It is not by last name. No patterns have been found. It is likely random
To all those freaking out about the numbers in that blog post - those numbers represent the ADMITTED students! So, if you had a 31 ACT, youāre in the 25th percentile of ADMITTED students, not applicants.
Live in Socal, half an hour away from USC. Is there any chance my impending rejection will arrive tomorrow? I just want closure, donāt want to be stuck in limbo waiting for another day if Iām rejected
@mgb1311 No yeah I know! But that still means that 75% of admitted students scored higher than me, so likeā¦ it just doesnāt make me feel too confident, yāknow?
@mgb1311 Exactly, thatās why Iām freaking out, lol. My ACT is (apparently) below the 25th percentileā¦
@mattsoryal Really hoping that they are saving best for last!
My āno scholarshipā message is still a ācurrent message.ā is that an indicator?
@RoonilWazlib99 No scholarship message? What is that? In my portal the only current message I have and have had for two months is my acceptance letter. My portal still doesnāt even say I am accepted lol. I am still waiting on my scholarship response, should there be something there that I am missing?
Edit: Oops nevermind, i now understand what you were saying
The āNo Scholarshipā message has moved to Message History for us.
Trustee!! So happy. My sister is a sophomore at SC so weāll be together again. She wants to go in together for housing for 2018-2019 so she can get village haha.
So excited!!! Good luck to everyone else 
So is it a bad sign (or has it been a bad sign in the past) if the no scholarship message was moved to Message History?
@khamasaki Congratulations!
The āno scholarshipā message moved to message history for me as well! Doubt it means anything but I can pretend O:-)
āNo scholarshipā message is now in message historyā¦ hmm it seems like most people have it there (hopefully haha) so hopefully itās not indicative of anything!
Based on the stats in the USC blog, my D should get a Yes. She is one of the 31%, fits in the 50 percentile, fits in the AP. But after being waitlisted by UCLA we canāt be too sure anymore. I feel so much pain for college applicants of this year, kids born 1998-1999. From reading the boards in top schools, a lot of very bright kids out there. Almost all the schools received record applications, even SLO which is where my D will go for Architecture if USC is a No.
My D is prepared for her first rejection, only UCB and Duke left. Good luck kids. A rejection is not the end of the world. Itās what you make of your education and experience that sets your future, not where you went.
I didnāt shed a tear when I was rejected to Northwestern ED, didnāt cry any tears of joy when I was accepted to Michigan EA, but for some reason I already feel myself tearing up about my scholarship letter literally just moving inboxes. I hate this lol
Are the SAT scores from the blog post scored from the New or old sat score scales? I had a 1460 (2220) on the old Sat which according to collegeboard converts to a 1500 new sat. Iād feel slightly less anxious thinking I was on the higher end of the 50th percentile than the bottom.
Is it actually harder for people applying from NY to get in??
EDIT: is it a disadvantage to be an applicant from NY? I know that NY is one of the states that has a high yield.
My portal took an extra 0.1 seconds to update this timeā¦is this a sign?
Do we know if the No Scholarship message moving is an indicator whatsoever?