Is the planning worksheet a new addition to the USC Financial Aid Status?
@lalanguyen96 omg congrats!! do you remember what day you sent in your appeal?
@vvnngo I sent in on Jul 13th
HOLY CRAP I GOT IN FOR SPRING 2018 BUSINESS ADMIN FROM APPEAL
@Wafflepiezz congrats
@lalanguyen96 congrats! that’s so weird, I’ve been waiting for a month for my appeal decision…
@lalanguyen96 @Wafflepiezz congrats! could you provide any tips on the appeal? broadly speaking, what kind of info did you provide?
could you let us know what your general stats are? 
@lalanguyen96 can u tell me little bit about appeal process. Congrats to u.
@Wafflepiezz congrats. Can u pls tell us who do u write to and what kind of info to include. Thanks in advance.
Hi!
I get 4.0, do lots of ec, but I think I got rejected because I got an incomplete grade for Math(a prerequisite). However, by the time of my appeal, I got a grade for it, which is an A, and I think that plays a major part. In my last quarter, my gpa is 3.6sth but my overall gpa is 3.9sth Hope that helps
@jane2017 I began the letter with saying how usc is my dream school, and I explained my incomplete grade and showed my new grade. Thats it.
@la225m I think you need a super new info, like a new grade or sth to be appealing to them. and ur last sem/quarter grade gotta be strong too. If they still have space, they can reconsider you.
@corgiusc That’s definitely new. I don’t ever remember seeing it.
For your USC appeals who did you make the letter out to?
@brixnx – letter should be addressed to:
Office of Admissions
University of Southern California
[address]
Send the letter (pdf) to your counselor via email as time is of the essence! You can even just paste the letter into the email.
@uscdream4me thanks. Did today. Now wait and see.
@la225m @jane2017 I pretty much just used facts and logic. A bit of emotion at the end, because USC is the only campus I applied to.
The appeals committee is looking for “new and compelling information that wasn’t included in your original application.”
Ever since my quarter ended, I had a job and went through some major changes. I also didn’t finish the math + writing prerequisites until my Spring quarter ended, so I showed them those grades too. I got an A for both of the pre-reqs. I think that not completing the important pre-reqs was also one of the major reasons why my original application was rejected.
Overall GPA ended with a 3.7, my only extracurricular was a job and trading actively in the stock market. Zero club and school-related extracurricular hours.
I also honestly didn’t think I had a chance because of my stats compared to many other business majors who have a better GPA and better extracurriculars, so I’m still in shock. Heard appeal acceptance rate was also terribly low.
However, it goes to show that you should go for it anyways and see what happens. Nobody really knows what’ll happen
Don’t give up and fight on :)>-
Is anyone else still waiting for a response from a spring grade request?
does anyone here think determination is a praised factor in the admissions process? like if you’ve applied to USC in the past and you keep on applying and applying, do you think they’ll take that into “positive” consideration?
@user98 When I applied last year I was rejected for sophomore transfer, and there was some information attached to the rejection. It discouraged re applying after a rejection, stating that the result would be the same. I re applied anyways and got in this year. Definitely shows your desire to attend and they like that.