Scholarships for continuing students - easy/hard/impossible?

spongebodge
Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:23:28 +0000

I’ve been admitted to USC but I didn’t apply by the scholarship deadline and as well as being an international I’m getting no money whatsoever. That isn’t a problem for the first year and a bit, but I would probably need some sort of aid for the coming years. I plan on taking out some loans.

So my question is: are there a lot of scholarships available for continuing students? (ie. for sophomore year and onwards) Are there the same number of them available for continuing students and entering freshmen, or not? I only saw a handful of them on the website for entering freshman…I’m an architecture major so I know there are a few scholarships available in the school of arch itself. How is the competition for these scholarships? Do you need a stellar 3.8+ GPA or something?

I haven’t fully committed to USC yet but I will probably need to find a way to cut costs if I decide to enroll there. Is it worth it…?