<p>The activity of this thread will beat that of the “Transfer Admissions 101” thread by the end of this month, that’s for sure.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I’m electronically submitting tax returns for my parents and myself. It says to include all schedules and w2 forms. What do they mean by all schedules? There is like 17 pages for each tax return, do I submit all of them? For those of you who already submitted the tax returns, did you submit practically all the pages? </p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>@lakersforever–
i was randomly searching transfer threads and saw your posts on ucsd. soo funny. what other schools are you applying to?</p>
<p>did anyone/everyone submit letters of recommendation? I know that they are not required for transfers, so I was wondering how many people submitted them.</p>
<p>i sent in 1… i’d say a good amount of us on here sent some judging from previous posts</p>
<p>Just wondering, is it too late to send in a letter of recommendation? Dang, for some reason I feel like I need to send one in, but I feel like it is a bit late. Also, do I use the recommendation form that the freshmen applicants use?</p>
<p>Most people here sent them in by my guess. There is no form for transfers so I just had the letters written on department letterhead with my usc id# mentioned.</p>
<p>i did the same as kulakai. I sent mine in with an updated transcript as well. if you sent one in you should see it under documents received. i only sent in 1. im a psych major, and i got mine from my psych professor, who used to due therapy at USC :D</p>
<p>if you feel like u want to send one in, id say your too late.
freshman apps are almost over, and ours start soon.
and you dont really want to rush your professor to finish a letter unless u guys are homies.</p>
<p>but if your prof doesnt mine doing it in one day or two, go for it!
just submit it ASAP if you do.</p>
<p>It’s actually not too late. Turns out USC didn’t received my large packet, which angers me and makes me despise the US Postal service to no end, in any case, I’m taking my packet in personally, complete with high school and college transcripts and 2 letters of rec, tomorrow and they said it should be fine. So I suppose that’s okay lol</p>
<p>@tbibbs: i applied to usc, ucla, and berkeley. Everyone on the uc transfer forums hates me lol. Its so funny i love it. I screw around with them everyday and they get offended so easily lol</p>
<p>hahaha laker I love reading your posts on the UC forum, its an endless well of comedy gold haha. Keep up the good ■■■■■■■■!</p>
<p>Hey guys, I was wondering, I forgot an EC that I think would of helped me. My essay was on physical fitness being important to me. Anyways I forgot to mention that I participated in the 2009 San Fernando Valley Youth Olympics and got 1st place 100 meter dash high school division. Anyways, it kind of supports my fitness essay and shows that im well rounded. Is there anything I can do? maybe if they ask for a SGR, I can send a 2 sentence letter stating that or… ? </p>
<p>Thanks! Also, I effed up heavily on mY CSS and Fafsa, Can I Update them, and will they automatically be sent to USC and replace the old ones? Whens the deadline for this?</p>
<p>@noodlesli</p>
<p>If all the Ws are within the same semester, I wouldn’t fret over it so long as you explain what happened somewhere within your application. For example: If you take three classes in one semester, but something medically or otherwise personally takes place and take a W for each, I don’t think this works against you if you explain it within your application. However, if you receive Ws on a continual basis – semester-over-semester – then I think it would raise some eyebrows.</p>
<p>I have some new information that I want the admission office to know…
what do I do?
Just send a letter…?</p>
<p>and so… should I get a C or W?!
It’s going to be my first W and I am a freshman</p>
<p>Send a letter or e-mail the admissions person assigned to your school (this can be found on USC’s website). </p>
<p>What’s your GPA now? Will one C really kill it?</p>
<p>Regarding receiving a W:</p>
<p>I think we can all give our opinion on what would be the best course of action of whether to take a W and forego the class, or to continue. The best place to start is here – where you will get the same critical examination as an admissions counselor, but by your peers.</p>
<p>You can call the school, get an opinion, but it’s all the same and really what it boils down to is an admissions couselor’s opinion. Will the same person you talk to on the phone be the same person reviewing your application? That’s improbable. We tend to understand that whoever we talk to is the official rule and opinion of the University – this should be taken with a grain of salt. Just the same, opinions on here should also be taken with a smaller grain, if any.</p>
<p>I think it depends on when and under what circumstances you receive a W, how you explain it and the trend of your grades.</p>
<p>@yjpark0226: As a Freshman, USC will focus on your high school record moreso than your community college grades. Asking for an opinion without taking into account other factors is hard to respond to. Overall, I think almost everyone on here would agree that a W doesn’t reflect very well on any record. But, given circumstances such as working full-time while taking 39084 units is understandable, and it’s not something to repeat. As I explained prior: taking 3-4 classes and then dropping that whole semester’s worth because your sister needed an operation on her groin (just using my imagination) – I still think is admissable, but not something you dare repeat.</p>
<p>Every situation is different and weighted just as differently.</p>
<p>Totally agree with Skyline - it really depends. If you have a 4.0 and one W and a good reason for it then it may not be a big deal. It is my personal opinion that early W’s in your academic career are not as bad as more recent W’s, because it reflects an upward trend combined with a climbing GPA. </p>
<p>If it were me, I would take the W instead of the C, but that’s just me.</p>
<p>An admissions counselor that I was talking to at USC said that letters of recommendation do not carry that much weight, and that your GPA “should speak for itself”. I found that I odd, and I still want to send in a letter or recommendation, so I just wanted to know what everyone else did.</p>
<p>My admission counselor said USC doesn’t put any emphasis on LOR, she said they are forced to read them if you send them in but they really don’t mean anything.</p>
<p>Regarding LORs:</p>
<p>From a transfer applicant’s perspective, Letters of Recommendation are meant more as a way for a teacher to introduce you to the admissions counselor – not a typical recommendation. The letters grant a third person’s perspective on who you are – an unbiased look. So, as a supplement to your essay, I would highly recommend that anyone who applies for transfer should supply at least one letter of recommendation.</p>
<p>After all, it can’t hurt your application. But if it can make it even remotely stronger then it’s worth submitting.</p>