<p>When I visited USC they said they consider both your first and second choice majors.
I’d like to major in Communications while minoring in Asian Studies (or double major)
I’ve gotten an 800 on the SAT II Japanese and a 5 on the AP Japanese test and am currently taking Chinese I.</p>
<p>I’m applying as Asian (Japanese) and White because I’m multi-racial but would making asian studies my first choice major affect my chances of getting in for the better?</p>
<p>And if I applied with it as my second choice and ended up getting in, how difficult would it be to add Communications as a double major</p>
<p>Best advice is to list the majors you want in order you want them. If your 1st choice major does not accept you, you will still be in consideration for your 2nd choice. If both accept you, you will only be admitted to the 1st and can add the 2nd major (if you choose to do that) after your first semester at USC.</p>
<p>The logic is: if you list the one that is hardest to be admitted to (for example SCA) second but list an easier one (for example Dornsife) as 1st, your admission will be to Dornsife and you’ll never know you got into SCA. </p>
<p>No. USC doesn’t consider your major against other similar applicants to the major (unless it’s for the arts-based programs.) Com and Asian Studies should be fine to list on your application since they’re aren’t “impacted” or “small” programs.</p>
<p>I’d put Communications down first, then East Asian Studies. Comm is in the Annenberg School, which is harder to get into, while EA Studies is in Dornsife. However, it doesn’t really matter, since adding a major for either wouldn’t be a big deal (you need a 3.0 to get into Comm vs just a change of major form for EA)</p>
<p>I’ve already been accepted into USC (Fall 2011), but deferred my admission to Fall 2014 because of mandatory national service. Originally I was accepted under the Business Administration major at Marshall but now I want to switch to Accounting. Does anyone know if it’s possible for me to switch it before 2014? And if not are there any other ways to switching my major?</p>
<p>And last question, exactly how many credits is 160 credits? (Double major of accounting and business admin requires 160 credits. I have no idea how much work that is. Can someone explain that in a way which non-college kids understand? :D? And how difficult is it?)</p>
<p>I’ll take a quick shot at your questions. First, my usual strategy is to make adjustments as soon as you are committed to them. The Accounting program at USC is very competitive, therefore if you are sure you want to pursue this track I’d contact Marshall/Leventhal as soon as possible. Your application status is fresh in their minds and they are already “used to saying yes” when it comes to your profile. That doesn’t mean they are going to definitely say yes to your request, but the sooner you hear “no” the more time you have to build a strategy to change their mind and the more time you have to decide what it is you want to do. The only drawback to this approach is that you won’t be coming to SC for a few more years and your decision on tracks to pursue may change a number of times between now and then (just like the decision to switch to accounting).</p>
<p>As for credit hours; classes at all colleges are assigned a credit hour value. Different schools have different methods but there is usually some basic formula - e.g. for some schools a “regular” class will be 3 credit hours, at SC the typical, average class has a value of 4 credit hours. So if the combined program requires 160 credit hours you can guess that you will need to take at least 40 classes in order to meet the requirements of the combined program and earn your degree. That works out to 10 full time classes a year - 5 each & every semester.</p>
<p>The total number may be more than 40 because some classes carry other, lower values (typically 2 credits). Classes with lower credit hours typically have lesser workloads. Unlike high school, five full-time classes a semester (20 total credit hours) is a big workload, especially when you get into the tougher higher level sections related to your major. Some students can grind it out, others choose to take classes over the summer to ease the burden a bit during the school year. You should look into seeing if there are any classes you can take during your national service time that could be applied to your USC requirements.</p>
<p>TrojanNS,
My son was originally accepted into Marshall ('09) and recently declared a double major in accounting. This is totally doable in 4 years in his case because of high school AP classes and redundancy in business & accounting pre-reqs. I don’t know the details, but the Marshall counselors were helpful in computing the variables. Odd thing is Leventhal is on the quarter system and Marshall is semester. They seem to be able to work it all out and it isn’t an unusual combination. S’s passion is finance, an additional accounting degree can only complement… His path so far was to fulfill GE requirements asap. He has not taken any “fluff” (not GE or business-related) classes. And he LOVES USC. He had many options and couldn’t imagine being anywhere else.</p>
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