@tleee12345 what school within USC did you apply for?
@pomeranians4rich i am a business admin marshall first choice and international relations (global business) at dornslife for second major. i have no idea how likely it is that we will be accepted for our second choice. im assuming that they wont accept for second choice to be honest.
@tleee12345 how many GEs u finish?
@scotthock That is awesome Scott. You have an awesome USC family history. I really hope you get in. The SAE formula car is a big experience that will benefit your decision.
I’m transferring from a CCC in southern California. Was not expecting to still be waiting this far along in to summer to hear the final decision. As long as it’s a positive response we get the wait will be well worth it.
Congrats @LACCryan !!!
Was he the only one that received a response. This wait is killing me.
I’m a Dornslife TTP 3.7 applicant who is still waiting
@eoverland Yeah, I was a Marshall applicant with an SGR and I was rejected on the June 24th after submitting my grades on May 27th. During the spring I took 6 classes/20 units with a 4.0.
@John6311 Since ur a TTP with a 3.7 I think u have a really REALLY good chance. PM when u get in, we can possibly room together at gateway, if ur looking for a roommate.
For those who are already accepted, do they all send you an email about financial aid or this “benefit” thing that pops up under the financial aid tab?
I’ve been checking my financial aid tab… 
Congrats @LACCryan ! Let me know if you find out about the parking situation, if I get in I’ll be commuting as well.
@eoverland I posted my stats last week but my overall GPA is a 3.3 due to low grades when I first started at my CC but when I came back as a business major 2 years ago my GPA has been a 3.8-4.0 taking 16-22 units per semester. I’m also a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society and I have about 90 transfer units.
I have 3 years of management experience, I’m very involved in my community and in clubs at school, and last summer I did an internship with the Long Beach Police Department in their finance office. I talked about these things and the reasoning behind my low GPA in my essay and I’ve been told its pretty good.
So far for Fall 2016 I’ve been accepted to 3 Cal State Universities, University of San Diego, and Loyola Marymount University
@pomeranian4rich My second choice major is international relations (global business) at Dornsife
@Oneday1997 I’m down! Iff I get in ofcourse lol. idk what’s taking so long. Let’s consider Tuscany as well
Just out of curiosity, does anyone on here think that the zones of applicants that your admissions counselor oversees could have an impact on admission decisions? For example, and this analogy is a little in depth: Let’s say you’re an applicant from LA County with a 3.7 average or higher. Chances are, there are a ton of other applicants also in LA County, lots of them with similar marks, all assigned to the same counselor as you. So basically, you’re one particular fish swimming in a sea of other fish looking to get caught. Now let’s say another applicant is from Delaware, also with a 3.7 average or higher. However, the difference is that this applicant’s admissions counselor is not zoned for any region of CA (which holds largest USC demographic), so they aren’t reviewing nearly as many applicants as the counselor zoned for LA County. As a result, this applicant from Delaware (with 3.7 average or higher), is one particular fish swimming in merely a pond with other fish, also looking to get caught. In terms of simple probability, wouldn’t a particular fish swimming in a pond have a much greater chance of being caught than a particular fish swimming in a sea? Some of you might understand what I’m trying to say, some of you might not. Just food for thought.
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Hey ya’ll sorry for going MIA since the news of my decision, life picked a terrible day to be busy at work!
Here are my stats, and forgive me if the format is incorrect.
SGR 5/25
Hand delivered spring grades 6/10
Accepted through the portal this morning (before noon).
Annenberg Fall admit majoring in Communication.
I was a high school drop out (11th grade).
Went to a CC in my late teens and that transcript shows 7 W’s and & 4 F’s.
Two years ago I had zero completed units and since then I’ve been able to amass 92 transferable courses, without any W’s and just one D this past winter. I honestly thought my candidacy was blown after that but I didn’t give up. I re-took that class (intermediate Algebra) and passed with a B, then went on to take Statistics (B).
My overall GPA is 3.67 (Although I’m unsure how that translates heading into USC because of the remedial math coursework + poor earlier grades).
Essay was pretty solid: I’m a working professional in the natural gas business and I expanded on how I would use my area of interest into real life application.
I was a member of LACC’s Speech and Debate Team (I think it helped, as a Comm major).
Club Counselor for both the Speech Team and the LGBTQ Spectrum Alliance (basically a liaison between the clubs and student government).
Peer mentor, (assisted first year CC students with getting acclimated to the college life, academics, and extra circulars - this was a paid position so the extra cash helped).
Please let me know if I’m missing any info and I’ll be happy to share.
Thanks for all of the support and I sincerely hope to get a chance to meet you all after you’re accepted.
Instagram: @ryandotvargas (shameless) hahaha
@USCimhereforu I did not get a “benefit” thing, however, I did receive an email about updating my financial aid on June 22nd. My acceptance came a few days later but it was also dated June 22nd. Curiously enough, there was nothing for me to update or submit for financial aid. The email also says that it wasn’t an Indication of admission but…
I blew off the email tho, because I didn’t want to get my hopes up for nothing
I will tell you tho, last year (senior year of high school), I got a couple of those and I was still rejected. But i got them earlier.
@John6311 yupppp, good luck!!!
@penntousc I had a similar thought but when looking at how the territories are divided I realized that counselors with territories in a part of CA also have territories in other states. The LA county areas are divided between different counselors. For example, I live in the Long Beach area (which is in LA county) and my counselor’s territory is Long Beach and Florida. West LA, East LA and the Hollywood area all have different counselors.
@LadyVeee I did see that for most counselors, however I was just curious to see what everyone said because in my case when I apply this upcoming fall/winter, my counselor actually does not have a section in CA. She’s zoned for PA, Louisiana, and northern NJ. I guess that’s just not common amongst the rest of the counselors though.
first major business second major political science. At this point I just want to get in.
Has anyone had any contact with the Viterbi counselors to figure out if we are ever going to hear back? Lol! I feel like it’s super late. We start school in a 2 months!!
@penntousc ahhh, I see what you’re saying. You could be right but I would think the territories are split up between the counselors to avoid that. Like with your counselor, she covers 3 states while mine only covers 1 state and an area of LA.
Either way, good luck! What’s your major?
@penntousc I definitely think that out of state thing would benefit you … They always post those statistics how that they have such diverse pool of people admitted from out of state and internationally what are your stats do you think you have a good shot
@LadyVeee I’ll be applying for Business Administration, and will have completed calc 1, calc 2, the writing requirement, diversity requirement, accounting 1 & 2, and some GE’s before transfer, hopefully all with grades high enough to get in.
@daRamz that’s what I’m hoping, and I’ll be applying for next year. I’ve sort of just been lingering around this thread taking notes so that I can best prepare myself when it’s time for me to apply.