University of Southern California (USC) (2024-2025)

[strong monolith]

they don’t have time to do all that

especially since they’re currently reviewing RD and transfer apps

[cedar dock]

You're probably right

[civic kernel]

It says less than 1% of candidates r selected for it

Is that out of everyone who applied?

Or who r admitted

[cedar dock]

Still confused on what I could've done better

[sharp oyster]

yeah uhh 550/42000 is 1.3%

so prolly slightly under 1.3%

it’s prolly departmental ngl

cos ur interviewed by ur department

not by usc

[civic kernel]

K thx

[sharp oyster]

mmm

[flat shale]

What's your SAT

I think that's one of the main things they base it on

[cedar dock]

1560

[flat shale]

Oh then nvm 😭

Cause same

[cedar dock]

😭😭😭

[vagrant badge]

🤷 u did good enough to get in

i would be happy with just that

[cedar dock]

Doesn't do me any good if I can't afford to go

[vagrant badge]

True but theres always other ways to pay

like outside scholarships

[sharp oyster]

well

dyk if rates r the same for BCA

[sharp oyster]

which department

[flat shale]

Viterbi

[sharp oyster]

i got it for dornsife but i'm not sure if BCA or like marshall and stuff do it the same

[sharp oyster]

SHEESH

ur the real deal bro

congrats

im gonna be honest i almost applied mat sci (viterbi) but i hated the viterbi essays, all kudos to u

[flat shale]

Ima be honest too I wrote all of them Nov 1 😭

[sharp oyster]

dude 😭 real

i applied to a major i wasn't even doing 😭

i can't code and my major is half comp sci

[flat shale]

They lowkey sucked I was shocked I even got in and now I got a freaking merit scholarship interview like woah

[sharp oyster]

what major r u btw

[sharp oyster]

WAIT REAL

[flat shale]

Chemical engineering

[sharp oyster]

cos i thought my app was so shit

[sharp oyster]

wait i nearly applied to that

LMAO

[flat shale]

Omgg 😭

[sharp oyster]

i ended up doing physics/cs

[flat shale]

Wait what major is it

Ohh

[sharp oyster]

physics cs in dornsife haha yeah

i applied mat e and comparative literature (english)

to my other schools

[flat shale]

That's a interesting combo I feel like most engineering ppl (like me) hate English 😭

[sharp oyster]

aww no i love writing

i applied to most of my reaches for literature

also

[flat shale]

I hate it but I locked in for my personal statement so it turned out good actually

[sharp oyster]

u went from 1A to 2A

neu??

sorry that sounds like i'm stalking u

[flat shale]

No uw Madison it was like a safety tho

Lmao it's fine

[sharp oyster]

ah okay

[lofty crypt]

I hate English CLASS writing is fun tho

[flat shale]

Neu deferred me 🙄🙄

[sharp oyster]

bro ur just CRACKED 🔥

[flat shale]

But whatevs wasn't going there anyways

[sharp oyster]

pfft that's crazy usc scholarship > neu (unless ur like east coast then idk)

i'm 40m drive from usc lol

[vagrant badge]

dang man

[sharp oyster]

so it would be a cool close option fs

[vagrant badge]

u should withdraw ur application

[flat shale]

I am east coast I'm from nj but I rather go to LA lmao

[sharp oyster]

real

[flat shale]

Tbh yea

[sharp oyster]

wait did u do the housing thing

i'm thinking of doing a housing deposite

deposit

[flat shale]

No not yettt

[sharp oyster]

cos i wanna live next to the museum

if i end up going

[elfin pollen]

Dyk how many ppl got this?

[sharp oyster]

1.3%

550 ppl

or 1.3% out of 42k applicants total to usc early

oh wait

nvm

wrong thing

LOL

[flat shale]

Idk if I should wait til April 13 before applying for housing

[sharp oyster]

i have no idea

[elfin pollen]

are u sure

[sharp oyster]

i am not sure

[elfin pollen]

is it 1% of

42k

or `1% of the ppl who got in

[sharp oyster]

i thought u were talking about the other scholarship interview

not the international thing

[flat shale]

Or if I should do it when it comes out

But I feel like all the good ones will be full by then..

[flat shale]

Like for when I tour them

[sharp oyster]

yeah i wanna do my deposit now ngl

[sharp oyster]

cos i know where i wanna live

if i do end up giong

[flat shale]

Which one

[elfin pollen]

it says less than 1% of candidates

[flat shale]

I looked into all the diff ones but idk

[sharp oyster]

it's likely out of the total applicants lol

like out of 42k

[elfin pollen]

does that mean 1% of intl admits or

[sharp oyster]

bc for the interview

[elfin pollen]

oh

[sharp oyster]

they also said it out of 42k

[sharp oyster]

also this would be like 1 person...

or like 10 ppl

[elfin pollen]

yea true

[sharp oyster]

max

[flat shale]

LMAO

[sharp oyster]

idk the one near the museum

with mostly freshman dorms

it's in the bottom left corner

wait i can't believe ur chem e tho that's fire

also i thin

think

3 ppl interview u at once

or smth

[flat shale]

Is it the cardinal gardens one

[flat shale]

I saw that like omg that's crazy

[sharp oyster]

help i'm scared

have u done any interviews so far

[flat shale]

Same 😭😭😭

[sharp oyster]

i've done 3 and i'm still scared 💀

[flat shale]

With a MIT alumni

So 1

[sharp oyster]

mmm

i did not like my mit interview at all

[flat shale]

(I got deferred)

[sharp oyster]

i'm def getting rejected

[sharp oyster]

ohh u did early

[flat shale]

Mine was like mid

Yea

[sharp oyster]

lmao i did caltech early got rejected and then decided to become an english major

but i left physics/engineering open (applied to like 15 schools for stem)

[flat shale]

I was gonna do caltech but the app looked so annoying lmao

[sharp oyster]

dude idk about u but my person was like chinese (i'm chinese) and he couldn't understand what i was saying and he kept judging me

[flat shale]

I was like I'm not getting in anyways

[sharp oyster]

yeah it's awful like they do not care about ur life at all 💀

[flat shale]

LMAO mine was Chinese too but she was Chinese American so no accent

[sharp oyster]

bruh lucky

mine was a guy who graduated from tsinghua

and he ended pu getting lazy and telling me to write my own responses

to his cover letter

💀

[flat shale]

LMAOO WHAT

That's crazy

[sharp oyster]

IM NOT JOKING LOL

also my personal statement was rlly bad

for usc and caltech

i wrote 5 personal statements

and

[flat shale]

u didn't use the same

OH-

[sharp oyster]

i ended up using a diff one for my rds

cos i came up with it in december 💀

[flat shale]

I actually wrote one personal statement like I never had to change the topic

[sharp oyster]

i had a counselor tell me my caltech and usc personal statement was a 3-4/10 💀

and i was like holy shit that's so bad

LOL

[flat shale]

So only thing was that I kept like editing it but

Technically ii only wrote one draft

[sharp oyster]

bc i'm a creative writer 😭 imagine doing creative writing competitively (i specifically competed in personal essays...) and having ur personal essay be a 4/10

idk why i struggled sm with the personal statement tbh

but i def spent a good 15 hrs

[flat shale]

Like your school counselor??

[sharp oyster]

nah like college counselor person my mom hired

he told me like

after i turned it in 💀

like mid november

that my essays sucked

LOL

and i was convinced i wasn't gonna get in

bc i only had 2 relevant ecs (that were barely relevant) and a bad personal statement

[flat shale]

Oh that's...

I feel like those ppl are scams tho

Lowkey

My dad tried to get me one and i was like nty just buy me a ChatGPT plus subscription like tf

That was more helpful if anything 💀

[sharp oyster]

yeah sometimes

i like my program even tho i dind't rlly take advantage of the services

cos they proctored practice sats for me which rlly helped me motivate myself (i'm a good test taker but i'm bad at practicing)

and also

just have a bunch of random rlly qualified teachers u can talk to about random stuff

i rlly like this one guy who is a great reader and writer

[slim flicker]

which USC acceptance package has a mug in it

[sharp oyster]

didn't tehy get rid of it this yr

[slim flicker]

oh

:((

booo

[sharp oyster]

cos they're poor

cos of the uh

sue

[slim flicker]

with tuition that high

lol alr

[hot olive]

does marshall send acceptance packages?

[vale palm]

wheres this written?

[strong monolith]

the email you got if you were chosen to interview

[strong monolith]

tuition is the same for all undergraduate programs

[strong monolith]

don’t

[strong monolith]

parkside?

[scarlet matrix]

okay this is annoying

it seems the old dean’s merit scholarship (valued at 25% of tuition annually) has been phased out and replaced with a fixed $15k per year scholarship

Merit scholarship holder here though happy to answer any Qs

little insight on trustee/prezzy process: you get interviewed by faculty (iirc) of the department that you’re accepted for, and it’s focused on understanding more about you and what youre interested in studying

[flat shale]

Oh-

Am I guaranteed to get at least that if I got a interview

[digital bear]

This lowkey sounds like its dogging on me 💀

[digital bear]

Am i cooked if i still havent finished finaid shit

My fafsa is broken

[nova hamlet]

no

[digital bear]

This fast portal is so fucking annoying too

So many levels of sign in

Clickity click click

Imma crash out

Istg i need that free tuition or else im fucked

[scarlet matrix]

generally an interview means youll eithr get presidential or trustee

trustee if you do well, presidential if you dont do that well

if you like majorly fuck up maybe they give u the $15k one

[sharp oyster]

i think

[sharp oyster]

what do they generally ask

[nocturne shuttle]

from my friend who interviewed last year

[flat shale]

Oohhh

Wow omg

[strong monolith]

ik someone who majorly fucked up and she still got presidential lol

[quaint arrow]

is workstudy a thing for ppl thatdont get enough in aid/scholarships

[scarlet matrix]

I think workstudy is often a part of aid

not sure though

[digital bear]

Gimme moneys usc

Is under 80k income enough to have other aid like for housing

[strong monolith]

likely yes

will depend on your circumstances but everyone i know w the usc promise got some kind of extra aid on top of tuition

especially since freshman housing and meal plan is more than 25% of an $80k annual income

[strong monolith]

work study is given in addition to aid

usc is notoriously stingy with it

if you dont get much financial aid you definitely wont get work study

[nocturne shuttle]

wtf

[west heath]

probably crazy cracked stats

it's merit, so for science high level research prob or something

[cedar dock]

I have crazy cracked stats, as well as national business awards 😭

[west heath]

maybe they look at essays too?

my essays were the worst writing i did of all time cuz i finished them in like 2 hrs lol, so i was surprised i even got in

tbh idk what im saying im no expert

[strong monolith]

yea approx 12-13k for a dorm and then $7.6k for a meal plan as of this year

[strong monolith]

the scholarships are based on a lot of things, theres no specific aspect that they look for

[west heath]

i see i see

so they basically look at ur app again

[strong monolith]

no

they make the decision when they admit you

[west heath]

oh interesting

[sharp oyster]

i believe it’s holistic

[nocturne shuttle]

why do they not tell you immediately then

[strong monolith]

about merit scholarships? probably because they're mostly done by interview and its easier to get info across when its not another block of text in an acceptance letter

[nocturne shuttle]

ah fair

[strong monolith]

also the portal is prone to crashing so that probably has something to do w it too

[west heath]

also u think theyll take someone off the scholarship list if they commit already?

[cedar dock]

None of the commits I know got any scholarship, make of that what you will! 💙

[west heath]

oh yeah u also committed already right?

iirc the day it came out u sent the deposit or something

[cedar dock]

Yep!

A lot of others in my program have as well

And all of us got zero merit aid

[west heath]

yeah

i mean it's logical

if i was the scholarship director or whatever, id assume whoever committed has the financial means to attend at full cost / with minimal fin aid and thus not need merit aid

esp since USC is in some troubles

[strong monolith]

theres not really any data to prove that

especially when youre getting info from a very homogenous pool

3/7 people in my major have the trustee scholarship

there really is no specific way they go about it

[west heath]

i see

[west heath]

makes sense

[quaint arrow]

crap

what else do kids do to afford it

[strong monolith]

usc has a very wealthy student body

don’t get me wrong there are a good amount of low-income students

but if you can’t afford it then just don’t go

[quaint arrow]

i’m like middle class and i wanna go bad it’s just so odee expensive and i didn’t get scholarship so i’m just waiting to see if i get aid

which allegedly comes out february but idk

[west heath]

really? i thought fin aid came out in late march

or was that RD

if u want to get an estimate: https://financialaid.usc.edu/undergraduate-financial-aid/calculate-your-costs/

[tranquil moss]

tbh you can never count on merit scholarships at very competitive schools. the only reason i considered applying to USC was for the national merit scholarship, and when they slashed that, there was no financial basis for me going

(ineligible for need-based aid)

[cedar dock]

Oh for sure, for sure!

It's just an unfortunate reality

Already been getting a decent amount of outside merit aid, at least, so I have hope I'll still be able to go

Assuming one is able to secure a spot there, would it be a bad idea for a freshman to dorm in Cale and Irani?

My roommate and I are both big fans of the layout styles, amenities and location, but we're worried it might be alienating being freshman in a primarily sophomore year dorm

[strong monolith]

you shouldnt expect to get a spot

since its open to upperclassmen most if not all of the spots will be filled by the time you apply

[cedar dock]

I don't at all

But I'll for sure be one of the first to submit housing for freshmen, if there ARE spots, I'd be most likely to get one

[strong monolith]

you have to pick a specific room style

[cedar dock]

Yep yep!

1. 2B2P – Cale and Irani ($7,435)
2. 2B4P – Cale and Irani ($6,535)
3. 2B4P – Webb Tower ($6,465)
4. DBLE – Birnkrant ($6,221)
5. 8PDBLE – Parkside A&H ($6,330)

This was what I was planning on submitting!

[strong monolith]

you rank several choices in the application and then they do their best to assign you to one but its not guaranteed

the 2b4p are the most popular room layouts

[cedar dock]

And the most common type, too!

If there's any freshmen getting a spot in Cale & Irani, it'd be the ones who'll have their applications in within the first 5 minutes who rank Cale and Irani first, right?

[strong monolith]

not necessarily

also didnt you say you needed accommodations

OSAS dorms are only on the first floor as far as i know

[cedar dock]

I have a disability, but not a handicap. Turns out a bulk of housing accommodations are geared towards the latter, rather than the former!

[cedar dock]

How so?

[strong monolith]

because if they dont have 2b4p in cale and irani they wont put you there at all

and they take personality into consideration when assigning freshmen

theres an entire questionnaire you fill out so that you dont have to live with someone who wakes up at 6am when you wake up at 10am, someone who is messy when youre a neat freak, etc.

[cedar dock]

Ayee that's such a neat system!

Would that matter if you already have a roommate selected with the same housing preferences?

[cedar dock]

Makes sense!

[cloud elbow]

is this reach or target?

i feel like it is a safety

[misty current]

lol good one

[cedar dock]

Dude do you have a life?

[cloud elbow]

sup

of course i do

but you still havent answer that question though

[errant mirage]

Rage bait used to be believable

[vagrant badge]

Hey I'll take ur offer tho if u dont want it

We can trade

[cedar dock]

Okayy willing to hear out this offer

[errant mirage]

Expected

[quaint arrow]

uhh

i meant to put accepted

mb

[digital bear]

good thing i didn't need merit aid to go 🙏 cuz like my app was actual ass i did it in like two hours a day before the deadline

i just gotta finish fast portal today and im chill (?)

[scarlet matrix]

a letter saying pls come and a pack of gum

[flat shale]

no airpods? :(

that's so depressing

why are they cheaping out

[errant mirage]

yea were not getting anything

[scarlet matrix]

it was an airtag i’m p sure earlier

[hot olive]

how does the usc housing application work?

[open silo]

has anyone from the northeast gotten their acceptance package yet 👀

[digital bear]

imma get rescinded on god

[strong monolith]

they didn’t send airpods, they sent airtags and also i wouldn’t call a school ceasing to send six figures worth of customized tech to hs seniors who aren’t even guaranteed to attend “cheaping out” lol

[strong monolith]

you rank 5 buildings/room styles that you want and fill out a personality questionnaire and they do their best to place you with a student (or students) who has a similar personality in one of the room styles you requested

avoid new north at all costs unless you want to see horrific shit from future frat bros xoxo

[tulip ice]

That and like if u look at uc acceptance packages it’s sad bro

Like why yall complaining

Actually nvm yall are perfect for usc

[strong monolith]

LMFAOOOOO

like i loved the acceptance package, it was more than i got from any other school

[next peak]

do they still send airtags?

[leaden haven]

can someone send me the usc 2029 discord server?

[strong monolith]

not 100% but its looking like no + when admits did get airtags it was only if they were admitted into marshall

[next peak]

YESS MARSHALL

ok js need to get in

[cedar dock]

Nope 😓

We got downgraded, Anna 😭😭

[next peak]

oh😭😭

girl i’m sorry wth

[digital bear]

Why is my school absolutely obsessed with usc

I tell 3 fucking people and it spreads all over the school

I got classmates i havent talked to since kindergarten telling my mom congrats 💀💀💀

Like calm tf down on god

[scarlet matrix]

i gotchu bro lemme rescind yo acceptance rq

[leaden haven]

can someone send me the usc 2029 discord server?

[tulip ice]

USC kids are too cool for discord

[strong monolith]

fish w the amount of yearning you do in vv you can’t even make this joke work

[tulip ice]

Nah I ain’t part of ur side. I’m with the other side

I’m the type shi cool ass sit back chill guy

[quaint arrow]

told my nyu friend we got an admitted students group chat on insta he said all he has is a discord with kids so bad hes already starting the transfer process (he ed'd)

[digital bear]

Theres an admitted students groupchat?

[flat shale]

Yes I got mine

They sent a mug

And a booklet

And stickers

And a flag

• the paper stuff like the acceptance letter and certificate etc

[cedar dock]

Damn???

That's an insane package omg

[digital bear]

a whole mug?

damn my dornsife package is dookie

[strong monolith]

if you think usc acceptance packages are dookie you’re in for a rude awakening with literally every other school lmfao

[sharp oyster]

wtff i didn’t get a mug smh

[digital bear]

Stickers

[strong monolith]

viterbi admits get them

[sharp oyster]

sigh

[digital bear]

why only competitive majors get good stuff

[gaunt hawk]

LOL

I wonder what the Iovine peeps will get

[open silo]

wow omg 👀👀

that makes the app fee so worth it

i got in for dornsife so i think it'll probably have less stuff but hopefully it'll come soon!!

[misty current]

i got stickers more or less

also got a pennant that i put on my wall here so that was pretty cool too

but nothing airtags level

[civic kernel]

how does housing app work? do you just rank which dorms u want?

[misty current]

dorm and room type

and u pick top 5

[civic kernel]

alr thanks

[halcyon wind]

im a viterbi admit i didnt get a mug 😔

[green karma]

does USC do interviews

[sacred vapor]

Only for merit scholarships

[green karma]

oh ok so for RD they wont contact you for anything

[sacred vapor]

Nope

They might email u for fin aid stuff

If they need any more docs

[elfin pollen]

can anyone go to the usc housing portal

or is it glitched rn

[mental seal]

no 💀

[cedar dock]

Wait so

How does the roommate group thing function?

If like you have 3 people all listing the same dorm options, and they've joined a group

Will they get matched into housing in accordance with the first or last application submitted?

[elfin pollen]

how about now

[cedar dock]

Good news is, it looks like there's still some spaces available in the dorm listings for Cale + Webb!

Some room types aren't available, but others are!

[elfin pollen]

what does this stand for

[misty current]

i would assume the first

[cedar dock]

3 person double and 3 person single

It's when there's a 2 room apartment/suite, but one room is a single (only one bed), and the other is a double (two beds)

[cedar dock]

Thank you!

[elfin pollen]

is 4PSGLE

a room of 4, but everyone is in their own room

[cedar dock]

That's a 4 room suite, with each room only having one bed

[cedar dock]

Yep!

You can see examples of these dorm layouts in the housing website right here!

https://housing.usc.edu/index.php/buildings/usc-village-building-6/

[elfin pollen]

ohh i see

thx!

[cedar dock]

NP!

[misty current]

arden you are dialed in

i respect the hustle

[cedar dock]

LMAO thank you! Gotta build that trojan network early! 💙

Still on the fence about staying committed, but every scholarship I apply for/get boosts those chances ever so slightly higher!

[quaint arrow]

where would u switch over to

[cedar dock]

wdym?

[quaint arrow]

like u said ur on the fence abt staying committed where else would u commit to

[cedar dock]

Depends where else I get into, lol!

[quaint arrow]

anywhere u alr got into?

[cedar dock]

So far, Northeastern, UVA, UNC, UF, and then all my safeties!

[strong monolith]

housing renewal hasn’t started yet

[strong monolith]

it doesn’t matter

you’ll just be assigned as a unit

[cedar dock]

It hasn't?

[strong monolith]

its later this month

[cedar dock]

oh weird, that's not what it said on the website 😅

[strong monolith]

you have to register for it in january

but the actual renewal where you’re contracted to a dorm is in february

[strong monolith]

it’s much more difficult to assign a block of people into a dorm than it is to just match up single applicants

[warped bramble]

Impressive

[halcyon wind]

how does getting housing at mccarthy work? do I apply after I get my merit scholarship decision?

[strong monolith]

were you invited to interview?

[halcyon wind]

yes

for trustee/prez

[strong monolith]

you can apply for mccarthy, you’re almost guaranteed to get one of the scholarships unless you horrendously bomb your interview lol

[halcyon wind]

woah okay! tysm

[scarlet matrix]

get the 4B4P it’s by far the best housing option

you get to have suitemates but your own room

and 100% go for mccarthy it’s by far the best imho

[halcyon wind]

yeah, that's what i was considering! i stayed in a 2b4p in crc back when i did usc summer, and i think having my own room's definitely more my style than that

[scarlet matrix]

is that cale?

[halcyon wind]

cowlings and ilium

[scarlet matrix]

erm

funny

you’ll live in ilium as a sophomore

if you’re an honors kid

lol

[halcyon wind]

right

[scarlet matrix]

i currently live there

[halcyon wind]

lmfaoo

[scarlet matrix]

but singles are definitely really nice

they just run out really quickly

[halcyon wind]

yeah fair

thing is

im really not sure if ill commit to USC

still really dicey on if i should apply housing rn

[scarlet matrix]

it’s worth applying nonetheless

realistically if ur being interviewed you’re probably going to get at least prezzy (which is 50% off of tuition)

[halcyon wind]

yeah

[scarlet matrix]

i think 99% of people interviewed either get one of trustee/presidential

[halcyon wind]

they said it's uh

50% for presidential

and 1 in every 7 for trustee

[scarlet matrix]

which means you’re either gonna get all of tuition off or 50% of tuition off for presidential

[halcyon wind]

in the email they sent me

[scarlet matrix]

like 1 in 7 people interviewed?

[halcyon wind]

i think with national merit i alr get 20k/year

[halcyon wind]

yea

[scarlet matrix]

fun fact national merit used to be presidential by default

[halcyon wind]

used to be presidential but they lowered the amount 😔

[scarlet matrix]

yup

[halcyon wind]

yea

[scarlet matrix]

fuckin love it here

[halcyon wind]

ngl

USC's a great school

[scarlet matrix]

idk why they’re slashing merit aid shits goated

[halcyon wind]

and i lowkey grew up surrounded by SC shit

[scarlet matrix]

tho in all honesty i wouldn’t mind if they slashed all of national merit and put that towards just giving people more merit scholarships in the first place

but they’re slashing it for austerity which is dumb

[halcyon wind]

yeah

fr

[scarlet matrix]

you from Socal area?

[halcyon wind]

i live in india rn, but i was born there, and both my parents are usc alums

[scarlet matrix]

fight on haha

[halcyon wind]

haha yeah

[scarlet matrix]

runs in the family

[halcyon wind]

fr

like my favorite hoodie ever since i was a kid has been

[scarlet matrix]

according to @unreal mica we ‘don’t consider legacy status’

[halcyon wind]

this really big trojans hoodie i stole from dad

well it used to be really big on me i have grown like two feet in height since then

[scarlet matrix]

lowkey school spirit seemed so corny to me before coming to college but i hella rep the merch now

[scarlet matrix]

makes sense

[halcyon wind]

oh fs

[halcyon wind]

doesnt usc like

state themselves

that SCions get preference

well they wont from next year (supposedly)

[scarlet matrix]

we have something called the trojan transfer plan which according to kiley isn’t only for legacies (she was on it even tho she’s not a legacy iirc)

[scarlet matrix]

yeah

[halcyon wind]

yea ive heard of the ttp

fair enough

nah usc's a great school, im just unsure between GT vs USC (and im still holding out for stanford/berkeley RD)

[opaque bobcat]

i heard they’re scrapping the program rn

[flat shale]

Already

I still needa do mine naurr

[misty current]

im 99% sure it still exists in some form except the name ttp is just not used anymore

[strong monolith]

i know someone on the ttp that isnt a legacy

lowkey makes me chuckle that i got in freshman year and she got the ttp bc she went to insane private schools in nyc her entire life but

[scarlet matrix]

the eat the rich complex is so real of u

[cedar dock]

Is this something to be hopeful about? 😅

[misty current]

he seems like a nice guy

i don't think it'll matter too much the real question is who the next actual president will be

[strong monolith]

bruh her dad was childhood friends with mine and they were poor asf but he played football at princeton and now he lives in a penthouse in nyc. shit's wild

[scarlet matrix]

yes this seems to be how capitalism motivates socioeconomic mobility

we handpick a single individual on a somewhat arbitrary basis and reward them with a 1000x in annual income, whilst letting the rest stay

this is s.t. it appears America and the American Dream truly provides avenues for socioeconomic mobility through the beauties provided by the growth component of capitalism!

[digital bear]

Which housings do i choose

Like which are the coolest

And bestest

[strong monolith]

new north is the worstest

everyone i know who lives in marks and parkside loves it but the elevators in marks break down like once a month

[strong monolith]

real

man retired at 50 and my father works 50-60 hours a week lol

[digital bear]

Stairs are workout

https://tenor.com/view/reishi-27-a-the-almighty-quincy-gif-6205934780668689718

[strong monolith]

i live in webb and i personally really like it but it definitely lacks the social aspect a lot of freshman dorms have

[scarlet matrix]

mccarthy

[halcyon wind]

well

trustee/prez interview tomorrow

anyone got any advice?

[hot olive]

i just got my fin aid summary and i don’t see my merit scholarship counted in my COA. do i just subtract the merit scholarship amount i got from the COA to see what I actually have left to pay?

[strong monolith]

did you officially receive a merit scholarship or were you selected to interview

[hot olive]

i only received the deans scholarship so no interviews

[strong monolith]

the merit aid is allocated separately from finaid. when you get an official offer it’ll be on there if not soon after

[scarlet matrix]

is it actually

ive heard of merit aid being removed from finaid

[strong monolith]

wdym

in my experience they didn’t add my scholarship to my fast portal until august 5th of last year lol

[tulip ice]

Webb tower no one shows enough luv for Webb

[digital bear]

How am i supposed to choose a room preference

[cedar dock]

As in like... how do you pick which one, or how do you submit your picks to the school?

[digital bear]

Like which one do i pick

Theyre all undecipherable strings of letters and numbers

[cedar dock]

OH you gotta go onto the USC housing website, it gives the layouts there+

https://housing.usc.edu/index.php/buildings/mccarthy-honors-residential-college/

[digital bear]

Theres like 3 million buildings

[next peak]

so look thru them

[warped bramble]

reall

[next peak]

hi god

[warped bramble]

hi anna

[sharp oyster]

what r the benefits and drawbacks

to like

picking now

idk

do we have to

[cedar dock]

Benefits = you get a better shot of getting matched to your desired dorm
Drawbacks = you have to pay $60?

[cedar dock]

11 for freshmen 😓

If you don't have honors, 10

[sharp oyster]

ohh okay

wait when is this due

bc i’m really sick rn and not willing to do stuff 😭

[digital bear]

What is honors

Is it that merit scholarship thingy

[cedar dock]

Technically like may 1st, but the sooner the better!

Esp if you can get it in before RD results!!

[cedar dock]

Yep

[digital bear]

K i didn’t get any of those

So no mccarthy

[sharp oyster]

alr alr

thank u!!

[cedar dock]

Oh I'm so sorry

[cedar dock]

No problem!!

[digital bear]

I can lowkey commute tho

Should i do it

[sharp oyster]

how far r u

i’m like 1-1.5 hrs away

sorry that lowk sounds creepy i just meant like it would prolly decide if the distance is commutable

[digital bear]

30 min ong

[misty current]

i think sc makes all freshmen live on campus year 1

30 min is doable but not ideal vs something any closer

[digital bear]

Aw man

[scarlet matrix]

youd miss out on campus sdtff lowkey

[unreal mica]

nope not true

usc doesnt have housing requirement

[misty current]

my bad

[unreal mica]

nah all good lmfao

[warm token]

Did anyone here do the tax supplement form for a parent if so what am i supposed to do 😭

I dont understand the language

[hardy owl]

I think you have to upload the 1040 or one of the selected documents

[warm token]

Theres nothing to upload

I have to fill out a form with

The tax information

Except idk where to get the info from 😭

[hardy owl]

from your tax forms

eventually you'll have to upload somewhere if i remember correctly

[warm token]

Thank

[warm token]

Thanks!

[strong monolith]

one of my friends commutes from ontario and shes chill

itll save you like $20k

[digital bear]

yknow what ill just bet on housing aid tbh

i have weighed the prospects of living at home and i dont' wanna be there anymore

even if it means living 30 minutes away 💀

[digital bear]

Chat i thought under 80k income had zero tuition

Oh nvm that thingy was an estimatw

Why the estimate telling me to take out loans 💀💀💀

[strong monolith]

bro they fucking broke $100k

they really raised tuition another $5k

[digital bear]

Oh shit its 100k now

[strong monolith]

i’m gonna crash out

[digital bear]

It was like 92k two years ago right

[strong monolith]

try $66k tuition for 23-24

and now 25-26 is gonna be $75k

19-20 was $55k

$20k in six years

just in tuition

i hate this fucking school

[digital bear]

Holy shit

Finaid save me 🙏

[strong monolith]

if i get my estimate and they try to pull a fast one on me again i will unleash the wrath of 1000 suns on the office of financial aid

[digital bear]

Haha “fast” one

[digital bear]

If usc discontinues that free tuition for under 80k income students in the future

I am fucked

Is there any chance of that happening

[strong monolith]

no

[digital bear]

Ok i am safe then

[strong monolith]

yea you’ll be fine

[digital bear]

Just need to get 25k in scholarships for housing

Shit this other costs section is expensive

[strong monolith]

bro no way they’re jacking up tuition by more than 5% again

[digital bear]

Why tf is there 2k in mandatory fees

Whats that for

[strong monolith]

fantastic question

i could not tell you

[digital bear]

They just sucking up money from students

How absolutely dastardly

[strong monolith]

it’s despicable

there’s no reason a school with an $8,000,000,000 endowment should be charging $100,000 a year

[digital bear]

Admin needs their vacation to the maldives

[strong monolith]

if every undergrad student had their full cost of attendance covered the endowment would still have $5,900,000,000 left

that’s still more than the vast majority of schools across the world

[vocal timber]

@digital bear u got into usc?

[digital bear]

Yuh

[vocal timber]

well get that aid soon

otherwise its best to leave the school behind

aid is getting cooked there

[digital bear]

My estimated cost is 2k so i think im chilling

[next peak]

UMM it wwent thru

i think it said they get data from irs..

anyways i cant access it no more

cus it says fin aid in review

😭

so idk

[warm token]

Thank you 😭😭

[warped bramble]

but they lose 2 bil no reason for them to do that

📈

their graph needs to go like this

[scarlet matrix]

tuition is 75K????????

SINCE WHEN WHAT

[digital bear]

If its estimated will that change or nah

[strong monolith]

its possible but since you already have full tuition covered it shouldnt change too much

[strong monolith]

no reason except the pearly gates of heaven

[strong monolith]

usc admin goes straight to hell when they die no plausible deniability

EVILLLL

[scarlet matrix]

got it

applying to work for USIF trust

[strong monolith]

bro i hate this place

[scarlet matrix]

why

[strong monolith]

i had to look up transfer options last night because i had a ton of external scholarships covering expenses this year but i might not be able to afford next year

[scarlet matrix]

eek

[strong monolith]

im going to be in that finaid office every day until they give me enough aid

[scarlet matrix]

yeah theres a fundamental problem with tthe way higher education is so fucking annoying

[scarlet matrix]

as u should lowk

[strong monolith]

the way one of the best schools in the world is so fucking stingy that they have me looking into transferring back to my state school after six months

[scarlet matrix]

brah

[strong monolith]

i think i might die if i have to move back to pennsylvania

[scarlet matrix]

the way that ours is uniquely the only society in the world that gatekeeps education behind this expensive of a paywall

[strong monolith]

and hides it behind the facade of schools meeting demonstrated need

if usc really met 100% of demonstrated need i would not be in debt

[quaint arrow]

im so confused why is the aid so bad i thought rich people go there

shouldnt they have money

[flat shale]

Wait where did u find this

[strong monolith]

youll get it when you get your aid estimate

[strong monolith]

theres a disproportionately high number of rich people here because its so expensive

also international students arent eligible for aid and they make up like 36% of the total undergrad and post-grad population

[flat shale]

They email it to u?

[digital bear]

They sent it to me after i finished the finaid

The fast portal

Which i most certainly messed up some where

[flat shale]

I finished it a while ago but didn't get mine

😭

[strong monolith]

when you get it its in your fast portal

[strong monolith]

they dont startdoing aid until february

[quaint arrow]

oh i thought since there’s sm rich people theyd have the money to give aid to those who can’t afford

[brazen flower]

wait guys is it true they tend to reject NMF/NMSF bc i’m one and that has me worried

[halcyon wind]

im NMSF, was accepted + invited to interview for trustee/prez scholarship

haven’t seen any real evidence of this being true

plus they brought down the NMF scholarship award from half-tuition to 20k this year; they may intend to accept more of us

[brazen flower]

okay that actually makes me feel a lot better 😭

i’m really hoping i get in here

[strong monolith]

they do have a lot of money! the endowment is $8,000,000,000. they just don’t use it for aid

[scarlet matrix]

in our defense we run one of the biggest aid programs across the country

when you account for the fact that we are a huge school in terms of class size, we offer a lot more aid than most private schools do overall

[tulip ice]

so is more aid and scholarship coming or wut

cuz this school getting me broke

[strong monolith]

bruh look at #🍳-adulting

its brutal out here

[tulip ice]

damn i feel ur pain lowk

[nocturne shuttle]

wtf 100k coa

i think that might be my total for 4 years 😭

[scarlet matrix]

how much aid are you on what

berkeley is NOT 25k a year

berkeley CoA for OOS is like 80k lol

In state is like 45k a year

[nocturne shuttle]

"i think that might"

it's not the regular coa

but if i can strategize this it might be total

[scarlet matrix]

are you getting aid??????

[nocturne shuttle]

not exactly

its complicated

[quaint arrow]

pls how tf do i ger more aid from usc 💀 🙏

[misty current]

let me know if you find out 🙂

maybe my aid won't get cut next year

[digital bear]

fuck i think i need to take out loans

even with the 90% covered

im that poor 😭

30k in debt is better than 400k+ debt at least

[tulip ice]

I mean imma be real 30k debt for all 4 years is really not that bad

[digital bear]

my mom said there was like 10k maximum expense we can spend in total 😭

[tulip ice]

U can also pay it off with work study and jobs

[digital bear]

• work study i can bump it down to like 25k

but i need more aid

time to grind scholarships

i didn't qualify for any merit shit so that sucks

[tulip ice]

Good idea but 25k per year or all 4 years

[digital bear]

all 4

[tulip ice]

Ya ur fine

I’d say

[digital bear]

med school will be cooked tho

[tulip ice]

Ya idk

Abt that lol it’s gunna be expensive

[digital bear]

imma be abusing finaid while its still here

[opaque geode]

Fellow IYA applicants how r the interviews going

[quaint arrow]

where tf do i even find scholarhsips to hrind ts got me fucked up

[strong monolith]

bold.org, scholarships.com, scholarships360, niche, redkite

also google "scholarships for [your town/county] students" bc there might be local orgs

[quaint arrow]

thx gngsta

[nimble turret]

are there any big ones i should be applying to rn

[strong monolith]

right now most well-known scholarship deadlines have passed (gates, jack kent cooke, coke, elks, etc) and most others close in march so i would just apply to whatever you can rn

[nimble turret]

i alr appluied to those

jkc and gates didnt qualify for bc income req lower than what we make

i did ge reagan and live mas tho

[little folio]

guys

i just got an interview for usc sca (game design)

🥺

oml

did any of u apply sca

this is so scary!!

[open silo]

OMGGG CONGRATS

YOU GOT THIS

[little folio]

thank you jaiden

aahahhhhahhhgn i'm so nervous for it !!

[flat shale]

Did anyone have their merit scholarship interview yet

Mines in 3 days 😭

[little folio]

:O good luck!

[strong monolith]

yay!! one of my friends is CS games and she loves it

i also had to interview for my major (not totally the same bc im in dramatic arts) but if you have questions def lmk

[silk drift]

Hi!

Does anyone know the fight on story??

Rando question!!

[silk drift]

Ugh idk how many days until the 15th it feels like it’s tmr!!!

[silk drift]

Getting my essays helped with too I have a good stance but ugh I’m so scared

My teacher wrote me a letter of rec and for some reason im like terrified to read it😭😭😭

[misty current]

you're asking about where the phrase came from?

tldr a long time ago usc and stanford had a track meet

usc was getting beat really bad but then the "fighting methodists" or whatever usc was at the time rallied and almost won the meet

a guy writing for the daily trojan (i think) wrote in his article that the runners "fought on like the trojans of antiquity" and it stuck

that's why usc athletics are called the trojans and the phrase is fight on

[little folio]

ohh wait no this is imgd under cinematic arts !! haha

still so awesome tho

[silk drift]

Ya

Ohhh

My statement includes it on how I include the phrase in my everyday life due to resilience

[harsh barn]

wait are we supposed to submit midyear grades

i have a concurrent enrollment class that wrapped up 1st sem and wasn't on my high school transcript

[strong monolith]

no ik!! i was just saying my friend is in similar program in sca lol

[little folio]

OHH i see i see

cs games is so cool too

grhshshdjfhdjfj usc....

[tawdry glacier]

hi

hi

[barren jacinth]

ooh I know a lot of ppl in imgd loll

[barren jacinth]

a what?

😭

[flat shale]

^

[strong monolith]

they do lol

[dense junco]

Same

[dense junco]

I didn’t get any merit last yr 😱

[misty current]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DF_b1vtS_JI/

tldr acceptance rate expected ~10% this cycle which is roughly same as 9.2% last year

usc got 83k apps this year, took 3.5k EA and expects 5-5.4k RD

[little folio]

omg :o akfbfbcbndbc

wait do u know how big is the imgd class?

[strong monolith]

all BFA programs are very small because of how labor-intensive/student-focused they are

[little folio]

makes sense

[strong monolith]

i think imgd is like 20 ppl but i may be off

[little folio]

i heard it was like around 12 people

ohhh

yeah probably around there 😰😰

[barren jacinth]

seems kinda small

I ended up invited to a random server w all the queer freshman imgd ppl tho lol

[barren jacinth]

“There’s about 140 people in total! Most are in game dev, there’s also like 20 per year in game art. Smallest division in IMGD is probably themed entertainment”
My friends answer

[little folio]

ohh!!! tysm omg

[shy ingot]

Asking any students, how easy/fast is it to guest a non-usc person into my dorm?

I don't want to repeatedly be running through USC beauracracy with guys over Grindr

@misty current since you're online

[misty current]

so i never actually lived in a dorm so i'm not sure about the experience in birnk mccarthy or whatever

but in the usc village apartment i'm in it's as simple as saying you have a guest and they get their own little card thingy when they give the housing attendant their id

there are some policies like not having guests over 3 nights in a row etc etc but they won't apply to 99% of times where you'll have someone over anyway

[shy ingot]

what if they have no id, and is some guy with no connection to usc whatsoever

[misty current]

no connection to usc isn't a problem i got my buddy from a diff college in no problem

but i've never seen anyone get in w/o giving dl or some kind of id

[flat shale]

LMAO that's so real

[shy ingot]

white socal homosexuals aint ready for me

[flat shale]

Exactly

[shy ingot]

first thing I do on move in day is check out the USC gym and if they got the weightlifting machines for my routine

Imma boutta rock college life

[flat shale]

Yesss ima check it out during the admitted students day

[quaint arrow]

does anyone here know much about the PPL major

thats what i got in for and if anyones in it i js wanna know their thoughts

[shy ingot]

push pull lift?

[unreal mica]

philosophy politics and law?? good major!

[dense junco]

You got village housing as junior?

[misty current]

i have junior standing right now but last sem during uhr this year was my soph standing that's how i got housing

[shy ingot]

Doesn’t the usc website say that 35% of upperclassmen get usc housing

https://housing.usc.edu/index.php/section/undergraduate-upperclassmen/#:~:text=However%2C there are over 20%2C000,live in non-university housing.

[dense junco]

ohh ok

[dense junco]

there are some housing off campus like gateway

[misty current]

not guaranteed though + normally upperclassmen live off campus

ex i will live off campus next year

[dense junco]

that are technically usc's (as in university gateway)

but most gotta live somewhere else

i hope i can get village

next year

[strong monolith]

i’ve literally only met kiley so far

[cedar dock]

Ahhh themed entertainment sounds like such a fun major ngl

[cedar dock]

Bluh... here too?

[barren jacinth]

depends on how chill the security guard is (esp w village housing)

my friend guested in someone with just a pic of their id yesterday

but generally if they have the physical ID it’s pretty hassle free

cargar and century let you basically bring anyone in — no id or check necessary

[shy ingot]

not everyone is on both forums

[cedar dock]

True but some things are better said with

I guess more tact lol? 😭

[shy ingot]

what else could I be possibly be talking about
what other activity involves repeatedly bringing different non-usc strangers into my apartment, never to talk to them again

[strong monolith]

your roommates are going to hate you

btw

[shy ingot]

I'm fully transparent with any potential roommate candidates

[strong monolith]

you will likely be put w randomized roommates in some way

[flat shale]

Let's be roommates so we don't have to annoy other ppl cause we're gonna be doing the same shit as each other 😍

[vale palm]

Is there an admitted students disc

[cedar dock]

You were very much not

[shy ingot]

I don’t mean on the housing application
I meant when private messaging them lmao

[cedar dock]

So did I

You asked me to be your roommate last week, in case you forgot 😓

[quaint arrow]

LMFAO

[shy ingot]

Yeah we stopped chatting before then because you hadn’t expressed continued interest, and got another 3 roommates 💀

[quaint arrow]

i was like

ive seen this msg before

[cedar dock]

Yep! But it's sorta completely dead tbh!

[shy ingot]

There’s a very active insta

[quaint arrow]

i think he was pretty transparent when we dmd lol

[cedar dock]

I mean I can quote for a fact, you said "I'm also gay btw, but not like it matters"

[quaint arrow]

i think first hour he said do u mind if i bring weekly hookups

LMFAO

[vale palm]

Could u link me up

[cedar dock]

Yeah sure!

[quaint arrow]

when do we need roomates by

[shy ingot]

I consider that to be independent from hooking up

[next peak]

THIS WILD

[shy ingot]

May I think

[quaint arrow]

also do yall think usc is worth the tuition

[next peak]

☠️

[quaint arrow]

ok bet thx

when does rd come out

[next peak]

NO WAY

hi arden

[cedar dock]

Honestly I don't think so

[quaint arrow]

oh

[cedar dock]

I don't think any of these private schools are worth the face value

[quaint arrow]

not cool

[next peak]

ya tehy all scams

lowk

bc like

colleeg should NOT cost that much

[quaint arrow]

bruh if i was president these schools would be catching hands

[shy ingot]

Depends on major, situation, desires, etc

[cedar dock]

But if you're able to get enough aid that it's not LEGIT CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION to go, or that amount is somehow chump change to you, then yeah why not

[tranquil spoke]

good ol 95k per year

[next peak]

so chesp!!

[cedar dock]

100k now 😓

[quaint arrow]

100k*

[tranquil spoke]

and they are cutting down on fin aid!

wait fr?

[quaint arrow]

yes

[cedar dock]

OMG HEY ANNA!!

[quaint arrow]

i gagged when i saw my statment

[quaint arrow]

and am appealing finaid for the second time

[next peak]

hiii :DD

[cedar dock]

They haven't outwardly said... wouldn't be shocked

[quaint arrow]

thats cap on the portal its 100k

[tranquil spoke]

cuz of the lawsiut

[quaint arrow]

and it only increases yearly

[tranquil spoke]

wow

[cedar dock]

The new financial aid packages say 100k

[flat shale]

Same

[cedar dock]

Which one LMAOO

[warm token]

When does rd for usc come out

[flat shale]

They didn't give anyone their financial aid yet right

[tranquil spoke]

thats crazy

[quaint arrow]

the vars blues one?

[cedar dock]

There was a new one last week

[next peak]

CHLOE HII

like late mar i think

[warm token]

ANNA HIIIIIIIII

[next peak]

😞

[cedar dock]

I think most people who submitted by the priority deadline received it

[flat shale]

Whatt

[next peak]

i dont wanna wait no more

[warm token]

thank you!

[cedar dock]

Or the gynecologist one

[tranquil spoke]

George Tyndall one about SA

[quaint arrow]

yeah idk anyone who didnt get it

[flat shale]

They still didnt give me mine

[warm token]

REAL

[flat shale]

I submitted ts like 2 months ago

WTH

[cedar dock]

Ohh yep yep

[warm token]

LIKE ANOTHER MONTH PLEASE

[next peak]

UM WHAT IS THIS?!

[flat shale]

It's said "in review" for the past 2 months

[tranquil spoke]

biggest SA lawsuit ever

[cedar dock]

Insane

[warm token]

How many lawsuits does this school have 😭

[tranquil spoke]

thats why they cut merit scholarships in half

ngl tho i thought they were gonna accept me in EA cuz i didnt need fin aid... ig not

[shy ingot]

Men in positions of power try to be normal challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[flat shale]

I'm boutta call up the financial aid office ig

[cedar dock]

Yes! 😋

[warm token]

😭😭😭

[flat shale]

Ok so he basically said just wait

And nothings wrong with my things and they have everything

So idk

[shy ingot]

that’s good

(Also check insta dms)

[misty current]

just ask around here if you're a skeptic lmao

5% tuition hike too

[cedar dock]

I'll make sure to do so in april 😋

[misty current]

ah right the explore usc right

what day is that

[cedar dock]

April 13th!

Oddly familiar date

[misty current]

wow thats early

[flat shale]

Did you get yours btw

Like estimated financial aid

[misty current]

normally its in like 20s of april

[cedar dock]

Yeah definitely