt sail]

whatd u get for psat

[meager crescent]

i think he perfected?

[cerulean sluice]

ty boss

[meager crescent]

iirc

[cerulean sluice]

surprisingly yeah

[unkempt sail]

okay yeah ur chilling for sat then

[cerulean sluice]

i woke up so faded that morning lol i thought i was cooked

[meager crescent]

better than me in 7th

duke tip moment

💀

[cerulean sluice]

im on the news bc of duke tip and soar 💀

[meager crescent]

lmfao

[unkempt sail]

i think i got duke tip

[meager crescent]

iirc i got a 1320

[cerulean sluice]

noiceee

[meager crescent]

i didnt go to the ceremony tho

the natl recog thing

[cerulean sluice]

my ceremony was covid yr

[meager crescent]

i skipped the regional one too

lol

i just bagged the medal

[cerulean sluice]

i know someone who got a 32 for duke tip

which is actually insane

[meager crescent]

yk ppl got perfects right?

[cerulean sluice]

oh shi

[meager crescent]

like the very highest

[cerulean sluice]

thats tuff

[meager crescent]

was 1500+

my friend got 1420

in 7th

[cerulean sluice]

damn

[meager crescent]

he is chilling now

1560, 36

[cerulean sluice]

nice

[meager crescent]

hows jr year

[cerulean sluice]

i locked in this semester

lets just say that

[cerulean sluice]

i mean i moved schools but ngl i alr became a 'main character' here

i still feel like i kinda wasted fall sem

[cerulean sluice]

bro ppl just be randomly dapping me up 💀

but in another way this has probably been my most stressful year

[meager crescent]

junior year was pretty bad

senior year first sem was worse tbh

this sem has been pretty shit tho

[cerulean sluice]

rippp

[meager crescent]

for non school related reasons

in terms of school + college apps the hardest was senior first sem for me

then junior 1st sem

[cerulean sluice]

before idk i was stressed at times but everything was so far off–i had time to lock in etc

[meager crescent]

then junior 2nd sem

i locked in 2nd sem and popped off

so it didnt feel too bad tbh

[cerulean sluice]

but ultimately back then i still thought everyhting would magically fall into place

now i have the very real possibility that im ngmi

[meager crescent]

legit junior year made everything for me

[cerulean sluice]

oh fr?

[meager crescent]

like my major ECs

SAT/ACT/PSAT

college list

grades at school

[cerulean sluice]

i kinda sold my first sem (a few low As like i barely got a 90 in physics)

[meager crescent]

i fr locked in

[cerulean sluice]

nice

im locked in hella this quarter

[meager crescent]

i had 2 Bs first sem

our school is pretty rigorous tho

[cerulean sluice]

99+ in everything except for physics C

[meager crescent]

so its not bad

[cerulean sluice]

i might lose my 99 in chem tho 😭

[meager crescent]

2nd sem i locked in and all As

[cerulean sluice]

the same thing happened soph yr like first quarter i was legit popping then i lost all motivation by end of fall sem

💀

[meager crescent]

oh damn

[cerulean sluice]

soph spring sem was legit a disaster lmao

but we're past that

[meager crescent]

ngmi

[cerulean sluice]

bru

https://tenor.com/view/epic-spongebob-epic-spongebob-speedrun-any-percent-geile-klöten-when-imposter-is-delicious-gif-19750086

[meager crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/megatron-orange-kitten-mischief-silly-gif-2703585962920067421

[heady heart]

Any approximate date for RD decisions

?

[dire sleet]

end of march is what ppl are speculating

[ionic stone]

did u get an email when they rolled out ur aid?

[hushed stirrup]

yes

[forest skiff]

wtf why y'all writing sat in 7th grade💀

[iron flicker]

some people study sat level stuff that early to do discrete math in high shcool

[forest skiff]

Wtf is discrete math

[iron flicker]

like 3 steps ahead of calc

calc on steroids

idk i'm not in it

[forest skiff]

💀💀💀

[prisma arch]

ur doing discrete?

is it harder than calc3

[forest skiff]

ohhhhh that's what discrete is

yeah that's ez

calc is way harder

bro i should've taken ap calc bc

[prisma arch]

oh I shud have taken it instead of calc 3💀

[iron flicker]

i'm not doing it

[prisma arch]

I wanna redo hs

[forest skiff]

nah bro

[iron flicker]

but this girl i met is doing it w/community college in cali

[forest skiff]

get me out of here asap

i have 3 more exams left then im officially done w hs

[prisma arch]

same but let wanna redo it

[forest skiff]

assuming i pass

i will but

if i don't

[iron flicker]

i never want to go back to zoom calls

[forest skiff]

i don't see myself passing physics bro

[forest skiff]

nah

[prisma arch]

I think I hate aeries portal

[iron flicker]

me neither

[past dirge]

yea i have final exams next week and im so done with it

[forest skiff]

online class was when i lived on discord/reddit

[prisma arch]

I loved online learning

[forest skiff]

alr imma go do calc bye y'all!

[nimble wren]

anyone know when rd comes out

[dire sleet]

tmrw

[nimble wren]

are you capping or no

im guessing it's cap

[iron flicker]

last year for viterbi, it was march 24 so long wait

[wintry bobcat]

thats actually earlier than I thought, I thought it would be April 1st

[rancid lion]

they do it based off of schools?

[dire sleet]

yeah

obv

[past dirge]

when was marshall last year?

[high wave]

pretty sure its all the same time

[iron flicker]

last year they put out an announcement on their blog so wait for that

[final tangle]

no

[forest skiff]

lmao usc gave me nothing in aid

$3300 of work

bestie that's not even gift aid

[past dirge]

that's mean

[forest skiff]

fr

go bears 🐻💙💛

[digital wind]

International aid is tough

[forest skiff]

us citizen so i expected something :(

[meager crescent]

USC so I expected nothing

[cerulean sluice]

That’s a bar

[somber jasper]

yikes

good heavens

😦

[past dirge]

"Students from U.S. families with an annual income of $80,000 or less with typical assets will attend USC tuition-free." is this still true

[meager crescent]

Yes but their definition of typical assets is suspect

[past dirge]

are these all included...?

if so then i'll have no aid for usc lol

[somber jasper]

yeah real estate is included

[past dirge]

oop

[somber jasper]

😦

[hushed stirrup]

Bruh so they said 90k/year? 😭

[forest skiff]

no!!!! it's 88!!!!!!!

[hushed stirrup]

rancid ass financial aid office 😭😭

[high wave]

ha ha i got more than you

[forest skiff]

is it like 1k more LOL

[high wave]

I got 3k gift aid put some respect on my name

[forest skiff]

LOLLLLL

[onyx geyser]

thank God.

[onyx geyser]

smirthi fr??

[somber jasper]

yo wtf that’s evil 😭😭

[coarse parcel]

rd comes whwen

[forest skiff]

yes 🥰

[jagged drift]

genuinely diabolical 😭😭

[somber jasper]

i’m so sorry for y’all

that’s some devious shi

[grave glacier]

i got in early btw :>

but im kinda scared to committ

cuz at first i was like yeah LA, really fun accepting enviornment

but turns out alot of kids there are stuck up af 😭 and greek life is kinda bad, (from a current student)

im gonna tour and find out for myself

[somber jasper]

i’ve met some stuck up people there ngl but i’ve also know some of the nicest and chill people that go there

maybe that’s jus my glazin

[jagged drift]

does anyone have an educated estimate of when rd will come out 🥲

[pliant estuary]

website says April 1

[lofty panther]

im guessing march 24-26 but could be later

[jagged drift]

thanks guys

[worthy elk]

guys how hard is it to get in after being deferred

[steady olive]

From what I remember they accept like 6 or 7 percent of the ea kids in EA and then another like 5 percent or smth of the deferred kids get in rd

So it's hard but it's definitely not like you have no shot

[past dirge]

if i get rejected from my first choice do they consider my second choice?

[worn locust]

they want me so bad they didn't even have me submit any extra material after being deferred 😤

[high wave]

whose gonna tell him

[rancid lion]

wait bud did u submit ur mid year transcript 😭

i think someone last time here didnt so usc sent them an email abt it

[worn locust]

haha i did that thankfully

i just meant since they don't accept anything else like loci

[short walrus]

what is CSBA acceptance rate

[somber jasper]

afaik same as the viterbi acceptance rate

[short walrus]

Also isnt there a 20% for EA applicants

[forest skiff]

it's 7.2% 💀

[ionic parrot]

nah tis like 5

[steady olive]

20% of RD acceptances are from the deferred people that's probably what you're thinking of

[brisk osprey]

hey besties! here for 30 mins or so if yall have any qs. Please ping me though so I make sure I see it :))

[flint nexus]

Can you still get merit scholarships through usc RD?

[brisk osprey]

Our “bigger” merit scholarships (half tuition/quarter tuition) are only available to those that were admitted EA and go through the interview process

[short walrus]

yes ty

[wild shale]

is financial aid negotiable? like if i'm admitted rd and my aid sucks, could i get them to lower it?

[crude moss]

or national merit

[brisk osprey]

You can always appeal for more aid, but its not guaranteed to get more

[brisk osprey]

Very true!

[high wave]

will current financial aid estimates be altered once FAFSA comes out or is institutional aid all from CSS

[brisk osprey]

Fin aid comes from both FAFSA and CSS, but I can’t say whether or not estimates will change all that much. That’s more of a question for the financial aid office. Keep checking your FAST portal!

[tough cedar]

are all merit scholars granted a spot at mccarthy?

[forest skiff]

what other smaller scholarships are there? departmental ones?

usc playing w me fr

[high wave]

lets go 360k in debt together ♥️

[forest skiff]

do you think if we scammed them we could attend as 1 person and only pay 180k each

[high wave]

yes journalism bio double major 😍

1 person

[forest skiff]

YES

(i wanna do data sci as well so triple major?¿)

[high wave]

trip major is riske theyll catch on to us

[jaunty bone]

unless theyre a national merit finalist

[somber jasper]

yo can i join in too

[forest skiff]

shit you're right guess I'll just minor then :(

[forest skiff]

but you can actually afford it

[somber jasper]

lemme join in ill cover you both

ill just pretend im a student

[forest skiff]

damn

W im in

[somber jasper]

itll be like a little mike ross typa scheme

[forest skiff]

(seriously tho how loaded are you)

[forest skiff]

Mike Ross my beloved my idol my law inspiration 🫶

[somber jasper]

not gonna cap like pretty loaded

but not buy an acceptance type loaded

[forest skiff]

bro just said he'd sponsor a 400k education for 3 people 💀

can I marry into your family😍 💍 it's either you or tiny who has like thousands of acres of land

[somber jasper]

😭

[unkempt sail]

does usc accept updates

[somber jasper]

nah

[forest skiff]

no

[somber jasper]

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

[high wave]

are you accepting adoption applications

[harsh gazelle]

I am international applicant . applied to school of engineering . Can someone pls let me know which scholarships are worth applying to on the scholarship universe portal.

[forest skiff]

LOL

[somber jasper]

💀

[forest skiff]

not all of us just tryna get into the family😭

[high wave]

think about it

you can write about how you help charity cases

[forest skiff]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

also i don't even want his money (i do) i just want those usc Jordans bruh

and maybe a towel

[somber jasper]

if ur ever around i’ll slide a towel

i have a bunch

also certain usc volleyball games are free you can get a ton of towels if u go

[forest skiff]

damn

[onyx geyser]

are u full pay at usc

[forest skiff]

yeah

full pay for 4 people lmao

[somber jasper]

yeah 😭😭

[somber jasper]

idk bout 4 💀💀💀

[forest skiff]

"oh yeah i can easily do $1080k/y but $1440 might be a little tough im sorry :(((((((("

[somber jasper]

both over a mill a year 😭😭😭

not comfortably affordable at all

wait wouldn’t it be 360k per year instead

[forest skiff]

you said you'd sponsor me and dots

oh yeah shit

i meant in total

[somber jasper]

lemme get in first 😭

[high wave]

fafsa bouta clutch and secure me another 1k watch

[forest skiff]

like it'll make a difference

[high wave]

[full umbra]

yoo did RDs come out?

[hallow badge]

not yet

[clever monolith]

So real bro

[haughty atlas]

Do we know when scholarship results come out?

or did they already and i missed it

[trail solstice]

i think it’s mid march

no specific date yet

[tough cedar]

When I interviewed they said by the last week of March

[wind vector]

did they announce a date yet? i thought i saw on their instagram a while ago they’d release a date in march

[hallow badge]

yes they haven't specified what day yet as far as i'm aware

nothing on the admissions instagram

[past dirge]

when did they release last year?

[wind vector]

ah i guess we will have to wait, i’m guessing march 20s or something

[forest skiff]

lmao

as if it isn't high enough already

[somber jasper]

this is crazy

[past dirge]

they need it to buy the airpods for marshall accepted people

[somber jasper]

real

[forest skiff]

[dreamy canopy]

UCLA wouldn't do that

[digital wind]

Ucla dirt cheap

[meager crescent]

I dodged a bullet thank god 🙏🙏

(still coping)

[flint nexus]

4.9 percent 💀

[wild shale]

4.9 PERCENT IS CRAZY

TUITION UP ACCEPTANCE RATE DOWN WHOOOOOO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE

the mf financial aid better go up too ‼️

[light smelt]

Btw Does usc give merit scholarships to intl students?

[high wave]

I know they do if you get in EA

[light smelt]

And I think they consider students required to submit portfolios the same way as EA students is that correct?

Like in terms of scholarship and stuff

[tough cedar]

yeah those are for those specfic schools within USC tho

[light smelt]

Alright thanks

[tough cedar]

"Administered through the Office of Admission, USC Merit Scholarships require students to apply for admission to the university by either November 1 or December 1, depending on their intended major. Most majors require students to apply Early Action and submit a complete application by November 1.

Early Action is not available for students applying to the Iovine and Young Academy or to majors in Architecture, Art and Design, Cinematic Arts, Dance, Dramatic Arts or Music. Applicants to these majors should apply by December 1 to be considered for both admission and scholarships."

per USC website

[light smelt]

Got it. Thanks

[twin skiff]

wait HUH they send airpods?!?!?!?!?!?!

should've applied 😭

[high wave]

one year they got airpods

this year was an airtag

[forest skiff]

they should cut down on that and give me more money fr

[wintry bobcat]

Just the accepts or the commits??

accepts would be crazy

[somber jasper]

they did it for accepts

but this was a couple years ago

[wintry bobcat]

thats insane tf

commits would kinda make sense

getting airpods just for being accepted is like a 4x ROI of the application fee though lmao

[sinful sphinx]

I’m assuming it’s big donor money since only one college of acceptances gets them

[sinful sphinx]

It changes per year

For whichever college is spoiled usually receives them

Also I think it’s only scholarship kiddos within that college

This is not the first year USC has given better gifts to Marshall students. Earlier, Marshall scholarship admits would get luxurious gifts such as Amazon Fire tablets while admits from other colleges received a mug or a shirt.

[forest skiff]

my god

I didn't even get a mug or a shirt

I didn't even get a proper USC brochure

Like cmon usfca gave me a brochure

My family loves looking thru brochures

[sinful sphinx]

Whatever I got must’ve not been great bc I never saw it

My parents probably tossed it

But yeah some schools give out interesting gifts

Like the Colgate pizza

[forest skiff]

?????

THEY SENT OUT PIZZA????

[sinful sphinx]

Bro this was huge when it happened lmfao

https://www.businessinsider.com/colgate-university-mailed-students-vacuum-sealed-pizza-2021-4

"We hope the pizza will bring smiles to the faces we have so missed seeing on campus this semester," a spokesperson for the college told Insider in an email.

"It took a lot of time and a lot of energy, but I think we pulled it off," LuAnn Hance, a partial owner of New York Pizzeria, told Insider. She estimated that it was about 70 pizzas, which they vacuum-sealed in packages of two.

(This was during Covid and online school)

[forest skiff]

awwwwww that's so cute

[ionic stone]

anyone know if merit scholarships will notified for ea finalists at the same time as rd decisions?

[high wave]

they are releasing by school

[ionic stone]

ah i see thanks

[meager crescent]

usc merit decisions out i think?

[somber jasper]

fr?

[meager crescent]

Ye at least some

[last glen]

yes

[light smelt]

Where to check?

[marble hazel]

didnt get anything yet :/

[last glen]

i got an email

[marble hazel]

u got trustee?

[last glen]

for viterbi (csba)

yea

[marble hazel]

congrats!!

[last glen]

thank you!! usc is such a fun school im so tempted to go :(

[marble hazel]

WAIT ITS IN MY EMAIL

[last glen]

YOO?! gg 😎

[marble hazel]

WAITTT

TRUSTEEE

WHAT THE HECKK

CORNELIUS AND TRUSTEE BACK TO BACK??

[last glen]

congrats ahh!!!!

[marble hazel]

u stanford 28??

im marshall btw

[meager crescent]

Holy shit ellie 😭😭

Congrats

Manyth of many

(Far from the first)

[meager crescent]

Wait i forgor

Where did u ed

[marble hazel]

nowhere

[meager crescent]

Oh

[marble hazel]

BTW DORNSIFE IS SENDING OUT MY FRIEND GOT PRESIDENTIAL

slowly rolling out, hoping for the best for yall!!

[trail solstice]

got presidential scholarship!

[marble hazel]

which school?

some of my friends r waiting so im just curious which ones are rolling outnow

[trail solstice]

dornsife

[marble hazel]

nice!

[trail solstice]

thank you!!

[somber jasper]

bro

[onyx geyser]

wtf did this dude do in high school😭

[unkempt sail]

nothing terribly insane just a lot of passion imo

very accomplished but not like a cancer curer

[onyx geyser]

super happy for her

[unkempt sail]

shes a girl

[meager crescent]

Michelle why did u see the name ellie with she/her pronouns and think him 😭😭

[onyx geyser]

i was texting a guy so i was distracted

ik ellie's a girl 😭

[woven rapids]

Got trustee as well

I have an ROTC scholarship too, so I don't know how that works

But since I'm probably not going, it won't matter I guess

[onyx geyser]

why aren't you going 😭

usc is so fire, especially with a trustee scholarship

[marble hazel]

finance bro lifestyle took over atp, im practically a man.

[last glen]

yes but not 100% committed yet!

[forest skiff]

CONGRATSSSSSS

congrats everyone!!

[woven rapids]

I'm going to a service academy, but USC is definitely my top choice if something were to happen to keep me from showing up on I-Day

[ionic stone]

presidential 💪

i'll take it

[forest skiff]

congrats!!!

[round cobalt]

so if im national merit finalist but didnt get an email, does that mean i didnt get into the school?

[twin skiff]

??

did you not get in ea

[light smelt]

Wait for those art student do we get scholarships after getting admission result?

[agile fjord]

Anyone get the directors scholar?

[wild shale]

https://dailytrojan.com/2024/03/07/usc-to-no-longer-offer-academic-achievement-award-exceptional-funding-scholarships/

this is so dumb!

[forest skiff]

bro i was counting on this to double major

thank goodness im not going to USC

[past dirge]

they're raising tuition AND taking away funding?

bruh tf is wrong with them

(i still want to get accepted love u usc ❤️ )

[ionic stone]

ayo viterbi scholarship as well?? didn't know they had those

[forest skiff]

omg how much is that

[ionic stone]

20k per year 😭

they making it real tempting

[wild shale]

this is lowk benefiting current students only but maybe it'll help co 2028 and beyond at some point 🙃 https://chng.it/9ZTFdpZgDQ

[midnight condor]

got presidential dornsife

so expensive

[trail jay]

which would you to choose for engineering major? Viterbi w/ full tuition scholarship or UF w/ full-ride?

[high wave]

viterbi is pretty cracked imo but only if you can afford it

if its a financial burden UF

[unkempt sail]

UF full ride

[vocal harness]

No aid at all? That’s tricky but i would choose viterbi no brainer if money isn’t an issue ngl

[meager crescent]

Viterbi

USC is so fun

Gainesville is boring as hell

Def cheaper tho

[formal kraken]

mfw COA is $95k 💀

[round cobalt]

no i didnt but the scholarship should still be for national merit finalists rd as well i think

heres the original question if anyone has the answer please: so if im national merit finalist but didnt get an email, does that mean i didnt get into the school?

[forest skiff]

you'll get your usc decision whenever rd comes out, and only if you get in you can use the nmf scholarship

[hushed stirrup]

I didn’t end up getting any sort of scholarship email from USC about the NMF/Presidential stuff, but all of it just ended up being shown in my Gift Aid on the fin aid offer
So not being given a NMF scholarship doesn’t mean you were rejected or anything, you just gotta wait until RD

[rancid lion]

I keep forgetting I got deferred here. Anyone know when RD comes out

[stable quail]

my admissions counselor hasn’t responded to any of my emails since november and i need him to add smth important to my application file 😭😭

[long mauve]

says april 1 on their website

[onyx geyser]

they do not take updates (if u were deferred ea)

[stable quail]

mine was abt some extenuating circumstances affecting midyear grades

so i think kiley said i can still let them know abt that

[wind vector]

says by april 1 but it says on their instagram they would release a specific date in march

[long mauve]

ohh

hopefully march

sooner better fs

[wind vector]

i don’t want them to be my last school cuz there’s a high chance i get rejected from every other reach and if usc is last and rejects me im gonna be so sad

[tame folio]

wait im confused by this USC FAST question

is this asking did my dad marry BEFORE Dec. 31st 2022 or AFTER?

[forest skiff]

before

[tame folio]

okay thanks

[wise turret]

ping me when RD comes out for USC but tbh i just wanna see if i get in or not, im not actually going cuz the price tag

[lofty panther]

real i almost withdrew after not getting in ea cause no scholarship😭

[mental gust]

bruh no scholarship rd?

LMAO

[wind vector]

yeah no merit scholarships lmao

[agile willow]

i have national merit but didnt apply EA lmfao

no tuition cut for me 😦

[pure mason]

No I think it still applies if u didn’t apply ea

[agile willow]

im hoping so lmfao

[pure mason]

Cuz deferred ppl can be eligible for it? Idk for sure tho

[agile willow]

its like a 50% tuition cut or smth like that

oh shit youre right

wait

k im back on my knees USC accept me please

[high wave]

yeah if youre a national merit finalist you still get it RD

[agile willow]

welp

hopefully my weak ecs dont fuck me

[manic herald]

!usc

[jovial galleon]

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[sour valley]

i mean they make it very clear that you have to apply by november 1 for scholarship consideration unless you’re applying for a specific major

anyways do you guys think they’re actually gonna announce rd release day on march 17th even though they’re on spring break

[lofty panther]

where are u getting march 17th from

[sour valley]

it’s when they announced the release date for the past few years

last year they announced it march 10th but obviously it didn’t happen yesterday

[quick loom]

How much does being a legacy help?

[somber jasper]

apparently it helps a solid amount lots of people from my school who got in were double legacy or legacy or faculty child of some court

didn’t help me tho kinda salty bout that

but apparently it greatly helps you for transfer chances

they dont do updates

[quick loom]

Bet my mom went to usc

[somber jasper]

sameee

yeah

[ionic stone]

has any of the merit finalists gotten their usc fast yet?