How Good Is USC's Financial Aid REALLY?

ComputerAge
Sun, 24 Apr 2016 20:03:54 +0000

USC’s FA isn’t as generous as, say, an Ivy League institution, but it’s pretty good in my opinion. Job loss is something they take into account, and if they don’t give you enough $$ the first time around you can always appeal.

USC also has excellent merit aid, in my opinion the best merit aid of the Top 25 Colleges in the United States (since most of the top 25 don’t even offer merit aid…). I was lucky to receive a full-tuition scholarship with a stipend. Your ACT score is probably a little low for merit aid (although maybe for a half-tuition one) but write good essays and continue to get very very high grades your senior year and you have a shot at it. Merit aid is guaranteed regardless fo financial need so that may be a way to make your dream of going to USC a reality.

Good luck, and fight on!