@WWWard or whomever else may know. Where in New York is the orientation session held there?
@JohnGaltIII Online, I could only find the one last October in New York. You may want to simply call admissions and ask… (213) 740-1111
Hi! I am an accepted Thornton student for Popular Music. Can anyone tell me why Thornton doesn’t offer merit scholarships for this major?? Are there any alternate scholarships that students can seek?
I’m an IB Diploma candidate and said so on my application, which may have helped me get in. If I fail to get IB Diploma, but still maintain good grades, could I get rescinded? Sorry it’s a weird question.
@JohnGaltIII Admitted Student Program for New York
Sunday, 4/15: 2-4 PM
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
333 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
+1 718-246-7000
Oh didn’t realize there was an off-campus orientation… I gave info for the admitted student thing. Oops!
@mom2bean No worries. I am going to call but I bet it is at the same place.
@Nomorelurker is your son is signed up for McCarthy? Is he on the roommate search? My son is struggling to find guys on there to share a suite with that seem to share his work hard/play hard mentality … at least from what he can tell on the bios. And so many didn’t write anything so it’s hard. The roommate questionnaire is not exactly detailed. A lot of the guys that have reached out to him selected New North.
USC financial aid has said that they expect all available 529 money to be used in year 1.
@cm19992000 You would be surprised at what a great job USC does with room mate matching. Even if the questionnaire seems light, it addresses the biggies - the same kind of sleep schedule, tidiness, music interests, then they also add on info they have like matching up by major - STEM with STEM for example and I really think they look at academic personality as well. I know many many kids that came in random and were very compatible with their room mates. My S ended up living with his “random room mate” all four years and they are best friends today after they graduated last May - his core group that includes about 12 STEM majors that are this giant group of bff’s all came in off the questionnaire and were really in sync. They are now founding companies together. We were really impressed! It really seems to work out, so if he doesn’t find someone, it will work out fine. My current freshman chose a single and avoided all that, but even if she had a random room mate, I truly believe it would have been fine.
@cm19992000, no doubt your S will find a great roommate in the coming weeks. S is not actively searching for a roommate yet since he is still weighing his options and has not committed to USC. I am hoping we might have a better idea about his final decision by the weekend, but it could stretch out to May 1st. From what I can tell, USC and most schools do a good job with the roommate process, or even FB may be a way to find a good match. Good luck.
@Notthehospital
Really? Did you get that info from a recent call to Financial Aid? So much for using our 529s to supplement for 3 kids education over 4years x 3 kids…!
Just returned with D from the first Spring Admit day event and it was awesome. Now we are just going to patiently wait until mid-May to see if she gets bumped to fall. She was treated like a VIP by SCA which was heart warming…she didn’t want to leave;)
Yes. I was told that on Monday. I think I missed asking the key next question, will they increase need based aid if all those resources are used up. The amount of additional aid for having another sibling in college was trivial, 3K or less more aid.
visiting LA next week!! COA too expensive for my mom, and SCA is my dream! I can’t believe I got in. Still waiting on Cinematic Arts Scholarships, and then next week I’m gonna go to financial aid and sca and talk to them in hopes of getting my cost down…
@CADREAMIN @WWWard Having read your incredibly helpful posts, I wanted to ask about your experience having multiple kids with presumably as many different interests and personalities at USC. My D19 is perfect for the place: super pro-active, prominent in her sorority, killin’ it at Marshall; makes things happen for herself. My S22 (apologies if I’m doing these abbreviations wrong), who was just accepted, is a milder brew–not exactly sure what he wants to study (liberal arts/Dornsife), content with a smaller group of friends and a few activities (baseball and video games rule his life in the waning days of HS; big music fan). An incredibly wonderful kid–kind, smart, well-liked–but I just wonder if his subtler, more laid-back approach can lead to as rich an experience at USC as the one my D is having. A frequent visitor, he–and we–love USC. It’s such a great place but it’s also a big one, and while I don’t fear him “getting lost” there, as some do with big schools, I do want him to find his place and feel as at-home in college as D does. Is it wrong to think such a person would do better at a smaller school, where there might be a bit more hands-on guidance with things like course selection/academic direction? And socially–big fish/smaller pond? Do you or anyone on this thread know of similar kids who have had great outcomes at USC/similar schools? I’m beyond grateful for any and all feedback!
@decision18 , your two kids sound a lot like mine. My daughter is a junior at USC and has always been a go getter, joining and now running certain aspects of multiple clubs at once, playing club sports for a bit, Thematic Option, sorority, acting in plays, part-time jobs in her area of interest, etc…S18 is much more laid back and happy to make the most of opportunities as they come along, rather than finding them. I believe USC has a place for a student with S18’s personality as well, but he needs to find ways to make it smaller and more structured for himself. Check into Thematic Option. It is a great program that is available to most students who want it, though you have to apply. Would his major be small? That could help. Any program that is smaller in number and spoon feeds them opportunities is good, rather than having to actively search for opportunities. In the end, my S18 recognized that USC was not for him for a variety of reasons, and is deciding over schools that have small, structured honors and research programs. But I think USC can still fit a student like yours if you do some research before and get him interested in different clubs, programs etc…
@vistajay Thank you so much! I’m embarrassed to tell you I don’t even know about Thematic Option so yes, I/we have much research to do in the next couple of weeks. I think he’s likely to be a history major with an economics minor, something like that. In terms of coaxing him into cool programs and activities, one advantage we might have is that he and his sister would overlap for a year and he will listen to her (she can be quite persuasive). After a grueling year of applications and college visits, he’s pretty much had it with all my great prompting and advice, lol…
@decision18 I clearly believe that USC, like many colleges and universities, can afford great opportunities for students of many different personality types. The student body is extremely diverse, despite some outdated stereotypes, and the university itself can accommodate a multitude of varying approaches to the college experience. My older daughter is much more introverted and anti-social than her younger sister, but each have made USC their own and in dramatically different ways. From what I have seen and heard, USC can feel like a smaller college than it actually is if that is your preferred approach.
@WWWard and @CADREAMIN and any others with experience with orientation: My d is looking to attend orientation in Chicago this summer instead of incurring expense of flying to USC. However, Chicago is one of the later orientation dates. Will this impact her ability to get the classes she wants? She’s a science major, so we’ve already warned her about early morning labs and classes. 