Anyone who got accepted yesterday, when you went on your portal did it just have the congratulations there or did you have to click on something to give your admission
There is no appeal process for transfers - you simply make your case by writing a letter to your advisor. The button was just not taken off from the “regular admissions” cycle which does have a transfer process. It may be August before you hear back. They put no prioirity on these. Just how it is.
I would apply for housing just because this is such an updside down year, so what the heck, might as well toss out the $55. Compared to all the costs to attend USC overall…it’s not even a drop in a bucket, ha. For those waiting for FA, some are going to be disappointed and/or surprised so you may apply for housing but not get the FA you need. Just need to decide what is best for you.
Pick whatever they show that you are willing to pay, placement would be whatever they have, not those specific ones at this point.
@UCIfirstchoice Congrats!!! I didn’t see any posts from you since earlier in May so thought you went with your “firstchoice UCI.” I owe you a message, but gonna enjoy the holiday weekend with fam so will just pop in now and then. Apply for housing (see above), if you don’t get it, think of as a donation to USC, ha.
@CADREAMIN I asked this about housing so I’m not sure if you saw, but on my housing application as a junior, 80% of my housing options are all freshman dorms. only 2 (cale and irani and cardinal gardens) are listed as undergraduate apartments. Is this normal?
@CADREAMIN Sorry to ask another question, but if i wanted to live somewhere like Lorenzo, does USC still cover that? What I mean is would they give me the money for the apartment in my aid, which will just be deposited into my account, or do I have to take on that payment completely on my own?
@bean01262020 Yes, just pick what you can, CarGar is good choice and go ahead and select Cale/Irani if on there though the Village is already full. Doesn’t matter, those listed are not the actual vacancies - and they would just be filling holes at this point so where you end up is random and likely not one of those anyway. If in, they send you an assignment that you can say yes or no to.
@NicolasJ Not completely sure, but im somewhat pretty sure USC doesn’t cover housing at all. I have an EFC of 0 and they didn’t cover housing 
just covered the full tuition.
@CADREAMIN ah ok, thanks! I was worried that I was doing something wrong since a sophomore transfer said all the undergraduate options are there. I guess its just a junior thing. Time to donate $55 to USC
Hey guys! I am an incoming junior and was recently admitted for this upcoming Fall. I just have a quick question, I believe I heard somewhere that all transfer students must complete 2.5 or maybe 3 semesters at USC before graduating. Is this true at all? If so, would taking summer courses be enough to fulfill this requirement? Thank you guys so much!
@justwannahelpout to receive a degree from USC we have to complete 64 units AT USC. If you do the math that’s 16 units each semester for two years. Taking a winter course this year and a summer course next yer could help bring that average units down.
Not sure if you’re a junior transfer or sophomore, but those numbers are what a junior transfer can expect.
@justwannahelpout Transfer students must complete a minimum of 64 units in residence at USC, or half the units typically required for graduation.
This applies to most students that are not in a 3-2 program or Architecture majors.
@historylover5 it said there was an update to the status of your application or something like that and then you click it and the decision letter pops up
@justwannahelpout Yeah, as has been said, you just need to complete 64 units while at USC. However long that takes is up to you. You can definitely take summer classes to reach this goal. That’s what I did. As a spring admit, I felt like I would be behind if I didn’t take summer courses. The summer semester is very expensive though. Grant aid isn’t really offered. I enjoyed USC during the summer. It was less crowded and hosted a bunch of summer programs for children. I was able to get a summer Cal Grant and summer Pell Grant because I didn’t take any classes in the fall, but that was pretty much the extent of grant aid that I got for the summer semester.
@NicolasJ Yup, I’m pretty convinced everybody is on their own for housing. I believe the only exceptions are like Mork Scholars where full tuition is covered and they received a stipend on top of that to use for other expenses. I had my full tuition covered like @bean01262020, but the remaining surplus I had was no way near enough to cover the cost of housing. In fact, I had to use it to help pay for the student medical insurance as I was uninsured at the time. I also tried for the Topping Scholarship, but one of the current scholars told us that USC would likely make adjustments based on the award. She said if we were awarded the 5K, USC would do something like take 5K away from our university grant. I don’t remember precisely what she said, but it was something along the lines of “USC doesn’t like it when you have extra money”, haha. So yeah, you need a pretty specific kind of scholarship to cover housing. This seems to be the case with any school though. Housing is something you need to cover on your own, but it doesn’t have to be as expensive as they estimate. That’s why people explore off-campus options and such,
On your acceptance letter if you scroll down all the way it will show what major you were admitted to
@zettasyntax wow that seems absolutely ridiculous. At my current school they cover everything, of course I don’t get aid to cover it, but I am given loans to cover it so I never have to pay out of pocket/ work full time while in school. I hope I can figure out more about their system, cause if that really is how it works, I might not transfer
should we start looking for housing? or will we get an information on everything soon?
@NicolasJ oh LOL usc offers loans too of course lol, but the loans they gave me arent completely enough for housing since LA housing can be quite expensive. So in the end, I still do need to take some money out of pocket to pay.
@fancyfirefox You were rejected because there are too many stellar students applying just like you. They turn away thousands of applicants each year with perfect or near perfect gpa and scores, great essays and strong backgrounds. Not enough spots for the best students. It really is as simple as that. If you want to try to appeal you can, although there is no formal process for transfers to appeal and many years they don’t over-turn any transfer appeals. So know that going in so you aren’t held hostage waiting all over again.
@nicolasJ What @zettasyntax described is correct and how it is done. It surprises many that a USC scholarship just replaces other aid so it is a wash, but that is how it works. Most are expected to put something in or work or take loans to pay for some portion of it. Majority at USC paying full and a percentage of those take loans to cover it (which they call aid, which seems silly, but it is technically aid).
yes, understand the financial picture first! Plenty of kids are thrilled to get into USC (or xyz school) then find out the finances don’t work. There are certainly less costly options out there.
@kharang Read back a few pages, lots of info on housing.
@CADREAMIN Hey do you have any predictions on when the rest of us will receive a decision?