<p>I’m definitely expecting USC’s number of applications to increase because of the move to the Common App, but I’m not anticipating such a huge increase of 32%.</p>
<p>A 32% increase to 47,000 applicants would have a very significant effect on selectivity though. USC offered admission to 8,450 freshman this year and currently expects to stick to that number for future years. Doing some math (8450/47000) yields an acceptance rate of 18%!</p>
<p>The 8,450 number is based on this article: [Acceptance</a> rate continues to drop at USC|Daily Trojan](<a href=“http://dailytrojan.com/2011/04/14/acceptance-rate-continues-to-drop-at-usc/]Acceptance”>http://dailytrojan.com/2011/04/14/acceptance-rate-continues-to-drop-at-usc/)</p>