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

[misty current]

same as like dean's list

[cedar dock]

It's not like state flagships where honors is the top 5% or smth

[sharp oyster]

the campus is nice! why did u pick usc as ur top choice?

i’m js curious

i live local so i go there a lot (went on a date w my bf during the scioly tournament a couple weeks ago there)

[cedar dock]

They're arguably the best school in the country for my major, business of cinematic arts!

[sharp oyster]

i like the campus and i’ve been in a lot of the rooms cos i followed scioly around that day

[misty current]

yo you live local and people are hating on you for considering usc??

[cedar dock]

It's a top 5 business school combined with a top 5 film school

[sharp oyster]

yea i’m in oc

[misty current]

ah they are brainwashed by uci

[sharp oyster]

shit that’s really insane

r u gonna go?

[cedar dock]

Tbh that makes more sense than anywhere else

[sharp oyster]

i remember u said it was kinda a financial thing stopping u

from like full sending committing

[cedar dock]

If I can afford it lmao 😭

[sharp oyster]

LMFAO nah like

they just love the UCs and

fuckin ivies lmfao

[misty current]

ofc ive been to oc a million times

typical asian behavior

[cedar dock]

Parents refuse to fill out fafsa, and I got somewhere between a full ride and half ride to Emory, so they refuse to pay more for USC now

[sharp oyster]

like my friend’s dad was almost tryna comfort me about getting into usc and im like

[misty current]

well at least when i go

[sharp oyster]

why r u comforting me about getting into a t30 college 😭 🙏

[sharp oyster]

oh jeez

[cedar dock]

LMAOO

[sharp oyster]

your parents seem annoying

[cedar dock]

UCLA vs. USC rivalry go hard

[sharp oyster]

LMFAO

[cedar dock]

Yep 💙

[misty current]

like being on this side of it

hot take

[cedar dock]

I'm trying to get my merit aid re-evaluated, but odds are I won't be able to 😭

[misty current]

ucla is respectable

but

i feel like its worse than usc

[sharp oyster]

i think usc is a nice school but… 25 decisions left

like i literally have gotten 2 non-safety decisions lol

[cedar dock]

SHEESH girl I applied to 20 schools and I only have 8 left dang

[sharp oyster]

and 4 total

[cedar dock]

How many did you apply to?

[sharp oyster]

31

[cedar dock]

Ohhh, did you apply REA somewhere?

[sharp oyster]

i’d say like 1 autoadmit 3-5 safeties

8 targets

bunch of reaches

[misty current]

yall i applied to like 20 but 8 were ucs how do you even have the time to do like 25

[sharp oyster]

i also applied as a lot of diff majors lol

like usc was my only physics or cs💀

[cedar dock]

A lot of schools have repeated essays now

[sharp oyster]

i’m actually a humanities girlie

[cedar dock]

USC was one of like 4 I did that even had a why us essay

[cedar dock]

Twinnn!

[sharp oyster]

yay!!

[sharp oyster]

yeah i did caltech and usc and i honestly got a bit worried that usc broke caltech’s rea contract idfk i was told it wouldn’t but idk

it’s wtv cos i realized tech schools weren’t for me and the rejection pushed me harder for my other apps fs

[cedar dock]

Oh it doesn't! Which is super confusing but yolo

[sharp oyster]

i’m a little salty but i think i know myself better now and what i want so

[cedar dock]

USC >> Caltech anyways

[sharp oyster]

it’s allg fr

[sharp oyster]

HAHA

[misty current]

real

how many heismans does caltech have

[sharp oyster]

oh i uh

it was rough

[cedar dock]

How many Olympiads?

[sharp oyster]

i lowk lived at starbucks through winter break

[cedar dock]

How many Oscar winners?

[sharp oyster]

to the point where the employees know my name

and i once wrote an essay until 5 am

it was rough

[cedar dock]

That's so real

[sharp oyster]

i think i wrote like 100 hrs of essays over break LOL

[cedar dock]

HELP me cramming my math IA into one sitting tonight be like

[sharp oyster]

which is a lot considering i’m a creative writer 😭

so i usually bang stuff out fairly fast

[cedar dock]

OMG TWINN???

[sharp oyster]

OMGGG

what do u write

lemme guess

[cedar dock]

What kinda stuff do you usually write??

[sharp oyster]

plays

[cedar dock]

HELP HIVEMIND

[sharp oyster]

LMFAO JINX

FJAKFJSIS

[cedar dock]

HELLO HOW TF—

YES, LIKE EXCLUSIVELY

[sharp oyster]

cos ur a business cinematic art major 😭

i thought that was the obvious connection

i write mostly memoirs/creative nonfiction but also poetry (i’m awful)

write a bit of sci-fi

wish i could do plays

[misty current]

are you both really like playwrights at heart but have to do phys/cs and bca so you don't have to actually do that for a living

[sharp oyster]

am working on a book

[sharp oyster]

LMFAO YES.

[cedar dock]

Sci-fi 💙

[sharp oyster]

literally i’m a physics major bc my mom said vivi do u wanna do cs? (she only wants me to be a cs major) and i said “im gonna do physics or english u choose” and she chose physics LOL

[cedar dock]

The real people who get productions chosen are the network execs 😷

[sharp oyster]

and then i randomly applied to usc as physics/cs instead of materials science

bc i didn’t like the viterbi essays

[cedar dock]

I'm just playing the long game

[sharp oyster]

and cos my mom likes cs

and when they accepted me i was like tf cos i can’t even code

[cedar dock]

That's so real

I applied to BCA partially because I didn't love the 2500 words worth of essays needed for the screenwriting major

[sharp oyster]

LMAO WAIT REAL

my friend

did that one i think

he’s an english and tv screenwriting major thing

and

he had so many portfolios lol

[cedar dock]

Omg he eating for that

[sharp oyster]

fr

i applied to like a bunch of insanely competitive schools as smth humanities

and then i applied materials science to some stuff

and physics or general engineering to a couple

bro rd is gonna feel like a lottery since my apps r so random 😭

[cedar dock]

I'm sure you'll end up exactly where you need to be!

And hey, you're already clearly a super competitive USC applicant if you got merit, so just wait!

[sharp oyster]

yep u too!! isn’t emory a rlly great school too

what major?

also ur 11A 1R record is freaking insane. what’s the rejection out of curiosity 😭

[cedar dock]

For your work, absolutely! For mine, it's almost worthless 😭

[cedar dock]

BBA in Film and Media Management!

They... don't have the best film program

But they have a t-15 business program!

[sharp oyster]

aaa tbh ik my stats r fine (i think usc looked quite a bit at stats in ea) but it’s all about like essays/ecs/letters of rec here on out 😭

[cedar dock]

UT AUSTIN RD 😭😭

[sharp oyster]

i just finished 7 interviews LOL

[sharp oyster]

GIRL 😭 😭 they did not deserve u

like literally my friend didn’t get into ut aus rd and got into berkeley early for eecs w/ regents consideration

[cedar dock]

In my defense I totally should've applied EA, but my scores took too long to submit on collegeboard

[sharp oyster]

oh 🥰

[cedar dock]

LIKE THEY ONLY TAKE 10% FROM OOS

[sharp oyster]

*😭

wrong emoji LOL

[sharp oyster]

OMG STOP

i didn’t apply to aus lol

i had so many freaking essays

omg and

[cedar dock]

And then on TOP of that, they had 50% more OOS applicants this year than last year

[sharp oyster]

SO MANY PORTFOLIOS

i’m a musician AND a writer

so i submitted smth like 17 art portfolios

[sharp oyster]

jesus 😭

[cedar dock]

And on top of even THAT, McIntire is their most impacted major

So like

[misty current]

football effect

[sharp oyster]

what’s the football effect

[misty current]

its like

when a team does well in football

[cedar dock]

There were maybe 20 - 40 spots for my major when it came down to it?

[misty current]

they get a spike in apps the next cycle

[sharp oyster]

wait rlly

[misty current]

happened with UW this year because they went runner up last year's cfp

[sharp oyster]

i thought it was just that their cs program got popular or smth

LOL

[sharp oyster]

oh jeez

[cedar dock]

Isn't musk also trying to push for Texas to be a tech giant

[misty current]

idk about that

[sharp oyster]

ur so cool tho getting into everything else 😭

[misty current]

i just know he moved his hq there or something

[sharp oyster]

i remember that ur stats were solid af

[cedar dock]

THANK YOUUU

[misty current]

so it actually has a legit name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flutie_effect

[sharp oyster]

i kinda regret a little not doing earlies

[sharp oyster]

LMFAOOO

like i should’ve done state schools but i didn’t know i could 😭

cos i thought they conflicted rea

so now like

i’m sitting on 25 decisions and it’s giving me anxiety

[misty current]

that's so real tho

march is the worst

or like right before

[sharp oyster]

i did get into like cpp and uh merced autoadmit

but like

[misty current]

yeah you're not

[sharp oyster]

they were safeties/literally autoadmit

[misty current]

going to merced

idt

[sharp oyster]

so like it didn’t make me that hyped

but like usc calmed the anxiety for 2-3 weeks

as well as the fact i was doing sm interviews

but i did my last interview (that i know of) yesterday and now im just waiting again

[misty current]

i can't imagine doing interviews for college apps

like i never did any

[sharp oyster]

yea i think i interviewed for… 4 hrs total

[cedar dock]

Ngl I'm a bit miffed at USC for not getting merit aid, even besides my safeties, I've gotten programs that only accept 100 - 200ish students at every other school (Emory Woodruff Scholars Finalist, UVA Echols Scholar, UF Scholars Research Program, UNC Honors + Kenan-Flagler pathway, Northeastern Honors)

[sharp oyster]

between all my colleges

not including usc merit

[misty current]

and then internships roll around and interviews are uh

interesting

like idk how i would be able to actually be myself in an interview

[cedar dock]

Okay ateee I can't even imagine

[misty current]

at least hs version of me

[sharp oyster]

yeah :( i remember being rlly upset on ur behalf bc u clearly seem like someone prepared for ur major + actually needing it to go to the school

[misty current]

worst case just do css profile

see what you get if you can't have fafsa

[sharp oyster]

mmm

[sharp oyster]

yeah i wasn’t rlly that myself

[cedar dock]

I'll try! But they won't give me anything with what IK of my family's finances

[sharp oyster]

like lowk some of my interviewers were like super neurotypical smiley eye contact ppl

and i got kinda scared

[misty current]

unfortunate

[cedar dock]

Terrifying

[sharp oyster]

like duke yesterday i was like oh god

[cedar dock]

Yepp

[sharp oyster]

but some of my interviewers were like

relatable

one of my interviewers also didn’t like looking at me

so we just both looked away

but we connected

the most out of all of my interviews

[cedar dock]

Ngl that's such a mood

I stan them for that

[misty current]

oh nah you have to do in person interviews?

i have done one interview in person

ever

[cedar dock]

YEAH! THERE'S LIKE 4 HOURS WORTH AT EMORY SCHOLARS PROGRAM

[misty current]

wait so

[cedar dock]

Freaking terrified

[misty current]

they made you fly to georgia or whatever

[cedar dock]

They're making me in March, yeah!

[misty current]

and then interview 4 hours back to back or what

thats crazy

[cedar dock]

But they're paying for everything

[sharp oyster]

i asked for in person hehe

[cedar dock]

4 hours across like 5 days

[misty current]

yeah they better

be paying

[sharp oyster]

i had 2 in person, 3 zoom, 2 facetime

[cedar dock]

And some of them are group interviews

[sharp oyster]

wait

no 3 zoom

[misty current]

you could not pay me enough money to spend 5 days in atlanta

no flame to emory

[cedar dock]

This is why I need merit aid from USC 😭

[sharp oyster]

LMFAO WTF

4 hrs in one day???

like

usc was 20 minutes 😭 🙏

[cedar dock]

NO IN LIKE A WEEK 😭

[sharp oyster]

mine went long (27m or smth)

[misty current]

still

usc is not even 1/2 hour

i know that

[sharp oyster]

yeah 😭

my person was chill but omg

[cedar dock]

YEAH like NGL usc's merit is a wayy larger and a way less intimate program

[sharp oyster]

i found out after she was like the head ao for dornsife 💀

i was like holy shit

[misty current]

whattt

[sharp oyster]

i just got interviewed by the head ao of my freaking college

[misty current]

nah ur getting trustee for sure

[sharp oyster]

yeah laura epismth

like i forgot the rest of her last name

[cedar dock]

550 interviewees vs. what'll probably end up being like 70 - 80 at Emory

[cedar dock]

BADASS!!

[sharp oyster]

and i didn’t think she was that insane cos she was so nice and not scary and she told me to email her after cos i had a question about labs

and she contacted a prof for me about it superrrrrr kind

but i saw like in her email description (also googled her in order to figure out how to address her in email)

she was like

[cedar dock]

Awww that's so sweet

[sharp oyster]

the associate director or smth

which sounded very official

OMG AHES THE FREAKING DIREXTOR

i just googled it

help

did emory do like a panel?

[cedar dock]

Wdym?

[misty current]

for interviews

do you have like a few people

[cedar dock]

CRAZYYY

[misty current]

or just one

[cedar dock]

Oh! We haven't had interviews yet, IDRK

[sharp oyster]

ohh

gl!!

[cedar dock]

I think it's current scholars + AOs + professors?

[sharp oyster]

usc was student + ao + professor

like 3 ppl

[cedar dock]

Thank you!!!

[misty current]

ye 3 seems about right

[sharp oyster]

my student was a bio chem earth sci guy

professor was of italian?

[cedar dock]

IK we have 3 different "blocks" of interviews though, with different sets

[sharp oyster]

but he liked me strangely even tho i was a physics major 😭

and then the ao was the freaking director of admissions 😭

[cedar dock]

And we have one conversation with the Dean of Emory, which is TERRIFYING

[sharp oyster]

i’m hoping it’s a good sign cos i’m assuming she gets to cherry pick who she wants to meet but

it’s totally possible it’s just chance too

[cedar dock]

Like not even Dean of admissions, THE DEAN OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL

[misty current]

like the president

[sharp oyster]

LMFAO WTF

[misty current]

or the provost

[sharp oyster]

GIRL OMG

[cedar dock]

Definitely probably a good sign!

[sharp oyster]

wait u have to let us know how it goes!!

[cedar dock]

Dean of the college!

[misty current]

o thats

yeah thats scary

[cedar dock]

YEAH

[sharp oyster]

ur gonna pop off tho

i js know ur passion will shine thru fr

[cedar dock]

THANK YOUUU!!

[cedar dock]

Honestly I'm scared it won't 😭😭

[sharp oyster]

no it will!

also lowk be prepared that they’ll know u well

at least for me the panel had copies of my app

and they were like oh u got this award oh u did this oh u did some cool stuff

and sometimes i was like rlly? cos i didn’t think some stuff was particularly great but they found it impressive

[cedar dock]

I'm really conflicted RN, because even though Emory is treating me insanely well, and USC lowkey like garbage (no airtag, no merit aid even though my stats are definitely competitive, no travel stipend), my heart is still with USC

[misty current]

ig sca knows their worth

[sharp oyster]

is there anything in rd u would take over usc?

[cedar dock]

BUT I'M NOT EVEN SCA

[sharp oyster]

or is everything u have already what u want

[cedar dock]

Nope, it's literally just the affordability

[sharp oyster]

ahh

[cedar dock]

USC has been my dream since sophomore year

[sharp oyster]

sigh

this is when i’d wish they had a scholarship essay like washu does

[cedar dock]

The only other school that could compete is NYU with their full-ride breakthrough scholarship

But that one's insane

[sharp oyster]

cos i feel like you’d make a great case for why u would want it

[sharp oyster]

oh

[misty current]

isnt tisch like

[sharp oyster]

would u go to nyu full cost

[misty current]

way less nice tho

[sharp oyster]

also like

[misty current]

with aid

[cedar dock]

My shayla 😓

[sharp oyster]

which state r u in?

[misty current]

oh yeah thats also important

[cedar dock]

WashU was my ED2, withdrew my application when I got into USC

[cedar dock]

Florida

[misty current]

bc all the of the alumni scholarships are socal

[sharp oyster]

aww

[misty current]

there's not even one for the bay

[sharp oyster]

what does that mean lol

[misty current]

where i'm from

[cedar dock]

Merit aid definitely

[sharp oyster]

should i bother applying to the ucla scholarships

[cedar dock]

But at the same time, so is Emory

[sharp oyster]

cos my mom wants me to do them

[misty current]

i dont remember the ucla ones being that hard

[cedar dock]

Emory and NYU give out comparable levels of aid (12 - 14 million) meanwhile USC gives out about 7x more aid (80 million)

[cedar dock]

Can never hurt!

[sharp oyster]

ah okay

i’m just lazy 😭

also do u guys know about the thematic option honors program

[sharp oyster]

idk if that would be a good choice as a stem major 😭

[cedar dock]

I've heard it's kinda a sham

[misty current]

i wouldn't do it

[sharp oyster]

i’ve never heard of this LOL

[cedar dock]

EVIL

[misty current]

unless you're humanities major

[sharp oyster]

okok

[misty current]

it's for continuing undergrads

that's just one page of a few

but all the regional ones are all like

[cedar dock]

Are there any other USC scholarships open for non cali residents?

[misty current]

sgv ie whatever

[misty current]

yeah just the typical school ones

but the regional ones

nothing outside of socal

which is pretty annoying

[cedar dock]

Wait does Marshall have a scholarship?

[sharp oyster]

to be completely honest, usc is like idk why kinda not a big deal where i am (ik its a good school but regional prejudice ig) and i didnt rlly look into the school at all while applying

only did cos all my friends applied for like

the sake of applying

i ended up liking usc a lot more after researching

but

[misty current]

idk anything about marshall aid bc i'm dornsife

[sharp oyster]

i have no idea why everyone here hates on it sm 😭

[misty current]

dornsife has the css stuff which i have to apply for next week

[misty current]

they not like us

that's all

😎

[sharp oyster]

frsies

also random question do yall think the merit scholarships take ur app into consideration

[misty current]

unrelated but the amount of times i've heard not like us since it dropped last year is actually criminal

like on campus

[sharp oyster]

bc ik getting into the interview obv is all application

but i’d assume the actual decisions aren’t just based on the convo right

[misty current]

probably

[sharp oyster]

LMFAO

[misty current]

bc it's not fair to base $40k or whatever on a 20min interview

[sharp oyster]

yeah

also i fw usc and scioly

they’re running nationals next yr

[misty current]

wasn't there that scioly tournament here

[sharp oyster]

and i wanna be an event coordinator

[misty current]

yeah there was some other guy here who went to campus for scioly

wearing ucla hat

[sharp oyster]

yep!! i went to go hang out 😭

like i haven’t done scioly since middle school

but i went to like chill and hang out w friends

[misty current]

ic

[sharp oyster]

btw is the village where the trader joe’s is 😭

[misty current]

yeppers

the weird semicircle looking thing

is the village

[sharp oyster]

oh shit that’s fye

i ate cava there

[sharp oyster]

LMFAO

[cedar dock]

Yeah probably

[misty current]

ye cava is the village

that whole area

[cedar dock]

Bluh I wish one of the USC AOs would just get back to me already 😭😭

I can take a no, I expect a no, but I'd rather just get the bandaid ripped off now

[sharp oyster]

what’d u ask?

[misty current]

it took me 3 weeks to hear back from my ao one time

by that time i'd already had my question answered

not great

[cedar dock]

To make a really long email short "Yo, other schools, good schools, giving me good merit aid. USC better school IMO, usc give me good merit aid pls?"

[sharp oyster]

do they rlly do that?

[misty current]

hopefully they do

[cedar dock]

(Except said with a lot more tact, supporting evidence, and reasoning)

[cedar dock]

Their website says they don't

But like if they do, they wouldn't shout it from the rooftops

[sharp oyster]

u right

good luck with that!

[misty current]

minor dox

[cedar dock]

This was my actual email LMAO praying they read it

[misty current]

but yeah good luck to yourself

[cedar dock]

Oh that's my dead name—still legally registered as that in the system tho 😓

[misty current]

ah

[cedar dock]

Good point tho, lemme edit them out

[misty current]

just so you all know

[sharp oyster]

wait i love this ngl

[misty current]

group projects do not get better

[sharp oyster]

it’s an excellent email

[misty current]

after hs

[sharp oyster]

i really hope it works

and

the diabetes point is so valid

i feel like

i wish they gave an option to explain why u want the scholarship

bc like

[cedar dock]

I wouldn't expect any less lmao

[misty current]

it would feel a bit better if they say no right

[cedar dock]

Awww thank you 😭😭

[misty current]

bc it's not like out of the blue

[sharp oyster]

u have a very compelling reason 😭

[cedar dock]

Better than just not saying anything imo

[misty current]

yeah ig

[cedar dock]

Thank you 😭😭😭

[sharp oyster]

ALSO UR A GREAT WRITER

like i swear

[misty current]

no i was going to say

[cedar dock]

I feel like if anyone would have a case to get merit reconsidered, it'd probably be me (competitive stats for it, strong all-around profile, compelling health reason, unique demonstrated need, competing merit offer from a peer school), but God only knows

[misty current]

its legit better than my essays

[sharp oyster]

i can tell like ur sentences r delicious and balanced

idk

i have synesthesia surrounding words/writing and

[cedar dock]

THANK YOUU

[sharp oyster]

ur sentences make me happy lol

like frsies

[cedar dock]

Ooh that's awesome omgg

[cedar dock]

Ayeee yay I'm glad!

I sent this email off to legit like 6 different people in admissions, praying I hear back from at least one 😭

[brisk star]

u might wanna delete the second image, I think u leaked ur address in ur northeastern letter

[misty current]

i cant see it but

ig you could be safe

[misty current]

good luck! never hurts to try

[cedar dock]

OOP

[misty current]

have you just been lurking here the whole time

[cedar dock]

Ty 😭😭

[misty current]

out of curiosity

[brisk star]

nah 😭 I jsut got on and saw that

[misty current]

ah

sometimes i wonder in these big servers when i type things

[cedar dock]

Agreed!

[misty current]

how many people are lurking

[cedar dock]

Show yourselves!

[patent imp]

[digital bear]

Usc will only rescind for like final semester grade reports right

Im gonna have an aneurysm fighting against the demons in my mind

[strong monolith]

schools in general don’t really rescind unless you literally don’t graduate

[digital bear]

Thank gyatt

I was honestly stressed about letting my grades slip for one grading period

Less slip more fall into hell

But still savable

[strong monolith]

it’s fine i got like a B- on a dual enrollment course second semester senior year bc i literally did not care anymore and here i am

[digital bear]

B- is nothing tho?

:(

I got Cs and Fs and ts pmo

[strong monolith]

i also highly almost dropped out junior year so

[digital bear]

Oh

[strong monolith]

Fs are def not good rescinding-wise but as long as you pass you should be alright

[digital bear]

I will def pass

Im locked in

Just wasnt for the past two months

[strong monolith]

they probably won’t even get a mid-year report, just your final transcript after graduation should you commit and enroll

[digital bear]

I already sent that mid year report tho

[strong monolith]

they probably won’t look at it since they already admitted you

[digital bear]

O

[strong monolith]

especially since they defer everyone EA so they have a ton of additional materials to go through rn

i wouldn’t sweat it, just focus on getting through the last few months of hs and you’ll be fine lol

[digital bear]

I gotta lock in for this ap physics 1 shit

Its the one class i feel i can never get an a no matter how hard i tried

[strong monolith]

if it makes you feel better you can waive the physical sciences GE if you get a 4

[digital bear]

Im premed tho

Can i even waive anything

[strong monolith]

your major/track doesn’t matter for GEs

[digital bear]

Woah

[strong monolith]

physical sciences is like physics, astronomy, oceanography, etc

[digital bear]

I thought med school wanted all those classes actually taken

[strong monolith]

life sciences is biology etc.

[strong monolith]

it won’t really impact you since waived GEs will give you more time to focus on/take more classes in the area of medicine you want to go into or add a double-major/minor

[digital bear]

I see

Thats goated

[strong monolith]

i give usc a lot of (well-deserved) flack but they’re really great abt double majoring and minoring

if you have a specific gpa and a declared double major or minor you can take up to 3 extra credits/semester for free

[digital bear]

Ayo free credits

Thats fire

[strong monolith]

some of my friends are also using it to graduate early

finishing in three years is kind of common here

[digital bear]

Def not graduating early i need shadowing and internship hours

[strong monolith]

i have a friend who’s graduating after 3 years in may and applying to doctorate programs for psychiatry

it’s def possible but she also grinds like hell lmao

[digital bear]

Yep im not grinding that hard i need moderation

[flat shale]

So if I have like mostly b's and c's as my final grades it's fine

[sharp oyster]

ideally try not to 😭

but even harvard doesn’t rescind for a C

[hollow scarab]

Cuz USC is like 3x the size of Emory and NYU

[cedar dock]

USC gives merit aid offers to 1000 out of 40,000 EA applicants, Emory gives merit aid offers to 100 out of 40,000 RD applicants

USC just generally gives way more merit aid, even when accounting for scale

Also NYU has 30,000 undergrad students, USC has 20,000

[hollow scarab]

Oh, ok emory is like 13 the size of USC

[quaint arrow]

1 minor or double minor

[strong monolith]

it doesn’t matter

[cedar dock]

Not anymore, sadly

https://dailytrojan.com/2024/03/19/usc-to-no-longer-offer-academic-achievement-award-exceptional-funding-scholarships/#:~:text=USC will discontinue the Academic,set to begin March 27.

[strong monolith]

the academic achievement award still exists lmfao

[cedar dock]

for current students, yeah

[strong monolith]

for all students

they repealed the decision lol

i would not have come here if it didn’t exist

[cedar dock]

Oh okay yay, I thought the repealment was the extention till August 2025

[strong monolith]

https://dailytrojan.com/2024/03/25/usc-reinstates-academic-achievement-award-exceptional-funding/

[misty current]

we got this mega sack of troy pic out of it tho

[cedar dock]

LMAO

It's all Carol's folt

[misty current]

fr

[quaint arrow]

when do we get our housing assignment and have to pick a roomate

[digital bear]

shit i didn't finish the housing app

rip me

[strong monolith]

you dont have to pick a roommate theyre randomly assigned

[solid citrus]

is there an ask usc email

they told me to email them there

bc my AO didn’t answer

@unreal mica Sorry to bother you but I feel like you’d know—when I called it was very laggy & couldn’t hear. He said my AO is very busy right now but the office would be glad to accept it once I sent it to X email. Would you know? Thank you! If it helps, it sounded like an older man—it was laggy.

[unreal mica]

what was the actual question you were asking about?

[solid citrus]

I needed to send some supplemental material in regard to my application

[unreal mica]

and you emailed your ao and they havent responded?

[solid citrus]

Yeah

[unreal mica]

[email protected] will be your best bet

[solid citrus]

Thank you so much

[sweet bluff]

USC doesnt accept additional materials. I sent some supplemental info I missed adding to common app the next day post submission, and they said they wont accept it in interest of equity.

[quaint arrow]

id lowkey rather pick one tho cus what if ion get a good one

[harsh barn]

lmao i didn't submit my multivar transcript for semester 1 ☠️

should i have done it 💀

[misty current]

you'd have to make roommate groups and find someone on housing website or ig zeemee whatever

there is no official time to pick roommates, if you're not in a group after preferences are due on X day then you just get random

[quaint arrow]

dyk the due date

[flat shale]

please let me in RD bro i’m begging

[misty current]

nopers maybe check housing website

one other important thing tho is that if you resubmit the app to align with roommate then you will go to the metaphorical back of the line

bc it's first come first serve

[solid citrus]

I filled out the form (tax supplement) myself—I’m pretty sure all the info is correct. My parents aren’t willing to help me apply to California schools & aren’t aware as of now (ask for forgives later thing) and I don’t want to lose this opportunity to apply. If I messed up on one part or something, how big would that be?

[strong monolith]

financial aid forms have no bearing on admissions

[cedar dock]

https://archive.ph/V7qry

Oh!

That's...

[cedar dock]

Waittt would this also apply if both roommates submitted their application early, but just recently submitted their roommate group?

[misty current]

no idea

if you have the same preferences there though it shouldn't be a problem

i wouldn't think

[cedar dock]

We got like a 94% match on ZeeMee and submitted the same exact list, so I hope not 😭

[misty current]

unrelated but i got so much free stuff from nike today

[cedar dock]

Woahh sick!!

[solid citrus]

wait this calmed me sm thank you 😭

they requested schedule E from me

but i can’t find it

and it’s lwky driving me insane

[misty current]

the funniest thing is there were like 4 tour groups walking by the nike event and i kept getting ask how much free stuff i get

and i told them like after 3 semesters here i already have enough free shirts to fill a closet with like 2 weeks worth of clothes

which is no lie tho

(also juju watkins is way taller in person vs how she looks on tv)

[cedar dock]

Danggg okay good for you!

[misty current]

worst case if you get in you just fill out one of those supp income forms which will give them the same info as schedule e anyways

[solid citrus]

so can i leave it blank if i dont find it

[cedar dock]

Is there a way for incoming students to see which GEs they're able to pass out of?

[misty current]

this is from 2 years ago when i had to do spring admit stuff but you could start from here

ok this quality sucks ill just send the page as a pdf

you might also find this page useful @cedar dock

[cedar dock]

OOh TYSM!!!

[misty current]

funny how they give this stuff to the spring admits and not the fall ones

kek

[cedar dock]

Do you know if DE courses count?

[misty current]

idk what those are

[cedar dock]

Maybe they expect spring admits to have more scores?

[misty current]

ask the fya people they'll probably know

[cedar dock]

Ah! Dual enrollment sorry, lol!

[misty current]

o those

don't think so

[misty current]

nah it's probably bc we have to plan how cc courses fit into the whole shabang

or study abroad whatever

[cedar dock]

ahh, got it!

[cedar dock]

ooh, got it, thank you!

[long fiber]

hi

[daring loom]

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

uscadmission

First Year Applicants: Admission decisions will be released at the END of March. For the exact date, check back on March 14 👀

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[misty current]

my guess is 3/28

could be 3/21

[digital bear]

Chat what the food like

I didnt get to eat anything when i went

[misty current]

edible

sometimes pretty good depending on the dining hall you go to

[strong monolith]

people here like to dog on it but its genuinely very good for dining hall food

theres three dining halls so one of them always has something you want and the basic freshman meal plan gives you two meal swipes a week at tutor campus center which is basically a big food court

ngl i get tired of the food here too sometimes but ill just try to cook for myself for a couple of days, realize how time-consuming it is, and go back to the dining hall

all of my friends have nothing but horror stories about their dining halls so i feel like usc is very well-off in that regard

also the village has crepes every tuesday and thursday 10/10 would reccommend

[digital bear]

Ayo crepes

🔥

[strong monolith]

the dining halls are also open 7am - 10pm monday - friday and 9am - 10pm on weekends

which i honestly take for granted bc having one open for 15 hours a day is a genuine blessing

also when youre a freshman the basic plan has unlimited meal swipes so i would def take advantage of it

like i have not bought produce the entire time i've been here bc if i want a banana i can just go into the dining hall, grab as many as i want, and leave

[misty current]

ye from the times i've been to the dining halls this sem it's a big upgrade from last year

i personally don't think it's anything special but the hours are really convenient and there's not really anything to complain about

[strong monolith]

yea its def not like the stuff you see at yale or anything but its still a step above normal college food

[scarlet matrix]

OR YOU CAN GET THE DINING PLAN THAT HAS JU ST DINING DOLLARS AND ALWAYS EAT AT TCC 🔥

[strong monolith]

tcc is only open from like 12 to 6pm

also dining dollars plan is expensive < / 3

[scarlet matrix]

yah and u can go cafes and other places otherwise

• u have swipes for dining halls

[muted sentinel]

How accurate is the net price calculator for need based aid? And does the amount of need based aid change every year (given that income stays relatively the same)

[strong monolith]

npc is not very accurate at all lmao

[unreal mica]

time to play my favorite game of take a shot every time a usc alum wins an oscar

[cedar dock]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGn1bcAxPAd/?igsh=eGdybzNuOTlyaGls

Jesus christ USC wtf

Can the BCA program just like secede from the school as a whole and become their own sovereign college?

[zealous wigeon]

He goes to all the schools unfortunately

I know he was at berkley and Stanford as well

[strong monolith]

me when the university of scandals and corruption has scandals and corruption

[scarlet matrix]

i’m so excited to see him come here haha

the student body is generally quite progressive so he’s not very well received opinion wise

[unreal mica]

cant wait to give a tour while he’s here LMFAO

also I’m taking over the usc admission insta tmr so follow along @uscadmission :))

[digital bear]

Is bro gonna get heckled and have tomatoes thrown at him

[cedar dock]

Do you ever have anything non-negative to say?

[cedar dock]

Ayeee GL! Hope you have fun!

[cedar dock]

Oh! Well that's... a bit more reassuring?

[daring loom]

people here like to dog on it but its genuinely very good for dining hall food

she said that like

yesterday

[tulip ice]

if you look well enough there are actual internships that say usc students only lmao

trojan network do be sometimes real

[strong monolith]

you started the negative conversation my guy

[quaint arrow]

does this make it easier for freshmen to get internships or is that still impossible

[strong monolith]

it depends on your area but there are so many opportunities in la that if you look hard enough you can generally find something

there’s also a lot of opportunities to work for usc over the summer

but when you’re a freshman you really have to work at making connections so that people know that you’re able to succeed even though you only have one year of college under your belt

i literally got offered an internship with the la phil today because of a shadowing experience i got through one of my professors at usc

[quaint arrow]

thats hype asf congrats

[quaint arrow]

yeah that makes sense

does anyone intern during frshman year

or like whats ideal to start building the resume

[tulip ice]

yes i wud say getting internship is pretty feasible id say, nothing impossible

[quaint arrow]

for during freshman year or the summer

[tulip ice]

I mean uh u wanna intern during the school year? And I was mainly talking summer

[quaint arrow]

nah like idk how it reallt works tbh 😭 ive onlt interned in the summer but i wasnt sure if it was any diff in college

[tulip ice]

most do it in the summer

[strong monolith]

it’s very difficult to intern during the year in any context but especially during freshman year

[flat shale]

Results come on April 1st right?

[unreal mica]

they will be released by april 1st. Official date will be announced March 14th :)

[flat shale]

Thank you

[daring loom]

USC will announce their decision date next Friday! I’m predicting it might end up being on the 21st, but in the meantime, go send resident a2cer @unreal mica some questions on the USC Admissions instagram today only https://www.instagram.com/stories/uscadmission/3580241722986559785 @everyone

[flat shale]

well

pray for me

[unreal mica]

SO TRUE COME CHAT WITH ME

[pale mesa]

gl yall

[misty current]

yo thats a mega internship congrats

unrelated but the la phil is so good its actually crazy

[digital bear]

O that was you?

[untold cape]

Question: does anyone who receive a scholarship "from usc" get to live in mccarthy? Or is there some sort of lottery/selection process

[misty current]

merit scholarships

[quaint arrow]

what do people typically do instead to develop

[strong monolith]

what do you mean

[quaint arrow]

like to develop their resumes/applications for applying to internships down the line and grad school

i js wanna make sure im on top of it early on cus i had no clue what i was doing for college apps till like junior year

[strong monolith]

theyre freshmen in college lol

they go to class

[quaint arrow]

do they not do a lot like extracirricularly

[strong monolith]

you can join clubs but i promise you its not that deep lol

you may be underestimating how time-intensive college courses are

[quaint arrow]

oh okay lmao yeah probably

[scarlet matrix]

charlie kirk was so goated

[misty current]

i still credit the marshall club im in as the only reason i have an internship this summer

pretty good option

[quaint arrow]

howd it go lmfao

[quaint arrow]

i’m in dornsife unforch

[scarlet matrix]

p fucking cool

[misty current]

so am i lol

[quaint arrow]

oh nvm lol whats the marshall club

[quaint arrow]

did u talk or js go

[misty current]

i was mostly surprised by the turnout

i didn't listen to much of the talking but a lot of people were there

[misty current]

https://www.gisusc.com/

[scarlet matrix]

just went lol

[misty current]

did u listen

to any of it

[warped bramble]

lol GIS

[misty current]

goat club

ngl

[warped bramble]

as a kid that's going to minor in gis potentially, that club name is "misleading"

lolll

[misty current]

ah its like info systems right

[warped bramble]

yea geographic information systems

[misty current]

ic

[quaint arrow]

sick af

whats the internship

and ur major

[untold cape]

Do yk if rotc counts as merit?

[warped bramble]

idts because its separate from the institution

[untold cape]

Ooh okay

Thanks!

[misty current]

99% sure it doesn't

[misty current]

FI RM @ firm called doubleline capital

[barren jacinth]

as a GIS major (spatial science) I’m a hater of GIS (investment) 😔

[misty current]

hey man

blame the founders for the name i'm blameless here 😭

[warped bramble]

Realll

How is it being a gis major? @barren jacinth

[daring loom]

https://www.marshall.usc.edu/posts/university-of-southern-california-to-launch-early-decision-admission-for-undergraduate-programs-in-the-marshall-school-of-business?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio

It’s official chat

[misty current]

whoa crazy

[digital bear]

wtf usc ed

is ts gonna be extremely popular

[hardy owl]

half of them will withdraw due to finacial aid reasons calling it right now

[digital bear]

oh real

as soon as they don't qualify for merit aid they gonna withdraw

[indigo horizon]

is usc really that bad with aid

like half of the t10 costs around the same as usc and they dont have problems w too many withdrawals

[proven juniper]

dang they do Marshall ed right after co25

[misty current]

nah im only here bc of aid

would be ucsd otherwise

[muted sentinel]

Need based aid or merit scholarship

[misty current]

need from usc

merit outside

[muted sentinel]

Is it possible to bring usc to a coa of 40k n below through need based aid or is that basically unheard of? My net price says i’d pay a max of 35k but its accuracy is questionable so 💀

[strong monolith]

thats not how usc merit aid works

or how early decision works

[digital bear]

no like they can't afford without merit aid

so they just go complain about not having enough money and voluntarily break ed contract

[strong monolith]

i fear you underestimate the general wealth of usc students

especially marshall students

[misty current]

idk your financial situation but i would imagine it's possible (?)

[misty current]

i would wager that almost 100% of ed applicants here could full pay no problem

especially bc it's marshall

[barren jacinth]

decently nice

GIS is only really like a third of the stuff we study but it depends on the major/minor lol

more sustainable urban planning+design than pure GIS — the minors basically cover the same amount of GIS as the majors

[digital bear]

Zamn

[gaunt hawk]

Guys

Did USC rd come out yet???

Why am I seeing people get in already for March

I thought it comes out late March

[warm token]

Maybe its just ea ppl posting late?

[gaunt hawk]

Oh that’s so dumb

I just checked

It was for UofSC

💀💀💀💀💀💀

[misty current]

the other usc

😄

[gaunt hawk]

Around when does it usually come out

[misty current]

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

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my guess is 3/28 some people think 3/21 but somewhere around there

[digital bear]

lowkey difference of one week

nbd

[misty current]

you'd be surprised

it's obv not a big thing but then if people have the wrong date they start freaking out over nothing

either way we'll find out 3/14

[granite wigeon]

i emailed my usc regional ao before about application updates before i got deferred, can i still email about an update after or is it no longer possible to

[hot olive]

how easy is it to double major?

[misty current]

i don't think they will consider either way, looks like you're a transfer so you might still have time to send an email but they also might just not care

[misty current]

pretty easy i'd say there are a lot of people here doing double major/minor, graduating early, or adding master's in a 4 or 5 year plan via progressive degree program

i fall under 2 and 3

[strong monolith]

usc doesnt take updates other than mid-year grades after deferral

[strong monolith]

i would go out on a limb and say more people double major at usc than do at most other schools, we have a program called the academic achievement award that allows you to take up to 21 units a semester for regular tuition price if you're minoring or double majoring and have a 3.75+

[warped bramble]

interesting

[strong monolith]

what are you interested in double-majoring in?

someitmes its easy to do it without aaa if theyre in similar areas and/or you have a lot of GE transfer credits

[warped bramble]

i got into marshall but i want to also major in something related to gis

in dornsife

two completely different things tho 😢

[strong monolith]

oh yeah youll be fine

basic business major is only like 40 major credits unless you do an emphasis

[warped bramble]

i see.

[strong monolith]

and both business and gis have a fair amount of major courses that cover GEs

[warped bramble]

what abt finance?

[strong monolith]

usc is also very into that lol

[warped bramble]

sweet

[warped bramble]

oh lol

[strong monolith]

theres a graduation distinction called renaissance scholars thats for students who double major or major/minor in two very different areas

[warped bramble]

huh

thats cool

good to know

[strong monolith]

its like 12 extra units iirc

https://catalogue.usc.edu/content.php?catoid=20&navoid=8292

[warped bramble]

so that shouldn't be too bad right?

[strong monolith]

the catalogue has the exact course requirements for all majors

[strong monolith]

no you should be good

[warped bramble]

gotchu

[strong monolith]

you need at least 128 units to get a bachelors so youd be taking them in electives anyways

[warped bramble]

is it possible to triple major lol

or like double major and minor

[strong monolith]

i know someone who is but she's staying an extra semester

double majoring and minoring is def possible tho

[warped bramble]

okay bet

[misty current]

ik someone triple majoring

religion/finance/econ

[warped bramble]

Damn

How is that going for them

[misty current]

shes a senior rn

ib bank of america after grad

tmt

[warped bramble]

thats p good

Hows the stress load for her?

Did she have to take an extra semester

[misty current]

nope

she did uh 23 units per sem

and spent a year in london on exchange

smartest person i know no question

[warped bramble]

Damn

[misty current]

but ye point being

very possible to double up

or do pdp

and still grad in 4 years

[hot olive]

i also got into marshall but i was thinking of maybe data science

would that be a heavy load or nah

[misty current]

those classes are hard but i think it is possible

[strong monolith]

pure data science is a very heavy courseload because its between dornsife and viterbi but the economics and data science major isnt as much

data science is like around 72 major-specific credits while econ + data science is like 60

so still heavy just not as much

[quaint arrow]

if im in dornsife can i take a minor in marshall

[misty current]

yes

[tulip ice]

Depends

What major

[hot olive]

bus admin and data science

but it looks like it’s doable but difficult from what others said

[tulip ice]

Data science double major can only be done with a BA degree. If I were u I’d do business admin emphasis on business analytics

[granite wigeon]

ahhh im not a transfer but yeah that makes sense

[strong monolith]

the BA in data science requires more units than the econ + data sci BS lol

not to mention the BA requires foreign language bc its in dornsife

[tulip ice]

Foreign language is also required for Econ + DS

[misty current]

you can test out of it tho so you could knock it to 60

[hot olive]

btw how’s the dining hall food at usc

[strong monolith]

very good

[misty current]

imo some days better than others but overall good

there's variety but still somewhat of a cycle so the things you like don't take like 2 months to come back

[tulip ice]

It’s mid

[strong monolith]

it’s literally better than any other school my friends go to lmao

[tulip ice]

Nah UCLA food lowk is so gud

USC is a mix in my opinion, weekends the food is always so bad in my opinion

But like generally weekdays are not pretty ok

I’d say 3/5 days on weekdays food is gud

So I mean ig u cud use TCC swipes on the other 2/5 days

[misty current]

u must be eating evk only then

[tulip ice]

Parkside and McCarthy barely go to evk also evk has gud food sometimes

Some people sleep on evk

Ok I’ll stop hating on usc foods

I will say it’s pretty gud

But I can’t lie weekends have pretty mid food

[strong monolith]

if you check the menu app and then decide where to go its objectively much better

[tulip ice]

I do this too

Also DO NOT SLEEP ON EVK THEIR PIZZA IS ALWAYS #1

Also hot take McCarthy better than Parkside

[misty current]

that's a freezing cold take parkside pizza is so much better

[strong monolith]

lime dole whip😛

[misty current]

got to hold the olympic torch today

only at usc yall ✌️

(for context i got to visit la28 hq with a club here and fs one of the coolest things ive done in college)

[digital bear]

3 more years?

[muted sentinel]

Does usc mention how much need based aid they r offering with the decision letter or does that come later?

[strong monolith]

it came later for me but the fafsa was also very screwed up last year so take that w a grain of salt

[misty current]

i got fin aid abt a week after i got in rd

[muted sentinel]

Okay

[oak ibex]

hi

[dense junco]

sup

[magic remnant]

i was out of town for a week, is there a confirmed RD decision date

[flat shale]

u find out mar 14th the decision date lol

[formal rose]

how do we get that?

[misty current]

^

usc will prob post there on ig

my guess is still 21st or 28th

[formal rose]

oh thanks

[formal rose]

that make sense

[mellow path]

probably 21st. Although I dont remember them ever releasing the same time as UCLA (also rumoured to be on the 21st)

[misty current]

in my year ucla came out 1 week before

thats why im leaning 28th

[daring loom]

The theory for 21st is insider a2leaks told us USC’s admitted student event is on the 29th

So the 28th seems too close

[misty current]

nah theres no way its the 29th

even the weekday stuff is 31st this year

and explore usc is aprli 13th

well we'll see either way

[daring loom]

It’s seemingly a digital event on the 29th

So the timeline could be shorter for that since travel doesn’t matter

[mellow path]

i feel like ive never heard of USC coming out after ivy day though

unless UCLA surprise releases on the 14th

[daring loom]

Yeah I have record of irl for the 31st and 3rd

[daring loom]

Can’t fs say ucla but if we assume it releases with ucsd we’ll know by Wednesday I think

For the last two years ucsd has made the same post about making admit packages 2 days before decisions release

[misty current]

this is next level man are yall really that stressed abt dates lol

[strong monolith]

i mean we need to have mods and guardians in the threads when they drop and were also in prime midterm and spring break season

[gaunt hawk]

wait i thought UCLA is dropping 14

[misty current]

i thought it was always 21st

3rd friday

i just remember my year was uci/ucsd/ucla were all 3rd friday and then usc was the week after

[misty current]

ye i still have this from when i did apps

[gaunt hawk]

interestimg interesting

so sd and la uci arent coming out this week?

atleast usc is announcing when

hopefully next week

[misty current]

if you want to base expectations on what happened 2 years ago sure

i do think it's already messed up bc davis is out alr and i don't think uci/ucsd/ucla will be this friday

my opinion only

oh actually maybe the same thing will happen bc ucsb is the 18th this year hmmm

[gaunt hawk]

this is insane ugh

there NEEDS to be a UC day

when do you think USC would be dropping then

[misty current]

i would think week after ucla

now idk anymore

[gaunt hawk]

yeah

maybe next week then

idfk

[tired inlet]

ok but has usc posted a future announcement post in the past? why wouldn’t they just post the expected date 😢

[misty current]

yes they did in my year

you'd have to ask someone in the office why they do it

[tired inlet]

ahh so it’s a tradition

[misty current]

i guess

[tired inlet]

hopefully it’s a week from then 🙂‍↕️

[misty current]

no one knows

either way we'll find out friday

not that long

[gaunt hawk]

yessss

usc is so cute

[tired inlet]

fs… i really want to go to cali

[gaunt hawk]

i was at the songleaders clinic and it was such a vibe

[misty current]

man yall made me pull out my application spreadsheet im getting like whiplash

from the nostalgia

of apps

[digital bear]

damn yall have organization for apps

[misty current]

ya

[tired inlet]

oh i’m trashing that the second april 1st rolls around 🙂‍↕️

[gaunt hawk]

ya

i have a massive goofle doc and subsections

[misty current]

no don't trash it

[tired inlet]

whyy

[misty current]

if you get in and you do something silly you go back to edit history and you can see it

[digital bear]

me when i have nothing

[digital bear]

i almost forgot i applied to pomona college

[misty current]

like i did this when i got in

[tired inlet]

i NEED pomona 😢😢😢😢

[misty current]

its so wholesome

[gaunt hawk]

awwwww

[tired inlet]

hmm maybe i won’t trash it then

i don’t have many spreadsheets in google sheets anyway 🙂‍↕️

[misty current]

i remember i unboxed it

before like a big event at my high school

i was feeling good

[gaunt hawk]

lowkey i wanna wait till april 1st and open all my descions

[tired inlet]

oh i could never

[digital bear]

no you need the dopamine

[misty current]

nah you won't be able

to take the stress

[gaunt hawk]

yeah defo

[misty current]

not stress but

ye

[gaunt hawk]

id rather get it over with

frick i love usc sm

[tired inlet]

okay but doing a solo roadtrip to college seems so fun

[gaunt hawk]

i alr have an appeal letter prewritten

[misty current]

theres that one video

[tired inlet]

?

[misty current]

of a guy doing a road trip with a stranger to scu

[gaunt hawk]

no literally