How Good Is USC's Financial Aid REALLY?

blueskies2day
Sat, 23 Apr 2016 05:26:16 +0000

We don’t know enough about your income or equity in your home, etc., but I can tell you, don’t be one of the many many people that think USC hands out buckets of money to anyone that can claim low income (which btw $110K is not low, but I see you said it will go down). Otherwise, everyone would be applying. 48K average? idk who gets that, but don’t buy in to generic surveys, your situation is the only one that matters to you. Who is going to pay for things like added cost of travel back and forth? Agree with above - find other affordable schools, there are many students like you that dream of USC, then if lucky enough to get in, end up shocked when the FA comes. Heed the warning, apply elsewhere as well. Also, doesn’t matter if the rest of your family is poor or uneducated - that won’t give you bonus points, your parents are who they are looking at - and they have (had) decent income and professional degrees. Watch contradictions when you apply.

With a 4% admit rate to SCA, no one has a fair shot at getting in, make back up plans. I wish you well, but dream school is a dangerous game to play with your future.