Timeline of Waves

Colleges & Universities University of Southern California
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<p>Okay, I hope this will be the LAST thread about “waves.”
If there are any other threads that address the question about the waves or when applicants will receive acceptances, please refer this thread.</p>

<p>To clarify, I’ll give a general timeline of the waves, so there won’t be any confusion.</p>

<p>First Wave (Late January to Early February): Acceptances to Trustee and Presidential scholarship candidates</p>

<p>First Wave and a Half (Early February): Acceptances to students who received the Dean’s Scholarship</p>

<p>About a week after the first wave, a letter will be sent out to those who were not included in the first wave, but applied by the scholarship deadline. This letter states that the applicant was denied scholarship, but is still being considered for regular admission. </p>

<p>[~3.5 +/- 0.5 weeks later]</p>

<p>Second Wave (Mid March): Acceptances to those who were denied scholarship, but applied by the scholarship deadline, and to those who applied by the regular admission deadline.
(Please Note: Not all applicants will be notified by the second wave. USC has a record number of applicants this year. It takes time to go through each and every application thoroughly and carefully.)</p>

<p>Third Wave (Mid to Late March): The rest of the acceptances will be sent out.
(Please Note: If you are not included in the third wave, DO NOT PANIC! You still have a shot at USC, but it will probably be Spring Admit)</p>

<p>Third Wave and a Half (Late March): Acceptances are sent out to those who were accepted to attend USC in the Spring of 2011. This wave also includes the last few applicants accepted to attend USC in the Fall of 2010.</p>

<p>Fourth and Final Wave (Very Late March to Early April): Rejections are sent out. Although the applicant may be rejected, he or she can still appeal the decision.</p>

<p>Hopefully this will clarify some questions about the waves.</p>

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<p>It says that the first wave of acceptances is for the people who applied by the scholarship but weren’t given a scholarship. So if you haven’t gotten an acceptance yet, and you’ve applied by the scholarship deadline, does it mean that there is a low chance of being accepted? Or are you just placed with all the other applicants?</p>

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<p>if we applied by the scholarship deadline and didnt hear back yet then is it gonna be bad news or should we wait for the 3rd wave?</p>

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<p>If you applied by the scholarship deadline, and received the “You were denied scholarship, but are still being considered for admission” letter, you are placed with all other applicants who applied by the regular deadline.</p>

<p>I know you are all nervous, but please do not automatically assume you are rejected just because you didn’t hear back from USC and were denied scholarship. Just be patient and wait until the third wave arrives. If no acceptance, then you might be getting Spring Admit, and there is nothing wrong with being a Spring Admit.</p>

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<p>Thanks applewater. You’re right.
This is exactly what happened when I applied to the school I’m going to now.
I didn’t get in early got put in with RD and got in.
Just have to wait now</p>

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<p>so we are in the middle of the third wave, correct?</p>

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<p>If USC follows the same schedule, then USC just sent out acceptances a few hours ago. So, this marks the beginning of the third wave.</p>

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<p>Has anyone’s status changed from “forwarded” to “being reviewed” today?</p>

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<p>@brdymom</p>

<p>I haven’t seen anyone had it change but if you look at last week’s post, it appears that everyone statuses changed really late. Somewhere around the early morning hours of Saturday. I would just check tonight and during the day tomorrow.</p>

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<p>I’m still stuck on forwarded. Maybe that means I’m not getting a letter tomorrow (I’m in San Diego) I have been on forwarded for at least a week. To be honest, I wasn’t paying attention and then last Saturday, the Tommy Cam page was blank, so I think that must have been when my status changed to forwarded.</p>

<p>Does anyone have insight???</p>

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<p>my tommy cam has never worked o_o</p>

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<p>oOo, good timing. i guess i’ll just hope for some good luck this round, eh? :]</p>

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<p>Today, people in SoCal will receive acceptances, if USC does follow last year’s schedule.</p>

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<p>@ brdymom</p>

<p>mine changed thursday from forwarded to reviewed … enrollment deposit works… just waiting for the mail</p>

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<p>Hey AppleWater, I live in socal and I still didn’t get my letter today. will there be more letters for socal fall admits starting next monday?</p>

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<p>so if i dont get it in the next 3 days or so, that means I’m rejected?</p>

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<p>wow…im still on the “i have received your fall grades…” status</p>

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<p>My friend received her letter in the mail today and it was postmarked 3/18…</p>

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<p>There will be another wave next friday. This wave will include Spring Admit and some Fall Admits.</p>

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<p>@applewater</p>

<p>i thought yesterday was suppose to be one? Looking at everyone posting it seems not that many people received letters or status changes.</p>