<p>I’ll jump in and guess that USC is relatively happy with the results this year. They admitted more than the usual number of Spring admits (I believe there were about 500 spring admits the previous year vs. about 1000 this year), and that works to fill in for lowered yield if and as it occurs. This is analogous to other schools’ waitlists–only USC guarantees a spot in the Spring for those selected rather than traditional waitlistees who have no such guarantee.</p>
<p>It will take a few years to see the real pattern in applications vs. yield, so my prediction is things stay status quo for 2017. But we’ll see!</p>