@surefineitsok I may be wrong but I haven’t read about anyone outside of Marshall and Dornslife being accepted (other than TTP and that was in April). So I think all other schools are still waiting
@GoodAfternoonSir I applied to marshall and I’m still waiting
@GoodAfternoonSir I’m also a Marshall applicant still waiting as well. We’re in it for the long haul lol
I heard USC is generous with financial aid and I got just about nothing. Did anyone else get a bad financial aid statement?
Viterbi applicant here, still waiting for a decision. My physics professor said that usually for engineering you either get rejected or waitlisted but appeals are usually very successful. That in the past couple of years he has helped students get in by submitting letters of recommendation as part of their appeal. He said that it would be one of those things were Viterbi wants to see students put in the “extra effort” to show how bad they want to go to USC. That’s what my professor told me when I told him I wanted to go to USC, not sure how many students he has helped or the success rate.
@tnm996 Do your parents have a high combined income?
@tnm996 What did the financial aid calculator say when you tried it out? I found that it was incredibly accurate for me. It said that USC would pretty much cover my tuition with a little left for other expenses. This helped me pay for the student insurance as I was uninsured, but I still had to take out a small loan to cover the rest of the medical insurance cost. @CADREAMIN is quite knowledgeable about this. I can’t do it justice, but she’s stated USC does consider things like properties/homes and how parents could potentially borrow money to help fund their child’s education. If you filled out the financial aid calculator accurately, your financial aid package shouldn’t really differ that much from what it estimated. You can often appeal (and should if you believe something is wrong), but I haven’t really heard of any dramatic increases.
@tnm996 USC uses CSS profile for financial aid and how it works/results can surprise a lot of people. Biggest thing some don’t realize is that home equity (among other things) counts as money to use for college. That affects results for many. What an individual considers need is often very different than what a college considers need. And USC is one of the most expensive schools out there.
Hey quick question.
I have not been accepted but just a small question about financial aid.
I live only with my father and he does not really make much money and I don’t either. However the css profile required me to fill out my mother’s income even though she doesn’t really support us and she makes a lot more money than we do. Will that affect my chances of getting good aid, if they consider my mother into the whole thing?
I received a SGR but then it disappeared from my portal. I still have the email requesting it. Does anyone know what this means
very likely a mistake, call an admissions officer today and have it sorted
Dang… for LMU I got around a 17k grant but for usc only 4k. Not sure if I can even afford to go to USC, but trying to make it work. 
hopefully it ends up working out in my favor, looks like I’ll have to be applying to tons of scholarships!
@nervygirl1 Call admissions and ask about this. Nobody on here knows if it’s a mistake or whether they intentionally did that. Your best bet is to get a direct answer from admissions.
@tnm996 Wait, so you have to pay like 70k to attend usc?
@GotYa55 unfortunately yes, I’m going to call USC to double check that it is right because it does not seem right to me.
Yes agree, call admissions and they will tell you why and if anything else can be done.
The majority of people do pay to attend. Actually, it’s closer to 80K. @MrSir323 Yes, your mother’s income will lkely count. That is what we see the most on the transfer thread at acceptance time - the realization that they have to pay to attend and how much it costs.
@CADREAMIN does USC take into account any scholarships they’re giving you? Say for instance an admitted applicant is getting the transfer merit scholarship. Will their FA be adjusted to show that?
@MrSir323 you can submit a waiver called the non custodial parent waiver in your FAST to prove that your mom doesn’t contribute financially
@FemmeFilmFatale Yes it will. The transfer merit scholarship would offset that amount of FA, not go on top of it.