Do I have a chance of getting in if I attend CC

[alamemom]

<p>Hi glamex!</p>

<p>USC accepts a lot of transfer students - most will be those who have completed two strong years of community college or who’s high school record would have been likely to garner admission as a freshman, but there are always exceptions. Your best bet is to really do well in community college and give it a try as a sophomore while keeping a long-term plan to transfer as a Junior in your pocket. As always in admissions, have academic and financial safeties on your list as well.</p>

<p>I typed this up on the transfer thread last year about the “grey areas” in transfer admission - remember there are always exceptions. Good luck!

@alamemom

I’ll offer my opinion once more (and try to explain it more clearly this time), and emphasize that it is JUST an opinion - you are all free to disagree, disregard and offer your own opinions - all of which are just as valid and valuable as mine.</p>

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<p>If you are applying as a Junior transfer (completed two years elsewhere), the admissions decision will be made based on your college record. (I don’t think there is any confusion here - right?) If you had great test scores, it won’t hurt to send them along, but no test scores are needed.</p>

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<p>If you are applying as a sophomore transfer, there are varying scenarios (the shades of grey):</p>

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<li><p>Sophomore transfer applicants who had high school records (GPA + Test scores) that likely would have resulted in admission to USC plus a good first semester of college (3.5+, 3.7 better) have a good chance of admission without an SGR. They should submit their ACT/SAT scores regardless of the number of units they will complete by Feb OR June.</p></li>
<li><p>Sophomore transfer applicants with excellent high school records (uw GPA 3.8, rigorous schedule), but test scores below the middle 50% of matriculated freshmen (so below about 1900) and an excellent first semester of college (3.7+), will likely get an SRG. It would be fine if those applicants don’t submit SAT/ACT scores even if they won’t reach the 30 unit total until the end of Spring - USC has flexibility there, which is why you get different answers from different USC sources.</p></li>
<li><p>Sophomore applicants who’s high school records (GPA and/or rigor) were not the type that would be accepted as freshmen, but who had high test scores (2100+) and an excellent first semester (3.7+) will likely get an SRG. Those applicants should submit test scores.</p></li>
<li><p>Sophomore applicants who high school records and test scores were both below what would typically be admitted as freshmen but with an excellent first semester (3.7+) of college work may receive an SGR (if there were circumstances explaining the hs record), or they may be rejected - USC will want to see two solid years of college work from those applicants.</p></li>
<li><p>Sophomore applicants with a crummy first semester of college (probably 3.2 or less? Not really sure of a specific number here… but you probably can identify “crummy” yourselves) will probably need to work on the GPA and try again next year regardless of hs record and/or test scores.</p>

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<p>So don’t worry that your application will be “incomplete” if you choose not to submit your test scores. Present your application in the way that you feel puts you in your best light and USC will consider it - they are pretty flexible. If you have great or good test scores, submit them. If you don’t have test scores or don’t like your test scores, don’t submit them.</p>

<p>Best of luck to ALL of you!</p>

<p>*Please note that I am not including any “chances” for the varying scenarios (except the applicants who would have been admitted as a freshman), because the results after an SRG are variable - sometimes applicants with a 4.0 for their SGR are rejected - my only guess there is that they are doing some enrollment management - waiting to see how many admitted transfers choose to enroll before making final decisions on some of the applicants with SGRs, but that is just a WILD guess.

<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/990410-usc-2011-transfer-thread.html?highlight=usc+transfer[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/990410-usc-2011-transfer-thread.html?highlight=usc+transfer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Edit: In case you haven’t yet encountered “SGR,” it stands for Spring Grade Request, which means that when decisions are mailed you are neither accepted nor rejected, but they would like your final Spring grades submitted before they make a decision.</p>