@ca6882 I didn’t tell USC about a course I dropped. It wasn’t required. I just wanted to take an additional math class because I always believed that I was rejected for getting a B in stats the first time I applied. So in my mind, I thought why not try a higher level math course and try to ace it? Things went horribly wrong. I was quite ill at the beginning of the semester and had a lot of difficulty dedicating equal time to all my courses. I was failing the math course. I dropped it and received my first W. I then enrolled in an 8 week micro econ course because I was feeling a lot better. Still, I knew there wasn’t much hope for me in the math class. I didn’t tell USC about these changes and they didn’t rescind me. If it worries you, it would probably be a good idea to tell them. It would be quite depressing if you’re accepted, don’t say anything, and then get rescinded because they didn’t like that you received an incomplete and dropped a course. Dropping a class doesn’t seem like grounds for being rescinded unless it was something major, but you never know.
hoping we get some acceptances today
If I sent in my spring grades without an SGR, would I still get one?
Hey I have seen many say they are seeing a delivery coming through informed delivery. Several cases showed that they were able to see it or not at all. This makes me wonder, if you are receiving the acceptance package, is it typical that you receive this notification? How would we receive this notification about informed delivery? Thanks!
If my GPA dropped this semester instead of rising, should I wait and see if I get accepted without an SGR or should I send it in anyway and just hope for the best?
I personally wouldn’t because I’m in the same boat as you. I might be getting all A’s and one singular B+ instead of all A’s this semester and i’m not sending them anything unless they ask because that will probably be enough grounds to rejected me if they’re on the fence about my decision. @atldreamer4
@atldreamer4 Send anyways. It will only help you because they can see more college grades from you to indicate your consistent and long term academic performance.
I will only consider not sending it if your spring grades are significantly lower than your cumulative (3.8 cumulative and 3.3-3.5 spring grades).
If I were you, I would send spring grades higher than a 3.7 without hesitation.
Good luck!
@maheralsakkaf You should send it because one “B+” is not a big deal.
I will only consider not sending it if your spring grades are significantly lower than your cumulative (3.8 cumulative and 3.3-3.5 spring grades).
If I were you, I would send spring grades higher than a 3.7 without hesitation.
Good luck!
By the way, my cumulative GPA before Spring is 3.71 and my Spring GPA is 3.92 GPA, so it only helps me.
I sent my spring grades at the end of April even though I did not get an SGR.
Sending spring grades without being asked should expedite my decision process because they could (technically and we will see) only give me an acceptance or rejection by June 1st.
I’m so excited! My Spring Grades just got requested! I’m a psych major with a 3.4 GPA but I will say that I switched my major from Biology to Psychology and have been receiving a 4.0 ever since I made that switch. I’m currently getting high As in all my classes so my fingers are crossed!
Also, I brought attention to that within my application
@sagaciousforever How did you turn in your spring grades at the end of April? I thought Pepperdine doesn’t end till end of May? I wanna turn in my spring grades early too but I’m not sure how to do it? Can you explain what you did?
@HouseTrojan32 No, I finished my finals on early April 20 ish, so my grades came out at the end of April.
You can just screenshot your unofficial transcript including your spring grades and upload it to USC’s portal. should will select “mid-year transcript” for the document title.
@HouseTrojan32 You should select “mid-year transcript” for the document title.
Any Marshall applicants got a decision yesterday?
I’m so tired of waiting all of my friends are wearing their ucla and berkeley t shirts while I’m just wearing a sad grey one 
ok I don’t want to get anybody’s hopes up but I have a gut feeling they might put out some decisions either tonight or tomorrow
@FlashyT Unfortunately no. I’m appealing tomorrow however so we’ll see what happens. I called UCLA and they said that a big factor that rejected me was that they were very “nervous” that I’ve taken 29 units (10 classes) this semester and assumed I simply would not be able to handle that load.
I am expected to receive Straight A’s on all of them however. This week is finals week with my last finals on monday and I’ve already received a final grade of A on 7 out of my 10 classes. I’ve got good marks on my last three classes so yeah I’ll just ace them and have a 4.0 semester gpa with 29 units. That should work in my favor within the appeal.
@GoodAfternoonSir wow are you coming from a community? Jesus - I thought I was taking a lot (23 units) 
You must be wondering how I’m able to take 29 units this semester. So while the normal limit is 18, this may be overridden with a petition that can allow up to 6 more units (24) within a normal fall or spring semester. However, keep in mind that the units of the classes in progress act as the sole determinant of how many units you can complete at a time. This way after a class finishes, the units in progress are set back and more classes can be filled. The previous class still counts overall but doesn’t have any influence over how many units you’re taken in progress as the class is essentially “done” and a grade has been posted. So in my case, I was enrolled in 22 units within the community college district and had an 8-week class that was completed on March 19th. As said previously, completing this class set my units in progress at 19 was still retaining my cumulative unit count at 22. Therefore I could enroll in a 8 week class starting in the second session of the normal 16 week term, putting my units in progress back to 22, while setting my cumulative count to 25.
The last 4 units that would set me at 29 is that I’m taking Calculus 2 at University of Phoenix as part of their open policy program. There’s an educational center about 10 mins from where I live so I can easily take this class in the evening on my way home 
With this in mind, one has the possibility in taking as many as 48 units within ONE semester at my community college district alone, provided that all 24 units of his course load our first 8-week classes, get those finished then enroll in the second batch of 24 units that start on March 19 and end in May. Too bad I didn’t know about this earlier but oh well.
@zettasyntax Hey man, I have a solid question.
How difficult are USC classes compared to community college classes in general? I know this viewpoint is subjective but I would appreciate your thoughts greatly. I’ve taken 30 units last semester and 29 units this semester because I feel like community college classes pale in difficulty compared to university-level classes and so I wanted to triple my loads to kinda prepare “per se” for the rigor expected in these prestigious universities.