Ask a USC student anything! - Page 14

For5aken · 08-11-2007, 02:09 AM

Damn, I just realized apartments don't have bulletin boards. Does anyone know if the adhesive putty they gave us during freshman year stains the walls?

bitt3rswtcocoa · 08-13-2007, 12:26 AM

I'm taking macroeconomics in the fall w/ mooore. do I need to get both the macroecon textbook and the 2007 update macroecon textbook? or can i just get the 2007 updated one?

danieldynasty · 08-13-2007, 04:21 PM

I am a rising senior interested in USC. I am going to do the Meet USC visit next week. I want to do accounting but it seems I cannot minor in accounting if I join the Marshall school? I want to prepare myself to take the CPA exam, what is the best path to take? Finance/Accounting is what I am looking for.

Thank you for this excellent service!

proudtrojan · 09-18-2007, 05:41 PM

True, you cannot minor in Accounting if you are a Student in the Marshall School of Business. The Business major does require two accounting courses; however, the major in Accounting is specifically related to the field.

Based on your interests, you could major in Accounting and minor in Business or Mathematical Finance. You could also take additional Finance classes.

The Business Administration major includes course in accounting and finance.

elluque10 · 09-22-2007, 12:22 PM

I made my own thread for this question but I got no responses so maybe you can help me out. My high school only gives me my gpa weighted and its out of 100. On the part 1 applications for usc it asks for my unweighted gpa out of 4.0. What should I do?

Nikara · 09-22-2007, 12:59 PM

Ask your counselor in high school how to calculate it. He or she should definitely know.

ForeverA · 09-23-2007, 12:58 AM

Can anyone suggest the best/easiest WRIT 140 teacher? English is not my strongest point.

spark15 · 09-23-2007, 03:37 AM

I heard comments that there is really no alternatives for writing.

tumblweed32 · 09-23-2007, 05:03 AM

they didn't ask whether they had to take it, they asked which was the best teacher.

IMO, it's really just luck. Most people can't really say who is the best since they only take one class, and I'm assuming they are run by mostly grad students (well mine is at least) meaning they change all the time- it's really the luck of the draw.

proudtrojan · 09-23-2007, 06:19 AM

For the GPA, you should contact USC and see how they want it recorded.

WRIT 140 varies from class to class. Different WRIT 140 courses accompany different Social Issues courses. All WRIT 140 classes basically require the same amount of work, but the Social Issues classes often vary.

sjw2011 · 09-23-2007, 04:28 PM

what's a good writing 340 to take?

proudtrojan · 09-25-2007, 02:37 AM

There are so many relative to different majors. I hear that WRIT 340 for the arts is hard. Writing 340 for Business would be applicable to many majors and careers.

subandrew1 · 09-26-2007, 11:36 PM

a GPA question. let's say i have 18 units. (four regular 4 unit courses + an easy 2 unit course). I get in the regular classes... B, B+, B+, A- and in the easy 2uniter I get a solid A....what's my cumulative GPA? How would you add it up? (3+3.3+3.3+3.7 + ? )/ ?

jbusc · 09-27-2007, 01:16 AM

weight each course GPA by the number of units, so it's 4*3 + 4*3.3 + 4*3.3 + 4*3.7 + 2*4.0 divided by 18, or 3.4

satpunkd · 09-27-2007, 09:18 PM

I have a rather specific question: For majors in the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention program, do they take courses directly from the Keck School of Medicine? Just thought that it'd be pretty cool to take college-level courses in Med. school.