2018 - 2019 USC Transfer

So I was sgr’d in April and I’m extremely nervous because I really have no clue what to expect. Could someone please give me an honest assessment of what is likely to happen to me decision wise? I applied as International relations major (Dornsife).

Fall semester 17
Units - 16
Russian 3 - A
Political theory - A
Human Biology - A
English (Critical theory) - A

Winter intersession 18
Units 6
Linguistics - A
Music Appreciation - A

Spring semester 18 ( projected grades since my semester ends on June 14th)
Units 13

Russian 4 - A
Math 15 - A
Geology - B

cumulative before and after this semester 3.71

Spring GPA - 3.69
All GE’s and reqs will be completed this semester

I had to deal with the loss of an uncle and pick up more hours at work to help support my family, so I’m going to attach additional documents with my SGR explaining how this affected my schoolwork resulting in a B.

I’m also attaching a list of accomplishments I had this semester

-Sole recipient of the Russian Superior award by the Languages division at Pasadena City College (PCC) for my overall performance and mastery of the Russian language.

-Selected by a board of United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonels to complete two summer phases of a Platoon Leaders Course. Upon completion of this course and an undergraduate degree, I will receive a commision as an officer in the United States Marine Corps and pursue a career in Intelligence.

-Selected to simultaneously study in Washington D.C. and intern for elected officials on the United States House Committee on Homeland Security through the Summer 2018 Leadership and the American Presidency (LTAP) program.

-Awarded the highest scholarship by the LTAP program through the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute to attend the program.

-Received Honors for Superior Achievement in the Political Science curriculum by the Social Sciences Division for my academic excellence both in the discipline of Political Science and in my overall performance at PCC.

USC’s housing page says you may not apply for USC housing until you are formally admitted to the university. Im confused how some people applied before they had an admission decision? Can somebody please clarify? Just curious.

@a_licon We have the same major and very similar stats. What year are you? Sophomore or junior transfer? I’m nervous too. I have a 3.97 cumulative GPA (3.96 fall, 3.98 spring) I hope your acceptance comes as well as my own! What college are you from? Good luck!!

Signed up for the December 3rd orientation! :slight_smile:

anyone going to the august 10th orientation?

since the couselors are out until monday, can anyone provide insight before i take to my counselor? i took french as a foreign language before but i want to take spanish at USC. Does anyone know if I still have to take the placement exam for a language i havent taken before?

@EDodgeCayman are you a spring transfer? Where did you sign up for orientation, I submitted my intent but havent gotten any info yet!

Has anyone heard back from SCA film and tv production? called admissions said I have to wait until possibly June 15

@heyguys6767 where are you transferring from?

@DelToroUSC from SMC

Can someone explain how SGR works? Is it a good thing? Should I get my hopes up?

@Alpinyo it’s not good and it’s not bad.

@mavsp1 You might need to call/email and get department clearance, but you should not have to take the placement exam if you will be enrolling in Spanish I. The placement exam is only for those with prior foreign language experience. Like if you’ve taken Spanish II and want to enroll in Spanish III to finish the language requirement, you must take the placement exam before the system even allows you to register for Spanish III.

@gearsekandou me! im going on the 10th

@scarletred and @Vincent1997 It is june 1st. I never receieved a SGR and I never receieved and admissions decision. My portal says nothing is needed and they will contact me if they needed anything. So I guess I just get to wait? I sent an email to admissions so on monday when they open back up perhaps I will hear something

@heyguys6767 were you on this forum during class (Film 2) by any chance today?

@a_licon I go to PCC too lol

Are you a second year? @a_licon

@rgehr123 lol nice! I’m gonna try for reassignment.

I don’t know if they indeed met their june 1st deadline, tbh. This thread has 6k responses and 500k views, but the stats thread only has 3 pages - is this normal? lol. Is USC really rejecting that many apps (assuming most rejections don’t post in stats thread)

Also, I obviously didn’t hear back for my SGR yet. This LIMBO is dreadful. If I take a summer class and get into USC will my summer class transfer? If I don’t hear back from USC till july it will be too late to drop/get a refund