Some in-state students heard in November last year. My son was OOS, and on Dec 12, we got an email that EA decisions would be out on the 17th. They came out about 4:30 EST.
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To submit 1250 SAT or go test optional??
D26 is applying for sports and entertainment management, so not as hard as some of the other majors. 3.75 UW, 4.0 W (not sure about the recalc USC GPA). Strong essay, Captain 2 yrs of 2x state champion sport,NHS, Key Club, job, typical volunteering.
1260 was the bottom of the 50% median last year. She needs merit to attendā¦.
S26 submitted EA a few weeks ago and shortly after got email inviting to apply to honors college. Does everyone get this so they get more apps and look more competitive? Or is this considered a good sign?
My son was invited to honors as well. I wonder the same as you. Is everyone invited?
My S25 applied EA for Engineering with a 3.8UW, 35 ACT - invited to apply for Honors College and was deferred. He did get in regular decision but I donāt think that invitation means anything in terms of EA acceptance.
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Instate weighted 4.35UW 3.67 6 honors courses and 18 college credits from 6 Dual enrollments. Strong EA , varsity athlete 4 years, started own online business. Sport management
35 ACT and was deferred? Wow! Makes me nervous for my son.
Did he apply to Honors College? My daughter doesnāt want to apply, but I wonder if not applying after being invited could negatively affect the admissions decision.
He got in regular decision but I think Engineering made it especially difficult. Good luck to your son!
He didnāt but I donāt think it makes a difference at all. They defer a huge percentage for EA that get in RD.
Thank you! He is applying for business so I think that is fairly competitive too!
I read they send to everyone who checks the box that they are interested in it. Donāt know if thatās true
My daughter is applying test optional with a 4.34 W GPA and 3.97 UW GPA to the business school. She is also the president of students against cancer, secretary of NHS, and photo editor of the yearbook. What are her chances of being admitted into the business school as well as the honors college as an out of state student?
For reference, for Fall 25, my OOS son had 4.37 WGPA (3.98 u/w GPA; 4.75 SC WGPA), 11 APs and 2 DE classes, and a 32 ACT. He was admitted EA to Darla Moore with merit. However, he was denied from the Honors College. I think your daughter has a good chance, but the TO may defer her decision to the spring. I canāt remember how TO students did EA last year, but there were a lot of deferrals in general.
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Ok, thank you for the information! Did he get an offer for the capstone program?
Youāre welcome. We will never know. He declined as soon as he get the HC rejection-I mean within minutes. But Iād think it was very likely but that wouldnāt have been enough to sway him to go there. And to be clear, Iād say he was ārecruited very hardā for the HC. Last year we saw tons of students ārecruited hard for HCā to only be deferred in EA.
Does anyone know how to recalculate an out of state GPA to an SC GPA?
I believe chatgpt got me the answer 
May I ask your S26 stats and if heās OOS?
My son applied to USC and itās his top choice. We are in Georgia. I just noticed that there is a fine arts requirement for admission. Iām really concerned now, since we donāt have a fine arts requirement in Georgia. For his electives, he chose to take engineering, psychology and spanish. Is this going to be a problem???