<p>CaliGW, in the past (this can certainly change), those students who become finalists for the top merit scholarships (Trustee/Presidential) will receive their admissions packet along with the invitation to interview for the scholarship at the end of January. The date is not set, but check here and you’ll see when the first letters arrive. In the past, this has come via snail mail, so the envelopes arrive on the West Coast first via USPS. Sometime in early February, USC sends a letter to everyone who applied by the scholarship deadline (Dec 1) to let you know you did not get selected for an interview but that you’re application is being read and you’ll hear with the full pool of applicants. You can search for the date the news was released last year (I believe it was the first time USC put the decisions online as well as sent packets in the mail). I believe they are mailed in the last week of March. More details if you check cc archives.</p>