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RD to be announced on March 15th, do they ever release earlier?
How many students do they accept during RD?
I don’t know, but we’re waiting to hear back too. Deferred EA. Weird thing is, my son received an email from the Honors College saying he is still very much under consideration for admittance to that program and that all decisions will be made by mid Feb. which begs the question: could he get into the HC and not the university? 
Maybe the admissions team and the HC should talk to each other!
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Looking through this thread from last year, it appears that RD came out on Feb 23 in 2024.
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That sounds about right. I feel my child (and we, his parents) were heavily encouraged to apply to HC and then he was deferred in EA…wait, what? He has been admitted to every other school he applied to (9 admits, 1 still pending) including the #4 program in his major. USC was the lowest ranked and its the one that deferred him, which is fine, USC is super popular for kids in our region now looking for a fun life in the south, but I feel like their honor college solicitations are out of step with admissions and I regret the weekend I spent forcing him to write HC essays for USC. He did love the campus on his visit but USC should solicit honor college apps from kids they intend to admit IMO becuase it was also the worst/longest HC app he did.
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ADJ0621/ Absolutely. The disconnect is real. We were stunned with my son’s deferral.
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The decision for deferred students is not supposed to come out until mid-March, BUT my kid just got an email with instructions to set up an account on the University’s portal. The title of the email is: “USC-Columbia: Accessing Information About Your Financial Aid Online”. This portal is different than the applicant’s portal. This one looks like the school portal that everyone at the University uses. But her applicant’s portal still has no decision posted yet. Has anyone else gotten this email? Hate to get our hopes up if this has been sent to us in error.
Ok ty. My son had that a few years ago & he still was waitlisted.
Ok, thanks. I will let my kid know!
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I applied RD and got the same e-mail.
Maybe people who applied for FAFSA got it? From a thread on FB, it seems like everyone who was not outright denied got it, with a few odd exceptions. Fingers crossed for us and all of you!
We got that email the other day too. EA deferred…waiting stinks!
Anyone hear anything. Button status change ?
My daughter just received an email confirming late tomorrow.
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Same.
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Good Luck tomorrow everyone !
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Same. Good luck everyone!!
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Good luck today! Sending prayers and positive vibes to all of you!
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Good Luck this afternoon to all the kids and parents!!
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