<p>How much does USC weigh your teacher recs and interviews? </p>
<p>Also, do you actually have to go to USC to get an interview or do they have people in every state to do interviews?</p>
<p>teacher recs, extremely important</p>
<p>interviews, fairly trivial</p>
<p>every state does interviews</p>
<p>I was interviewed in Chicago by the dean of admissions to the LAS college. I feel that it was more beneficial than an alumni interview.</p>
<p>postalxservice-- not every state does interviews. and as for fairly trivial: that’s only if YOU find them fairly trivial. I definitely believe my interview was a major factor in my acceptance.</p>
<p>lol it’s not that i find them trivial… it’s that the sc website says they’re trivial AND the rep for my section came to our school and said it doesn’t do much for you…</p>
<p>he isn’t gonna lie.</p>
<p>the claremont rep told us that if you live in southern california and you don’t do an interview, your likelihood of getting into the school is extremely slim.</p>
<p>please don’t think so poorly of me. i wouldn’t make such one sided comments if i didn’t hear them from someone that was actually a part of the admissions process. i’m not quite speaking out of my butt here you know…</p>
<p>haha.</p>
<p>and you’re right. not every state has interviews. i just meant you don’t have to go to usc to do your interview…</p>
<p>aww bummer. I didn’t do interview. I live in southern california btw. oh well.</p>
<p>haha mrxpenguin that only applies to claremont colleges, not usc.</p>
<p>see, what i don’t understand is how usc could say that the interview doesn’t count that much. i think it’s way underrated.</p>
<p>I got in without an interview (forgot to request one in time), and I live in L.A. I think they’re mostly used to weed out anyone who’s severely cocky/antisocial/whatever and to demonstrate interest/fit - and the latter is way more important at small LACs than a school like USC, so I’m not surprised they don’t count for too much.</p>
<p>Teacher recs, on the other hand, are always important.</p>
<p>well i had a really good interview, and i think it helped with my admissions… how much, im not sure because i have a 4.0 uw and 33 act and would have probably gotten in w/o the interview. mine was not an alumn interview though, it was w/ the director of RHP and it was on campus.</p>
<p>also, it would be impossible for all applicants to have interviews so i think they are required to say that they are not terribly important.</p>
<p>well i had a really good interview, and i think it helped with my admissions… how much, im not sure because i have a 4.0 uw and 33 act and would have probably gotten in w/o the interview. mine was not an alumn interview though, it was w/ the director of RHP and it was on campus.</p>
<p>also, it would be impossible for all applicants to have interviews so i think they are required to say that they are not terribly important.</p>
<p>it’s because it’s not possible for everyone to have an interview that usc regards them as slightly trivial. maybe i need a new word. trivial has such a negative connotation…</p>
<p>basically, the rep for orange county (he’s japanese and is listed in the admission couselors) told us that there are too few interview spots for them to be important. i mean, it’ll help if you need that last tiny boost but overall, it won’t do much for you. pretty much every single trustee/presidential (not nmf) person that got the scholarship or even an scholarship interview (i think that was like 20+ haha) didn’t do the interview. i only know one person that even did an interview…</p>
<p>but yeah. that’s that.</p>
<p>oh and by the way, socks, i can tell you exactly why you got in. your ec’s. i was looking at your stats, and you are amazing. it’s so incredible all the things you’ve done with your talent in ballet. anyone would be impressed by that. i mean, you’ve done outreach performances and you’ve founded a little ballet school? that’s crazy. props to you.</p>