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

[marsh lodge]

Bro u can't avoid chem 105a p sure 😭

[digital bear]

Yeah

[marsh lodge]

cuz I got a 5 on AP Chem but they're still making me take it...

[digital bear]

im premed so i have to take the whole thing

Ts pmo

[marsh lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/cry-weep-sob-sad-worried-gif-14502908

Do u have classes every day of the week

[strong monolith]

spots open before registration

[marsh lodge]

Yea they opened like 10 min before my registration time 😭

[digital bear]

FUCK COURSE REGISTRATION IS SO HARD

THIS SHIT PMO

THIS SHIT PISSES ME OFF

HOLY SHIT

i got four classes in a row on tuesdays and thursdays i beg for people to literally die and drop out of the classes plssss

[digital bear]

how cooked am i

i lowkey jsut started selecting random ass times cuz im sleepy

[misty current]

bisc 120 8am 💀

also i have classes all day next sem it's not terribly uncommon

[digital bear]

It should lowkey be the same as ap bio at my school icl

[misty current]

oh wait its 220 thats the rlly bad one

yeah u should be fine

[digital bear]

When do usc put the aps on oasis

I need themmmmmm

[dense junco]

it came out 1 day before the ap website last year

[digital bear]

What thats bullshit

[strong monolith]

that 5pm lab is gonna kill you ngl

also as someone who had 3 back-to-back classes last semester… good luck

omfg i didn’t even notice skibo

RMP legend

sending thoughts and prayers

enjoy sgm and its fucked up room numbers

[digital bear]

I have experienced this already for competitions

It was hell

Was almost late

I shouldve done that fsh app in march

Maybe i wouldnt have gotten wl then

[marsh lodge]

What do y’all think about my schedule 😃

[marsh lodge]

BRO SAME 😭😭😭

[misty current]

not bad the 8pm end for the lab kinda sucks but guess u can't do much about it

definitely seen worse

[marsh lodge]

Oh I purposely chose that time cuz I heard the bisc 120 labs usually only go on for like 1-1.5 hrs

hence I won't actually have to end at 8 pm 😃

[quaint arrow]

am i cooked i hage to take my spanish placent irl but idk any spanish so ill be in a beginner class and im assuming most good classes will be filled

[dense junco]

did you take any language classes at school

[tribal crag]

LMAOO let me show u mine

8 am financial accounting 😝😝

[digital bear]

oh my days

though you dont have skibo so its all doable

[misty current]

hey u have pickleball

actually good class

[tulip ice]

My friend in Marshall skipped a whole bunch of classes to day trade 😭 and still ended with a 4.0

[tribal crag]

i will be on f1 so day trading is unfortunately #illegal🤪

and i can also be deported for missing classes😜

but ngl guys... doesn't seem like im gonna be able to come anyway

it is not looking good for me

[tulip ice]

I lowk forgot abt this

[tribal crag]

give me my 800$ deposit back

[misty current]

also a bit unrelated but seeing these schedules makes me feel like kinda guilty for my econ major schedule

[scarlet matrix]

280 is really easy, intro accounting stuff, you can get away with not going if attendance isnt a requirement (knowing 8am it probably is)
writ you need to lock in because its generaly quite hard and you cant skip
math118 is curved quite harsh but the class itself is doable, just covers most of calc 1, some of calc 2 and 3
GEOL looks like a GE i have no idea would rec doing whatever the RMP says
phed is light

[marsh lodge]

Why 😭 is it a bad or good schedule

[tribal crag]

WTF

HOW

its so beautiful

u can chill the whole day after noon

everyday

😦

guys also question

where am i supposed to send

my final transcript

i just remembered that's a thing i have to do

do i put it on my admission portal

[marsh lodge]

DAMN 😭😭😭

wtf do all seniors have that chill of a schedule

[strong monolith]

your counselor sends it to them

[scarlet matrix]

306 as a senior is criminal

[misty current]

this is my 3rd yr i have senior standing fyi

if i was here all 4 years it would be less crazy

but this is prob the last year where i take ugrad classes

and next sem i would only have 3 😂

[scarlet matrix]

lucky fuck

i’m 20unit loading for next two seems

[digital bear]

hehe (i got depressed and my mom didnt wanna bring me to therapy and ap physics 1 was quite possibly the worse thing i have ever seen in my life oh my days)

[tulip ice]

Cud I know ur senior grades

[digital bear]

5 classes both semesters

3 As, 1 B, 1 C first semester, 2 As, 2 Bs, 1 C second semester

downwards trend

[tulip ice]

did they say anything in regards to deferring ur admission

[digital bear]

No

[tulip ice]

i think u shud be fine

[digital bear]

They just telling me to lock in for the school year and get academic and mental help

[tulip ice]

ight ya lock in lol

[digital bear]

Ye i need 4.0

[strong monolith]

do not be trying to get a 4.0 your first semester you will burn yourself out so fast

[digital bear]

Debating on giving up on premed cuz of the ugly ass bill anyway

[digital bear]

Wait fuck i need to take more classes

Foreign language

I needa email language usc

[digital bear]

Ap scores are out

I dropped a 4 on every single one

[tribal crag]

the 🐐 tysm

[tribal crag]

oh god

not her

😵‍💫

[scarlet matrix]

ofc, lemme know if u need anything

[misty current]

i would just add accounting if you haven't taken it can be super hit or miss - some people think it's the hardest class ever and for some people it clicks and it's really easy

just be ready for both

[scarlet matrix]

this is true, i’ve found people find financial accounting particularly difficult

there are some really really good recruiting resources that people generally use when prepping for banking recruiting that can help get a super clear conceptual understanding of accounting

let me know if any of you guys need those

[dense junco]

congrats

a 4 is all you need

[digital bear]

K but now i have to take calc 2 again

[tribal crag]

yes pls omg!! ill lock in

[tribal crag]

oh my god why is this email so intense

ill cry

i have a 59 in math lord save me

[digital bear]

Some people had to submit an explanation as to why their grades dropped

That one was straight up scary

Dayum bruh utoronto has a teacher on par with skibo

[tribal crag]

guys

who do i email

to ask about my visa stuff

academic advisor?

cs he is also the head of wbb

[strong monolith]

yea he’ll either have the info you need or point you in the right direction

[quaint arrow]

yeah but not senior year and i was sooo ass at spanish

when i have to take the placement on campus will i get fucked schedule wise

[dense junco]

Relatable

[dense junco]

Nah because people could be switching out of classes then

So the class you want could open up

[tribal crag]

am i cooked if i missed the final transcript deadline

also can i give them an explanation for a dip in grades in advance

cs im retaking the one i got a c in

[scarlet matrix]

no you shuold be fine just get in touch asap

[tribal crag]

okay thanks

bro

if usc doesn't defer me if i dont get my visa

i will literally crash out

[scarlet matrix]

Just make sure you take the requisite steps for Visa processing, socials public etc

[quaint arrow]

oh bet

yo wait is 18 credits freshman first sem cooked

should i drop the elective

or is tgat fine

[dense junco]

depends on what the elective is!

[scarlet matrix]

very doable. what clsases are they?

[quaint arrow]

the spanish isnt certain yet cus i didnt take the second placement

[quaint arrow]

a fesm writing class it seems fun and easy

[scarlet matrix]

this looks doable ish. i’d defer to prof ratings tho abt how much work it is

[dense junco]

agreed

[quaint arrow]

all the difficulties are 1-3 on RMP

but i also really need a good gpa so should i play it safe and drop the elective anyway?

[strong monolith]

is the elective a letter grade or pass/no pass?

pass/no pass doesn’t impact gpa

[acoustic pagoda]

HI USC BABIES

just came to see my amazing people

[acoustic pagoda]

doable but dpends on classes lowk

[dense junco]

sup

[tribal crag]

[acoustic pagoda]

wait whats going on

[misty current]

bought my bike today 😛

[digital bear]

zamn 200 million operations deficit

Is this par for the course or like worse than before

[misty current]

presumably worse

my impression with reading that letter is that folt really wanted to hide the actual deficit value until she left

[scarlet matrix]

more or less

schools super overleveraged

need to bring in Private Equity to make operations smoother

[strong monolith]

i got an email today from my favorite faculty member in sda saying that she’s leaving usc so i lowkey feel like faculty/staff were told that shit was about to hit the fan

[digital bear]

that sounds cooked

[strong monolith]

yea i’m going through every stage of grief rn

[misty current]

saw this on r/usc today (this was NOT me)

[scarlet matrix]

who the fuck is this crazy

[marsh lodge]

Guys I'm trying to register for a different lecture section of a class but webreg is telling me I can't do partial registration. Does that mean I have to drop all the other sections of the class before I can register for the different lecture section

[scarlet matrix]

yeah you have to drop all other sections of it and make sure u take all the corresponding parts - take the right lab and discussions etc

[strong monolith]

the people long for hamster wheels

[marsh lodge]

But what if I want to keep the same time for the other sections 😭

like the same section

[scarlet matrix]

wdym

wait what class is this

and what’s your situation

[strong monolith]

you have to have the same prof for all of your classes

[scarlet matrix]

the idea is if you’re changing lectures you have to also change discussions etc

the only discussions / lectures etc valid for a section are the ones listed right below

it will be listed like this normally

lecture
discussion
discussion
discussion
lecture
discussion
discussion
discussion

and u can only take one of the discussions listed below a lecture

[marsh lodge]

It's chem 105a

So basically there's discussion, lab, and quiz, all the labs have the same professor and I want to keep my lab time

so I'm trying to register for the class + discussion only but it keeps saying it's partial registration

[scarlet matrix]

you can’t. your lab has to be aligned with the prof you’re taking p sure

[marsh lodge]

Wdym by that

[scarlet matrix]

this

but like

lab

u have to pick a lab listed under the lecture you’re registering for

[marsh lodge]

There's nothing like that for chem 105a I'm p sure

It's just a bunch of labs

I'll send a pic

It just continues like that and then it reaches lecture discussion lecture discussion lecture discussion

[digital bear]

if your major is chem related ur advisor can prolly force open a spot

if not then i dunno maybe next year

[strong monolith]

discussions are correlated with a specific lecture

so if you try to move to a different lecture you also have to move to a different discussion

if you’re trying to register for lecture section 17218, then you have to change your discussion to section 17219

[marsh lodge]

Yes that's what I did, I was just trying to register for the different lecture + discussion without changing my lab time, but that counts as partial registration and idk why

or maybe I'm doing smth else wrong

[strong monolith]

webreg is ass i’m sorry < / 3

[quaint arrow]

is there a sauna on campus

[digital bear]

sauna in socal is crazy work

[misty current]

yeah just wear a jacket and walk laps on the campus mile loop after like noon

[strong monolith]

this is a crazy question i’m sorry

[quaint arrow]

bro for cutting weight for sports 💔

[misty current]

just work out more

duh

[glacial flare]

Is there a good afrotc program at usc that is witnessed beyond Google

[strong monolith]

theres a program

idk how good it is but my department shares a building with them

[quaint arrow]

…😭

[digital bear]

why is ts more than my entire estimate

is it just like that

also can i just get my id whenever or does it have to be during the move in week or whatever

[scarlet matrix]

whenever but u need it to go places

[digital bear]

i will get it tmrw then

oh shit its already monday

[dense junco]

the ID is gonna be so important

it's actually insane

[misty current]

they literally make u have id just to get into campus still

the scanner thingies are still up

[dense junco]

I guess this has its perks

But it’s been so long now since they put them up

[tribal crag]

FUCK

I FUCKED YP

EVERYTHING WAS FINE

BUT I HAD TO FUCK IY UP

help

okay so

i had all my classes down and registered and everything

and today suddenly i had tje idea

to js randomly recheck course catalogue

and then i saw

that the ge i wanted to take (which was closed during my reg day) opened a SINGLE seat

so i was like yippee let me sign up for it

BECAUSE

i talked about this w my advisor

the last time a seat opened up in this ge

cause this class clashes w my writ 150

so he was like yea drop ur writ 150 and add the ge and then send me ur writ150 prefs i ll move u

but by the time i sent him the prefs

the ge closed again

so i was like L okay whatever

but today i didn't wanna lose the seat again

So i was like lemme do this quick and fhen ill send him the preferences

and i emailed him about it too

so i did the dropping and the adding

I got the ge i dropped the writ

And then i sent him the preferences

but he js said he can't move me anymore so ill have to register for the writ150 myself if it's open or i have to drop the ge and take my old writ150 back

BUT MY OLD WRIT150 CLOSED

AND THE OTHERS ARE ALSO CLOSED

this is so embarrassing

[marsh lodge]

It’s ok another spot will open eventually! Do u have the usc schedule helper notification

[tribal crag]

but writ150 classes only open on course reg day

And they open like 1 class per section

And i wont have clearance

To register

on that day

okay if i try to modify my

course registration date

i get the option to pick 14th of aug course reg for all schools and colleges

so it won't be marshall specific but i think that's fine

ill js have to be super quick

let me see what my advisor has to say

im cooked

[digital bear]

ts why i hate the course registration

its so fucking dumb

why is this required straight off the bat

so much conflicts and shit and i can't take classes i like

[strong monolith]

because it’s freshman writing and you have to learn how to write academically before taking higher-level courses

i fear literally every college requires this

[digital bear]

what is ap lang even for

[strong monolith]

i don’t know of a single school i got into that would’ve allowed me to waive freshman writing via ap lang

which is a good thing because ap lang doesn’t teach you how to write for college, it teaches you how to write for the exam

a lot of big schools will let you take freshman writing through the honors college if you passed ap lang but usc doesn’t have honors writing

[strong monolith]

freshman year isn’t for taking classes you like lol it’s for learning how to be a college student

[digital bear]

required writing classes and adults still write so shittily 😭

ye

but like i have to take foreign language

[strong monolith]

because a lot of adults didn’t go to college

[digital bear]

the president writes shittily 💀

[strong monolith]

yes that is a dornsife requirement

the president went to fordham

[digital bear]

dornsife so goofy

[strong monolith]

writ150 prepares you to write for research/academic papers

it’s a tedious ass class but it made me a better writer and that’s the point

[digital bear]

what does the gsem do

[strong monolith]

it also teaches you how to write and develop opinions based on discussion with peers

[digital bear]

lowkey thats fire

[strong monolith]

i really can’t exaggerate how much your ass is grass if you don’t like writing essays

[digital bear]

what i was really complaining about was the inability to find the right combo that allows me to take all the required classes

cuz the schedules so dookie

and the registration process was so dookie

[strong monolith]

i mean you’re not supposed to take gesm and writ in the same semester if that’s what you’re referring to

[strong monolith]

it’s dookie at every school i fear

[digital bear]

ye i know that

there was zero gsems left anyway

i dunno how to spell ggesm or whatever

they gotta fix that registration website 😭

so much clicking

[strong monolith]

it’s a very normal registration website lol

usc has 40k undergrads, its not easy to register at any school let alone one with tens of thousands of students

[digital bear]

🥀

i suppose it could be worse

so many zoom meetings tho

[dense junco]

funny enough met several people doing this

[scarlet matrix]

not believing this propaganda

i pushed all my GEs into senior year

i now hate my life and have to take 5 GEs over the next year

[strong monolith]

“not believing this propaganda” “i hate my life”

i only have 3 GEs left so i’m taking a semester off bc mg GE from last sem tanked my gpa

[marsh lodge]

Wait guys I feel like none of my AP credits r being put to use, do they come into use later when I take 18 credits a semester?

[digital bear]

Zamn there is negative traffic today

Somehow got to usc in 20 minutes

[strong monolith]

wdym

[marsh lodge]

I heard that if u take a bunch of AP exams it allows u to take more electives? Maybe it's bc I'm in TO and on the premed track but I'm not seeing any of my classes getting waived

[strong monolith]

taking a bunch of APs waives elective credits, it doesnt allow you to take more

[digital bear]

walking is hard

so much walking

Do we get free admission to the natural history museum

[strong monolith]

usc's campus is pretty small lol

[digital bear]

i wanna scooter around it looks fun

[dense junco]

yessir

[digital bear]

Les goooooo

Ive been going there since i was like 5

[dense junco]

same

exposition park is nice to walk around too

[digital bear]

Ong

I can finally go to the events there

I always had school before

ts so goated

like just knowing this i can give up on ucla cuz usc is perfect ong

[glacial flare]

where do I sign up for the usc sperm racing

[open silo]

HELP 😭

[glacial flare]

I'm being serious‼️ 💔🤬🤬

[strong monolith]

electric scooters are evil

[scarlet matrix]

do it

it’s so goated

i actually get to class on time bc of it

i love being able to wake up 5 mins before class starts

[hot olive]

is the fin aid office number working for anyone?

[strong monolith]

finaid office ASS

BALLDS

BALLS

SUCKS

if finaid has 0 haters im dead

but yea calling them is a sisyphusian task

if the line even works you gotta call at 9am on the dot or youll be on hold for hours

and TRUST when i say i speak from experience

[scarlet matrix]

may my situationship thing about me as frequently and as passionately as you think about the finaid office

[strong monolith]

if you went through great pains to explain your family's entire financial history to your situationship and then they said "lol now give us 100 bands right fucking now" TWO YEARS IN A ROW youd think abt them constantly too

literally got to the point last year where i emailed the president's office and received a reponse that was like "sorry your dad was hit by a car and broke his neck and was out of work for two months but we aint giving you shit"

[scarlet matrix]

what the helly LMAO

all that to say ‘nah’

[strong monolith]

its fine now i have the tax returns from last year and he literally made over $30k less because of the accident not even including the cost of healthcare + a new car to replace the one that was fucking totaled

my finaid appeal was like 15 pages

[digital bear]

Ts why i just showed up in person

[misty current]

what r your thoughts on bikers

[strong monolith]

its crazy how well it works when you look them in the eyes and tell them youre not paying $500 in late fees bc they fucked up with your aid disbursement

[strong monolith]

bikers are beautiul

never been hit by a person on a bike

have been hit by people on electric scooters

also my friend was riding her bike to class last year and a football player on a scooter hit her and almost broke her bike so she got the athletic department to pay for repairs

[scarlet matrix]

ill make sure i hit you with my scooter

[misty current]

boo

biker gang rise up

[strong monolith]

you couldnt waterboard this information out of me

[scarlet matrix]

no further details will be disclosed at this time, i will be making use of my right against self-incrimination

[scarlet matrix]

holy negative aura

why are you as a grown man riding a bike around the neighborhood

[strong monolith]

why are you as a grown man using an electric scooter instead of getting physical acivity

[scarlet matrix]

beacuse i wake up at 7:58am for my 8am class

[strong monolith]

sounds like an issyou

[flat shale]

if i ed usc marshall can i ed the buai major

[misty current]

classic scooter rider projection

[tribal crag]

if it is a REQUIRED CLASS WHAT DO U MEAN U DON'T HAVE SPACE FOR ME