Dad works at Keck (clinical staff, not faculty). I have 3.9 UW GPA and 1570 SAT, planning to ED to Marshall, for context.
Thank you in advance!
Does he qualify for this - then yes.
Admission - no clue but you’ll apply and get in or you won’t. The other unknown is ED to Marshall given the newness of the option. How will it work in year two?
In years past, USC admissions evaluated staff family members differently than senior faculty. These days, thanks to California’s Assembly Bill 1780, even children of full professors gain no advantage.
That said, having a parent on Keck’s clinical staff still serves as a strong point of institutional alignment.
But didn’t USC (as well as Stanford) decide to consider legacy anyway? If so, maybe they are still considering staff/faculty, too? From what I understand, USC is non-compliant, and Stanford opted to not take state-funded $ to avoid being considered under the law).
While USC commented publicly about considering legacy, they haven’t explicitly commented on their current policy regarding faculty children. Historically, however, any preferential treatment was strictly limited to the children of tenured faculty and did not extend to staff. The OP’s father should be aware of today’s internal consensus—if he isn’t, the answer is almost certainly no.
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In any event, ED is the strongest possible demonstration of commitment to the school so that should be a positive in your application.
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