extremely confused about USC majors/schools

WWWard
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 16:54:56 +0000

Basically, when applying to USC, you can simply apply with no declared major and try to gain acceptance to the university generally… but if you name a first choice major and/or second choice major, you are also being considered for admission by that School as well. If you do not list it now, you would have to apply for admission to that school later while already at USC.

If you listed Cinema and Media Studies or any other SCA major, you would also have to meet their Dec 1st deadline to have all items in by then, including the supplements due in via the SlideRoom link on the Common Application. So, the USC deadline for scholarship consideration is Dec 1st, and in the case of the School of Cinematic Arts, that is also their admission deadline for the submission of all application materials.

Later, USC will either accept you or not. Likewise, SCA or any other USC School would either accept you or not. If both of your major choices were SCA, and if they passed on you in both cases, you could still get admitted to USC as Undeclared as to your major. Or SCA could accept you to your first choice major or to you second choice major. If you major choices involved different USC Schools, you would need to meet those admission requirements separately… and the deadlines could presumable be different for each as well.

I hope that helps…