University of Southern California (USC) (2025-2026)

[plain surge]

im assuming i would need to submit a non custodial parent waiver to them first and then maybe this will chnge??? or should i email???? the thing is i have no idea where to submit documents

like id assume the unkown or unlisted document ig... im so los

[stray crag]

woah

[haughty moth]

yeah you'll prob have to hit up fin aid for this one

[versed narwhal]

Guys how much do I sell Iowa for

[haughty moth]

im also curious about price for that, im seeing $70 territory which i think is pretty good

this team almost beat oregon

[versed narwhal]

Do u think asking for 60 is fair

[worldly sky]

Go to the game

[versed narwhal]

I don’t feel like it

I’m only going to the ucla one

[haughty moth]

idk

i would be willing to pay 80 but thats bc i think this iowa team is better than the average usc student does

[wild locust]

Maybe i should go to this game fr

Who wanna sell me a ticket fr

[worldly sky]

@versed narwhal u have a customet

[versed narwhal]

LMAOOOOOOO

Looks like I need to find an Iowa superfan

[versed narwhal]

ILL SELL H MINE

U MINE

for 55!

[wild locust]

55 factorial

[versed narwhal]

[plain surge]

girl 😭

told them i dont know this information cause of ncp ... it feels very wrong to type 0

[wild locust]

they said custodial parent

so if its zero

its zero

alimony or like child support isn't a category so

its just zero

im pretty sure

[plain surge]

ig i have written documentation that they said that.... so

well he dont pay child support either

regardless if i filled it out the same way as the custodial parent form, i wont have to worry abt the employment thing

[wild locust]

then it just zero lwk

you can just spam email if unsure too

im not sure about that process tho cuz i just showed up to the finaid office physically

[plain surge]

thats crazyyy

yeah i have a meeting tomorrow with my college counselor so i suppose ill just ask her

[haughty moth]

seeing this the day before i have to go to financial aid office is absolutely amazing

[wild locust]

zamn college counselors

i wish my counselors were more helpful in hs

it was very tuff to find all the info

man i would've been goated if i had foresight like my classmates

[plain surge]

[plain surge]

i get that

all the extracurriculars i did in hs i really had to find them on my own

even the ones my counselor knew abt she jsut didnt share them with me or my classmates

[wild locust]

no like they don't tell you how to apply

[plain surge]

ohh

[wild locust]

my hs had negative info

didn't even know common app existed until 2 days before it opened

[plain surge]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-try-not-to-laugh-gif-7682731162751353849

oh.......i see!

well youre going to usc now id say thats a win in my eyes

[wild locust]

i dunno how i got in fr

[grand matrix]

Hi freshman here looking to make new friends and have more knowledge

[olive relic]

hi

[wild locust]

this thread is more active than most usc servers fr

[haughty moth]

shoot so many people r selling fb tickets and im trying to sell now

ugh

[versed narwhal]

R there any premed upperclassmen here

[wild locust]

fr

the only remaining upperclassman is dalone tho

[haughty moth]

"only remaining" bruh

[wild locust]

yo this schedule is cooked 😭

fuck

[versed narwhal]

Omg facts 😭

I’m tryna get a time conflict approved

I kinda doubt it tho

Otherwise I have to wake up at 7 something for 8:30 class with mandatory attendance…

[wild locust]

I got 8 am bio lab again 💀

[versed narwhal]

Noooo that's foul wtf 😭

[wild locust]

Lwk not that bad

I have extra time cuz im not sleeping

[versed narwhal]

Wat do u mean...

Btw is ur bio lab final also next week

[wild locust]

Ywah

Tuesday

I gotta make my lab final guide

And study

Cuz i bombed my bio midterm today

Instead of doing work i went to a club meeting

[versed narwhal]

Oh shittt gl 😭

[wild locust]

i havent slept since two days ago might be cooked

[versed narwhal]

Go to sleep rn wtf 😭

[wild locust]

I am playing super smash bros at a potluck, sleep is unnecessary fr

[haughty moth]

somehow as a last sem senior standing i still have to take an 8:30

pmo

[versed narwhal]

Omggg noooooo wtf 😭

That's so evil

Wait but lowkey I kinda wanna keep this 8:30 cuz otherwise I'll skip all my morning classes

Idk that's just my motivated self talking tho 💀

[worldly sky]

brotha

[worldly sky]

Ucla might have baddies but usc has rich baddies

This is why ucla is bad

[wild locust]

im a poor baddie

[worldly sky]

Manifesting a rich baddie for u

Dare i say

Day 1 of manifesting

https://tenor.com/view/war-vietnam-ptsd-shell-shock-moment-gif-3022747568394546158

[wild locust]

The rich baddie is me getting a 3.76 gpa

[olive relic]

@worldly sky @haughty moth @wild locust what days do USC tend to come out

[haughty moth]

bro really pinged people specifically 😭

[haughty moth]

wdym by come out

[olive relic]

yup

[haughty moth]

like with fin aid, acceptances

[olive relic]

like date of decesions

[haughty moth]

housing

[olive relic]

acceptances

[haughty moth]

ah no one knows

prob mid december again but this is the first yr of ED

and then end of march for RD

[olive relic]

I did EA

[haughty moth]

yeah so prob then

[olive relic]

@haughty moth the bookstore does not have good sweaters..

😢

[haughty moth]

factually incorrect

ah you are talking about that

you need to go to the bookstore

[olive relic]

If I get in I will

[haughty moth]

our store is goated

[olive relic]

is it in village

or

[haughty moth]

no its in the middle of campus tho

[olive relic]

ohh

[haughty moth]

easily accessible

related but if anyone seeing this message has the bookstore bgm playlist I need that 🙂🙂

[wild locust]

January 17th last year

[worldly sky]

I go to davis cuh

i never applied to usc

i just hate ucla

[wild locust]

i only know this cuz i had a scioly comp at usc the next day

[haughty moth]

wait i always thought it was before christmas

or is that ed

[wild locust]

i dunno

ed don't exist before this year

[wild locust]

Any clubs still meeting and that i can just show up to that yall know of

Wait nvm i have a midterm tmrw i forgot

shittt

[haughty moth]

gotta lock in

[cunning pewter]

Are you guys so excited?😱😱

[wild locust]

no

[cunning pewter]

Why not

We are gonna totally get in

[haughty moth]

unironically i do need to get into this pdp

so 🙏

[cunning pewter]

Ooooh

Hahaha

Which one

[haughty moth]

one of the econ ones

most likely i will get in but you can't be sure until you get it yk

[cunning pewter]

That’s awesome

I think I’m in a state of delusion

[haughty moth]

why

[cunning pewter]

Because honestly I’m not a strong candidate

But the thing is my story is strong

I’m very confident about that

I’m getting a rectroactive administrate withdrawl

So I’m going to be W city

[haughty moth]

r you trying to transfer in

[cunning pewter]

Bur yeah my grades were horrible back then😭😭 but wayyyyy better now

Yes-

I talk to them all the time and they give me so much hope😭😭

It’s just annoying when they say different things🙄🙄

[haughty moth]

gl

[prime geode]

it’s the time of the year where they tape up traveler and tommy

[haughty moth]

not yet

after game this week

[worldly sky]

Fucla

[stray crag]

LMAOO i wrote about this in my supplement

[prime geode]

they’re all taped up already

[prime geode]

YOU DID? LOL

[stray crag]

HAKAKA

[haughty moth]

what huh

[wild locust]

i saw ts last last year on a field trip

[haughty moth]

whoa

maybe they're trying to get fb hyped to play oregon

[worldly sky]

GOOOO HUSKIESSSS

[drowsy rock]

Is there any roski students here

[odd flicker]

guys are we allowed to report a new SAT score in USC portal?

[wild locust]

Just submit that one lwk

like actually send it or something

And email ig

[odd flicker]

alrighttt thank youu sm!

[left quartz]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/297663402178

Who wanna buy

[wild locust]

ts crusty

[stray crag]

ts look like donald duck

[left quartz]

USCrusty

[wild locust]

are the tailgates any fun

im lwk bored

but then im also not hungry

[worldly sky]

Fuclaa

[left quartz]

https://fixupx.com/ucla/status/1994836108912591060

UCLA (@UCLA)

Never mind, figured it out

Quoting UCLA (@UCLA)
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[worldly sky]

Hacked???

Oh

Wild thing to say when your football program is buns

[haughty moth]

hey im in this video

[wild locust]

The main highlight is the three guys in front of me fr

[left quartz]

Chat…

We almost had a USC in San Diego…

Foul

[prime geode]

oh don’t say that.

[worldly sky]

fuh naw

[wild locust]

it turned into sdsu, a lesser evil

[worldly sky]

fuh naw go bulldogs

[wild locust]

damn someone died

[worldly sky]

Huh

[wild locust]

someone died

co29 minus one 🥀

[prime geode]

yeah

[worldly sky]

Oh damn

[fresh valley]

Hello.

Does anyone have any idea when USC ED decisions would come out?

USC historically put their decisions out on a friday

so I assume next week friday...

[versed narwhal]

Any premed sophomores here?

[haughty moth]

this is the first year of ed your guess is as good as ours

normally they do put it on the admission insta tho

[odd flicker]

guys i submitted my new sat score report through email, and they replied this

does that mean i have to send the SAT scores through collegeboard?

[wild locust]

Yes

It will cost money unless you have fee waiver

[odd flicker]

i thought they allow self report since if i remember it correctly, it was asked to be submitted in the portal

[odd flicker]

ohh

[worldly sky]

No.way yall haven't made a gc yet

[wild locust]

There are gcs im just not in them

Besides premed

Ngl i think they also all died

Nobody replies to my questions anymore

[odd flicker]

i was kinda confused bcs for most unis that i applied, they allow for self report, this means collegeboard doesnt have to send the sat scores right?

[wild locust]

Self report on common app but you have to submit official report asap

[odd flicker]

for all unis??

i didnt know that omg

[wild locust]

No not all

Ig if you wanna update they want an official report

[odd flicker]

how do we know if they want it to be sent from collegeboard tho? while they stated they allow self report…

[worldly sky]

Lol

[wild locust]

Most universities you only send in official once you get in

[wild locust]

Once you get in

But if you want to update your score from after ea apps were due it seems you need to official score report

Theyll only look at official score reports and whats on common app it seems

[odd flicker]

ohhh that’s why

okaayy i get it now!

[odd flicker]

thank you so much

[wild locust]

usc is kinda stingy

[odd flicker]

i thought i did it wrongly

[wild locust]

i dunno why they wouldnt accept the email but it seems thats the case

its just a collegeboard scam smh

[odd flicker]

lolll 😭😭

[fresh valley]

Do they usually announce it way before the decision date?

or do they announce it like, the day before

[wild locust]

They announce a date for the announcement of the decision date

[cunning pewter]

I went USC yesterday and there was mini horses 😱

To destress students

I vote bunny next time

[worldly sky]

Aww

[wild locust]

I can play piano better than a horse fr

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1391229507477962782/1408846189348130888/IMG_5786.gif

[stray crag]

prove it

[wild locust]

https://tenor.com/view/piano-gif-22243713

[left quartz]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DOEK8oPESi2

Is this the USC driving experience

Is traffic that bad

[wild locust]

Depends what time

[stray crag]

shrimp is it ur bday

[wild locust]

mayhaps

[versed narwhal]

Happy bday!!!

[wild locust]

thx

[stray crag]

HAPPY BDAY 🦐

[olive relic]

depends on what time like Shrimp said, like during rush hour 100%, but at night no

@wild locust happy bday!

[wild locust]

thx

https://tenor.com/view/old-man-grandpa-gif-14729663161359511049

[stray crag]

unc

[olive relic]

@stray crag WHARTONWHORE

i love it-

[stray crag]

i hope wharton loves it 😔

[cunning pewter]

I would say no lol that’s a car accident

Or a concert 😭

Or a game 😭

[vestal spindle]

Isn’t USC the uni filled with the most rich spoiled kids?

[stray crag]

no

im broke as hell

[vestal spindle]

You got into USC?

[stray crag]

yea

[haughty moth]

you can surround yourself with the spoiled rich kids if you want

it is true there are no shortage of them but there are also plenty of normal people

it's ultimately a choice for you to make

[whole cairn]

Do you think me getting accepted as an Aspen challenge candidate is competitive

[haughty moth]

what is aspen challenge candidate

i am not familiar

[glad oyster]

how do i best reach out for financial aid help because the fast portal says they havent received my fafsa and my parents are in a difficult situation with w-2s.. as in… they did not get them in 2024😃

i submittedmy fafsa in october btw

[wild locust]

Email the finaid office directly

Or show up physically

[glad oyster]

gotchu thank u

teleporting across the country 🕴️🕴️🕴️🕴️🕴️🕴️

[wild locust]

https://tenor.com/view/bakugo-katsuki-season-8-final-season-mha-gif-17534177213254651886

[glad oyster]

also just out of curiosity does usc favor applicants who did their precollege summer program? like do they care about demonstrated interest

bc i did it, not at all for my intended major but still

🤷

[haughty moth]

it wouldn't hurt

we don't have a ed0 type thing like uchicago though

[wild locust]

ts a wild tag

[worldly sky]

I've seen worse

[haughty moth]

are tags the things by your name

how do i get one

[wild locust]

Large servers make one

Then you set it in settings

[haughty moth]

ic

[glad oyster]

LMFAOO its a joke tag me n my friend are matching

[whole cairn]

It’s getting picked as 1 out of 8 kids in my entire school to compete in a national challenge that you compete for in Aspen

I emailed USC updating it

[haughty moth]

but what is aspen

sounds cool enough ig

if its national

[wild locust]

a tree

[glad oyster]

also is the usc ea finaid deadline (dec 12) like… a “get all your materials in” deadline, or a priority deadline so u can receive aid and your decision at the same time?

maybe a silly question

just bc i’m worried my docs might not process in time

[versed narwhal]

Guys which place is this?? Some ppl from back home shipped me smth but I still haven’t received a notification that a package arrived even tho it did arriveso idk what happened

[haughty moth]

is this not the place in the village

the amazon locker

[versed narwhal]

Idk lmao ig I’ll go check later my stuff usually always gets delivered to FedEx

I’m just confused why I haven’t received a notification that it arrived…

[haughty moth]

i usually get these emails

and then u go to the spot in the village and get your stuff

[haughty moth]

you should ask fin aid no one here would know i think

[versed narwhal]

Yaaa if I still don’t get a notification by tmrw imma go 😭 I rlly hope they didn’t lose it

[whole cairn]

A city in Colorado

[haughty moth]

i'd assume it's just like any other competition then, just what you make of it

unless it's the math olympiad or something i don't think people really care about how "good" a competition is

[haughty moth]

why is it called the aspen challenge then

are you representing aspen

or is it just held there

[whole cairn]

Being held there

[haughty moth]

ya just seems like what you can learn is what you should write about, can't flex it like the olympics where just showing up is kinda insane

what's your major

[whole cairn]

Mathematics

Rare apparently

A portion of my application is political based but mostly math

[haughty moth]

cool

idk what this challenge is but poli sci is super broad you can def tie it into that

and i'm sure you have stuff on why both math and poli sci, if you can nail that and tie it to dornsife GE interdisciplinary studies etc etc you should be chill

[fresh valley]

Are USC dorms open during breaks? I mean winter break, not summer

[wild locust]

you gotta pay like 80 bucks a day

to stay

[haughty moth]

there's also summer-specific housing for continuing students, but these are largely apartment housing not the freshman dorms

[fresh valley]

damn thats wild

[wild locust]

Do yall think the wormy mac and cheese is safe to eat

[haughty moth]

i'm going there for lunch in a bit anyways i'll lyk

surely they do something different now that the annenberg media article is out right???

[wild locust]

more protein

[worldly sky]

Aw hell naw

[versed narwhal]

NOOOOOOO 😭 I WAS ABOUT TO EAT THERE NOW I JSUT GOT THE ICK

[short canopy]

wait am i crazy or does this not look terrible//

its just

cheese on top

[short canopy]

oh!
never mind

[haughty moth]

k chat im eating mac n cheese rn

seems ok

[worldly sky]

'seems ok'

[wild locust]

I ate two big plates

Delicious maggots

[whole cairn]

Yess okay thank you!

I work for this really big climate organization as well and I mentioned that in my app, I think it ups my chances

[worldly sky]

u like shrimp its not that far for u

[haughty moth]

ask me again in 24 hrs

i will let you know if i have food poisoning 👍

[versed narwhal]

😭

I thought the mac n cheese was lowkey mid asf

but it didn't have bugs from what I could tell 😹

[worldly sky]

public schools have better food :P

[wild locust]

Theres better food elsewhere

I just didnt wanna walk 10 minutes

[worldly sky]

i will now start allegations that shrimp is a big back and i will now proclaim that shrimp is not beating the allegations

[worldly sky]

Usc could never

[wild locust]

Yo what happens if i didnt finish the course evaluations

Do i fail

I only did 3/8

[worldly sky]

8 CLASSES?

[wild locust]

technically yeah

3 labs

3 lecture sections

1 writing class

1 seminar

its only 17 credits in total tho

[stray crag]

shrimp we couldve played 1 credit of pickleball tgthr

[wild locust]

i am not playing p*ckleball

[stray crag]

okay

what about

swimming

or perhaps badminton

the real pickleball

[worldly sky]

oh

[left quartz]

when ed decision date

[haughty moth]

there used to be an admissions officer worker in this megatread i forgot her name

point being that unfortunately we no longer have insider information

[stray crag]

she left last yr cause she graduated

🥀

[haughty moth]

rip

[olive relic]

only ED is marashal

[left quartz]

That’s still a part of usc is it not

Which is why I ask

[left quartz]

She wasn’t an ao

She was a tour guide at first then moved up to student worker but never had authority in the decision process

She also never gave any info that wouldn’t otherwise be revealed

I used to pester her for dates

[olive relic]

yuh

[left quartz]

Wouldn’t budge

[olive relic]

idk

i tried to do math once

but it felt too random

[left quartz]

IIRC putting A2C on her resume got her the initial tour guide job

[haughty moth]

wow thats actually crazy

[olive relic]

Omg wow

[wild locust]

a2resume

nobody in this server is marshall

cuz the business kids are not on discord

the only one i know who has a discord probably only uses it as a gc with their friends

[haughty moth]

im like one quarter marshall

leventhal minor

but yeah i'd wager they will post it a few weeks before like they usually do

[wild locust]

they're going to release an announcement for the release day of the date of the release day

like how they had a date for announcing the date of the rd decision day

frfr

[haughty moth]

you really did not have to word it like that

but yeah

ea last year was like mid jan right

so ed probably sometime before christmas

[wild locust]

january 17th or something

[gray iron]

wait ed release date is december 15

that's what it says on their website

[wild locust]

Damn

they edged decision dates last year

And now theyre just giving it out?

https://tenor.com/view/cinderella-gray-cingray-uma-umamusume-super-creek-gif-4653387705394576529

[haughty moth]

wow ok

[left quartz]

It says by doesn’t it

[haughty moth]

wait they 99% will drop on a friday

gang it might be tmrw

[gray iron]

idk on marshall website it says on

[left quartz]

Can you link

[fresh valley]

Dont give us hope

[haughty moth]

hmm it does say on

[gray iron]

https://www.marshall.usc.edu/programs/undergraduate-programs/undergraduate-admissions/early-decision

[haughty moth]

but every date in my cycle was a friday

[gray iron]

in the ed announcement from march it says on 15th too

bro i'm actually going to cry if it's tmrw

[haughty moth]

alright well

that seems pretty credible to me

[gray iron]

what time do the decisions come out usually

[fresh valley]

They would probably announce it at least a day prior thought... right?

[haughty moth]

3pm pacific

ish

lemme check my year

3:24pm

[gray iron]

dang

ok well please pray for me come monday

[haughty moth]

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

uscadmission

Calling all first-year applicants! Mark your calendars! Admission decisions will be released on March 26!

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4474

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what i'm confused about is they always do stuff like this

i'm surprised that it hasn't come out yet for the ed people

[left quartz]

I’m putting speculated for the 15th

Nobody trusts me if there’s no easily identifiable source

[odd flicker]

guys whats the ea decision date?

[whole wave]

ye same

[twin thistle]

LMAO at least it wasn’t me this time Chloe

[twin thistle]

mid January that’s all we know

[odd flicker]

Ohh i see, okay thanks!

[twin thistle]

yeah no worries, long wait but it’ll be worth it fr fr

[haughty moth]

^

[fresh valley]

Hoping for a surprise release today 🙏

[fresh valley]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1pl0ap5/usc_release_for_marshall_ed/

According to someone on reddit, Early Decision will be out at 3pm pst tonight

But its reddit... so not the best source

[haughty moth]

yeah i figured it would be on a friday

if any marshall people here get in hmu

[fresh valley]

I live in the east coast so Im having dinner right now

I feel like Im going to throw up

[haughty moth]

nice

nah ur fine

they will prob do the same with the ea people where they defer everyone who doesn't get in

and if i can get in

anyone can

[fresh valley]

lol

thanks for cheering me up

[haughty moth]

*anyone in this discord server

[fresh valley]

I called them and they confirmed tonight

on a rolling basis

[plain surge]

this is so excitinggg

[haughty moth]

whoaa

[drowsy rock]

damn Im scared of my roski app

[tepid mauve]

yoo im bca too

cant wait for the auto reject

[fresh valley]

Deffered 🙁

[tepid mauve]

noo im sorry :(

its alright you still got a shot

[haughty moth]

whoa okay

how can we get carly to get in this channel and let ppl know they r out

[plain surge]

@drowsy atlas

[haughty moth]

thats certainly one way

[left quartz]

what

its out?

[haughty moth]

ya

[left quartz]

proof

[haughty moth]

anyone here has proof

[left quartz]

im not trusting redit

[haughty moth]

can someone send

screenshot

[plain surge]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-looking-eyes-emoji-let's-take-a-look-gif-16800462008013598153

[fresh valley]

I cant post screenshots for some reason

[plain surge]

is there only one ed applicant here😭

[left quartz]

dm me

its a level lock thing

for spammers

[tepid mauve]

it came out

deferred

[left quartz]

ill poll and ping

[left quartz]

no rejections right

[haughty moth]

seemingly not

if they r following precedent from ea

[left quartz]

USC ED is out! Vote on the pinned poll if you applied @everyone

[twin thistle]

Anyone get in?

[haughty moth]

me

[autumn imp]

anyone get ai for business?

[warm gazelle]

What day is usc ea coming

[left quartz]

not known

[warm gazelle]

It says mid jan

Got it

[left quartz]

you can check previous a2c calendars if you wanna take a guess

https://www.applyingto.college/decision-calendar/class-of-2029

change the url ending to any date between 2024 and 2030

this year is 2030

[whole cairn]

How did ED go for you guys

[fresh valley]

not good 🙁

[whole cairn]

Sorry man:/

[static bison]

when does ea come out?

[whole cairn]

January 16th

That’s what I’m waiting on as well

[static bison]

ah okok

[olive relic]

ive heard they differ basically weveryone

EA too

dwdw

[stray crag]

yea usc hates rejecting people

they don't reject ed dont reject ea

rd they'll give u spring sem entry or transfer pathway

no waitlists too

type shi

[wild locust]

Spring semester is basically wl

A more gentle yield strategy

And honestly spring admit is like the best possible thing

Free gap semester

To do literally whatever

[stray crag]

yuh

[olive relic]

i can see me being spring admit

wghih tbh

i wouldnt mind

[dull hedge]

does usc take ap creds

generally

because then spring sem sounds cool

[olive relic]

omg we can dorm at usc

im crine

[wild locust]

You get 32 credits max

[static bison]

usc has been one of my top schools since like sophmore year TT

[dull hedge]

shit i have like 60

[olive relic]

Ya

[wild locust]

Also spring isnt guaranteed housing

[dull hedge]

YESSSS

[olive relic]

mytourguide said like

for certain classes u can get out

from ap

[stray crag]

they didn't take SHIT for me for math or econ or psych 101 last year

[wild locust]

If ur premed you cant waive shit

[dull hedge]

oh im not 🤞

[olive relic]

im art history

[stray crag]

but for some of the science ges u can waive

[olive relic]

Dornslife

[wild locust]

You cant waive writing classes either

[olive relic]

how hard is internal transfer

[wild locust]

So ap lang and lit

Are useless fucking pieces of shit

[olive relic]

@wild locust

[wild locust]

I dunno

[fresh valley]

Does anyone have a picture of a early action deferral letter?

[wild locust]

You do need semi high gpa to transfer to marshall

But like

Its whatever

[fresh valley]

I want to see if some info on THE ED deferral is different

[wild locust]

Not like marshall is academically rigorous

[twin gyro]

they deferred their 5 only applicants 🥀

mid ahhh school you'll get em next time champs

[haughty moth]

what are you trying to transfer to

all it took for me to go to marshall was As in 2 classes and why i wanted to switch

[olive relic]

MAYBE(?!>!??!?) CSA

[left quartz]

Damn

[crisp pecan]

where were u before?

[haughty moth]

is that viterbi

not that bad then vs marshall sca i think

[haughty moth]

econ

i switched back into econ after 2 weeks in marshall tho

so im in dornsife rn

[crisp pecan]

oh

[crisp pecan]

what was wrong w marshall?

[haughty moth]

a lot of reasons

biggest one was being able to do 4 year econ master's degree vs having to delay graduation for a semester for marshall bachelors

i also got the internship i have largely without marshall resources, and you don't have to be in marshall to be in marshall clubs

i also like more theoretical classes that are in econ, both bc i find classes like public speaking useless and bc i'm a good test taker

etc etc

[olive relic]

i meant SCA

oops

[haughty moth]

ah well

gl to yourself

[olive relic]

LMAOO

wjats rate

[haughty moth]

idk way out of my purview

but just as brutal as marshall according to word on the street

genuinely i only know one person whos ever transferred in

obv they get less people than marshall but seems to be quite low

[olive relic]

@haughty moth do i need to drive

lowkey

[haughty moth]

not necessary but a plus

there is shryft and trains and buses to get around

[whole cairn]

Wait for this do I have to show interest

[quick blade]

RABBIT PFP

[haughty moth]

no

but if you do have spring admit questions ping me i was one freshman yr

[haughty moth]

thanks haha there's quite a lot of lore behind that picture too

i've had it for a while

[whole cairn]

Yesss omgee so a mini gap year

[haughty moth]

well lkinda

you can take classes if u want

just not at usc

[whole cairn]

How does the process of that work and are you still going to graduate at the same time as your peers

[haughty moth]

yes

[whole cairn]

So I could spend my fall semester at umich?

[haughty moth]

to the 2nd part

not typically

people predominantly do cc or study abroad

this sem they added this usc affiliated program where you can go to dc and that seems cool

[quick blade]

What’s your major

[haughty moth]

econ

[whole cairn]

Oh yeah I’d love to go to dc

Oh I’m a math major btw

[haughty moth]

nice

[quick blade]

This was so confusing

[haughty moth]

oh yeah it's always december 1st

thats a relatively hard and fast deadline

[quick blade]

I had 30 minutes left before the deadline

I decided not to do the scholarship essay because it was like 2 am

💀

[whole cairn]

Spring semester starts in January right

[haughty moth]

gotta do what you gotta do

[haughty moth]

ya this year the 14th i think

[whole cairn]

I honestly wouldn’t mind that

I might like it more

[haughty moth]

there r pros and cons

[whole cairn]

What’s the cons

[quick blade]

is the area safe

[haughty moth]

it can be hard to get housing

and a lot of friend groups are pretty established by the time you come in spring

and in some cases you can be super unprepared for cc --> usc jump

none were the case for me fortunately enough

[haughty moth]

you get used to it 💀

[whole cairn]

Nothing can be worse than full IB

😞

[haughty moth]

i had 5 ap classes senior year and i'm doing okay now

[whole cairn]

I have 8

[quick blade]

my dad told me this person’s son went from usc back to college in nyc

[haughty moth]

unironically my college 4.0 has now lasted longer than my hs one

[quick blade]

because the environment was too stressful

😭

[whole cairn]

Nah technically like 11 classes

[haughty moth]

nah thats cap

this school is so unserious

[whole cairn]

How may classes are you taking rn

[haughty moth]

16 units

as is standard

next sem ill prob do 18

[quick blade]

???

[haughty moth]

oh yeah!

[whole cairn]

So 4 classes

[haughty moth]

imagine being me seeing that when i still have to use my swipes 😶

[haughty moth]

yeah

[quick blade]

💔💔

[whole cairn]

Not bad at all

[quick blade]

do you get financial aid from usc

[haughty moth]

thankfully i have not found anything in my own food

[whole cairn]

Nothing is worse than my fricking 11 classes

[haughty moth]

yes

not cheaper than in state tho

[whole cairn]

Is it a comfortable package?

[quick blade]

the calculator told me I would get 2k max 😭😭

[haughty moth]

but it does work out bc im getting 4 year masters degree

like technically i could graduate this spring with my bachelors

but im choosing to stay one more for ms

it's actually pretty nice

[quick blade]

https://tenor.com/view/cute-rabbit-cute-yummy-strawberry-silly-gif-11015733056807198532

[haughty moth]

i mean its not like the cost for usc vs in state uc is the same, but its close enough to where it's worth coming here instead

given that i would save 2 years of time and grad school tuition at a uc

[whole cairn]

WAIT

OMG?

[haughty moth]

run it for your state school

as well

[whole cairn]

Umich

And msu

Ik umich isn’t state but msu is brb im gonna run them

[haughty moth]

man are cmu wmu emu nmu rlly that bad

💔

[haughty moth]

nah mich is a public school no

im like 99% sure it is

[quick blade]

💀

[whole cairn]

It’ll only be 5000 for me to go to umich

[haughty moth]

figures

[quick blade]

even nyu was better than this

[whole cairn]

I come from a feeder

[haughty moth]

what feeders are there to umich?

ypsilanti hs

[whole cairn]

How did they give you that much but gave me 60k

[haughty moth]

😂

[whole cairn]

My school

Nah I go to a big Detroit school

[haughty moth]

ic

[whole cairn]

And they admitted 80 kids

[haughty moth]

wow ok that is a feeder

[quick blade]

my household income thing is like 105k

[whole cairn]

From my school last year

[haughty moth]

idt 80 kids got into college at my school

[whole cairn]

I have a dead parent and my mom only makes 75000

[haughty moth]

at all

[whole cairn]

and she got cancer and stuff so

I had to provide and my gpa dipped

But I have hopes:)

[haughty moth]

you got this

[whole cairn]

Even with a 3.3 w I want my advanced classes and Ecs to shine

[quick blade]

my dad can only contribute 5k

[haughty moth]

looking pretty fried for u to go to sca mr spielberg cant lie

[whole cairn]

I just hope usc recognizes and takes a chance on me tbh

[haughty moth]

altho i'm sure you know he technically went to csu long beach

[quick blade]

should’ve done the damn essays 💔💔

[quick blade]

I know

it’s because someone mentioned spielberg lmao

[whole cairn]

YOU DIDN’T DO THE ESSAYS?

[quick blade]

so I put him as my name

[quick blade]

NO

[haughty moth]

so are all the sca hopefuls naming themselves after directors?

[quick blade]

Yes

[haughty moth]

i dig it

altho there are some usc alums you could put i would imagine

stahelski

[quick blade]

I think it’s more likely that I’ll stay in New York

[whole cairn]

Do you think usc is a college who also had a shortage of math major in the previous year

[haughty moth]

tbh idk anything about the math department

pretty small major i think but idk if there is a shortage or w/e

well actually small is relative bc econ is the largest department in dornsife

[whole cairn]

Yea it’s a national shortage and a lot of colleges are trying to admit more

[quick blade]

You can’t do that

[haughty moth]

nah once you withdraw you withdraw thats it

and it wouldn't hurt to ask about 2nd major but dont expect much

email them or something idk

[cunning pewter]

What site is this

[quick blade]

https://tenor.com/view/ouran-high-school-host-club-honey-cute-happy-cutebunnys-anime-gif-19962682

[cunning pewter]

Honey Senpai!

[quick blade]

I love OHSHC

[cunning pewter]

Me toooo

[cunning pewter]

@quick blade 🥺

[quick blade]

huh why did you @ me 😭

[cunning pewter]

Because I wanted to talk

[quick blade]

https://tenor.com/view/ouran-high-school-host-club-ohshc-stare-cry-gif-17312071890894151951

[cunning pewter]

Nevermind I forgot what I was going to say

[haughty moth]

💀

[quick blade]

😭

[static bison]

how hard is it to make friends as a spring admit?

also how many ppl get in as a spring admits?

I’d lowk be so down to start in the spring outside of the social aspect

[haughty moth]

my class had 400 but i think this yr will have closer to 1k

[haughty moth]

your mileage will vary significantly

[static bison]

1k??

[haughty moth]

i had no problem with it

[static bison]

damnnn

[haughty moth]

in fact i'm sitting across from a spring admit frieind of mine studying for finals rn

[static bison]

o funn

[haughty moth]

ya thats why the acceptance rate went up so much this yr

[static bison]

wait the acceptance rate is out??

[haughty moth]

on my pomodoro break

😂

[static bison]

hell yeah w study method

[haughty moth]

and of the 2k that got offered spring, i heard that after people said no and some ppl got moved to fall there are a little under 1k left

which makes sense bc our yield rate is usually 50%

[static bison]

damn icic

[haughty moth]

i was lucky enough to find my people in sophomore yr fall

in spring i was mostly bouncing around not rlly in a specific group, but i'm pretty settled now

not impossible but you def have to put yourself out there a little more

[quick blade]

why doesn’t usc do waitlists lmao

[haughty moth]

would you prefer getting edged for like 4 months while begging the school with your largely useless LORs

or spring admission

[quick blade]

spring admission

[haughty moth]

there you go

[haughty moth]

cal poly unironically emailed me july 30th to tell me they couldn't give me a wl spot

thats why i say 4 months

im def biased but the way usc does it is so much better

[quick blade]

how often does that even happen

[haughty moth]

^

[fresh valley]

How does housing work? Is it easy to get apartment housings?

[haughty moth]

for freshmen you 99% will get a dorm or suite housing

sophomores usually get the village apartments or gateway

and then upperclassmen don't get on campus housing guarantee so most people move off campus

[cunning pewter]

I’m sad😭

[versed narwhal]

LMAOOO IM DEAD 💀

Bro the fact I have a final on Wednesday 8 am…

Like just kill me atp

[gray iron]

anybody know anything about the business of innovation major (joint degree between marshall and iya) there's like zero information about it online besides the official website

[stray crag]

i have a couple friends in it

it's a cool new program

oh wait

business of innovation

i thought u meant the buai

[haughty moth]

its completely new but seems to be another iya startup feeder degree

they're prob trying to poach the marshall kids who want to do startups but not the artsy tech stuff thats part of the main iya degree

[gray iron]

do you think that joint major would be less reputable for recruiters later or should i just be a regular business admin major and get a minor in like ux bc i am thinking about going into product design/management in the future

[haughty moth]

i don't think it matters, either way you're usc

marshall is probably more well known but it cannot be that much of a big deal

[gray iron]

okayy thank you!

[haughty moth]

ask your future career advisor or club mentor tho

[olive relic]

@haughty moth Do u like USC

[haughty moth]

i genuinely do not think i could have a better experience at any other school than my current experience

[olive relic]

@haughty moth what school r u at

[haughty moth]

guess

[olive relic]

Dornslife

[haughty moth]

you are correct

good job

[olive relic]

aw period maybe same

what major

[haughty moth]

econ

[olive relic]

@haughty moth any like advice or things about usc

im having mid life crisis

[haughty moth]

well why do you want to go to usc

let me ask you that first

and don't just say because sca is the best film school in the country or etc etc

[olive relic]

im appyling for dornslife technically

[haughty moth]

well yeah but you get the point

[olive relic]

it was 1/2 schools i applied to, a lot of it is personal reasons

lemme think what i can say

[haughty moth]

yeah bc if you don't have a good reason i then can't rlly give good advice

i can tell you the generic stuff

go to football games

take transit around and see la

but you knew that already

[olive relic]

im LA native

thats another big reason

[haughty moth]

cool

[olive relic]

@haughty moth hows history

at usc

[haughty moth]

uhh

i actually dont know anything about that department unfortunately :/

[olive relic]

@haughty moth r u from LA

.

[haughty moth]

nope

[olive relic]

okur

@haughty moth if i get spring entry

can i do abroad

[stray crag]

yes they have multiple programs for spring admits

[glass bobcat]

who at usc tryna give me an internship

[left quartz]

💀

[olive relic]

What do i get out of it

[glass bobcat]

aura

[cunning pewter]

Candy!

[olive relic]

@cunning pewter do u go to uscaacuucsucua

[cunning pewter]

In fall 2026 yes

😋😋

You have no idea

[haughty moth]

are u on a gap year or somethin

[cunning pewter]

No

I’m applying

I’m going to get in

[haughty moth]

ah

you got that ez

[cunning pewter]

Or it’s just delusion

Do you go to USC?

[haughty moth]

ya

[cunning pewter]

Can I ask you some questions?🙏

[haughty moth]

sure

[cunning pewter]

Here or DMs?

Whichever is fine

[haughty moth]

idc

here better if otehr ppl have same question

[cunning pewter]

Fair enough!

So I’m wondering about how driven are the students? Are they typically overachievers?

Is competition for opportunities there or no?

How serious do people take clubs ?

Is the athletics department like admin or something easy accessible as student?

Hoe often do clubs through student/public events that involve everyone not just who knows about the club?

Is it hard to grow a club?

Do they have lunch with the dean events?

Would you say there is a population of motorcyclist at the school ?

And I have more club questions 😭😭

Is networking events, firechat, keynotes, seminars, etc popular events?

And what exactly is a tailgate and what does it consist of?

[haughty moth]

hit or miss. you can find the nerds and also the party animals. in my experience the majors people pick match the stereotypes a lot. i also generally find this school to be pretty unserious academically as i am able to get a's without studying much, but maybe that's just my major

[haughty moth]

yes as is the case with any school, just depends on how good the opportunity is

[haughty moth]

depends on if the club is a pre professional club in which case you can expect interviews, coffee chats, etc, or a fun club where you pay dues show up and you're in. there really isn't an in between. as you can imagine people take the pre professional clubs a lot more seriously because they're so hard to get into

[haughty moth]

what are you trying to hit up athletics for? either way it is its own department so not rlly admin but it is also kinda admin

[haughty moth]

so technically a lot of club events are open to everyone, you just have to know about the club. you will very rarely see any club put on an event in the middle of campus, but once you find out about the club at involvement fair or etc you can go to most events np

[haughty moth]

you're better off asking someone else i have no idea

[haughty moth]

not in my major department, but there are plenty of coffee chat with a professor events

[haughty moth]

no

[slim dome]

when does ea come out

[cunning pewter]

So the business stereotype is true??😱

[cunning pewter]

What’s the requirements for business pre clubs

[cunning pewter]

Adviseee

[cunning pewter]

Are all clubs from involve active?

[cunning pewter]

Damn

Okay so I really want to get into a professional club 😭😭

How do I max my chances?

Should I try talking to them now?

And why is it rare to see a club do an event in the middle of campus’?

[haughty moth]

mid january

[haughty moth]

depends on who's there but generally yes

[haughty moth]

football pregame tradition. people set up tents on campus and have fun with drinks and party games and socializing. one nice thing about usc ones is generally people are nice so you can walk around as a student and chat it up with some random alumni

[haughty moth]

be good enough to make it in idk hard to quantify

[haughty moth]

most of them

[cunning pewter]

Oooh dang I should be going to these things

[cunning pewter]

What’s good enough😭😭

[zenith coral]

does usc take applicatoin updates

[olive girder]

Anyone here in the stats program at dorn

[haughty moth]

you can try but likely not going to make much difference

[haughty moth]

i have taken some stats classes and was considering stats minor maybe i could help

small major tho

[versed narwhal]

Ya they do

[zenith coral]

would this be worth it

im not tryna annoy my regional AO if it's useless

i hope it isnt too late

[haughty moth]

ok 2 things

1. some of this is probably not worth emailing for, like the 3rd time on the amc 12. but state champ is probably worth it you can decide
2. even if you do email, they will not see it until they come back from xmas break on the 12th anyway (which is also when classes start up again) so you should still wait on sending in case you have more to talk about

in any case i highly doubt that it will make a significant dent in your app, especially with EA decisions coming out like a week after they get back. but worth a try nevertheless

[haughty moth]

i will also say that if this is just an update, your app is probably a lot more stacked than mine was LMAO you will be ok

[zenith coral]

thanks 🫶

[versed narwhal]

For current usc students why does my grade report show 12 units earned even tho I took 16 units😭

And all my grades r out too

[versed narwhal]

@zenith coral qualifying for AIME third time is impressive u should def include

[zenith coral]

thanks. yeah i will

[zenith coral]

bru 😭

did me dirty

[last chasm]

that’s weird lol

[whole cairn]

If I was to get deferred do you think it’s because they want to see Semester 1 grades

[last chasm]

could be could not be

[versed narwhal]

WHAT

I swear they took my application update last yr 😭

It’s ok u got this even without the application update

[haughty moth]

give it a sec let it update next few days

[neat nest]

and when did it come out last year

[haughty moth]

why yall tweaking so much theres basically nothing you can do now anyways

hang tight and chill until jan

[ivory inlet]

Will test optional lower my opportunities for merit scholarship?

[twin thistle]

listen to the resident Trojan bro usc even says nthn comes out till Jan

last year it was Jan 17

[twin thistle]

it doesn’t help, probably doesn’t hurt

[stray crag]

i was test optional last yr and got into wbb

[ivory inlet]

Ok.thanks

[plain surge]

i just got my new journal and of course usc has somehow made its way into it

[versed narwhal]

From what I’ve heard it doesn’t hurt but doesn’t help while if your score is high it would help

[ivory inlet]

@versed narwhal thanks so much my sat is only 1500 so I did yes optional for engineering

[stray crag]

wtf

submit ts

[versed narwhal]

U should definitely submit a 1500…

bro a 1500 is definitely better than test optional

[last chasm]

yo we’re cooked

[quick blade]

😭😭

[ivory inlet]

It’s too late. I did ea

usc is my #1 choice. I am gonna RA Duke and plan test optional for Duke as well. should I submit my sat for Duke now?

am so cooked

[haughty moth]

you should have submitted that

100%

[ivory inlet]

I thought my sat was low. am so cooked. should I submit to rice or Duke for regular admission?

[haughty moth]

probably

you would only not submit if your score is rlly below the average. 1500 is def at the usc average maybe a bit lower but still good

[versed narwhal]

R u sure u can’t update ur test choice? I feel like I had an option on my portal but idk it was a long time ago

[stray crag]

they didn't let me last yr 😔 wanted to submit my 1560 but they said no changes now