<p>I was selected as a Presidential scholarship finalist and I remember my letter explicitly stated, with no mention of my second choice or that SCA had/hadn’t reviewed my portfolio,
“College: School of Cinematic Arts
Major: Film and Television Production”</p>
<p>Correct me if I’m wrong (and I could be terribly wrong), but I can imagine that USC’s admissions board sent over only the Presidential and Trustee nominees to SCA for preliminary review (considering that they were up for interviews by the department), and that the rest of the applicants are still in line for SCA’s regular admissions. If that’s the case, your chances are as good as everyone else’s.</p>