#University of Southern California (USC) (2025-2026)
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don’t see the option to update my sat on my portal anymore
it’s gone
Wait
But if u report ur SAT to USC
Shouldn’t it be official though
Or am I tweaking 😭
I guess I can send an official sat but it takes about 2 weeks for cb to send the score
the ea decision will be done and released by then
last year it was Jan 17
ED results?
6
6
2
Deferred
lebron james
It should
FTFO
FTFO
beat the frogs 🐸 🚫
(we did not beat the frogs 🥀)
anyone currently at USC or college student just open to reading my essays for viterbi?
How competitive is applying into keck undergrad vs dornsife
keck majors are quite small a little more competitive but not crazy
if you want to do something like global health then just do it
yeah i just applied early action for hpdp and alt major global health
💀
like i have no idea if they let me change my major if i get deferred to smth dornsife premed related
like back into keck?
one of my housemates went back into global health from dornsife it's def doable
basically im just slightly worried that i dont get in bc i chose a more competitive major
but if its like negligible
it should be okay ig
yeah u should be fine idt enough ppl apply directly enough to keck to make it super competitive vs dornsife
this is just word on the street tho
that is correct there is no deferring in rd and you will know whether you are either in or not
on rd date
question: if my 1st choice major is viterbi which it has to be to even be considered and i put my 2nd as dornsife would i be auto considered for their program
even tho my supps r viterbi
Is math a competitive major
what do you mean by competitive? every major at usc is competitive
Like in comparison to nursing
I’m bad with words
also wouldn't go to a private school for nursing
😶
It was just from a perspective how they would analyze someone, like if a major is popular at that school how would my major compare in popularity
i mean the acceptance rates are probably similar
usc is not really known for those majors and those r small no matter what school u go to

Like how tiny
there are rlly only 2 majors
and econ/math which counts as econ for obvious reasons
Damn
math and applied math
How many students would you say
Let me just start praying now
yeah but the pool is all ea deferred ppl 😭
i mean if you like usc i’d give it a shot
you miss all of the shots you don’t take or whatever
for the record i got in applying rd after the ea round
never hurts
it doesn’t matter that much that the pool is all ea defers
Anybody received the request to provide IRS tax return information from financial aid office?
anyone have any guesses on when decisions will come out?
mid jan ea late march rd
does usc require official sat score report and parchment dial enrollment transcripts?
I know they need official sat
argg
just submitted USC and on the "whats next" they say to submit official transcripts and test scores but i dont need to do that until acceptance right
aw shit i sent it this morning it wont arrive in time
is that a reject
reasonable guess
they do normally post when the dates are tho we'll see
in terms of commuting?
or what terms
if history is repeating itself it will be next friday
16th
but nothing official has been announced im pretty sure
probably would have announced the date by now if they did
Calling all first-year applicants! Mark your calendars! Admission decisions will be released on March 26!
4474
Ya
So is it probably going to be later than next Friday then?
probably fine
people do it from culver and sgv all the time
u just might have to drive idt theres any good trains that run from echo park to dtla
your guess is as good as mine
i just go to school here

thats fine
gang should i get tickets
damn
ts actually fire ngl
btw, can anyone take a look at my USC sup?
dmed 👍
lmao
btw, can anyone take a look at my USC sup?
yeah
ur a snr buddy
soes usc reject during ea round?
no
ya
u bitch ass whore
fuck u
u missed deadline
bro
dec 1
for wbb
I TOLD U I WAS GONNA GO DESPITE EVERYTHING
im gonna fight u
U SHOULDVE APPLIED ATLEAST
and u know most intl wbb students get placed mbb/big4 in dubai
u couldve come back home
also
arent u from dubai
its ok
maybe email them
cant hurt to try
the things ive gotten away with js bcs i sent an email these last 2 app seasons 😭
you’ll come to stern instead
u could get a scholly still
just apply for transfer
u cant
why is the deadline even December 1
because December 1 deadline is for portfolio majors
oh
💔
they just mean extra application materials by portfolio

i hate u
we couldve been 4lifers

if u insist
@haughty moth where can i do my first semester if im spring admit
is there a list
nvm found it
whys bro planning for spring sem in advance
It wasn’t pretty but I submitted it
does usc require mid year reports
probably not
they dont email you the portal?
i feel like thats more likely for me
I submitted my application at 12:00 AM est last night what is wrong with me 
Omg we had him on A2C discord a few years back
I cold emailed him asking and then we did a zoom meeting and I almost cried after thinking I fucked up and then he said yes to ama
Wt?😭
small world
Should I say I’m from A2C in additional info section 😭
🗿
Yeah
can we switch if we want to send our test scores on the usc portal
cause I accidently pressed no on common app..
does anyone know if i can submit a correction to one of my supps
cant do this
also when is ea coming out
sometime this week or next week (we don't know yet, it was jan 17th last year)
Calling all first-year applicants! Mark your calendars! Admission decisions will be released on March 26!
4474
are they releasing in 5 days
Does anybody know how I could send an update about an EC for my rd application
If it helps, they released ED this year without warning
so they might just release EA randomly
Blech
this is the most likely scenario
imo
and my guess would be this friday potentially next friday
just a guess tho
oh my days...
dude
why tf do schools do this
just dropping randomly is mean
For ED
we called the admissions office on the day of release
and they told us the exact time
yall take ts too seriously
fr
this is not a matter of life and death guys
nor will knowing the date change whether or not you get in
d1 trolling
not you, if USC does that them
guys can we get some more productive questions here
for the past like week its just been ea decision that no one knows about anyway
no just in general
i mean sure but its not like anyone here knows more about the date anyways
there are better things to do than speculate

they better let me know right neow
no I promise u I know I’m just not saying
lmao
yeah i agree
knowing the day a decision is coming used to totally paralyse me for the whole day lol even though i knew i wasn't gonna get in
no genuinely every fucking subreddit and discord is obsessing over decision dates
go enjoy senior year and don’t be a bum reloading the portal or be ur gmail 24/7
idk how to enjoy my senior year
skip class and go on trips w friends
like i drove all my friends to laguna last week lmao
well why’d u apply then
bro got sucked into the ed pipeline 😭😭
dude
idk
i wanted to do jhu ed2 but the acceptanc e rate is way too low there for ed2
my school counselor just signed my ed2 form so i cant rlly change my ed2 schools rn
ill probabily withdraw if i get into any of my state schools...
yeah i would do this if i didnt live in the middle of nowhere
i fear the only place i would see is the gas station and the highway 💔
I got u
How can I send an extracurricular update for RD
email them and beg
but someone in this thread tried emailing the office before christmas and they basically said nice try bro
so probably won't work out unfortunately
bro for ed2 u should have just done wherever u wanted to go
no shot
you can’t send updates or anything like that?
u should email my goat julie
yeah she’s super nice I emailed her for an update in my grades
wait do yk if it’s true that the nmsqt finalist scholarship went down this year
why would i know
oh wait sorry mb I could’ve just googled it
would not be surprised tho
yeah it looks like it’s at 20k now
apparently the honors college is full of rotc and to kids now bc theres so little kids on scholarship
oh taht was last yr
by down i thought u meant like
dead
oh no I heard it was previously like a half tuition scholarship
ahh I see
that is also true
but the key word is was
yeah
hi guys i know usc is coming out in a few days, but i just realized that usc hasn't opened my dual/concurrent transcript i submitted via parchment. do y'all think its worth it to send an email to the AOs rn or is it possible to appeal if I get rejected?
no one knows when usc is coming out lmao
so should i still send them an email about it?
i have the option to submit my mid year transcript on my portal am i cooked
same
like did ur counselor already submit it or is the option just there
I’m pretty sure option is just there 😭 dw guys
wait if u did concurrent do u need to send official transcripts yet i applied RD
and theyre listed on my HS transcript
but if they see me reload the portal 500 times theyll know im very interested in the school and give me demonstrated interest points 🙏
alr bro demonstrated interest is a troll
can they actually see that
oh
logging in?
(It’s a joke)
maybe it will be surprise drop
gosh
wait where
here right
its supposed to say that
its been like that
guys so is it tmr or friday
ok so the thing is
last year they actually posted smth on their instagram page like
7 days in advance
and they havent done anything like that yet
☠️
yea fr
yeah last year they did, but lowk at this point imma just wait to see if the post something on their instagram, no shot I'm staying up super late in my own TZ just to see if it possibly comes out
https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/ETswCZHEHI
Idk how legit this is
yea same idk
bruh
think really hard
did u email them
oh
USC EA Decision Date
Friday, January 16, 2026
Likely between 3 and 5pm PT
@everyone
Is this confirmed?
I’ve seen it in multiple places
I see, thanku lots!
guys is there any chance of getting scholarships in rd?
where
College Confidential
I think you aren’t eligible for it if you don’t apply ea
okay
thanks
do you guys know how to read
no
also USC gives 0 aid to intl
u applied?
i applied rd a while back, i was tool lazy in ea since i had like 10 uni's
in around 6+7+7+7 hours
where was this said
Counselor email
Real
i lowkey regret applying ea
i feel like my app improved a lot rd
it is what it is though
yeah
wow you’re so cool bro
#spreadloveandkindness
@left quartz are you going to put a USC icon for tomorrow?
USC is apparently the third most costliest university 💀
Are you a counselor
yes!
alright it is in fact tomorrow
good luck everyone
normally they start at 3 pst on the east coast and go west from there
why the shade
think really hard
gl everyone on USC tomorrow
no its 2morrow bb
it's alr friday for me so TONITE
whats ur timezone
gmt + 6
LATE NIGHT TONIGHT
who applied viterbi
me too!
u never know
cool cool wht major
haha me.....
😼 😼
you applied rd or ea?
thats why idgaf if i get rejected lmaooo
oh okay i didnt know it was like different cuz i thought it was a private school
submitted a 1450 😓
still good
also i hated the engineering challenges question
personally i liked the NAE one
i did the developing tools
bc thats what i do in my research lab
what yall write ab
i think personalized learning
cool cool
oh i think i did that one too LOL
deadass
bruh i connected personalized learning to tutoring 💔 probably the most basic ahh essay i wrote
okay but like if u did tutoring then why not
also it doesnt even have to be connected
ur chilling
cs 😭
wait thats a major
ya its basically the game design feeder
since app deadline is over
thats cool!!
nice
yeah probs not the best idea
unless you dont gaf ig
if you want then sure, i’m not sharing mine though 😭
if u already submitted does it matter though
also dw yall im making the competition pool easier i am sure my supps are much more ass
i saw a vid of a girl's essay who got stolen and reposted on some random website
like even if it was submitted.... i wouldn't want that to happen to me lol
i mean did she post them on socials
doesnt usc accept like anyone
i meant
accept no one
in EA Round
anyone else do marshall
i did dornslife
yeah im pretty sure its a small%
im full pay tho doesnt that help EA
itll be okaty
i would hope so
r u full pay
no definitely not lol
im just saying i think most schools would want to accept someone full pay over heavy aid
yeah ig
university of spoiled children
LOL
what did u guys do for ur 3 words
but doesnt doing EA help in rd round
too expensive, one of my opps goes here, etc
One of mine was goat
i dont even remember what my words were
cause my last name means goat 😭😭
i did enthusiastic thoughtful and collaborative
uh and yeah I did two other random words
i just had fun with those quick takes
i dont think they factor them into your decision anyway
yeah same and I did my entire application the day before so I was kinda rushing
yeah i think just being genuine is the way to go
yes
10pm est im gonna be asleep ffs
FUCKKK
these are the mfs that end up getting accepted and their supps are dead poetry
also the quick takes genuinely don’t matter i asked the usc AO that came to my school
it’s just for fun lmao
i mean i don’t think they matter i just wanted t do show and tell
im sorry kpopsmoke69 ill do better
i wonder if they already started to review sca applications 💀
i mean it is likely
doomed.
i messed up my tisch application
by not getting the right portfolio in on time
💀
my parents want me to try and change to rd.... cuz i got in purdue ea
i think i might be fried
they want to see if i get in uw cs
ruh roh
cooked
if i email to try and go from ed2 to rd will the admissions team slime me out
honestly i don't even know what i wan to do
usc bound trust
nah trust
praying that they will take mercy on me
😭
im already crumbling
idk what to make of my usc portfolio lmao
because that was much easier
and i finished it in one day
💀
id dint submt portfolio for usc TT
what isn’t important
its tmmw right
yeah
tyy
its like 18 hours now?
im pretty sure they defer like most ppl and only offered liek 3000 spots last year from EA
ts lowk been my dream school since like sophmore & i made a friend? situationship? idfk over the summer that lives close to here taht i wanna see again 🥀
think its 3.8k this year
ah
how many ppl do they accept rd
like around 5000
I’m so scared for usc holy moley
I wrote their supps first so I think they were my worst essays overall
industrial!!
twin
me 2 twin
can i like send
like half my kidney
and be like u can take the other half if u lemme in
lets donate our kidneys together
yes please
they will defer everyone who doesn't get in ea
at least if they r doing the same as past few years
do ppl ever get spring admission from ea
uh probably
but you would get deferred either way
any keck applicants here 😭
cool cool i did aerospace
did all of u guys get a halycon tax verification request
i got rejected dartmouth ED while also having legacy and i took it personally for like 2 days but got over it bc its genuinely a bumass college with no social life kids
so if you get defer just know u have a 2nd chance
and usc is a bumass college filled with white rich kids that pay 100% tuition
because
ty big dawg
same if I get in imma defer my ed2 at pomona
when is usc coming out?
I mean it benefits both parties; applicants get better acceptance rates and unis get guaranteed yield
pinned message
i get it but u are limiting yourself
quite a lot

with that logic aren't you limiting yourself by ed-ing in general?
why is ed2 different than ed1?
well i just didnt ed
lol
yeah i get that but i didn't like the notion of being locked in
i can see why people would do it
not for me
fair fair
it's harsh to make broad generalizations though
for some people usc is their dream and they would accept over all other schools
and for those people early decision is a way to demonstrate that commitment to the AOs
i just have always felt that it is impossible for you to know what ur dream school actually is
especially now that im here i think this is my dream school 
and you can never really know how it is at schools until u actually take classes
anyways thats just what i think
evidently ed works for most people
if you get in ea you then have to interview for trustee presidents etc
in that sense how did you know that you wanted to commit to USC? You couldn't have known what the climate was until after you attended
i think only national merit is auto
best school i had lmao
same as anyone else
not according to usc reddit
just search up like merit scholarship interview or somethin
ya that too
did u get in ea
his flair says college junior so I don't think so
ed2 genuinely just a fear mongering move
no
my year was first to have ea
i didnt know
so i applied rd
just curious
fight on ✌️
unironically first school spirit message ive seen here LMAO
i did
yes
so ea coming tmr?
yep
oh yeah spring admits are a thing
id sell my left arm to even be a spring admit
true though
that is certainly a statement
lemme just say spring admission is cool but not worth selling a left arm 😂
def worse than fall imo
they can take both kidneys too
if you guys got spring admission tomorrow would you say yes
nice
🥀
yeah....
im ngl i started late
#fried
hell yeah
actually a lot of ppl ik here are spring admits
wait do they ask if u want to be a spring admit after ur accepted or is it if ur deferred/rejected
really????
but not the cs games person they r 2 diff people
uh its the same as if u get in fall
apparently the last person to commit to usc from my old school was a cs games admit
so u find out same time
o icic
the letter is diff and all
dope bet they work at rito now
love that company
no clue but need that to be me frfr
ngl my school history is kinda fried
where do u see this
nah school history is fake
naviance
ah we dont use that
ic
my highschools highkey a uw cs feeder
2 from the same schools crazy though
might lowk withdraw nyu ed2 and pray uw cs we shall see
mine is pretty bad too T_T
i mean these look bad for every school ngl
straight outta a horror game
yall weigh gpas?
I go to a pretty prestigious school with high acceptance rates for most top colleges
yep
our stanford acceptance rate is 30%
well berk got 10
and ucla got 4
jeez
sd got like 6 i think
nice
imo i think i think major fit for cs games is pretty good considering i got the like top scholarship which seems to be awarded by college for purdue game dev
my uws on the lower end for viterbi tho
we shall see
oh whats the difference in avg uw/sat for viterbi vs dornsife
it screwed over someone on reddit
spanish 3 bombed my gpa
real
calc bc bombed my grade
like genuinelly diabolical
I am genuinely not meant for math
viterbi kids are objectively smarter
lemme just say that
ngl im never showing anyone my junior semester 2 & senior sem 1 grades
theyre AWFUL
the amount i study with a double minor should not warrant a 3.98 but here i am 😭
my sernior sem 1 grades rn a lil fried but finals is next week so im not too worried
gl
just gotta lock back in a lil
we're on s2 already lol
good thing I'm applying to dornsife haha
lucky duck
if i was in semester 2
id genuinelly stop showing up to school
buh bye
i have a screenshot of my roommates 16% attendance sem 2
funniest thing ever
ya
kk
thats genuinelly gonna be me
lemme ask actually
im ngl i think i might have to do transfers so im keeping them up
i get in any of my top 5 schools im donezo
oh lol
my friend broke my high school's record of most absences in history, 3x more than the second most absences
thats the dream
purdues #6 so im almost there 😁
real
he still ended up at tufts so I can't argue
ong
its always like that
thank god
= when people read them again they think they suck
hopefully the avg quality is essays is worse then 🙏 🙏
i read tommmorow tommorow and tommorow right before writing one of my essays and i tied the book in somehow and i guess they really liked it
probably lmao
did you note that as your fav book
oh yeah what r yalls shorts
i dont do em
im curious how seriously people take them now
yeah
oh wait wdym shorts
short answers
ohh
what did you think
thought u meant short form content
lol
Petrichor, Ebullient, Sweet-toothed for my three words
i genuinelly look like the #1 hoyoverse glazer in them
chocolate covered gummies as my snack T_T
Describe yourself in three words (25 characters each)
persistently-curious, visionary-optimist, generous
What is your favorite snack?
I can happily claim that dried dates are my favorite snack after trying it for the first time
Best movie of all time
Fight Club helps me think about my identity and place in the world to impact others and their dreams
Dream job
John Carmack: Started from Doom to now developing AGI, genius that makes living more fun for all
If your life had a theme song, what would it be?
빛Light (Hope) by H.O.T.
Dream trip
The release of Team Fortress 2. I would like to witness the pioneer of games as a service.
What TV show will you binge watch next?
Star Wars: Andor - worldbuilding perfection and narrative timing
Which well-known person or fictional character would be your ideal roommate?
Gordon Freeman - quiet, focused, but also guided by his sense of righteousness and love for folks
Favorite Book
Game Design Workshop by Tracy Fullerton - read cover to cover 3 times
If you could teach a class on any topic, what would it be?
Morality and truth: can you trust your perspective?
"dream trip"
"team fortress 2"
yea I was wondering about that
Describe yourself in
three words. First Word:
Futurist
Second Word: Intentional
Third Word: Game-maker
What is your favorite
snack?
Reese’s Cups—A classic for a reason
Best movie of all time: Into the Spiderverse, the variety of art styles used in the movie made it
unique and memorable
Dream job: Lead Game Developer working on a game similar to Honkai Star Rail
If your life had a theme
song, what would it be?
Da Capo (Honkai Impact 3rd) - A bittersweet farewell in song, an ode to
old friends I may never see
Dream trip: Travel 10 years in the future, to see everyone I’ve cared for and how far
they’ve come
What TV show will you
binge watch next?
When I Fly Towards You—A sweet coming-of-age series with characters
that feel very endearing.
Which well-known
person or fictional
character would be your
ideal roommate?
Han from Stray Kids. He’d be quiet but fun to hang out with, and his
creative process intrigues me.
Favorite book: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Zevin: comes full circle,
detailed, intentional
If you could teach a
class on any topic, what
would it be?
The Art of Taking Midnight Strolls; meets every Friday at Midnight
i may be delusional
these r cool
hoyoverse please give me a job
What is your favorite
snack? Chocolate-covered Gummy Bears. Albeit unconventional, it's the perfect
mix of chewy and sweet
Best movie of all time: Yi-Yi - Edward Yang. Considered one of the best arthouse movies of all time; I agree
If your life had a theme
song, what would it be? Flying into the Sun - Crystal Stilts. A great song from an underrated genre (shoegaze).
Dream trip: A backpacking trip across the northern half of Iceland
Favorite book: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Phillip K. Dick
If you could teach a class on any topic, what would it be? Fragmentation of rock in the 1960s: the events and outcomes of one of music's most boisterous times.
i seek future employment
I cut out the answers I didn't want to post hah
bruh all my answers were just like this
yall actually have app reasons for yours
💀
LOL
i still have not watched arcane
we all love league
thats so peak

im playing 10 hours once im done with all ts
im bullying one of my male friends into an ahri cosplay
do it while you can
u cant play in college
I quit league a couple months ago
at least not consistently
oh 🥀
literal ragebait game bro
yo but if i get in usc making games 24/7 would be my dream
not exagerrating
i like half tried climbing to master tft in senior year thinking i wouuld keep doing it in college
now i cant play
there r clubs like that actually
open alpha
lol
tf is a fire connoisseur
uh
im addicted to tft in hsr
i can make fire from stuff
thats like a hidden talent i have is like
being weirdly good at those spindle and caveman rock fire starters
wait thats so cool
as well as the typical flint n steel matches etc etc
i got this fire bracelet thingy and i remember one of my friends burned a carpet
ts fire
actually so cooked bro ☠️
^^
im in the midwest
yeah i guess
i mean is this more assuring lol
like usc doesnt have that much aura in ohio
yall got osu man just go there
good football team
yeah u forget that its mad expensive out here
does usc have a lot of abgs
surprisingly not many
cuz idk what an abg is coming from ohio
b-b-but the socal asians
ya these places are socal
but usc is in the hood
so we dont get many abgs
i love abgs
I live in one of the most gentrified places oat
yo if i get into usc ill do a backflip
is it 3 or 5
huh
3-5 cuh
oh
💀
rolling
which timezone
as is the case ever yyear
If you don't mind sharing what were the stats/ecs that you think got you in
guess
LOL
ya
cst?
i think they start east coast
might be est?
dang actually
o
i thought cali was cst
bro
is that texas
anyways I asked a stupid question too it’s okay
yes
cali standard time 🥀
LOL
3.95 9 aps
uh
bro im so bummed out after getting deferred from 3 schools back to back to back
no school clubs
no relax
est cuz east
mst cuz we have mountains
cst cuz california
my bumass
wait so if I'm pst what time should I expect to receive my decision
yeah thats about it
dang bro
wait so 3~5 est right?

