<p>Since appeal decisions are coming out at the latest May 15, why don’t people post their decisions here when they get them. Also post where you’re going to school next year!</p>
<p>i wonder what percentage they overturn appeals.</p>
<p>emailed decisions come out on the 15th as a set date, not the latest you could hear. it’s the only time actually for the emails and the post mail it would be the earliest.</p>
<p>Plus, don’t forget, you may be notified of spring admission even if your e-mail doesn’t say so!</p>
<p>dragondawg: Last year 41 decisions were overturned (this number is both fall AND spring) out of 626, so that’s around 6-7%.</p>
<p>i really dont think its 41 overturned. i think its 41 that eventually enrolled. meaning they may have offered admission to about 100 or more but that is the amount that accepted a spot. if i recall they said in the letter “admissions granted” and if you don’t enroll, they’re not granting your admission. so i would estimate its slightly more than that.</p>
<p>For those who are waiting to hear about their appeals, I wonder if USC took anyone from its wait list. I have not heard anything about a wait list, just hear about appeals on this web site.</p>
<p>USC does not have a waitlist.</p>
<p>[College</a> waiting lists leave top applicants in holding pattern - LA Daily News](<a href=“http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9212172]College”>http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9212172)</p>
<p>As far as I know SC does not have a wait list. Students have been admitted in the fall who had previously been spring admits. Transfer students have been admitted in the summer.</p>
<p>Nikara may be able to give a more up to date answer to this question.</p>
<p>Did USC reach its target of 2600 students or are they over enrolled? Anyone know?</p>
<p>The freshman acceptance rate was greatly reduced to ~21%.</p>
<p>The university is no longer working to admit a “target” # of people, but are rather admitting students they feel are promising and qualified. That definition, of course, we wouldn’t know but it’s always good to try your personal best in all areas you feel would appeal to AdComs. :)</p>
<p>Of course they have a target class size! We won’t know for some time whether they’ve met it; USC seems disinclined to reveal those kinds of numbers. Certainly USC aspires to admit promising and qualified students, as W.O.T. says. But the fact remains that they identify several hundred students that they want (i.e. they’re promising and qualified), but that they can’t fit into the Fall admit class, for reasons that remain a bit obscure. (I get the impression that it’s a combination of bed-space on campus and space in the various majors.) Clearly, they tell the colleges how many they can accept into a given college or program, and the ones they can’t fit are offered Spring admission. There might be some appeals granted, and it’s logical that they might move the current Spring admits into Fall, and offer Spring admission to the successful appeals. Or maybe they discover a true error in their judgment, and that there’s space in the desired major, and admit an appealing applicant for Fall. I think we’ll know in a few days, so good luck everyone who is hoping for a change in status!</p>
<p>I did not realize that USC does not have a waitlist. This and the historical lack of an ED program shows an admirable lack of temptation to manipulate the rankings, at least in terms of artificially boosting yield. Compare that to other similarly ranked institutions with not one but two ED rounds and an extensive waiting list… the guilty shall remain unnamed, for the ears of their mascot may start flapping in the wind.</p>
<p>P.S. Apologies to the OP for hijacking their thread with editorials</p>
<p>They effectively have the same thing with Spring admit and Appeals though.</p>
<p>And from what I have heard, they seem to be below their target, but there is no hard numbers…</p>
<p>USC is kind of like some of the UCs. No waitlist but it has appeals and spring admits.</p>
<p>This is all very enlightening…but a little late IMO…Admissions makes absolutely no statement to the fact that they possibly move Spring admits to fall in any of it’s correspondence with said Spring admits…when asked, they responded that it doesn’t happen unless there is a very unusual circumstance (i.e. an architecture student who apparently cannot start late due to requirements at USC)…
If this is actually a reality, it would have been nice to know this a couple of months ago; not sure how many Spring admits chose other schools and are still lurking around here, but I would be curious to get someone else’s opinion about this…Yea, I know some people double commit to account for this, but why would one double commit if they were told “it’s not even a remote possibility”…</p>
<p>The FAQ on the spring admit Welcome brochure does say “If space becomes available, we may invite a few spring enrollees to join the class in the fall.” But you’re correct, Rodney, that anyone who asked was told the chances are slim to none. Old CC threads provide anecdotal evidence that h*ll does freeze over for some lucky students - basically it’s enough to provide some hope of moving up, but definitely not any degree of assurance that it will happen.</p>
<p>And this year seemed especially unsure, with USC concerned that they were overenrolled by 200 freshmen for 2007-2008. While last year they accepted 8600 students for fall, hoping to enroll 2700 (and enrolling 2900 instead), this year they only sent 7600 acceptances for a hoped for enrollment of 2600. If their guestimates are off, perhaps more fall openings will arise and this could be good news for some spring admits. I know of at least one wonderful student (FauxNom’s!) who is probably hoping this is the case. </p>
<p>Since schools use the waitlist or the spring admit to get their classes close to their ideal numbers, it is a little rough to realize they are using the futures of terrific hopeful students in order to balance numbers on a page (!!) Not everyone wants to wait in limbo just praying for a spot. I think I prefer the spring admit policy a bit more, though, because it says 1) you are someone we want as a student and you have a spot, and 2) now you the student can make up your mind and turn US down if you don’t like what you are being offered.</p>
<p>I’m curious to see how it all plays out, but sad for those who didn’t get the hoped for spot.</p>
<p>I think there will be a trickling effect from other school waitlist. The meltdown will be in August. I know some students on CC admitted to send SIRs to both USC and UCLA, for example, and still deciding between the 2 schools. So there is hope for Spring Admits.</p>
<p>If there does come to be availability for fall, the trickiest part for USC spring admits could be finding openings in their chosen majors, as the more competitive Schools, like Marshall for instance, may have fewer abandoned spots. (As an example, I’ve heard it mentioned that Cinema School has an 80% yield, vs. the overall USC yield of 36 or something like that%) Anyone have better figures than this? Anyway, I would imagine an undeclared or LAS major could be in a more flexible position and stand to gain when it comes to fall fill-in selections. </p>
<p>Just guessing here.</p>
<p>columbia_student: I know for a fact that when i enrolled at my school (not USC unfortunately), I agreed not to put down other deposits. I’m pretty sure most schools have policies similar to this - it even said in the agreement if you put down two deposits they would rescind my offer of admission…</p>
<p>but then again they really have no way of finding out if you were dewaitlisted or just changed your mind.</p>