USC Status Update

poncem · February 3, 2010, 7:18am

OXOLOJO: ForwardedAZUndecidedCLAS Letter
CDR777: ForwardedNYUndecidedCLAS No Letter
GREYMATTERS: ForwardedCAChem ELetter
EINNOB: _PreliminaryCAArchitecture______ Letter
THEMENTOR5: __PreliminaryNYBusinessMarshall_ No Letter
Jazz/shreddermom (S)_ preliminaryCAThornton____________No Letter
MimizistPreliminaryWABusiness MarshallNo Letter
adambedford__PreliminaryUKMusic IndustryThorntonNo Letter
poncem____PreliminaryPeruMusic IndustryThornton__No letter

LMU10 · February 3, 2010, 7:25am

Hi everyone!!

I applied to USC on the 1/10 deadline, College of Arts & Science.
I am 16, 3 year high school graduate, 3.88 uw 4.54 weighted with a 29 ACT.

Apparently they just received my test scores 2 days ago, and when I checked today my status has changed??? Just yesterday, it changed from we need more information to your application has been forwarded for review. Then, this morning I wake up and check and it says

"
We have completed a preliminary review of your application. We sometimes request additional information (senior-year grades, for example), so be sure to watch the mail. You may submit senior year grades at <a href=“http://www.usc.edu/midyeargrades[/url]”>www.usc.edu/midyeargrades</a>, even if we did not specifically request them. We are continuing to review applications and expect to mail notification of a decision by April 1st. "

Is that a good sign or bad sign? Thanks!!

damabrlimo · February 3, 2010, 7:54am

OXOLOJO: ForwardedAZUndecidedCLAS Letter
CDR777: ForwardedNYUndecidedCLAS No Letter
GREYMATTERS: ForwardedCAChem ELetter
EINNOB: _PreliminaryCAArchitecture______ Letter
THEMENTOR5: __PreliminaryNYBusinessMarshall_ No Letter
Jazz/shreddermom (S)_ preliminaryCAThornton____________No Letter
MimizistPreliminaryWABusiness MarshallNo Letter
adambedford__PreliminaryUKMusic IndustryThorntonNo Letter
poncem____PreliminaryPeruMusic IndustryThorntonNo letter 
damabrlimo_____ForwardedPAChem E___________No Letter

Olzhas · February 3, 2010, 8:00am

OXOLOJO: ForwardedAZUndecidedCLAS Letter
CDR777: ForwardedNYUndecidedCLAS No Letter
GREYMATTERS: ForwardedCAChem ELetter
EINNOB: _PreliminaryCAArchitecture______ Letter
THEMENTOR5: __PreliminaryNYBusinessMarshall_ No Letter
Jazz/shreddermom (S)_ preliminaryCAThornton____________No Letter
MimizistPreliminaryWABusiness MarshallNo Letter
adambedford__PreliminaryUKMusic IndustryThorntonNo Letter
poncemPreliminaryPeruMusic IndustryThorntonNo letter
damabrlimoForwardedPAChem E___No Letter
Olzhas___Reviewingnon-USEcon___________no letter

mimizist · February 3, 2010, 8:26am

Thanks everyone for keeping the chart so neat and organized.
One thing, can you all arrange the order by status , just for the purpose of clarification? - that is, to have “forwarded” first, then “review” (surprised there are still people at this stage!), at last “prelimimary”?
So the chart above would look something like this:

OXOLOJO: ForwardedAZUndecidedCLAS Letter
CDR777: ForwardedNYUndecidedCLAS No Letter
GREYMATTERS: __ForwardedCAChem ELetter
damabrlimoForwardedPAChem ENo Letter
OlzhasReviewingnon-USEconNo letter
EINNOB: _PreliminaryCAArchitectureLetter
THEMENTOR5: __PreliminaryNYBusinessMarshallNo Letter
Jazz/shreddermom (S) preliminaryCAThorntonNo Letter
MimizistPreliminaryWABusiness MarshallNo Letter
adambedford__PreliminaryUKMusic IndustryThorntonNo Letter
poncem_______PreliminaryPeruMusic IndustryThornton__No letter

manyamile · February 3, 2010, 9:39am

Can we add if you are National Hispanic Scholar (NH) or National Merit Scholar (NMS)- maybe its another factor being considered?

OXOLOJO: ForwardedAZ UndecidedCLAS Letter
CDR777: __________ ForwardedNY UndecidedCLAS No Letter
GREYMATTERS: _____ ForwardedCA Chem E________________ Letter
damabrlimo______ForwardedPA__ Chem E______________No Letter
Olzhas__________ Reviewingnon-USEcon________________ No letter
EINNOB: PreliminaryCA Architecture ___ Letter
THEMENTOR5: PreliminaryNY BusinessMarshall No Letter
Jazz/shreddermom _ PreliminaryCA Thornton______________ No Letter
Mimizist_________PreliminaryWA Business___ Marshall__ No Letter
adambedford_____PreliminaryUK Music IndustryThornton_ No Letter
poncem____________ PreliminaryPeruMusic IndustryThornton_ No letter
Manyamile_______PreliminaryTXBiology_____________ No letter - (NH)

collegeproject · February 3, 2010, 10:37am

OXOLOJO: ForwardedAZ UndecidedCLAS Letter
CDR777: __________ ForwardedNY UndecidedCLAS No Letter
GREYMATTERS: _____ ForwardedCA Chem E________________ Letter
damabrlimo______ForwardedPA__ Chem E______________No Letter
Olzhas__________ Reviewingnon-USEcon________________ No letter
EINNOB: PreliminaryCA Architecture ___ Letter
collegeproject PreliminaryCA bio ____ No Letter (NM)
HEMENTOR5: PreliminaryNY BusinessMarshall No Letter
Jazz/shreddermom _ PreliminaryCA Thornton______________ No Letter
Mimizist_________PreliminaryWA Business___ Marshall__ No Letter
adambedford_____PreliminaryUK Music IndustryThornton_ No Letter
poncem____________ PreliminaryPeruMusic IndustryThornton_ No letter
Manyamile_______PreliminaryTXBiology__ ___________ No letter - (NH)

kmart153 · February 3, 2010, 10:41am

OXOLOJO: ForwardedAZ UndecidedCLAS Letter
CDR777: __________ ForwardedNY UndecidedCLAS No Letter
GREYMATTERS: _____ ForwardedCA Chem E________________ Letter
damabrlimo______ForwardedPA__ Chem E______________No Letter
Olzhas__________ Reviewingnon-USEcon________________ No letter
EINNOB: PreliminaryCA Architecture ___ Letter
collegeproject PreliminaryCA bio ____ No Letter (NM)
HEMENTOR5: PreliminaryNY BusinessMarshall No Letter
Jazz/shreddermom _ PreliminaryCA Thornton______________ No Letter
Mimizist_________PreliminaryWA Business___ Marshall__ No Letter
adambedford_____PreliminaryUK Music IndustryThornton_ No Letter
poncem____________ PreliminaryPeruMusic IndustryThornton_ No letter
Manyamile_______PreliminaryTXBiology__ ___________ No letter - (NH)
kmart153__________PreliminaryTXBusiness_______________No letter

jazzshreddermom · February 3, 2010, 10:46am

It seems weird that they wouldn’t send the “no scholarship” letter to everyone who applied by the Dec. 1st scholarship deadline. I wonder if that letter is just their way of asking for mid-year grades without making the whole letter about that - so they start with the apology about not getting a scholarship and try to make you feel better about it and encourage you that you’re still being considered for admission. But if they have no interest your mid-year grades, they don’t bother sending anything? Otherwise why not tell everyone they didn’t get a scholarship?

I’m starting to really hope my son gets that letter soon.

thementor5 · February 3, 2010, 10:52am

Here’s my analysis on the data so far.

If you’re in preliminary, that means you applied to a separate school, hence your app needs more time (also means your letter will come slowly) This would explain the preliminary-no letter correlation.
If you’re in forwarding, that means you applied to CLAS, which means your app is ahead of the preliminaries, hence those kids are receiving the letters. For the forwarded kids without the letters, it still makes sense, because they are on the East Coast.

The only discrepancy is with Einnob, who is preliminary with the letter (might mean his app is just quicker than rest of prelims) and withe Olzhas, who is reviewing, but is in another country, so makes sense.

What do you guys think of this theory?

and Let’s keep this table going, so we would have more stats to work with.

kmart153 · February 3, 2010, 10:54am

thementor i think you might be right.

I have a question-if I apply to the business school and don’t get accepted, I can still get accepted just to USC right?

jewels03 · February 3, 2010, 10:54am

My status reads: We have completed an initial review of your application and would like to see the results of the first term of your senior year (final, not mid-term marks).

Am I completely hopeless for admission? :(

jazzshreddermom · February 3, 2010, 10:54am

@thementor, that theory doesn’t work for Thornton. My S knows of two Thornton applicants who have received the letter, both in CA, albeit both are for popular music, while he is applying to a different major.

wisdomsomehow · February 3, 2010, 11:08am

OXOLOJO: ForwardedAZ UndecidedCLAS Letter
CDR777: __________ ForwardedNY UndecidedCLAS No Letter
GREYMATTERS: _____ ForwardedCA Chem E________________ Letter
damabrlimo______ForwardedPA__ Chem E______________No Letter
Olzhas__________ Reviewingnon-USEcon________________ No letter
EINNOB: PreliminaryCA Architecture ___ Letter
collegeproject PreliminaryCA bio ____ No Letter (NM)
HEMENTOR5: PreliminaryNY BusinessMarshall No Letter
Jazz/shreddermom _ PreliminaryCA Thornton______________ No Letter
Mimizist_________PreliminaryWA Business___ Marshall__ No Letter
adambedford_____PreliminaryUK Music IndustryThornton_ No Letter
poncem____________ PreliminaryPeruMusic IndustryThornton_ No letter
Manyamile_______PreliminaryTXBiology__ ___________ No letter - (NH)
kmart153________PreliminaryTXBusiness_ _________No letter
wisdomsomehowPreliminaryVABA TheatreTheatre___No letter

but my letter would come today if it comes, I think, based on the time it takes letters to get across the country and when the first one was received.

alamemom · February 3, 2010, 11:10am

In past admissions cycles, “the letter” (informing applicants that they would not be receiving a Trustee/Presidential) was in **no way **a “likely letter.” All it meant was that the first, lightning-fast, stage of admissions - where they sort out Trustee/Presidential candidates - had been completed, and they were *beginning<a href=“just%20%5BI%5Dbeginning%5B/I%5D”>/I</a> to look at the remaining 34,000 applications to consider them for admissions.

Also in the past, all of those remaining applicants were asked for mid-year grades. Again, that is not a “good” sign or a “bad” sign, it is just part of USC’s admissions process.

They have thousands of applications to go through. They are not done. They have hardly begun.

The “no scholarship” letters have not been anything other than “no scholarship” letters in the past - it would be very surprising if it were to contain secret meaning this year.

Good luck to all!

lesliehr · February 3, 2010, 11:13am

OXOLOJO: ForwardedAZ UndecidedCLAS Letter
CDR777: __________ ForwardedNY UndecidedCLAS No Letter
GREYMATTERS: _____ ForwardedCA Chem E________________ Letter
damabrlimo______ForwardedPA__ Chem E______________No Letter
Olzhas__________ Reviewingnon-USEcon________________ No letter
EINNOB: PreliminaryCA Architecture ___ Letter
collegeproject PreliminaryCA bio ____ No Letter (NM)
HEMENTOR5: PreliminaryNY BusinessMarshall No Letter
Jazz/shreddermom _ PreliminaryCA Thornton______________ No Letter
Mimizist_________PreliminaryWA Business___ Marshall__ No Letter
adambedford_____PreliminaryUK Music IndustryThornton_ No Letter
poncem____________ PreliminaryPeruMusic IndustryThornton_ No letter
Manyamile_______PreliminaryTXBiology__ ___________ No letter - (NH)
kmart153________PreliminaryTXBusiness_ __No letter
wisdomsomehowPreliminaryVABA TheatreTheatreNo letter
lesliehrPreliminaryNJJournalismAnnenenbergNo letter

jewels03 · February 3, 2010, 11:17am

My status reads: We have completed an initial review of your application and would like to see the results of the first term of your senior year (final, not mid-term marks).

Am I completely hopeless for admission? :(

Hoobucs720 · February 3, 2010, 12:45pm

OXOLOJO: ForwardedAZ UndecidedCLAS Letter
CDR777: __________ ForwardedNY UndecidedCLAS No Letter
GREYMATTERS: _____ ForwardedCA Chem E________________ Letter
damabrlimo______ForwardedPA__ Chem E______________No Letter
Olzhas__________ Reviewingnon-USEcon________________ No letter
EINNOB: PreliminaryCA Architecture ___ Letter
collegeproject PreliminaryCA bio ____ No Letter (NM)
HEMENTOR5: PreliminaryNY BusinessMarshall No Letter
Jazz/shreddermom _ PreliminaryCA Thornton______________ No Letter
Mimizist_________PreliminaryWA Business___ Marshall__ No Letter
adambedford_____PreliminaryUK Music IndustryThornton_ No Letter
poncem____________ PreliminaryPeruMusic IndustryThornton_ No letter
Manyamile_______PreliminaryTXBiology__ ___________ No letter - (NH)
kmart153________PreliminaryTXBusiness_ No letter
wisdomsomehowPreliminaryVABA TheatreTheatreNo letter
lesliehrPreliminaryNJJournalism _AnnenenbergNo letter
Hoobucs720_____PreliminaryCTUndecidedCLAS_____No Letter

New findings in this statues puzzle!
A few posts back I read someone’s theory that those who applied to CLAS have forwarded statuses. I too aplplied to CLAS but have the preliminary. I submitted my midyear grades a few days ago, and im assuming that the letter just has not arrived in our part of the states yet (If we even get letters).

adambedford · February 3, 2010, 1:09pm

@poncem: good to see a fellow international applying for music industry! Did you apply for teh BSc or the BMus?

h00dr1chh · February 3, 2010, 1:29pm

OXOLOJO: ForwardedAZ UndecidedCLAS Letter
CDR777: __________ ForwardedNY UndecidedCLAS No Letter
GREYMATTERS: _____ ForwardedCA Chem E________________ Letter
damabrlimo______ForwardedPA__ Chem E______________No Letter
Olzhas__________ Reviewingnon-USEcon________________ No letter
EINNOB: PreliminaryCA Architecture ___ Letter
collegeproject PreliminaryCA bio ____ No Letter (NM)
HEMENTOR5: PreliminaryNY BusinessMarshall No Letter
Jazz/shreddermom _ PreliminaryCA Thornton______________ No Letter
Mimizist_________PreliminaryWA Business___ Marshall__ No Letter
adambedford_____PreliminaryUK Music IndustryThornton_ No Letter
poncem____________ PreliminaryPeruMusic IndustryThornton_ No letter
Manyamile_______PreliminaryTXBiology__ ___________ No letter - (NH)
kmart153________PreliminaryTXBusiness_ No letter
wisdomsomehowPreliminaryVABA TheatreTheatreNo letter
lesliehrPreliminaryNJJournalism _AnnenenbergNo letter
Hoobucs720___PreliminaryCTUndecided CLAS____No Letter
h00dr1chh______PreliminaryMDUndecided_______________No Letter (yet!) - NH

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