I am thinking about doing this
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yes. iām honestly pretty pissed that i was rejected given that i thought i had a super solid app. one of my friends who has a 4.0 at a 4 year and was rejected is also looking at appealing. from our conversations, weāve concluded that 4-year transfers perhaps werenāt prioritized this year due to the large applicant pool and yield (no shade to cc students, just some speculation on our part). both of us also submitted apps quite close to the deadline and our transcripts came quite a bit later (like march? bc the department that pushes them from each of our four years just takes forever to move). my concern at this point is that they didnāt even review the app and rejected me due to the fact that the class had already been filled. of course, this is all just speculation so take what i have to say with a grain of salt.
Does anyone know how much I should pay for a studio apartment around USC?
Same here. I had a very good GPA, I built my entire schedule around USCās articulation histories (so all of my classes were transferrable for course equivalency), I thought my essays were solid, but still rejected. Iām coming from a four-year university as well. They didnāt even upload my transcript into the system until the end of April. I changed my major on my application halfway through my spring semester and I submitted brand new essays to talk about my new goals. A part of me feels like they didnāt take this extra document into consideration but idk for sure. Iām just really sad and I canāt even process my rejection. After I get my head straight Iām definitely appealing, the fight isnāt over.
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best of luck to both of us! i think 4-year students are often overlooked because of the fact that we can āfall backā on our current institutions especially with the pandemic but the action of transferring shows that we want to leave? the more i think about it, the more i believe that either my entire app wasnāt looked at or was overlooked for some reason. (without getting into too much detail, iāve competed at the national level in an olympic sport and have a clear career path in a business-related field that iāve actively pursued through extracurriculars and externships). also, iāve taken classes at a cc to try and transfer to a uc (was rejected to those too, but i was told they legally arenāt allowed to look at my app due to some antiquated law) and in terms of content and rigor, they are NOT comparable to those at my four year. no shade to those that took the cc route, but i think for sure that 4 year classes should be weighted significantly against those at a cc just solely based on the fact that 4-year classes are more difficult (ex. financial accounting is 2 quarters at a cc and 1 at my 4-year, with the same content). fight on and letās do our best to win this appeal!
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Thank you for all of your help with everything! Do you (or anyone) know the answer to this? If you had to commit to another school because of their deadline, but now you want to accept USCās offer - is there an order youāre supposed to follow? Does it matter if you accept usc while technically committed to another school as a transfer?
Youāre welcome. First, do you need any financial aid info or anything else before you commit to USC, or all good to go?
The fear of being double committed is valid but is also a carry over from freshman application, so I understand your concern. While you donāt want to be committed to 2 schools for an excessive amount of time - it is certainly ok to commit to USC, make sure everything is square for a little bit which could be a couple/few days, then withdraw from your other school. Being committed to 2 schools at the same time is a common occurence for transfers with all the mis-matched deadlines - just be considerate about it. Nothing is going on business wise this holiday weekend at colleges so if you are certain you are committing to USC, go ahead so you can get to the housing app, then pull out of your other one early next week, sometime after the holiday. (Earlier if you want, up to you.)
Make sure you are always in one of the schools - donāt pull out of that school until you know you are set (committed) at USC.
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This is exactly what I needed to know; thank you!!
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You should. Other transfers have gotten their admittance packets and spring transfers are no different. Well, just the fact that your acceptance letter will say Spring 2022. Other than that though, you get the same red envelope and everything. I think I still have mine somewhere, but itās not in the best shape, haha. Likely a ~week or more of a wait depending on where youāre at.
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Anyone has a group chat for accepted student?
you should get an email that invites you to a facebook group
It really stinks that we all canāt get accepted but I also think that saying your app was overlooked is just denying the fact that USC is competitive. Yes, the acceptance rate is higher for transfer but itās still ultra hard to get into and never guaranteed. Not everyone can get in and we see that highly qualified candidates sometimes take the L for no apparent reason because lots of applicants are highly qualified. We see this with tons of college decisions. My hope is that those who are rejected find an even better fit for themselves and realize that USC just wasnāt right for them personally. We are all going to find the path that we are meant to go down.
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Iāve been trying to post the link for the admitted students discord but for some reason CC isnāt letting me post any links. Anyone know how to fix this issue?
I thought they werenāt sending acceptance packages due to COVID? Have any admitted students in this thread actually gotten theirs?
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I know transfers have a low chance of getting housing but if I am going into USC as a sophomore transfer, once I have been at USC for like a full school year, for my junior and senior year at USC will I be more likely to get on campus housing?
No, those not living on campus the year prior can apply, but are at the bottom or priority (meaning they wonāt get it). But juniors and seniors donāt usually want to live on campus - you are likely 20 or 21+ and will have met people you want to live with without housing restrictions. You can still get a meal plan if off campus. But letās hope you get housing this year to experience it, fingers crossed.
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@CADREAMIN do you mind DMing me? I have a question and wanted to see if you could help me out with it. you can message me whenever youāre free!
You have been a lifesaver answering all of my questions while USC is closed! Thank you for all of your help!
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Can everyone who got accepted drop their instagram! I know it is very hard for transfer students to make friends
you should check out @/uscfall21transfers on instagram!