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

[jagged frost]

Dang ppl r getting ghosted by usc financial aid 💀💀

[sour valley]

i was wondering how long it takes to update aid estimates based on css profile corrections lol

thank you for trying to help!!

[brisk osprey]

oof you’re not gonna like this answer, but with the huge influx of applications it can take 2-3 weeks to update info

[sour valley]

i was expecting as much lol, thank you

[brisk osprey]

of course!! good luck!!

[hushed stirrup]

you set up a contact for the finaid office? 😭

[sour valley]

i’ve called them like six times lol, i might as well atp

[sour valley]

i called the second the financial aid office opened

currently on hold

wish me luck

WAIT I DIDNT KNOW THE ESTIMATED WAIT TIME MESSAGE CHANGED IVE NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE

my estimated wait time is more than three minutes🙇🏻

i got off after 7 minutes this is a new record

[forest skiff]

omfg slay

[high wave]

ppl giving up on usc

[sour valley]

i mean i called immediately after they opened lol

[jagged frost]

I didn’t get a financial aid offer on fast still

Prob won’t be anything tho

[viral spire]

USC is giving out free t shirts 🤯

[high wave]

where

[viral spire]

At the bottom

[forest skiff]

wait when is this

[high wave]

smh they didnt have one at the open house

[viral spire]

They have multiple dates but I’m going Friday

[viral spire]

That’s wild

I missed the open house bc of another school so I’m going to the explore

[forest skiff]

ooooooooooh

i should ask my dad to go

i need a tshirt

usc merch so fire

[viral spire]

If he’s going to Bruin day he might as well

[viral spire]

Yess I love usc merch

[forest skiff]

he is

bro omg cal day is so boring

like

the schedule

they dont have cool presentations

actually they do

but they dont have the ones i want

rip

[viral spire]

Yeah usc is the day before

[viral spire]

Just like the school 🙄

[forest skiff]

!!!!

they have very cool events that i would love to go to

however in my stead a middle aged indian woman is going

and i dont think she'd enjoy a presentation on faculty's favorite poems

[viral spire]

Lol

I alr mapped out bruin day

[forest skiff]

same

[viral spire]

Going to nearly every event I can

[forest skiff]

ucla has a lot of informative presentations

[viral spire]

And want to

[forest skiff]

about pre law, study abroad, research, etc

but cal day is just

fun

[viral spire]

Yeah I’m going to be taking a bunch of notes

[forest skiff]

its so fun

[viral spire]

Yeah

[forest skiff]

they have a presentation on writing your name in runes

god i wanna go so bad

but there aren't a lot of informative ones

[viral spire]

You’re going for the next 4 anyways

Trust me

[forest skiff]

true

[viral spire]

Going to admitted students days are fun

Until you realize you can’t go there

And half the people can

[forest skiff]

i mean

[viral spire]

It’s very sad

I will probably be sad after usc too

[forest skiff]

in that situation yes

but i'd really love to fall in love with berkeley a little more

but also my dad went to aggie day and said like its not a big deal im not missing much

[viral spire]

Why you alr are set

[forest skiff]

but also my dad is like

boring

lol

[forest skiff]

because berkeley <3333333

[viral spire]

Yeah I feel like the big admit days you’re not missing out on much

[forest skiff]

i am hearing enough positive opinions about berkeley to triumph my fears about the university

[viral spire]

You don’t need to fall in love more 😭 I think you’re fine

[forest skiff]

whereas my concerns about ucla cannot be triumphed

[viral spire]

Like I feel like the ucla one will be sooo big

[forest skiff]

because its an objective thing whereas my berkeley concerns are subjective things

[forest skiff]

true true

my dad said there were a thousand people at aggie day

did you go?

[high wave]

I fell in love w usc even more

[viral spire]

Crazy

[high wave]

the 400k debt lookin a little too good

[viral spire]

Went to Wellesley instead

[high wave]

[forest skiff]

😭

[viral spire]

Lol 😭

I wish

[forest skiff]

oh right right

[viral spire]

Go bruins

[high wave]

it was so so pretty at usc

dulce has my heart

CAVA

[viral spire]

They probably had like a hundred to two hundred including parents

[forest skiff]

@somber jasper feel free to adopt us anytime now 🫶

[high wave]

the dorms were actually a lot bigger than i thought too

[viral spire]

Really

Ahhh

[high wave]

the triple is the cheapest

[viral spire]

USC give me my ginaid

[high wave]

but its HUGE

[viral spire]

Finaid

[high wave]

like j thought itd be so cramped

but it wasnt

[viral spire]

😭 my parents are going to murder me if I say I want to go to usc

[high wave]

they have 3 security checkpoints you have to go through before getting into the dorm

[viral spire]

Wtf

[high wave]

same

[viral spire]

Did you go to bronny’s dorm

[high wave]

but its actually so good

idk which he was in

[viral spire]

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[high wave]

I toured birnkrant and pardee

[viral spire]

I need more videos like this

[viral spire]

Idk the names

@forest skiff https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5UbZX-OhI-/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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[ancient echo]

this is quite surprising ! normally there’s just the one reception downstairs where you have to tap in

[ancient echo]

pardee sucks; pick north or birnkrant

[high wave]

maybe its new then bc they spent a good bit explaining the security

[high wave]

yeah im thinking birnkrant or parkside if i want a suite

but im also poor

[forest skiff]

tfw the number of students in one class at berkeley is 8 times the number of total freshmen at caltech

[forest skiff]

im a minority fr

also ruby my dad said he's not paying $100 to go to usc and get a free tshirt :(

get one for me please </3

[viral spire]

What 😭 I was talking about Wellesley but yeah true

[viral spire]

You don’t have to pay?

I didn’t pay for anything

[viral spire]

Fr

[viral spire]

If they let me take 2 I will 😭

[forest skiff]

nono i know but i was comparing big schools to smaller schools

[forest skiff]

no, taxi

he's staying near ucla

and usc is uh 40? mins away

[forest skiff]

ily best a2cer fr

ill even send you my admit letter

"hi could i take one for my friend who isn't here because she's a broke international but she totally got in and would love to flex"

[high wave]

uber

it cost me $60 total

but the drive was only 30min ish

35 ish

[forest skiff]

yeah my dad was exaggerating about the $100

but his point is its not a "free" tshirt

and a tshirt for a school im not going to isn't worth a 40 min taxi 🙄

he's not wrong but i want merch so bad

[high wave]

time to get walking ! 🚶‍♀️

[forest skiff]

LOL

[somber jasper]

eerrmm

only adopting cmu commits

[plush oasis]

how was birnkrant

[high wave]

really good

spacious

except the floor always felt like it was shaking in the hallways

[plush oasis]

were the bathrooms that bad

[high wave]

idk what was up with that

[plush oasis]

my only issue is the communal bathrooms tbh

[high wave]

ngl they say they clean daily mon-fri but

you could definitrly smell

the stench

[plush oasis]

god

[forest skiff]

☹️

[plush oasis]

how many stalls?

[forest skiff]

what happened to sponsoring our usc education

[high wave]

i didnt go in but from the outside i could see atleast 4-5

[forest skiff]

bro what

[high wave]

yeah

[plush oasis]

damn and are the showers also there

[high wave]

i got off the elevator and felt like i was going to fall

and it wasnt just me either it was the enitre group

we all looked at eachother

[high wave]

I think so

the laundry room is also super small

[plush oasis]

man

[viral spire]

Ohh

[plush oasis]

did you go to webb tower

[viral spire]

USC and ucla are right next to each other though

[high wave]

nope just birnkrant and pardee

[viral spire]

LOL I’ll ask

[plush oasis]

yep like 20 min right

[plush oasis]

damn

im probably going to webb if they take me

[high wave]

only some of the dorms were open for tours

[viral spire]

Yeah that’s what I thought

[viral spire]

Ohh

[forest skiff]

they're what

i feel like it was 40 minutes

but i also always sleep in cars so

yeah gmaps says 33 minutes

and today's a weekday

[viral spire]

Traffic

[viral spire]

Oh ok I swear they were closer

[forest skiff]

are you visiting for the first time

i think you've mentioned you've been to ucla before but

[plush oasis]

mine says 21💀

[ancient echo]

birnkrant isnt suites

`only suites are at parkside and mccarthy

[forest skiff]

💀 💀 💀

[viral spire]

Yeah usc

[ancient echo]

webb sucks

[plush oasis]

why

[ancient echo]

socially dead asf

make a friend in webb who can get u to the roof but its lowkey socially dead

[forest skiff]

have fun! campus is so pretty and huge and gorgeous and everything good in the world omg

[viral spire]

What dorms do you guys rec touring if they let us choose

[ancient echo]

webb is the usc equivalent of picking UCSD as your choice of UC school

[plush oasis]

my number 1 priority is bathrooms

so

• it has ac

[forest skiff]

birnkrant and pardee like dots did

new north is cool too but v social from what i've heard

[ancient echo]

eh valid

try for village housing, anything suite-y or webb ig

[high wave]

yea i meant birnkrant or if i want a suite, parkside

[plush oasis]

yeah i did my top 2 cale and irani but i aint getting it

[ancient echo]

birnkrant is very cool location wise

[ancient echo]

yeah those fil up mainly with sophomores lol

[forest skiff]

right next to annenberg <3

[ancient echo]

annenberg is further inside campus lol

[forest skiff]

oh

[plush oasis]

birnkrant is the perfect dorm for me, close to the dining hall and library and next to my school
just communal bathrooms kinda ruin it

[forest skiff]

wait yeah im thinking of that annenberg housing thingy

[ancient echo]

annenberg is located on childs way

the new annenberg building is closest to parkside i guess

[plush oasis]

@ancient echo are u or were in dorms

[forest skiff]

idk why im here tbh im not going to usc anyways

[ancient echo]

most housing is located on the edges of campus. village is north off campus, webb is north west side of campus, parkside is south west, north and birnkrant are north east ish side of campus and pardee marks are on mid to south east side

[ancient echo]

yep live in dorms rn

im a freshman so staying on campus is reqd

[high wave]

pardee smelled funky

[plush oasis]

oh i mean if you're in a residence hall

[ancient echo]

pardee is an interesting building

[plush oasis]

and not apartment or suite

[ancient echo]

nah

im not in a dorm

[plush oasis]

oh alr

[ancient echo]

i too dont like communla bathrooms

communal

[high wave]

are you a mccarthy legend

[plush oasis]

i was gonna ask if its that bad 💀

[ancient echo]

i am unfortunately not mccarthy no

[plush oasis]

cos i can't even go to orientation this sucks

[ancient echo]

during the week its not bad but theres the problem of them not cleaning it over the weekends which is when it becomes pretty ass

[forest skiff]

whats the big deal about communal bathrooms

[ancient echo]

id say its significantlyt worse in new north for example but better in like birnkrant

smaller floors typically have nicer bathrooms

[high wave]

smell

[ancient echo]

they tend to be gross af

[high wave]

cleanliness

[forest skiff]

oh

are they coed

[plush oasis]

i see

[ancient echo]

no haha

[forest skiff]

rip

[ancient echo]

????

[forest skiff]

berkeley has gender inclusive bathrooms <3

[ancient echo]

OH

[forest skiff]

rip /pos

[ancient echo]

we have gender inclusive bathrooms too

[forest skiff]

/neg

[high wave]

the bathrooms have showers in them too

[ancient echo]

but not all of them are coed

[plush oasis]

rlly

[forest skiff]

no yeah i think most at berk are coed

[ancient echo]

because whilst gender inclusive bathrooms are greast and are there

i dont think most poeple want to have coed bathrooms

[forest skiff]

yeah its gonna be weird

[plush oasis]

@ancient echo is there any better alternative than webb tower if i want private bathroom

assuming i dont get village

[high wave]

parkside

[ancient echo]

maybe parkside?

idk parkside is quite socially isolated ngl

probns webb is better

[plush oasis]

damn

[viral spire]

Thank you!

[plush oasis]

i might just have to suck it up and go to birnkrant

[viral spire]

Private bathroom 😭

[plush oasis]

can you blame me

[forest skiff]

hey you gotta make full use of that 400k debt

[viral spire]

It’s just crazy to think about 😭

[viral spire]

Real

[plush oasis]

why did i think it was normal that everyone has their own bathroom in college

[forest skiff]

im ngl i feel like you'll get used to communal bathrooms

because like everyone around you goes through the nightmare as well

but its a part of the college experience yk

[plush oasis]

thats true, it also might be fun

[forest skiff]

(privilege?)

[high wave]

roomie?

[plush oasis]

👀

r u going birnkrant

[plush oasis]

i just didnt know it was the medium

[viral spire]

Girl 😭 no

[viral spire]

UCLA has nice communal ones

[forest skiff]

ok and did i ask 🙄

[plush oasis]

im using my intl card to get me out of this

[forest skiff]

intl from where

because at least in my country the housing situation is a LOT worse than anything the US can offer

[high wave]

If I go most likely

still waiting on finaid

[ancient echo]

because you normally do

res college halls tend to be exclusive to first year

[plush oasis]

oh really

that's kinda cool

[ancient echo]

yes in mnost places you dont continue to live in dorm halls past your first year

well anywhere i know of actually

at USC its freshman only. sophomore housing etc is all apartments

[plush oasis]

nicee

[ancient echo]

yeah the aim is youre meant to be social as a freshie and dorm halls do thats quite well!

[plush oasis]

you're making me even more indecisive

i keep changing my housing options every 2 days

[ancient echo]

real

dewpends on what you want tbh

webb isnt that bad like u just dont get the same benefits of like the social life of like NN

[plush oasis]

i dont think im going new north either way, im gonna go birnkrant or pardee tower if i go residence

i just wish i could visit cause i'm just going through their website

[ancient echo]

pick birnkrant over pardee

pardee marks are lowkey kinda eh

[plush oasis]

i saw pardee had cool rooms to chill at thats why

[ancient echo]

rip you would have loved village lounges

yeah tbh pardee's lounge is p big

[plush oasis]

what is that

[ancient echo]

all the village housing (parkside too actually) have lounges on every floor to work and chill in

[plush oasis]

damn

[ancient echo]

mccarthy ones tend to be hella fun and social

[plush oasis]

they didn't take me EA so no mccarthy for me

[ancient echo]

you dont happen to be finalist for national merit do you

[plush oasis]

i dont know what that is

[ancient echo]

ah nvm

its okay you will get village housing for sophomore year

[plush oasis]

birnkrant is literally the best location tbh

if its where i think it is

[ancient echo]

it is absolutely amazing location

theres a starbucks right downstairs that i hate having to walk to

[plush oasis]

Yeah i literally can’t choose rn

Starbucks sounds clutch on a long study day

[ancient echo]

its open until 11pm and it is beautiful

birnkrant solos pardee imo

esp because yeah pardee has like one nice lounge but birnkrant is right next to starbucks, evk (dining hall), leavey and like within a minute of doheny

[plush oasis]

Do you think i should sacrifice the bathroom and go birnkrant

[plush oasis]

Yeah leavey is also super clutch

[prisma arch]

r the scholarships over

[plush oasis]

also evk damn didnt know that

[prisma arch]

omg they won’t tell me how much im gonna pay 😭

im so confused

[plush oasis]

Merit or aid

[prisma arch]

uh both

[ancient echo]

if youve got merit i believe you have heard back by now

[plush oasis]

I thought merit was over a long time ago tbh

[prisma arch]

oh 💀

[ancient echo]

aid i think will be slow for the time being just because f the amount of traffic

[ancient echo]

did you apply EA?

[prisma arch]

bye it’s over 😭

[plush oasis]

Did they give u shit fin aid

[prisma arch]

my academy doesn’t do ea but I qualify for the merit scholarships

[prisma arch]

they haven’t even given me an estimate

😭

[ancient echo]

did you not hear back on RD day about scholarships?

I think thats when they tend to

respond

[prisma arch]

ohh

I thought they’d send an email saying like u didn’t get any or sum

[plush oasis]

Did you use the net price calculator

[prisma arch]

yea

but I wanna see what the total actually is

[plush oasis]

Does the npc show aid given

Idk maybe you dont qualify for it?

[prisma arch]

like the fast portal doesn’t show my estimate yet

actually imma call them

[plush oasis]

Yeah just call them tbh

[ancient echo]

omg

[high wave]

do internationals get any aid?

[plush oasis]

Need based? jack shit

[high wave]

oop are you full pay usc

[plush oasis]

and i bet they are hesitant to give merit too

[plush oasis]

Not exactly full pay but around that yes

[high wave]

[ancient echo]

lot of international merit aid students ngl

lol

[plush oasis]

let me cope bruh

[ancient echo]

didnt u get in RD

[plush oasis]

😭

[ancient echo]

only EA admits are considered for scholarships

[plush oasis]

Yeah after ea defer

[ancient echo]

but tbh yeah its def harder to get in as an intl

i was an international student with us citizenship

[plush oasis]

That’s kinda op

[ancient echo]

not really

its worse than living in the states

[plush oasis]

Why

[ancient echo]

i qualify for need based aid but still considered an intl student !

[plush oasis]

Oh really

[high wave]

its ok

getting in EA and then not getting a scholarship interview was the worst feeling

[plush oasis]

oh you got in EA?

Yeah that must suck

[livid ice]

has anyone ever successfully negotiated aid using an offer from another school

i think they shafted me bcs my family owns a second property (that we make no money off of LMAO)

id rather go here than cornell but it's too expensive rn

[viral spire]

😡

[viral spire]

Valid

[viral spire]

I have heard yes

UCLA and usc

[livid ice]

the guy who i called at the finaid office said if i try to get them to match aid they will reject my appeal

he also sounded like an asshole

it cant hurt if i cant afford to go anyways

[viral spire]

Oh

[livid ice]

yeah the way he worded it was weird

as if he was like personally against me getting more financial aid

[prisma arch]

wait what

[viral spire]

Ofc he was

[high wave]

really? the represent i got was rly nice

[sand sleet]

well guys, basically had a breakdown in front of my mom bc i was stressed abt usc not increasing my fin aid offer but she said they even if they dont they can afford it?????? so ig im committing after i visit on the 22nd!

[high wave]

CONGRATS !!

[prisma arch]

OMGG CONGRATSS

[high wave]

are your parents adopting?

[prisma arch]

that’s the dream

[livid ice]

yeah he was not overtly rude, but none of the friendliness that i've come to expect

something like "no we don't match financial aid offers and you can make an appeal on your FAST portal but we will reject it"

i'll probably appeal cornell first (was like 15k/yr over NPC) then appeal USC with new offer if any

[sand sleet]

LMAOOOOO i’ll review ur application 🤓

[sour valley]

the first time i called i got a woman and she was really nice

[prisma arch]

im writing email, pleading for fin aid 😭

pray for me

[sour valley]

last few times i got two men (i think?) and they were both really dismissive and hardly gave any information

“two men” as in two times they were def the same guy and today it may have been an older guy

either way out of the six times i’ve called i’ve gotten off hold four times and only twice have they asked for my usc id

the first time it was the woman and she was super helpful

second time it was the guy and he called me by a mispronunciation of my last name and hardly gave me any information

one must imagine sisyphus as a usc admit beefing w the office of financial aid

[livid ice]

oh yeah mine called me by my legal name

which like it's not an issue bcs my nickname is just that but shortened

but my legal name is way harder to pronounce so the dude was just doing it to be spiteful?? idk

[sour valley]

i wouldn’t be as annoyed if he was actually helpful lol

[livid ice]

so may have been same person

acvtually

no not older younger soudning guy

[sour valley]

but like. he didn’t even say my first name?? just my last name which isn’t even that hard to pronounce lol

the younger sounding guy sounded kind of like a surfer dude lol

[livid ice]

I should start recording my calls tbh

I live in one party consent state

So it's legal

[ancient echo]

❤️💛

[lean rivet]

Am I gonna get less need-based aid because I got the presidential scholarship or are those independent of one another

Cuz right now USC is gonna cost me 57K without any need-based aid which I can’t afford so I’m hoping to decrease that significantly

[high wave]

usc lowers need based if u have merit i think

[lean rivet]

Wonderful

[ancient echo]

need based tends to be based on your efc

[sour valley]

calarts just gave me $20k per year

usc baby your bills have been affected

[prisma arch]

how do u qualify for need based aid but ur intl

sorryyy if it’s like private

[prisma arch]

and they don’t even match ur aid to other schools

[sour valley]

idk if they’ll consider it for me bc of my program but if push comes to shove i’ll try lol

calarts has an outdoor pool at the dorms tho

usc you have 24 hours to respond

[prisma arch]

congrats on cal arts

that’s an amazing school

[sour valley]

thank you!!

[prisma arch]

yww

[sour valley]

i was not expecting the scholarship at all but i’m so excited

[prisma arch]

bro I really need aid

[sour valley]

penn state on the back burner. calarts is my bsf

getting out of this state for good

[prisma arch]

loll

yess come to cali!!

[hushed stirrup]

can confirm that USC swapped out some of my need-based aid for the merit scholarship 💀

[ancient echo]

well i’m not international as in i’m a us citizen but i lived abroad. that means i was considered in comparison to other intl students in general

[prisma arch]

ohhh i see

[wheat sand]

I sent my appeal last week should I email the AO with my resume

[crude bluff]

For what reason if I may ask

[wheat sand]

saw someone else mention it in this channel a week ago

[sour valley]

if they need more information they’ll ask you

[jagged frost]

Why does usc charge $50 for each guest for the admitted student event 💀💀

[forest skiff]

LMFAO REALLY?

[jagged frost]

[forest skiff]

this is why Cal is better

[jagged frost]

True cal is better than usc but my bro goes to usc

[forest skiff]

you'd choose your bro over your bf???

bf's are cooler bro's are mean

[viral spire]

Bros before hoes

[viral spire]

I want to wear my ucla sweater to usc but I feel like that would be embarrassing

[jagged frost]

Naurrrrr I’m just saying lol

[forest skiff]

🙄

[forest skiff]

It would be badass if you didn't get into USC

but since you got in, it's kinda like snubbing them...

like "oh thanks for letting me in ion wanna go to your bumass school tho haha suckas go Bruins"

[viral spire]

This is me though

I didn’t but me exactly

[forest skiff]

yeah but do you want to be that explicit about your inclinations

they might not give you a free t-shirt if you're repping their opps

[dim tendon]

FREE?

Maybe I should have gone

[forest skiff]

at explore usc yeah

[sour valley]

they better give me some free merch at the nyc event

[jagged frost]

The explore event is rlly cool

[somber jasper]

i’m doing the exact opposite

wearing my usc sweater to ucla

[viral spire]

I’m ngl I loved usc

[viral spire]

😭

My brother got a usc sweater

Manifesting usc gives good aid guys

Love love love

[jagged frost]

Sameee

It was so pretty and everyone there was rlly nice

[viral spire]

I need finaid to clutch up

[viral spire]

Yeah fr

[jagged frost]

Hope it will for u

[viral spire]

I loved how interdisciplinary it is

[jagged frost]

Fr

[viral spire]

If not go Bruins!!

[jagged frost]

That’s why I was kinda averse to ucs

R u going to bruin day tmr?

[viral spire]

Yes!

[jagged frost]

Sameee

[viral spire]

Very exciting W

[jagged frost]

Fr

[forest skiff]

Usc is so cool bro

[viral spire]

Yeah I’m in love

[sour valley]

usc please make a miracle happen and give me at least 35k a year bc i love you but the more i have to deal with your financial aid bs the more disillusioned i become

[rancid lion]

i just appealed for usc and submitted at 1:21 because i accidentally forgot and just found out

i heard it was due friday

but i just submitted now and so i was about 2 hours late

do u think its fine

i got a confirmation email stating that it was added but seems like its just an autogenerated message and wanted to make sure if my appeal letter will be considered

[forest skiff]

appeal for admission or fin aid?

[rancid lion]

Admission

[jagged frost]

Got a whopping $0 of aid from usc 🤩

[high wave]

so real so real

[rancid lion]

So do u guys think it’s fine submitting the appeal 2 hrs late

[unkempt sail]

Yes

[prisma arch]

💀

is usc generous w fin aid or..

[forest skiff]

lol good luck

[livid ice]

nope 😃

[sour valley]

twins😋

fr tho the furthest i’m going student loan wise is $100k over four years and even that’s pushing it

and even then i’d need at least $35k in aid yearly from usc

[jagged frost]

Yessss but ye 🥲

[sour valley]

i < 3 usc (Unnecessarily Stingy w Cost)

[high wave]

only for super low income

[viral spire]

REAL

[high wave]

lets be usc debt twins

400k

[somber jasper]

they have a sweet spot for aid but otherwise you’re screwed

like below 80k they slide thru full

but after that it’s dookie balls cheeks

[dim tendon]

If they give me anything below 20k I’m not even appealing

[forest skiff]

y'all we need to get this on the starboard

[onyx geyser]

😭

[prisma arch]

bro this is acc goofy

when do we know our total cost of attendance?

[dim tendon]

I would assume after fafsa processing

[prisma arch]

🤦oh

guess i won’t know where im going till like may 😭

[dim tendon]

Same 💀

I want to commit already but ik I have to wait

[prisma arch]

real 😬

if my cost of attendance is like 70-90k it’s actually over

[dim tendon]

Yeah I can’t do anything above 60

But fafsa seems to only look at income and not savings/taxes so I doubt it’s going to work out

[rancid lion]

You would do usc over ucla and ucb

[prisma arch]

yeah same

my dad said I could commit to this school if he’s paying by like max 50k 💀

[dim tendon]

Maybe

For pre med it’s a hard choice

[dim tendon]

I hope it works out for you but I can’t give you false hope 😭

[prisma arch]

oh! ty tho

im like computer science and business 😭

my parents think it doesn’t matter where u go for undergrad

[jagged frost]

I feel like that’s kinda true but id go wherever you like the best and if its usc I hope they give u good aid

[high wave]

for com sci probably not business mayhaps

[jagged frost]

My brother is pre med at usc

He likes it

[dim tendon]

I think academics wise usc would be better overall

Just because I won’t be cooked by bad professors as much

But idk I think ucla has better clinical/research stuff

[prisma arch]

wait how hard is it minor in another department

[high wave]

extremely easy

major switching from diff schools is whats hard

[prisma arch]

oh yay

[prisma arch]

ohh I see

[arctic valve]

does anyone know when the appeal decisions come out? I remembered that last year's was around may 9th??

[royal mural]

USC uses CSS as well

and fafsa does look at taxes

[dim tendon]

i dont trust that because there's literally no way my SAI is over 50k

[viral spire]

I still haven’t gotten my usc aid

[native heron]

do it 😈 join the dark side

[dim tendon]

i cant if it costs 95k

[native heron]

imo for any college decision, it’s a two step process: can I afford it? -> do I like it?

never put yourself into debt for a school

that goes for any and all, even hypsm

[dim tendon]

🙏

[prisma arch]

real

[blazing fractal]

Has anyone gotten confirmation that USC has received their FAFSA?

[median ocean]

nope lmao

[blazing fractal]

Ok

[viral spire]

No

[median ocean]

will fin aid change after they receive it?

[high wave]

possible

[median ocean]

hopefully for the better 🙏

[clever monolith]

They should have it. But I think they read that it won’t show an update in the portal until this week or the next.

[sour valley]

ik you asked this yesterday but

still having a may 1 deadline is batshit

like my only choices rn are usc and penn state

and i do not want to be in pa any longer than absolutely necessary

[onyx geyser]

this sucks, i'm sorry yall

[sour valley]

financial aid disconnected my call after being on hold for only an hour this time🫥

[jagged frost]

Can you submit the SIR without doing the deposit?

Or is the deposit due the same day

[prisma arch]

yea

just say that the deposit is too much of a financial burden

[jagged frost]

Then why don’t u do that?

[prisma arch]

u can get the fee excused

[jagged frost]

SIR isn’t binding

[prisma arch]

I did 😭

[jagged frost]

Ye

I mean other person

[prisma arch]

oh

[jagged frost]

May 1 deadline isn’t rlly like a big problem

If u can submit SIR without deposit

Still cringe tho ofc

[prisma arch]

yea

other schools r may 15 😭

Idt any school is binding

[sour valley]

bc it’s a massive pain in the ass

especially because the only other school i have in contention right now is may 15

and i appealed my aid for usc on march 27th and i still haven’t heard anything

[jagged frost]

What is?

If they don’t meet ur financial aid u can withdraw

[sour valley]

committing to one school and then having to withdraw within two weeks

[jagged frost]

I thought u just need to do SIR

Idk if the process is complicated

[sour valley]

i don’t know if they’ll have a financial aid decision for me by may 15

and the program i’m going into is incredibly small

they only take five people a year

so if i commit and then withdraw it’ll be a really big deal

[jagged frost]

Were u able to go on campus?

[sour valley]

no, i live across the country lol

[jagged frost]

Its weird that they aren’t doing anything abt ur situation

I asked a lot of questions to admissions when I was there

[sour valley]

not to mention that the entire industry i’ll be in after graduation is like. two layers of separation thick

[jagged frost]

Not abt financial aid but still

Do you know anyone who lives near usc

[sour valley]

i’m going to an explore usc session on saturday and a rep from my school will be there so i’ll have a clearer picture afterwards

[jagged frost]

Ok yas that would be good

Gll hopefully it’ll work out

[sour valley]

thank you!!

[jagged frost]

Can u submit SIRs to both schools tho?

I honestly dk if it’s complicated I’m just curious

[sour valley]

i wouldn’t trade anything for the major i’m going into but it’s made this entire process such a massive pain

[jagged frost]

Sorry yeah especially seeing how you’ve been on calls for like hrs and they ghost u :/

[prisma arch]

yeah same

[jagged frost]

Bc I thought the deposit part would only be the part that would solidify like where you’d go

Idk when deposits r due tho

[prisma arch]

there is no spring option since it’s a small academy

[sour valley]

i mean the enrollment deposit is typically what deters people from withdrawing after they commit, which is why usc waiving it instead of just moving the deadline is so annoying

[jagged frost]

You have to do the enrollment deposit the same day (May 1st)?

[prisma arch]

u don’t need to pay the deposit

[sour valley]

it’s such a weird situation

[prisma arch]

the fin aid office said everyone is waiving it off

[jagged frost]

That is confusing

For spring students I don’t think that’s the case for us

[prisma arch]

bro my parents want me to make a decision by may 😭

[sour valley]

“yea we’ll waive the deposit for you, but we still have literally no info about financial aid and we probably won’t until the middle of may”

[jagged frost]

Glll

[prisma arch]

yeah same

[jagged frost]

USC is super stingy tho with financial aid

[sour valley]

when they could just move the commit deadline to may 15 or june 1 like almost every other school

[prisma arch]

they told me to look at external scholarships

[jagged frost]

Half a yr at usc costs abt the same (5k more) as a full year at Berkeley for me

[prisma arch]

💀

[sour valley]

half a year costs less than an entire year at the other school i’m considering rn

[jagged frost]

Rip

Gll tho

[sour valley]

if the u.s. higher education system has zero haters i am dead

[jagged frost]

Hopefully the explore event in ur area will help

[prisma arch]

stop everyone ik got a merit scholarship except me lol

[jagged frost]

Dang

[high wave]

rly? i appealed aroudn the same time and got my appeal

pre-fafsa stil

[sour valley]

unfortunately yeah, they even told me that i should hear back by last friday and still nothing

[clever monolith]

How’d you contact them?

[sour valley]

phone

[viral spire]

It’s over bad aid from usc

[somber jasper]

😦

[flint musk]

anyone get anything other than a book or mini flag for their admit package

[prisma arch]

nope

[prisma arch]

lmao same

they told me to find external scholarships 😭

[flint musk]

This is crazy

😭

[prisma arch]

yea…

[viral spire]

same lol

[forest skiff]

The certificate kinda thing

[high wave]

where

[prisma arch]

uhm thru an email

I asked for fin aid and scholarships 😭

[rancid lion]

um please usc

lower ur tuition

like goddamn

[prisma arch]

it’s not worth bro

[rancid lion]

why increase it

[rancid lion]

ana is it looking like go trojans or somewhere else

[prisma arch]

it’s looking like going to get a good night sleep

wait can I say that here

[rancid lion]

i didnt see the one before it was edited im assuming its ok

i wont forget the day i said the thing in general chat and got a warning ban

idk if u remember but i think u were the first person to read it

[prisma arch]

LMFAO

I DO

i wont forget LOLLL

[prisma arch]

did u actually appeal to usc? js saying they are not generous w fin aid :((

[rancid lion]

i did and well um tuition isnt a problem for me

heres the thing with the ucs and some common app schools my gpa was messed up because i didntt input courses correctly

[prisma arch]

can ur parents adopt me 🥹

[prisma arch]

ohh I see, yea that’s def a valid reason to appeal

[rancid lion]

lol. my friend is paying the full 96k i dont know if i would be paying the full but ik two people from my school who are paying that much

[viral spire]

And me

[rancid lion]

lol. ruby u got ucla and davis. i truly believe those schools are remarkable as well

[prisma arch]

my friends parents r paying her tuition to cmu and her brothers tuition to nyu

[prisma arch]

bro actually like can I get a rich godfather rq

[rancid lion]

oh lord cmu with their waitlists

[prisma arch]

well I got rejected so I wouldn’t know

[viral spire]

They are but usc is gorgeous 🤩

I saw the finaid offer and got so excited

[viral spire]

Real

[prisma arch]

I need some tips 😭

[viral spire]

Then I realized it was for one sem

And it was so crushing

[rancid lion]

i love their campus too

[viral spire]

Plus they’re so interdisciplinary I love it

[prisma arch]

bro I jinxed it bc I told my friend imagine if I get accepted but no fin aid or scholarships

[rancid lion]

perseverance. i cant talk ive made no moves

[prisma arch]

and there it goes

[rancid lion]

its okay ana

truly they messed up

[prisma arch]

oh

I got warned I think

[rancid lion]

oh

[prisma arch]

what did I say

[prisma arch]

ty fish 😭

[rancid lion]

ya omg i genuiely feel so bad. i hope things work out for u

[prisma arch]

they will repent 😈

[rancid lion]

surely

[prisma arch]

woww now reality is kicking in

tyy fish it means a lot

i hope u get into usc!!!

[rancid lion]

i didnt mean it like that sorry sorry sorry

[prisma arch]

noo its fine

i needed a reality check 😭

[rancid lion]

im so sorry. im sure something good will happen soon

[prisma arch]

nooo its fine

praying for a miracle

like 250k rn 😄

[dim tendon]

If usc doesn’t work out you’ll find something else and it’ll be better 🙏

[rancid lion]

go to their school and march in demanding for better fin aid

[prisma arch]

stop lolll

[dim tendon]

I still haven’t gotten my finaid offer lol I might commit to ucla before I actually get it

[prisma arch]

i sent an email :(( and they said look for outside scholarships and gl

i need ucb to lock in and accept me

[forest skiff]

@hallow minnow another one to the list

[hallow minnow]

lmao

[hallow minnow]

what major lol

[prisma arch]

data science 🤪

[hallow minnow]

me too

nah jk were both getting in

[prisma arch]

oh 😭

[hallow minnow]

ur already included in the daily prayer :D

[prisma arch]

someone alr got in at my school

so im cooked

[hallow minnow]

OFF THE WL???!!!

[prisma arch]

tyy babes, ur getting in 100%

[prisma arch]

no during rd

[hallow minnow]

oh five ppl got in at my school and afaik 3 have committed

so idrk 😔

[prisma arch]

for data science????

[hallow minnow]

YES

AAAA

[prisma arch]

omggg gl gl

u got this!!

[hallow minnow]

tyty

u got this too :D

[prisma arch]

ahh praying

also Purdue is amazing

[hallow minnow]

praying every day at midnight

[hallow minnow]

aw thx :)

wait where r u going

[prisma arch]

uh not sure lmfao

[hallow minnow]

lmao, gl deciding tho

[prisma arch]

yeaa

debt vs my last choice

[hallow minnow]

ohh

i mean usc has a high roi for cs/ds

but whatever u and ur family feels is best 👍

[prisma arch]

true but my fam is gonna pay 50k at most

so I gotta figure out the rest of the tuition 😭

[hallow minnow]

u brought me back to the usc thread 😔
i must take my leave now, im not worthy of this chat

[hallow minnow]

gl tho, u got this, ull end up where ur meant to be dw :D

[prisma arch]

omg don’t say that

[forest skiff]

im sorry😭

[prisma arch]

tyyy im hoping i end up happy 😭

[hallow minnow]

lmaoo np

if i stayed in the chats i applied to, id have like 35 threads open

too much chaos for me

[ancient echo]

Hey SC kids hope to see u guys here next year !!

[sour valley]

MY CSS CORRECTIONS FINALLY PROCESSED🙇🏻

[viral spire]

Too broke ☹️ ucla though

[dim tendon]

i accidentally uploaded the wrong file to their financial aid portal and sent the fixed one later but they still want a clarification document, should I call them or does it not matter

[sour valley]

definitely call them

i called abt my css corrections yesterday evening and by the time i checked my portal this morning it was processed

[dim tendon]

sounds good thank you

[sand sleet]

soooo if its been like two weeks and it says my fafsa data has been processed, does that mean my appeal was rejected 😭😭

cuz i heard that they dont notify u if they reject it

[high wave]

where does it say fafsa data processed

[sand sleet]

in the documents section the fafsa item finally moved to "recieved"n

[high wave]

dang

mine is still in required

[sour valley]

if you’re not sure, call them

[surreal chasm]

can i apply for merit scholarship for USC ? (I am a regular applicant)

[somber jasper]

just found this cap it wasn’t included in my prior merch collection

[forest skiff]

💀

[clever monolith]

I hope not. My Fafsa also got moved. When did you submit your appeal? I did my updated (I just did it wrong 💀) one on April 9

[sour valley]

you had to be admitted ea for scholarship consideration unless your school had a december 1 deadline

[sour valley]

was just informed that despite my appeal and significant css profile corrections, i still do not qualify for financial aid

now twist the knife counterclockwise !

[prisma arch]

bruh

yea im starting to thinks it over

[sand sleet]

i submitted like april 2nd after i got my estimate on the 1st

but imma call them later today

[balmy knoll]

how much aid are you gonna get !?
HALF OFF TUITI-

https://open.spotify.com/track/61YM5SkqqeUjIBL7It56cs?si=bff5abccd1eb4b30

[hushed stirrup]

The way that’s not even the updated CoA too 😭😭

[balmy knoll]

wait WHAT

[sour valley]

it’s about $95k now

[balmy knoll]

genuinely crying

[sour valley]

we’re in the same boat

pulling up to the usc event in nyc tomorrow and PLEADING for aid

[sour valley]

i would try to find out who the director of admissions for your school is and email them explaining your circumstances

i emailed mine last night and he responded within like two hours and told me that they were "tracking inquiries from admitted students who need additional financial support"

december 1 deadline coming in clutch🤞

[dim tendon]

i need usc to give me the estimate now so i can go to ucla

[forest skiff]

come to berkeley

berkeley better for math

[sour valley]

bag secured

[forest skiff]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOO THATS COOL

[dim tendon]

im majoring in bio 💀

[forest skiff]

oh

i saw math wizard

yeah ucla is better for bio iirc

[dim tendon]

yeah its a little misleading lol this username is from third grade

maybe i should change it but eh

[forest skiff]

haha

[brisk osprey]

WOOO!! welcome to the sda family :))

[forest skiff]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4_1rBCvenF/

barstoolusc

Wouldn't want to be anywhere else (I'm in debt)

Likes

6261

Instagram

[sand sleet]

appeal denied 🥶

[clever monolith]

Me too 😞

[wheat sand]

How do you know

[clever monolith]

They emailed me

But you can also call

[wheat sand]

Damn I haven’t got nothing

[forest skiff]

appeal for admission or aid

[wheat sand]

Oh

I thought admission

[wind vector]

they alr got back this quick? when did you submit yours

my friend says they didn’t get there’s or idk if they checked

[calm wing]

guys is it bad that even though i got into cornell i would still go to USC in a heart beat if they accepted my appeal 🙂

is that stupid ? 🙂

maybe 🙂

my heart still belongs to them idc….💔💔

manifest the appeal for me guys plsss🙏🙏🙏

ngl there’s also always transfer if i hate it at cornell

[balmy knoll]

why do u like usc so much

[viral spire]

Tbf I met a ton of cross admits at USC’s day and none of them wanted to go so you’re valid

[calm wing]

i really want to be a screenwriter

and usc is just the perfect school for that

yes cornell i’ll learn to write well and all that but it’s not the perfect school for connections

and ik usc would get me in the door for that career yk

[calm wing]

😭

[viral spire]

It seems to be the more popular choice 😭hoping your aid goes well

Fusc for bad aid

[calm wing]

oh no i’m not appealing aid im appealing decision❤️

LOL

so yea there’s like a 1% chance of that happening but😛

[balmy knoll]

oh i see that makes sense

[viral spire]

Ohh I hope it works out then!

I am not in screenwriting but I hope my declining them will help someone

[prisma arch]

appealing aid is like 0.1%

😭 did anyones fin aid appeal get accepted?

[dim tendon]

i give up atp i still havent gotten my estimate, its time to commit to ucla

[viral spire]

You still have some time

[dim tendon]

im like 99% sure im not getting anything to begin with and this is the only thing keeping me from committing now

[viral spire]

Valid

Go bruins fr

[balmy knoll]

appealing aid can work but to get there u first need to get past being on hold 💀

[dim tendon]

I’m not appealing anything with my income (even if we don’t get to keep any of it )

[forest skiff]

it's not bad

i might have gone to USC over Berkeley/LA if i got better aid

prestige isn't everything + overall rankings vary a lot for major specific rankings

[hushed stirrup]

usc is definitely better than Cornell for screenwriting, you wouldn’t be crazy at all lol

hope ur appeal works out 🙏 but Cornell is crazy good nonetheless

[granite veldt]

this or davis

😭

[forest skiff]

depends on major and cost

[granite veldt]

public policy for usc
human dev for davis

estimating 30k for davis a year (regent scholarship + still waiting for fafsa)
estimating 50k for usc (waiting for fafsa still)

im like 90% davis but still interested in ppl's opinion

[balmy knoll]

what r u going to be studying

[hushed stirrup]

polisci

why do you ask?

[ancient echo]

can’t speak to davis’ rep but pubpol is a rlly good program at SC. what track r u on

[forest skiff]

if cost isn't a factor I'd go to usc

[balmy knoll]

just curious! ✌️

[sour valley]

nope lol, i did the original appeal and then realized that i made a huge mistake while filling out my css profile bc they cited it as the reason my appeal was declined… turns out the entire value of our house was reported as an investment and despite the fact that it decreased significantly when i appealed they still would not budge

when i was at the admitted students event i tried talking to the financial aid rep and she was the least helpful person i have ever spoken to throughout this entire process

like, refused to let me tell her about any of my actual concerns regarding coa and kept interrupted me to tell me to apply for outside scholarships

girl i have been doing that for the past four years. if outside scholarships were as accessible as you think they are we would not be having this conversation right now

[dim tendon]

Do estimates come later for spring admits or nah

[viral spire]

nope

[prisma arch]

this is so real

like I don’t think outside scholarships will cover that much

[sand sleet]

officially committed

[high wave]

did you get an updated estimate ?

[sand sleet]

appeal denied, still 36k but we’re making it work 😀

[dim tendon]

W

[high wave]

where do they say if you get denied ? 👀

[sour valley]

if you call them they’ll tell you but you’ll also get an email at some point

i speak from experience

unfortunately

[sand sleet]

visited campus on monday and asked someone in the fin aid office then got an email abt it like the day after

[prisma arch]

where do u see ur estimate

or is mine just not there?

[plush oasis]

Fight on

[balmy knoll]

fight on! what are you studying?

[sand sleet]

biochemistry but will probably end up switching majors

[sand sleet]

its basically always the first thing that pops up when i open my fast portal under a tab labeled “financial aid”

[dim tendon]

Almost doxxed myself lol

Is this a good sign

The required thing is gone

[prisma arch]

soo does usc rescind for cs..

bc i might be cooked 🤡

[prisma arch]

oh i dont even have that tab

[sour valley]

wait why lol

if you haven’t gotten an aid estimate yet i would definitely contact the office

[dim tendon]

[high wave]

yes

[prisma arch]

i got cooked on my test

and uhm senioritis 😭

[sour valley]

i don’t think it’ll matter much lol

[prisma arch]

yea im gonna do that

[sour valley]

godspeed

[prisma arch]

im in school 😭

[high wave]

they send warning emails first

[prisma arch]

ohh

when does cost of attendance supposed to release

[high wave]

ik someone who got a warning from going from all A’s to some B’s

[prisma arch]

do u think its not released for me bc i didnt submit housing??

[prisma arch]

AT USC???!

uh oh thats me

[high wave]

nah housing is separate from estimates

[prisma arch]

ive got 2 bs...

[prisma arch]

ohhh ok got it

[high wave]

a warning nn

!!

[prisma arch]

but guys its just a b..

[sour valley]

me w my two Cs junior year

it’s ok tho i was in the gutter fr

[prisma arch]

did u see the amount of loans or work study u gotta take on ur estimate

[prisma arch]

woww

[high wave]

yep

[prisma arch]

i think i got senioritis second ssem of junior yr 🤡

[prisma arch]

ohh ok tyy

[sour valley]

no fr

[prisma arch]

this is my portal

💀

[sour valley]

it’s ok they were both aps and i got 5s on the exams

[prisma arch]

woahh u actually clutched

[sour valley]

i understood the content so well i just fell really far behind wasn’t able to catch up w my schoolwork in time lol

[prisma arch]

ohhh i see

[sour valley]

but rip w your financial aid i can hear the hold music in my head already

[prisma arch]

omg my apcalc teacher was sick so she didnt teach us so we had a sub who didnt know how to teach the curicculum BUT OUR apcalc teacher still wrote the tests and graded them

like really bad

[prisma arch]

brooo 💀 i can't

i saved the number in my contacts

[sour valley]

twins

[balmy knoll]

😮 what r u interested in

[sand sleet]

chem eng,, unfortunately the transfer process is a little iffy 😬😬

also usc decided to rain on my parade today by waitlisting me from freshman science honors 🫥