USC 2009 transfer thread

<p>@uscplease777
oh you are? same here but i live on campus in pentland. and same goes for me. right now i’m kind of on hiatus with everything socially… and just focused to get out. you’re a freshman correct? </p>

<p>here are my stats - i’m not exactly sure what you want… but ill tell u what i’ve got so far -</p>

<p>Riverside:
-Major: Business
-GPA: 3.908
-UCR University Honors Program
-UCR Dean’s Honor List
-Dean’s Academic Distinctive Award - not too sure what it is… i literally JUST got it…but I have to go to some convocation later in May for it
-UCR Honors Fellowship - it was like a grant/merit… basically free money hah</p>

<p>For USC:
-applied business
-am taking prereq right now
-did some GEs
-applied in feb with financial aid too
-had a letter of rec</p>

<p>are you in the honors program as well? what are your stats if you don’t mind me asking?</p>

<p>My stats are misleading. I graduated high school in 2002. Upon graduation of high school, I found a great job. Well finding this great job at a young age was the worse that could happen to me because my academics took a major hit. The job required 60+ hours a week. I tried to attend school but it was very difficult to maintain a decent GPA. I got placed on academic probation in the spring of 2004 for having a 1.75 GPA. I pretty much said “screw school, I want money,” so I dropped out. My head was in my @$$. I continued to work until the spring of 08 and realized that job sucks. So I quit my job, enrolled back to Moorpark College, and since the spring of 08, I have completed 47.5 units with a 3.9 GPA and I am currently taking 14 units, so far I have a 4.0 this semester. Sadly, my past haunts me and that 1.75 of the past is still hurting my overall GPA which is now 3.3. </p>

<p>And that’s my life story. LOL! :D</p>

<p>Ooh okay thanks for the heads up about Oasis! I checked and it said:</p>

<p>"Your status:</p>

<p>We are reviewing your application. Sometimes we require additional information, so be sure to respond to any requests promptly. Transfer applicants are notified of their admission, or of a request for more information by June 1."</p>

<p>I also remembered that I submitted a question a few weeks ago about my documents and got the reply, “We have received your application and your file appears to be complete at this time…” I should be alright, right? </p>

<p>Anyway yeah I got rejected by UCLA too, so it’s making me so much more nervous for USC right now. I wish I could get a notice or at least a SGR as well… :P</p>

<p>waitingonSC: that’s a really interesting story. i’m sure if your essay or some part of your application thoroughly conveyed the lesson you learned or something, they will be happy with what you’ve accomplished now. </p>

<p>also, don’t let a 3.3 haunt you. that is still decent and my boyfriend got in last year as a transfer with that GPA. so don’t worry too much. plus, your upward trend is amazing.</p>

<p>aaam90- major: Policy, Planning, and Development with Pre-Law. </p>

<p>USC is my first choice. I got accepted into two UC’s but I have no interest on going to a UC. </p>

<p>My essay covered all the details. Lol. Wow, that’s awesome to hear, thanks!</p>

<p>kazzmaroo- I got denied from UCLA too, but don’t let that worry. I felt the same way until I got an SGR from USC.</p>

<p>is Oasis just for students who are already admitted?</p>

<p>aaam90- i don’t think i checked my status within those 7 days between the 2nd and 3rd update. i was expecting to see the 2nd status for a longgggggggggggggggggg time. i’m not sure if i received “your application is currently under review…”</p>

<p>waitinonSC: That’s awesome! I also have to agree that your progress is commendable. And congrats on the SGR, I personally think it’s an awesome sign. :)</p>

<p>jennnn: I think if you’re an applicant, you should be able to log into the Financial Aid & Documents section of Oasis. I could, and I haven’t been accepted. I couldn’t access the main Oasis website, though…</p>

<p>klim -</p>

<p>we have litearlly the SAME stats. </p>

<p>Gpa: 3.903
Units Completed: 29
Ap Units: 8
Units in Progress: 16
Major: Business

  • Dean’s Honors List
  • National Society of Collegiate Scholars</p>

<p>High School:
GPA - 3.5
SAT - 1940 </p>

<p>I am on the dean’s honors list as well and I will be going to the same convocation hahaha. I’m not in the honors program though, I got offered to be in it for the upcoming fall though, if I won’t be at USC by then =(</p>

<p>I’ll be finished with all my GE’s by the end of this year including my foreign language requirement (Communications, don’t worry) so hopefully that will look good. I’ll be starting on my major’s courses asap as a sophomore if that were the case. I’m most likely going to get an SGR if anything because I will have the 30 semester units completed exactly by the end of Spring Quarter. What classes are you taking?</p>

<p>Thanks, I hope this hard work pays off… for all of us! I’m sure we all worked very hard to get into this position alone. Good luck to everyone…</p>

<p>no update since 2/11/09 for me. I know it’ll change once the music dept. hands their decision to my counselor. ugh…the wait continues…</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!!!
Not to Marshall tho, they put me for Economics to the College of Letters Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>kazzmaroo, that’s only what I can see also. Oh wells. Thanks though!</p>

<p>@ uscplease777</p>

<p>danng hahah we do have similar stats! how funny!</p>

<p>-how many units did you take during each quarter at UCR? when you said 29 units… did you mean quarter units?
-i took 18 first, 19 second, and now 15. i have 4 units from this past summer as well…</p>

<p>-and you paid $70 for the national collegiate scholars award? i got that as well but was told that it was just a title to put on your resume for the cost of $70. the parents didn’t think it was worth it</p>

<p>-you got invited to the convocation as well?! nice! do you happen to know exactly what it is? my mom told me that i had to be nominated by someone… but idk who would… do you know anything about it? i tried asking my suitemates about the award but they didn’t know anything about it</p>

<p>-right now i am taking macro, bus calc, this honors class, and eng 1c. you?</p>

<p>-you should have joined the ucr honors program. it’s super beneficial. where are you from, as in your hometown? do you know anyone or any have family members that went/go to usc?</p>

<p>@ Israbeckham</p>

<p>congratulations! where are you coming from/what are your stats, if you don’t mind?</p>

<p>congrats israbeckham!!</p>

<p>so econ was your 2nd choice major?
now i kind of regret not putting a 2nd major instead of just bus. admin. :(</p>

<p>De Anza Community College (CA)
Transferring with 90 or so quarter units
GPA: 3.8
Graduated High School at 16
Essays 9/10
Phi Theta Kappa
Major: Economics</p>

<p>Nothing really special from E.C. tbh, just strong GPA, and all A’s in Major related classes</p>

<p>tbh I forgot if I applied for Marshall, or decided at the end of applying for Econ because I knew it would be easier to get accepted to Econ</p>

<p>either way, Econ it is</p>

<p>Check your application, it says it on there.</p>

<p>Israbeckham-Congrats! That is awesome! I am jealous. LOL!</p>