<p>@sanderella24, it’s an EC so it really shouldn’t matter. Don’t stress yourself out about it at all.</p>
<p>@5nonnegotiables it looks like they were just updating your info since receiving your fafsa. Mine said the same thing when I had all my info turned in.</p>
<p>@scahopeful you are probably right</p>
<p>3.5 gpa and psych major with a lot of EC. Do I have a chance to get into USC? 8-| </p>
<p>Since @transfersammy brought it up, I was kinda curious too (even though I know it’s a bit late to be asking) #:-S </p>
<p>I applied as a sophomore since I would barely have 60-62 units completed by this spring (and some of those are CSU units, and I know USC doesn’t seem to like those, so I don’t know if those are even factored in), anyway, I wouldn’t be considered a junior since it said 64 units, I believe.</p>
<p>My gpa is currently a 4.0, but if worst comes to worst, I think maybe it will go down to 3.7ish because I may get two C’s (I foolishly decided to enroll in 21 units this semester).</p>
<p>Anyway, do I have a semi-decent chance of getting in as undecided/Dornsife? </p>
<p>@transfersammy @coutcin There was a comment earlier from a transfer student that got into USC for the current school year. He said, as I have heard countless times as well, that USC’s admission process is somewhere between “Tarot Card readings and arm-chair psychology.” Of course, the higher GPA and the more ECs the better but that is not the only factor. They do seem to explicitly state that strong recent performance and consistent degree progress are important. I hear that they love upward trends in grades as well. No one can accurately give you the answers to your questions. The best thing to do is look through the past USC threads and look at what students got accepted into each program - I have already done this countless times, sometimes re-reading the same thread in the same sitting. The trend I see is……there is none.</p>
<p>@hellohahola You should upload a copy into USconnect as well as request the official transcript to be sent to USC In order to expedite the process. This is not just my opinion but I have read this on USC’s admission twitter feed.</p>
<p>I think that I may have a decent upward trend story seeing as how I was only in high school for 2 months and did poorly enough to drop out, but I also see that as quite the weakness #:-S </p>
<p>Just a reminder “chance me” questions really can’t be answered since we don’t know what goes on in the adcom. We can tell you a tiny bit about what they like to see based on what’s on their website but we can’t tell you for sure that a 3.7 GPA & 20 EC’s will get you in. </p>
<p>Also, if you who have a question, you can read the thread first to see if your question has already been answered (because 85% of the time it has). If not, then I’m sure that everyone here is more than happy to help out. Cheers! :)>- </p>
<p>Adding on to what @scahopeful said, don’t be daunted by the fact there are so many pages, a lot of the questions I’ve seen recently are things that were already asked and answered like only 3 pages back, you and also search key terms to help you find what you are looking for.</p>
<p>Thanks @5nonnegotiables & @scahopeful !!! I will not worry about it now! </p>
<p>I also have another question. Say we do poorly in a nontransferable course, does USC count that into the GPA? I know it says on the website if you receive a C- it will factor in but what if it was a C+ or above? Without the nontransferable course factored in my GPA it is a 3.72 and will go up after this semester. With it included its a 3.5 ;( </p>
<p>@Sanderella24 </p>
<p>They only factor transferable credits and the grade you get in them. They can careless about non-transferable credits.</p>
<p>Some words of encouragement:</p>
<p>From emailing a admissions officer, I have garnered information that grades and taking recommended classes are the most heavily weighted; however, I have noticed that others with low GPA and great EC’s and personal statements get in as well. From letters of recommendation, your connections within the school, donations— there are so many factors that are put into your decision as USC wants students that are fit for their university. As long as you did your best to make yourself a prime candidate for USC, you have nothing to worry about. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”. The bottom line is that you, as a student, have a chance because you at least applied and that your hard work, dedication, and sacrifices are currently being considered for admittance to USC. It’s an exciting moment for all of us and it was one hell of an experience to get to where we are now.</p>
<p>Fight on.</p>
<p>@Sanderella24 are you sure the course is non-transerable? I was surprised by how many courses at my community college are transferable because of the fact that a lot of those courses don’t even satisfy any of the requirements for the degree i will be pursuing at USC. If its a remedial course then it is for sure non-transferable and won’t count towards your transfer gpa otherwise it will.</p>
<p>@Coolkid09 O my gosh!!! <em>happy dance</em> </p>
<p>@itzsupermanyo I’m pretty sure! On my unofficial transcript it doesn’t have “SU” by it which means transferable to UC and CSU. It was a perquisite math class to get to my Business Calculus class. </p>
<p>@Sanderella24 The best thing to do is to look up the articulation agreement that USC has with your college. If you are going to a California Community College then they should have an agreement for you. Not sure if you already have done this but make sure to look at the courses that are not only course-to-course equivalents but transfer for credit (elective) as well. If it was a pre-req for Bus Calc, it was probably Intermediate Algebra which is not transferable but is a minimum requirement for all majors. </p>
<p>@Coolkid094 I have a strong feeling this is incorrect, unless you have a source to back up this claim. GPA is the single most important stat they use to bracket students (unless you’re applying to SCA), and while they’ll look at the context of the grade, they do care. Understand that credits are only audited for transferability after you’re accepted. Obviously, they will focus on important classes like calculus and core major requirements, or GEs if you’re CAS but courses outside of that will likely be skimmed over. When you transfer to USC, your previous GPA no longer matters until graduation, so the coursework you’ve done doesn’t count for anything other than credit hours and sometimes major requirements towards your degree, like AP credits. In this regard, GPA is only the foot in the door, and when there are applicants from thousands of different institutions, I don’t know if they have time during the application review process to look up if every course from each students transcript articulates, and calculate an adjusted GPA for each student.</p>
<p>@HopeForMarshall</p>
<p>Hey! Yes it was intermediate algebra! I’m hoping they don’t factor that into my GPA. </p>
<p>@epicer If gpa was the only important thing, they would have a minimum of what they accept. I’m not they don’t care, but it’s not the only thing that matters. There are people that get in with 3.2’s and people that get rejected with 4.0’s.</p>
<p>By the way, has anyones “mid year report” disappeared on CONNECT? </p>