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

[hard vigil]

for UPenn

i left out a mention of brown

[stable ember]

LOL WTF

💀

bro

[hard vigil]

nah bro its like

at the edge

so lets fucking pray they ignored it

and just sped ran it

[stable ember]

imagine its a why us essay and bro wrote, "...I want to go to brown"

bruh

[hard vigil]

nah it was at the end

of the essay

[stable ember]

hmmm

i feel like itd be more memorable

💀

[hard vigil]

like at teh turn

[stable ember]

i quadruple checked my essays to avoid that mistake

[hard vigil]

nah its at the middle of an idea

yea i fucked up

[stable ember]

but i ended up making stupid typos in my cornell essay

my first sentence sounds a lil weird, i added a double space somewhere in the middle, forgot the word "the" and wrote "permate" instead of "permeate"

[feral vector]

Imagine applying to a school and writing an essay about why they shouldn't admit you

[stable ember]

and google fucking docs didn't catch any of my errors

i trusted google docs and they betrayed me

[median ocean]

grammerly >>

[stable ember]

i shouldve used grammarly yeah

[feral vector]

That was your first mistake

[stable ember]

its wtv

[feral vector]

Google docs autocorrect sucks

[median ocean]

honestly doesnt matter

[stable ember]

i fixed it for my other schools

[median ocean]

its not like a small mistake is gna be the reason

[stable ember]

and theyre not gonna reject me over a fucking typo

yeah

[median ocean]

oh damn rd is in 30 min?

[stable ember]

for?

[median ocean]

usc

[hard vigil]

huh

bro is tripping

[feral vector]

No it's in like 14 hours

[hard vigil]

usc aint releasing shit

at 1 am

[stable ember]

lol

[hard vigil]

@stable ember where did you apply again?

like all 20

[median ocean]

lmao oops

[stable ember]

uhhh lemme try to remember

i forgot

ill just list the ones i haven't heard from yet

[feral vector]

I apply to everywhere because I got a common app fee waiver

[stable ember]

BU brown cornell columbia duke emory harvard northwestern nyu stanford usc vanderbilt yale umich berkeley

just 1 acceptance is all it takes

[median ocean]

manifesting brown holy shit

i need it so bad

[hard vigil]

we the same dude except vanderbilt and northwestern

[stable ember]

lolll

[hard vigil]

what major?

[stable ember]

did u not do vanderbilt

[hard vigil]

why would i

[stable ember]

vanderbilt is p good

[hard vigil]

(im stupid)

[stable ember]

lots of research

[feral vector]

Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Duke, Harvard, Northwestern, Stanford, USC, Notre Dame, Yale

[hard vigil]

i was stupid

[stable ember]

90% of undergrads there get research

[hard vigil]

i didn't do notre dame

or uchicago

[median ocean]

poly sci pre law

[hard vigil]

good bio and religious schools

[hard vigil]

did you do the video?

[median ocean]

no 💀

[stable ember]

the schools i need as "backups" are USC NYU BU and emory

[feral vector]

Neither did i

[median ocean]

i was stupid busy

[stable ember]

the schools i rly wanna go are Brown Cornell Northwestern Duke

idc about the others

i want either brown cornell northwestern or duke

[median ocean]

i rly want brown

the testing/grading and happiness sold it for me

[stable ember]

stanford is nice but the food choices on campus is shit lol

[hard vigil]

what your stats?

[feral vector]

A kid at my school got into northwestern already so I think I'm cooked

[hard vigil]

why is this a make or break for a premed

[stable ember]

i didn't have access to dorms so idk how good dorm food is but the restaurants on campus is so SHIT

[hard vigil]

we aren't gonna eat

[stable ember]

🤢

LOL

[median ocean]

4.0 uw 1510 sm reserach programs sm summer programs sm essay comps

[hard vigil]

we are spending our time researching or studying

[stable ember]

hooray

[hard vigil]

ah

nice

i got 3.8 1530

[stable ember]

stanford architecture is elite tho

[median ocean]

nothing insane

[hard vigil]

i did shit ton of shadowing

[median ocean]

i got ed rejected columbia

[stable ember]

are A- 3.7 or 4.0 at your school

[hard vigil]

3.7

[stable ember]

o

[feral vector]

4.0

[final tangle]

iirc their dorm food is ok i mean it's pretty standard

[stable ember]

at our school we get 4.0 for A-

[hard vigil]

bruh

[stable ember]

hmmmmmMmm

[hard vigil]

ngl tho

[stable ember]

i have a 3.9 its shit bruh

[hard vigil]

might wanna minor in theology

[stable ember]

i trolled a lil too much

[hard vigil]

[stable ember]

i had a 3.93 before but it went down to 3.9 after 1st semester

and i panicked so hard

[hard vigil]

man what are good theology schools

[stable ember]

idek

[median ocean]

probably jesuit schools like bc

[stable ember]

what can u even do with theology degree

can u even get a job w that

other than pastor

[median ocean]

idek

[stable ember]

id be chilling if i didn't troll gpa so hard

these teachers were opping me out fr

[hard vigil]

nah

[feral vector]

your probs fine as long as your essays are bad

[median ocean]

my pe teacher gave me 4 b's freshman year

[hard vigil]

i just wanna study

it

[stable ember]

bro what

[median ocean]

rly idk i just guessed

[feral vector]

arent

[stable ember]

valid

4 B's in PE the fuck

💀

[median ocean]

he had smt against me

[stable ember]

thats actually insane

[median ocean]

luckily our gpas round up

[hard vigil]

i mean might as well, we are gonna send some of the patients to God

[stable ember]

lol

[hard vigil]

[feral vector]

I dropped pe and joined a sport for that reason

[stable ember]

id i do a minor

[hard vigil]

based

[stable ember]

if i do a minor

i wanna do music

or business

[median ocean]

i wanna minor film

[hard vigil]

nah this is stupid

[median ocean]

or double major film lowkey if i commit to usc

i enjoy it

[hard vigil]

nah like

[stable ember]

if i somehow get brown and somehow end up going to brown im gonna minor music

[hard vigil]

majoring at film is stupid

ignoring usc

but minoring?

dawg

[stable ember]

i need to minor music so i actually have a talent when i grow up

[feral vector]

Im planning to major CS (more specifically data science depending on the school) and minor in business or psychology

[hard vigil]

you are not getting employed

[median ocean]

i basically study film in my free time

[hard vigil]

@stable ember does brown got biopsychoogy?

[hard vigil]

same dawg but that doesn't make me wanna do that shit

[median ocean]

lowkey entertainment law is a nice career

esp from usc

[hard vigil]

your honor, my client had the correct justificaiton to copyright strike this youtube video

[median ocean]

i wanna represent leo in his divorce cases

[stable ember]

ive never heard of biopsychology

u can probably MAKE it

its fucking brown

u can make up your majors

[median ocean]

your honor my client only engages in 25 year olds

[stable ember]

lol

[hard vigil]

man i hope i get into plkme

plme

[stable ember]

ive only seen 1 guy ever in my life that got plme

[hard vigil]

i want them to understand i am a quirked up brown people willingly to do humanities and medicine

[stable ember]

but that was like 5 years ago

so its way different

[hard vigil]

your looking at the second

[median ocean]

5 years ago was 2019

thats crazy

[hard vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/transitions-kinemaster-black-guy-suit-tiktok-gif-25279479

[stable ember]

i purposely acted zesty on my brown essay

🙏

[stable ember]

well played

[median ocean]

bro same

[stable ember]

i tried to include as much art shit as possible in my brown essay

i also responded to that one question that asked whether you had an "online presence" or not

[median ocean]

they had some masochism/depression depicted in film class that i said i would be interested in

[stable ember]

wtf lol 💀

[median ocean]

lemme find the course

MCM 1506X - Love Hurts: Romance, Media, Masochism

[feral vector]

they should accept you just for that

[median ocean]

i said id be interested in that

[stable ember]

brown uni type activities

[median ocean]

i talked abt how my fav movie was eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and how it connects to me

[stable ember]

didn't usc ask a similar question

like "whats ur fav movie"

[hard vigil]

i wrote a great political essay for usc

[feral vector]

What did yall put for your well known roommate character

[stable ember]

or something

[stable ember]

for which school

[hard vigil]

i talked about evangelion

im cooked

[feral vector]

USC

[median ocean]

i talked abt city of god

[stable ember]

bro talked about anime

😭

[hard vigil]

look

[stable ember]

uhh lemme check

i forgot

[hard vigil]

20 years of in the making

it was a peak ending

[stable ember]

bro exposed himself as a weeb

😭

[median ocean]

im but chandler bing 😢

[stable ember]

yeah

[feral vector]

What show are you currently binging? I put Naruto Shippuden

[hard vigil]

most influential anime in modern history brother

[median ocean]

and it was before the news

rip

[stable ember]

oh my i just looked at mine

and its so fucking cringe

[hard vigil]

💀

[stable ember]

my short answer responses are insanely cringe wtf LOL

[hard vigil]

nah you're cooked

at least evangelion is somewhat deep in themes

half of naruto is filler

[stable ember]

im so quirky bro

[feral vector]

Fav movie? Back to the Future Part 2

[stable ember]

surely they'll let me in for this

[hard vigil]

nah this is funny as fuck

[median ocean]

bro thats crazy

i had the most generic shit

[stable ember]

d1 meatriding

[median ocean]

they posted abt the most generic words and i had two of them

[stable ember]

dont tell me you put "nice, kind, smart"

[hard vigil]

i put steafast and stoic

[feral vector]

I put Determine to Succeed

[median ocean]

like resilient and shit

[hard vigil]

[stable ember]

ok but tbh i dont think the short answer shit matters

the short answer is probably to make sure youre not an AI

[median ocean]

its a captcha test

[stable ember]

basically lmao

[fickle robin]

what time do decisions come out

[stable ember]

idek

[median ocean]

lowkey had alot of fun w them tho

[stable ember]

what time was it for u last year

[fickle robin]

idk i was in korea so idk what time that is in LA

[stable ember]

these were arguably harder than the actual essays imo

[fickle robin]

😭

[stable ember]

oooo korean

same

[median ocean]

ea was like 8am iirc

[stable ember]

i think 3-5pm LA time

[fickle robin]

okok

[stable ember]

insanely cringe

omfg

im getting rejected

😭

[median ocean]

wait no it shouldve been 8pm ish

[fickle robin]

hope yall get in

[stable ember]

i didn't know USC had college specific essays until the day it was due

cuz i didn't click my major on commonapp

so i had to speedrun that shit in 1 hour

😭

[median ocean]

i thought usc only had one essay till the day of

[stable ember]

SAME

[median ocean]

yeah same lmao

and then the one i wrote in an hour was so good

[stable ember]

on the last day i click my major and theres another essay and i almost shat my pants

[median ocean]

honestly my best essay

[stable ember]

the one i wrote about was kinda bs

i forgot the prompt

but i wrote about my heritage

idk

its cringe

[median ocean]

i talked abt capitalism overcensoring art

[stable ember]

ooooo

[median ocean]

it was so godo

[stable ember]

good topic

[hard vigil]

🤨

[stable ember]

ngl

[hard vigil]

huh

[stable ember]

i think all college essays are supposed to be cringe

[hard vigil]

wouldn't it be the opposite dawg?

[stable ember]

it can't be good unless its crazy cringe

[median ocean]

how like film remakes (capitalism) are ruining art

[hard vigil]

doesn't capitalism allow for niche shit to come through

[hard vigil]

that isn't capitalism thats just the modern film industyr

[median ocean]

i kinda specified in film remakes

[stable ember]

for me i had some north korean human rights shit at washington DC so i wrote about how we take so many things for granted in america that others can only dream of

[hard vigil]

ah well you right then

[median ocean]

not exactly how capitalism is ruining it but yeah

[hard vigil]

you were sounding like the average ucla student for a second there

[stable ember]

😭

average liberal college student

[median ocean]

lmao i got accepted to ucla 💀

but probably cant afford

[stable ember]

if i keep up my republican conservative views im gonna have 0 friends when i go to college

[hard vigil]

guys capitalism is so bad uses brand stuff

[stable ember]

time to join the other team

[fickle robin]

are you oos

[median ocean]

ye

[hard vigil]

i mean who cares

[fickle robin]

ah then yea

[hard vigil]

who needs friends

[fickle robin]

it's gon be expensive

[median ocean]

usc is cheaper than ucla for me 😭

[hard vigil]

riop

[stable ember]

ok bruh im not tryna spend the next 4 years ALONE

[stable ember]

thats insane LOL

[hard vigil]

nah there are students who are in your team

just dont be a loud mouth about your views

thats about it

[median ocean]

its kinda funny

[stable ember]

me when i join "far right conservative club" at brown

💀

[feral vector]

i heard some ppl leave their door to their dorm room open on moving day

[hard vigil]

me on jah bro

[feral vector]

that way ppl come by and introduce themselves

[stable ember]

id just walk in

and steal

"o shit i forgot my hair dryer" walks into another dorm room

[median ocean]

lmaoo

[feral vector]

but you're still in the room

[stable ember]

hmm

ill hide it under my hoodie

idk

[feral vector]

you would look the person staight in the eye snatch and go

[stable ember]

LMAO

make eye contact

then run out the door

[hard vigil]

ngl georgetown would be a blessing

[stable ember]

where even is georgetown

[hard vigil]

i can yap about my medical political ideas to congress

[median ocean]

dc

[hard vigil]

but then again

[stable ember]

oo

[hard vigil]

when do they ever listen

[stable ember]

dc is nice

[median ocean]

my georgtown interview was so good

and poly sci major so a dream

[hard vigil]

mine was waived

[median ocean]

oh

[stable ember]

ngl the government shit is insane

i was a lobbyist last summer

[hard vigil]

@median ocean if you go there we should team up

[stable ember]

shits actually wild over there

[hard vigil]

imma need help with muh goals

[median ocean]

alright bet

[feral vector]

yall gonna start a protest>

?

[hard vigil]

nah

trying to reform healthcare

[median ocean]

i thought like hangout

oh

thats a good goal

[hard vigil]

without government

[stable ember]

i would pass a bill that would lower taxes for the rich and increase taxes for the poor

[feral vector]

good luck the government like their defense budget too much to fund healthcare

[median ocean]

elon??

[hard vigil]

bro didn't read

[stable ember]

then ill pass a bill that decreases inheritance tax to 0

[hard vigil]

who says we need fudning?

[stable ember]

then ill get rid of social security

and decrease minimum wage

💪

[hard vigil]

bro thinks we can just put money to a thing and it works

[hard vigil]

decreasing it is stupid

[stable ember]

are u guys taking AP gov

[median ocean]

bro thinks money can fix problems

[feral vector]

old people vote the most so social security is stuck

[hard vigil]

remove it

[stable ember]

youre right

make then work for free

[hard vigil]

ss is kinda a weird thing

[median ocean]

i forgot i was taking it and self studied it in 2 weeks

[stable ember]

im learning about the AP gov shit rn in school and its so fun

[hard vigil]

it was made for really old people when it was made

[stable ember]

like passing bills n shit

senate or wtv

[median ocean]

i did comp gov

[feral vector]

i just took a practice exam in class today and i'm on pace for a 5

[hard vigil]

@median ocean whats your career

plans

[median ocean]

law

[stable ember]

we had a senate simulation in class and i argued for building a 70 billion dollar wall along the southern border and deporting all illegals that get caught

[hard vigil]

we might be business partners my man

[median ocean]

idk what field tho

[hard vigil]

i'm trying to do a private practice for sugery

fuck doing paperwork

[median ocean]

if u fuck up im there

[feral vector]

i agree

[hard vigil]

💀

[hard vigil]

shoudl do buisness

pays the most for sure

[feral vector]

my class did a simulation of the stock market and they all sucked at it

[hard vigil]

just buy tech

its that easy

[median ocean]

like corporate law?

[hard vigil]

yea

and regulatory stuff

[stable ember]

then my republican group just filibustered for 2 days straight so 0 bills get passed

[median ocean]

thats so mindless

[stable ember]

if we can't get a high score they can't get a high score type shit

🤣

we had way more democrats so we were gonna lose anyways

[hard vigil]

i mean it doesn't mean you need to work for a company full time

you can work for small businesses

[feral vector]

i was the senate majority leader for my classes simulation

[hard vigil]

all part time

[stable ember]

i was the ranking member

[median ocean]

yeah i guess

[stable ember]

bro my party leader just read physics notes for 2 days straight

😭

[median ocean]

ig its between corporate or entertainment

[feral vector]

we passed a bill stating "pickleburg for all"

[stable ember]

wtf is that

what does it do

we had actual bills lol

[feral vector]

its some event in pittburg I think

[hard vigil]

man i realized

a2c is a fucking peak way to get connections

[stable ember]

hmmm

[stable ember]

kinda

[feral vector]

exactly why im here

[hard vigil]

i'm trying to get a law buddy and fellow pre med majors to help me with my goals

[median ocean]

i came here cuz college apps are my personality

[hard vigil]

healthcare reform one sad undergraduate at a time

[stable ember]

woah

[median ocean]

i think its gna take more than 3 ppl

[stable ember]

some baddie requested to add me on linkedin

its time

😈

[hard vigil]

ehh 3 is good enough

[feral vector]

W

[hard vigil]

for changing clinics

[median ocean]

W

[hard vigil]

thats crazy

[stable ember]

linkedin rizz

[feral vector]

all my interviewers described me as articulate

[stable ember]

bro i had 0 interviews

[median ocean]

all mine described me as introspective

[stable ember]

one of the reasons why im so worried

[median ocean]

its usually just location

[hard vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/math-thinking-zach-galifianakis-formulas-numbers-gif-7715569

@median ocean where did you apply?

[median ocean]

basically jsut waiting for ivies now

[stable ember]

ok but whyd all my friends get interviews and i didn't 💀

[feral vector]

i think you'll get at least one cuz of your test scores I went optional

[stable ember]

why me

😭

[median ocean]

availability...? idk

[stable ember]

😭

bro

[median ocean]

bro my upenn interviewer came in asked me 2 questions and dipped

[stable ember]

i wish sat scores mattered more

LMAO

[median ocean]

it was during cny and he did say he was chinese so

[stable ember]

my upenn interview for ed was wayyy worse

i didn't know my upenn interviewer lived in new york

so when she said 6pm

[median ocean]

ill give him the benefit of the doubt

[stable ember]

i was like "alr 6pm cool"

[feral vector]

im probs cooked for harvard

[stable ember]

but she meant 6pm EST

[feral vector]

some girl at my rival school got into ed as a softball recruit

[stable ember]

so while i was in school thinking its 6pm PST she was waiting for me 30 minutes in the webex call

😭

[median ocean]

lmao that almost happened so i always add time zones

[stable ember]

worst interaction ever

[median ocean]

cuz im in hk

[stable ember]

she did not tell me she was in ny bro

i thought they link you up by region

💀

ok but my interviewer was the classic upenn econ graduate mf

worked for capital one and had a private webex call instead of zoom

[hard vigil]

and gtown?

[feral vector]

my zoom crashed on both my interviews

[hard vigil]

oh yea

i had a duke interview the same time as the superbowl

my interviewer bailed 💀

[stable ember]

dude i didn't even get a duke interview

[feral vector]

i would skipped the interview

[hard vigil]

man i hope

they give me pity points

[stable ember]

i thought id at least get 1 interview

howd i end up getting 0 interviews

[hard vigil]

bro legit just bailed

[feral vector]

they didn't give me one

[stable ember]

i also didn't know u could submit a video to duke

[feral vector]

i got one for princeton

[stable ember]

i wouldve just edited my brown video

smh

[feral vector]

my classmate was in class one day and shes like omg I had an interview with princeton and we facetimed and i had the one the following night

[stable ember]

💀

lemme get some interviews brah

[cerulean berry]

when is usc coming???

[feral vector]

the interviewer was unprofessional he was like here's my number call me

[stable ember]

3-5pm PST

[cerulean berry]

whats pst

convert it

[stable ember]

california time basically

[feral vector]

pacific standard time

[stable ember]

my interviewer was so scary

scary corporate lady with glasses

😭

[cerulean berry]

why

[stable ember]

how am i supposed to know 💀

shit luck ig

[feral vector]

i heard theres a class at usc where you can watch unreleased movies

[cerulean berry]

thats piracy

[feral vector]

no like during my tour they were marvel showed us one of their movies early once

i heard the class is really popular

[cerulean berry]

first let me get in

[median ocean]

oh yeah

[wintry bobcat]

little overconfident there

[final tangle]

yep!! it's called theatre symposium or something and is very popular

i haven't taken the class yet but there was also a screening of kung fu panda 4 recently that i got to go to 🙂

[feral vector]

bruhhh

i need in nowwwwwwww

[final tangle]

usc sca is kinda amazing

good luck tmr!!

[feral vector]

lol my friend is wasted harvard legacy too

[wintry bobcat]

feels bad

hopin I pull USC

[feral vector]

whats your gpa

[wintry bobcat]

Ass

3.7

[final tangle]

thats a crazy question

[wintry bobcat]

1570 SAT though\

so I hope

[feral vector]

yea i believe you will get in

[wintry bobcat]

Im not hopeful

I think my supplemental essay was pretty dogshit ngl

[feral vector]

fake it til you make it

[wintry bobcat]

we'll see though

I give myself a 20% chance

extra points because geographical diversity

my school has like a 30% acceptance rate to USC

[final tangle]

that's a pretty good chance lol

[feral vector]

i give myself 50/50 cuz i go to a feeder school

[final tangle]

damn

[wintry bobcat]

Probably overconfident

we'll see

[final tangle]

yall confident af

[feral vector]

confidence is the best drug

[hard vigil]

Dawg look at my name

[wintry bobcat]

the funny thing is even if I get in I gotta pray they give me enough financial aid

[hard vigil]

Calling me overconfident is a understatement

[wintry bobcat]

I am not confident

[hard vigil]

I'm not either

[wintry bobcat]

realistically I think I absolutely get rejected tmrw

we'll see though

[hard vigil]

Nah what?

[wintry bobcat]

pray for a miracle and I ain't even religious

[hard vigil]

You're good man

[final tangle]

if u think u have a 30% chance of getting in ur confident

[feral vector]

i would probs go regardless, worst case scenraio I go to poly pomona for two years for almost nothing

[hard vigil]

I will 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[final tangle]

accept rate is like 6% or something right

[feral vector]

usc is 9.9 but projected to be 9.2

[wintry bobcat]

I do not think I have a 30% chance, my high school has about a 30% acceptance rate

as in, of the people that apply to USC from my school, about 30% get in

[final tangle]

oh right was thinking in ea terms

[feral vector]

someone at my school claims to have gotten into oxford

but hasn't shown any proof

[wintry bobcat]

Heres the chart for my school, circles are acceptances

I started my supplemental essay after the due date though so...

lmao

[fickle robin]

damn someone got in with a 1080??

[wintry bobcat]

I live in Idaho

[fickle robin]

oh i see

[wintry bobcat]

probably test optional

our average SAT score is like a 990 though

[feral vector]

its possible, if you get the common data set that are outliers all the time

i went test optional

[hard vigil]

guys pray for me for plme

i am so cooked

[feral vector]

i will manifest for you

[wintry bobcat]

I just looked up our school stats, the average score was a 975 lmao. Only 2 people got a 1500 or above and 4 people got a 1400 or above

And those 2 1500+s are me and my friend who got into Caltech

[feral vector]

i know 3 kids at my school who got a 1400-1500

[hard vigil]

🙏

thank you]

[feral vector]

i got 1220, 1300 in practice tho as i kept making silly mistakes and studied for like 2 weeks

[final tangle]

damn i forgot how high cali test scores are

[wintry bobcat]

Im so glad I did the SAT before digital, having it be adaptive is possibly the worst change they could have made

[fickle robin]

wait until u hear abt international test scores 😭 shit is outrageous

[fickle robin]

fr

[median ocean]

dude intl is crazy here

if u don’t get 1500 it’s over

[wintry bobcat]

Tbf the math on the SAT most other countries have learned in like 5th grade lmao

[fickle robin]

yeah

1500 minimum

[median ocean]

at least i’m an american citizen so my sat can be lower

[hard vigil]

is 1530 superscore good for ivies if i got kinda mid ec's

[wintry bobcat]

Yeah

[hard vigil]

nice

[final tangle]

ehhhhh

[hard vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/kendrick-lamar-god-is-gangsta-u-ahhh-scream-gif-6349874768192364613

[final tangle]

tbh depends on what ur applying for and the rest of ur app imo

[wintry bobcat]

I mean like you dont stand out, but its within their 1st and 3rd quartile

[feral vector]

anyone else feel like they could have gotten a 1500+ if they started studying earlier

[hard vigil]

i mean im considering

1k hours clinical researching and shadowing as mid

since it aint that specialized

[final tangle]

i wouldn't consider that mid lol

[hard vigil]

JHU did

[wintry bobcat]

I took it 3 times, got 1470 first two times because I didnt study and then the night before my third test I studied until like 3 AM lmao

[hard vigil]

JHU is the MIT for pre med tho

so im good

[final tangle]

rule of thumb i've generally heard as a target among my peers when i was in high school was 1550 if ur trying to go for a top school

[fickle robin]

yeah

1550+

[feral vector]

my problem with the sat is test anxiety and that I take a long time to answer quesrtions

[hard vigil]

what if your hs school is very low

average

[final tangle]

yea my high school was in a very competitive area

[hard vigil]

like I was the only guy who got anything above 1200+ if I recall

[final tangle]

so will prob depend

[wintry bobcat]

Depends though. MIT 790 or 800 math is pretty normal. Pretty much no matter what once ur 1520+ you submit though

[hard vigil]

i got 790 math 🙏

i am ballin

[wintry bobcat]

you dont wanna go test optional with anything in the 1500s actually because otherwise they think you got like a 1300

[hard vigil]

lol

man im just scared

washU humbled me

[wintry bobcat]

800 😮‍💨

[final tangle]

yea idk test optional strategy cuz i kinda didn't have to ever think about it

[hard vigil]

🦾

[feral vector]

i could have gotten 790 on math but i mastered all the terms the day before

[wintry bobcat]

I lucked tf out on my test though

it was a pretty easy one

[final tangle]

iirc i literally made the simplest mistake ever on math and i was pissed

[feral vector]

like on the practice test i got a 700 but i don't them wrong because of errors I made by going to fast

[median ocean]

i started at sophomore and quit until senior year cuz we dsat was easier

[wintry bobcat]

I consistently got 730-760 on all practice tests and then on the actual test I fluked it

[feral vector]

i fell asleep during both of my psat's

[final tangle]

damn

my actual tests were generally better than my practices idk why lol

[fickle robin]

i wish i tried on my psat

[final tangle]

prob stress

[feral vector]

same

[fickle robin]

couldve gotten merit scholarship

if i did well

[wintry bobcat]

Thats my biggest regret tbh

and not getting straight As

[fickle robin]

yeah doing good on PSAT is rly underrated

[feral vector]

i literally didn't realize scores were important til the end of my junior year

[jagged frost]

My brother transferred from a csu into usc. Idk what ar is but it’s possible

[wintry bobcat]

I think they should let you use SAT scores past a certain threshold

oh well though

[final tangle]

tbh it only rly matters for a few colleges though

[fickle robin]

usc transfer rate is pretty good

[final tangle]

like usc is one of very few colleges that reward psat

[wintry bobcat]

national merit is huge for a ton of schools, you can get massive scholarships

Bama will pay you to attend if ur a national merit finalist

[ionic chasm]

did usc come out?

[hard vigil]

no bruh

its 1 am

[fickle robin]

LMAO

[hard vigil]

why would it come out

[final tangle]

oh hmmm ig i was basing that off my college list

[fickle robin]

national merit scholar is like half tuition off at usc no?

bruh i rly couldve used that

[wintry bobcat]

same 💀

[final tangle]

yea

[wintry bobcat]

hope they give me need based aid 🤞

[fickle robin]

lol they gave me zero aid

[ionic chasm]

damn if usc accepts me then it shows that its a pretty shit school 💀

[wintry bobcat]

damn

[fickle robin]

fuck them for that

[hard vigil]

what your stats?

[wintry bobcat]

whats ur familial income

[final tangle]

unfortunate

[wintry bobcat]

you dont have to answer that

[ionic chasm]

wait do you get the psat half off if you applied rd or nah?

[final tangle]

yes

[fickle robin]

i dont know even LMAO

my parents did my CSS

[ionic chasm]

7 foot 2

[wintry bobcat]

damn

[hard vigil]

be real

[fickle robin]

bro go play in the nba or some shit

why u applying to college

[wintry bobcat]

Our familial income is only like 30k a year but I have assets so I really have no idea how aid will work for me

[feral vector]

i forgot bronny plays at usc'

[fickle robin]

yeah assets definitely play a role

big rol

role

[wintry bobcat]

Yeah

[feral vector]

is he any good

[fickle robin]

nope

[final tangle]

tbh guys its like 1:30 am the night before decisions

u should just sleep, take ur mind of it tmr

[ionic chasm]

I want merit based aid 🥺

[hard vigil]

nah

[final tangle]

and then think about this when u get ur decision

[hard vigil]

i got homework

[ionic chasm]

tbh I just want more federal loans

[wintry bobcat]

Should've applied early

[ionic chasm]

why is the federal gov sting asf

[hard vigil]

💀

hell nah

any loans is bad

[ionic chasm]

just give me federal loans

[final tangle]

applying early to usc is actually so op

[ionic chasm]

federal loans are pretty good lol

[hard vigil]

wanting debt is crazy

[hard vigil]

[fickle robin]

arent they getting rid of merit scholarships

[hard vigil]

crazy ass statement

[fickle robin]

like tehn

thje

presidential and trustee

ones

[final tangle]

nope

there's a lot of confusion

they got rid of the AAA thing

[ionic chasm]

is usc cs better than purdue cs yall

[feral vector]

no

[hard vigil]

hmm idk about

that

purdue is peak

[final tangle]

that's not anything to do with prez or trustee

[wintry bobcat]

My strategy is if I dont get into the 3 schools I applied to, Im taking a gap year and reapplying next year but I want to apply to Harvard REA so I miss out on so much merit-based aid

[ionic chasm]

wait when does usc come out

[fickle robin]

The other program being cut — Exceptional Funding — previously allowed Presidential and Trustee Scholars to cover fall and spring semester enrollment in “more than 18 units … AND/OR enrollment in up to 8 units during the summer,” according to the Academic Honors and Fellowships website. New eligibility guidelines for Exceptional Funding include that the recipient must be “enrolled in USC courses BEFORE Fall 2024,” according to Academic Honors and Fellowships, meaning that new merit scholars will not be able to access this opportunity.

[feral vector]

i didn't apply to purdue because of their diversity

[final tangle]

I mean i took usc cs over purdue cs but it depends on the situation

[ionic chasm]

cuz usc costs less right

[ionic chasm]

did you pick it over good uc's?

[final tangle]

u can actually apply ea even if u rea due to merit scholarship consideration

it's a fact that few people take advantage of

[wintry bobcat]

oh that sick I didn't know that

[final tangle]

yea but the pres and trustee scholarships still exist

[final tangle]

I took usc cs over berkley

[fickle robin]

they exist for 2027 and earlier i thought and not the future years

[ionic chasm]

WHAT

eecs?

[fickle robin]

or did i misrread

[final tangle]

tbh don't remember purdue's coa

[fickle robin]

damn

[wintry bobcat]

W decision honestly

[fickle robin]

W

[wintry bobcat]

Berkeley kids smell

[past dirge]

lmao

[ionic chasm]

isn't berkeley much cheaper?

[final tangle]

I mean ik a few other cs people at usc who made the same decision

[feral vector]

i regret not apply to ucla and berk after everyone and their mom at my school got in

[past dirge]

everything is cheaper than USC

[final tangle]

in general yes, but for me was the same price

[wintry bobcat]

what were ur stats

[final tangle]

since i got merit scholarships

[final tangle]

which ones u wanna know

[ionic chasm]

damn

isn't berkley top 4 for cs tho

[wintry bobcat]

GPA, SAT, any majorly notables ECs

[ionic chasm]

my most notable ec is like volunteering and club shit

[fickle robin]

i took usc over stern

[ionic chasm]

and I got into ucla

💀

[wintry bobcat]

damn bruh

Marshall?

Honestly I respect that too

[fickle robin]

im tryna switch to SCA tho LMAO

[feral vector]

community service is the most popular ec among ivy leaguers

[wintry bobcat]

I only applied to USC, NYU Stern, and UNC Chapel hill

[feral vector]

did you get into any

[wintry bobcat]

if I had to choose between USC and NYU It would be rough asf because I love USC, but stern is just so good for finance

[wintry bobcat]

no decisions back yet

[final tangle]

3.9 1590 and was co-captain of a big frc team

[fickle robin]

yeah its definitely a difficult decision

[wintry bobcat]

Damnn nice

[past dirge]

bruh i would stern>marshall

[final tangle]

yea

[feral vector]

1590 is crazy

[fickle robin]

most people would

[past dirge]

wait who’s better for management

[wintry bobcat]

NYU has ass dorms though

[ionic chasm]

wait so why usc over berk? environment?

[final tangle]

a lot of reasons. usc has a lot more resources, smaller classes, etc

[past dirge]

usc is more fun

[feral vector]

fight on

[past dirge]

berk is depressing

[final tangle]

smaller class in general, more opportunities etc

[feral vector]

exactly

[wintry bobcat]

USC def more fun

[fickle robin]

and i want to be able to get into clubs LOL

[final tangle]

and at berk u feel like a number in a sea of numbers

[feral vector]

i tried their dining hall its prettty good

[final tangle]

oh also usc is a lot of fun 🙂

[wintry bobcat]

I feel like USC has the best balance between academics and partying of all schools

[fickle robin]

getting into UC clubs is a nightmare

[final tangle]

also i’m from the bay so i kinda wanted to get out

i have friends at berk though and they are having a good time

so u can’t go wrong with either tbh

[feral vector]

the only way I stay in cali is usc or stanford

[final tangle]

it’s just fit

[final tangle]

i’d agree

people overuse the term work hard play hard but it is very true

[wintry bobcat]

although apparantly Penn goes hard

[feral vector]

sounds like duke and upenn

[wintry bobcat]

they may be a contester

[feral vector]

work hard play hard

[wintry bobcat]

Yale too apparantly

which I was kinda surprised about

[feral vector]

that is surprisinh

[wintry bobcat]

I got a friend there though and she hasnt been sober for weeks

[feral vector]

lmao

[wintry bobcat]

Duke?

I thought they were fairly religious still tbh

[feral vector]

i think its like yale it has both

[wintry bobcat]

Yale isn't religously affiliated though

idk I haven't done much reserach into Duke tbh, not that interested

[feral vector]

is duke religously affilated?

i probably should know that

[wintry bobcat]

methodist

[feral vector]

interesting

duke is fun cuz you get amazing education, then you can go watch future nba players play basketball

[brisk osprey]

There should be an email saying there is a status update!

lmao i wish

[wild shale]

lmao

[hard vigil]

i mean

bro is right

[plush raptor]

wait when is usc coming out

[dry harbor]

Tonight

[crisp lily]

!usc

[compact bobcat]

What time is decision?

!usc

Plsss

[jaunty crest]

I just got an email ab my fast portal why are they emailing me ab that on the day of admission 💀

Giving me false hope

[forest skiff]

shit fight on logo is here

good luck guys we got this

[coral condor]

WE ALL GONNA GET IN TODAY🥳🥳🥳🥳

[past dirge]

GUESS WHO'S GETTING ACCEPTED TODAY

RAWRRRRRRR

[onyx geyser]

hi

my twin and i applied here

so nervous

[sand sleet]

no yeah i just got 3 new financial aid document requests 😭

[jaunty crest]

Lets hope it means we got in 🤞bc why would they care ab that now…

[forest skiff]

please submit your fin aid docs on time guys!! i kinda delayed and i got my package so late😭😭

[sand sleet]

ik im probably gna wait for decision letter and then turn them in!

[forest skiff]

afaik fin aid office is separate from admissions so don't get your hopes up

[sand sleet]

#manifesting

[forest skiff]

lol valid

[jaunty crest]

Yea ik 🥲🥲🥲 i can only hope

[jaunty crest]

Also i love ur pfp LMAO

[forest skiff]

i got into a different school a bit after usc and that school's better+cheaper+closer to home so my dad just refused to submit fin aid because he was like you're not gonna go anyway💀💀💀 I had to convince him for a week before he finally submitted lol

not that it helped😍

[jaunty crest]

Christ 💀

[forest skiff]

usc's aid is so bad icl

[sand sleet]

thankssss 😛😛

[jaunty crest]

I thought they met demonstrated need though oml 🧍‍♂️

Ill worry ab that later 🐀

[forest skiff]

i was playing around with the net price calculator

usc told me if my family income is $60k/y, I'd have to pay $40k/y😍😍😍😍

[jaunty crest]

WHAT

🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️

Im like 45k a year now i feel not safe

[elfin beacon]

Who told this?

[sand sleet]

thats insane

[forest skiff]

Net price calculator

[jaunty crest]

Ykw i should prob do that rn 🙂

[forest skiff]

I've heard the npc is inaccurate tho but for me it was 100% accurate😭

[jaunty crest]

Christtt

So 4 yrs thats like 160k

Gl bro

[high wave]

mine was also 100% accurate

praying for yall

[jaunty crest]

Oh my estimated net price isnt too bad act i can def afford usc if it is what it says but idk how acc it is so we’ll see if i even get in 💀

[elfin beacon]

NPC — though the final evaluation done by CSS Profile and USC Financial Aid right?

[stark peak]

when is usc releasing

[forest skiff]

rolling between 3-5 pm pst

[stark peak]

inch resting

[forest skiff]

yep. net price calculator gives you an estimate

[forest skiff]

did you apply?

Billert btw what's your major

[stark peak]

i did not apply

and im honestly not sure what my major is

lemme see what i put down on commonapp

i put down a lot of different things based on how i felt at the moment

[forest skiff]

lmao

mood

and now i regret it

[stark peak]

the general feel is environmental/civil engineering; urban planning; math; physics; cs; statistics; ecology; and adjacent fields

[forest skiff]

because I chose some majors without research and after researching i found cooler majors in the same university so rip

[forest skiff]

my god

that is so broad😭

[stark peak]

they all lowkey kinda cool and my profile fits some of them

[forest skiff]

do you have a dream career or are you just figuring out as you go along

[stark peak]

if i wanted to be more competitive i shouldve just done environmental engineering

ngl

[forest skiff]

ah

[worthy dune]

When does usc come out

[forest skiff]

^

[worthy dune]

Some bullshit

[forest skiff]

?

[worthy dune]

Has to be rolling 😭

[onyx geyser]

dude

[onyx geyser]

what

my family has a similar income

and the npc said i'd pay 8k a year

with some loans

[cerulean berry]

is there any update on the portal???

[onyx geyser]

probably because i have a twin or something

[onyx geyser]

no

[cerulean berry]

why

[onyx geyser]

i think it's coming at like 6 CST

[rich flare]

around like 6-7pm est right

[cerulean berry]

ok

all the best everyone

[marble bramble]

!usc

[forest skiff]

i got different values each time i did it though

[onyx geyser]

i'd be so happy if i got into usc but not any of my other reaches.

[marble bramble]

How many hours from now?

[forest skiff]

manifesting for you!!!

[forest skiff]

about 10 i think?

[onyx geyser]

dude the npc is actually scary

[forest skiff]

wait brb lemme just pin a message

[onyx geyser]

how can anyone (whos middle class) afford 40k a year??

[marble bramble]

tyyy

[onyx geyser]

LMAO

[cerulean berry]

external scholarships

coca cola

mountain due

[onyx geyser]

thanks smrithi!!! are you still considering usc

[sand sleet]

🥶

[cerulean berry]

r u serious

send the url

[loud sphinx]

Each day I regret not applying to this school

[cerulean berry]

nah bro usc doesnt give out schlarships to int

[sand sleet]

its an app widget lol i just set it to 6pm cst

[onyx geyser]

yes the coke scholarship is so easy to get

[forest skiff]

Decisions are rolling between 3-5 pm PST. They come out based on your location (ie internationals will get it first, then east coast, then central, then west coast). All decisions will be out by 5 pm PST which is <t:1711152000:R> . You will get sent a status update email when your decision is ready. Please refrain from constantly checking your portal every 5 minutes until you get this email (or you see in this thread that people from your area have gotten their decisions) to avoid the portal crashing.

[loud sphinx]

I’m not international

Wait what’s wrong with my flair

[sand sleet]

only if ur cracked

[onyx geyser]

wow i didn't know this smrithi, thanks for letting us know!

[past depot]

judgement day!!!

[forest skiff]

no because they gave me no aid😭

[onyx geyser]

i'm cracked and i didn't get it, so this is innacurate

[forest skiff]

are you being sarcastic lol

like i genuinely can't tell😭

[onyx geyser]

i know others who are very very accomplished and didn't get it either

[cerulean berry]

thy lord shall bestore peace

[past depot]

is this confirmed?

[loud sphinx]

@cerulean berry national merit scholarship

Would have been goatee

[forest skiff]

Confirmed based on how ea decisions came out + what a current USC student who works in the admissions office said

[onyx geyser]

no i'm not. i genuinely didn't know they did rolling decisions based off of regions, so this was v helpful.

[forest skiff]

You can check pins for ea faqs

[forest skiff]

oh okay yw then!

[past depot]

international is anyone living outside the US im guessing

[cerulean berry]

i am int my dear fellow friend

[forest skiff]

yeah

Im a US citizen living abroad and i got my decision with the internationals

[past depot]

is all int dropping at the same time

[cerulean berry]

but arent u a us citizen

[sand sleet]

guy at my school got coke scholarship and usc full ride ea

[forest skiff]

Basically getting it early or late doesn't mean you're accepted/rejected so please don't go "i don't have a decision yet I'm probably rejected"

[forest skiff]

Yeah for admissions purposes and everything I'm not international but just for releasing decisions they do it based on region to avoid servers crashing

[forest skiff]

Id assume so?

ngl id advise just waiting it out and checking at 5 pm pst lol

[past depot]

waking up at 4am then 💪

[forest skiff]

patience is a virtue though and i was not patient

fortunately i got in

[forest skiff]

the night i got my usc decision i couldn't sleep AT ALL so i woke up at 3 and i literally had my chemistry practicals final that day lmao

horrible day if I'd gotten deferred

the universe was on my side though fortunately

[cerulean berry]

thy shall pray u get in

[patent plume]

What time for usc?

[undone elbow]

!usc

[undone elbow]

Decisions are rolling between 3-5 pm PST. They come out based on your location (ie internationals will get it first, then east coast, then central, then east coast). All decisions will be out by 5 pm PST which is in 10 hours . You will get sent a status update email when your decision is ready. Please refrain from constantly checking your portal every 5 minutes until you get this email (or you see in this thread that people from your area have gotten their decisions) to avoid the portal crashing.

[forest skiff]

plagiarism 🤯

[cerulean berry]

major one💀

[jovial galleon]

So east coast twice or

[forest skiff]

yes. west coast will never get their decisions. (/s)

i meant to type east->central->west but accidentally typed east twice oops

[sullen herald]

!usc

[jovial galleon]

Ofc they hit in states last

[forest skiff]

california probably has the most proportion of people applying so

[fading gazelle]

praying for tmr

[verbal sky]

pray for today bruh

[lunar canyon]

fr fr fr fr