USC Status Update

einnob · February 3, 2010, 11:11pm

^yeah I couldnt find the update date either. And I also looked at last year’s thread too, it’s kind of different from this year’s.

thementor5 · February 3, 2010, 11:13pm

I see where y’all comin from, about the statuses meaning nothing, but do you think USC actually have organized chaos in planned? lol. Like I mean, unless USC wants to trick us with meaningless statuses, then the different statuses have to mean something. --something we can’t figure out. lol, but something.

cdr777 · February 3, 2010, 11:28pm

Ok the only possible thing I can think of is that the way these status were sorted was by a certain criteria first just to seperate so maybe if like your ACT or SAT score was above a certain level and GPA was above a certain level you were moved into the next pile of applications they look over and received either “preliminary” or “forwarded” as a result (not sure which), if your ACT and GPA was below a certain level you were moved to a different pile without taking account of anything extra such as Essays, EC’s etc. After they established these 2 piles, the pile with the high Scores/GPA is the one being looked at as full applications first and than the admissions committee will move on to the other pile and give those applications a full examination before making a decision. I could be completely wrong on this but thats the only reasonable explanation for these differences, which status means which I’m not sure but this is the most likely scenario I can think of.

greymatters · February 3, 2010, 11:33pm

@2010emily Congrats on your offer of admission to Viterbi. What did you apply as?

@raffles88 I am sorry to inform you that I have yet to receive my offer of admission to Viterbi. I applied as a Chem E major, but I am considering a change to Mech E.

oxolojo · February 4, 2010, 12:00am

cdr has a point. should we add a score to our ongoing list? I’ll start it here.

oxolojo__________ForwardedAZUndecCLASLetter__30
cdr777_______ Forwarded__NYUndecCLAS____No Letter
greymatters______ForwardedCAChem ELetter
damabrlimo_______ForwardedPAChem ENo Letter
olzhas_____________ ReviewingOOCEconNo letter
einnobPreliminaryCAArchLetter_____
collegeprojectPreliminaryCABio______________No Letter
thementor5 PreliminaryNYBizMarshallNo Letter
jazz/shreddermomPreliminaryCA__MusicThorntonNo Letter__
mimizistPreliminaryWA__BizMarshallNo Letter
adambedford______PreliminaryUK__Mus Ind.ThorntonNo Letter
poncem_____________ PreliminaryPeruMus Ind.ThorntonNo letter__
kmart153________PreliminaryTX__BizNo letter
wisdomsomehow____PreliminaryVATheatreTheatreNo letter
lesliehr___PreliminaryNJ__J.lism AnnenenbergNo letter_
hoobucs720_______PreliminaryCT__UndecCLASNo Letter__
h00dr1chh________PreliminaryMD__UndecCLASNo Letter__
2leashes(D)PreliminaryCAOcc Ther.Letter
manyamile____InitialTXBio_______________No letter

(where the 30 is is my ACT score. I apologize if this has horrible formatting. I just made it look beautiful in WordPad!)

oxolojo · February 4, 2010, 12:05am

<a href=“http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9056/ccusers.png[/url]”>http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9056/ccusers.png</a>

that link is how pretty the table looked in word pad. it was pretty. (:

thementor5 · February 4, 2010, 12:06am

oxolojo__________ForwardedAZUndec_ CLASLetter__30
cdr777______ Forwarded__NYUndecCLAS____No Letter
greymatters______ForwardedCAChem ELetter
damabrlimo_______ForwardedPAChem ENo Letter
olzhas_____________ ReviewingOOCEconNo letter
einnobPreliminaryCAArch Letter
collegeprojectPreliminaryCABio No Letter
thementor5 PreliminaryNYBizMarshall No Letter2080
jazz/shreddermomPreliminaryCAMusicTh orntonNo Letter
mimizistPreliminaryWABiz Marshall_No Letter
adambedford______PreliminaryUK__Mus Ind.ThorntonNo Letter
poncem_____________ PreliminaryPeruMus Ind.ThorntonNo letter__
kmart153________PreliminaryTX__Biz___ No letter
wisdomsomehowPreliminaryVATheatre Theatre_No letter
lesliehr_____PreliminaryNJ__J.lism AnnenenbergNo letter_
hoobucs720_______PreliminaryCT__Undec_ CLASNo Letter__
h00dr1chh________PreliminaryMD__Undec CLASNo Letter__
2leashes(D)_PreliminaryCA__Occ Ther.Letter
manyamile__InitialTXBio ____________No letter

lol oxolojo, yes it’s very pretty.

einnob · February 4, 2010, 12:11am

oxolojo__________ForwardedAZUndec_ CLASLetter__30
cdr777______ Forwarded__NYUndecCLAS____No Letter
greymatters______ForwardedCAChem ELetter
damabrlimo_______ForwardedPAChem ENo Letter
olzhas_____________ ReviewingOOCEconNo letter
einnobPreliminaryCAArch Letter2020
collegeproject_PreliminaryCABio _ No Letter
thementor5 PreliminaryNYBizMarshal l No Letter2080
jazz/shreddermomPreliminaryCAMusicT h orntonNo Letter
mimizistPreliminaryWABiz _ Marshall_No Letter
adambedfordPreliminaryUKMus Ind.ThorntonNo Letter_
poncem_____________ PreliminaryPeruMus Ind.ThorntonNo letter__
kmart153________PreliminaryTX__Biz___ No letter
wisdomsomehowPreliminaryVATheatre Theatre_No letter
lesliehr_____PreliminaryNJ__J.lism AnnenenbergNo letter_
hoobucs720_______PreliminaryCT__Undec_ CLASNo Letter__
h00dr1chh________PreliminaryMD__Undec CLASNo Letter__
2leashes(D)_PreliminaryCA__Occ Ther.Letter
manyamile__InitialTXBio ____________No letter

oxolojo · February 4, 2010, 12:11am

woahh, I just saw something TOTALLY AWESOME! (maybe its just my deluded brain…)

<a href=“http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4782/usccc.png[/url]”>http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4782/usccc.png</a>

cdr777 · February 4, 2010, 12:16am

oxolojo__________ForwardedAZUndec_ CLASLetter__30
cdr777______ Forwarded__NYUndecCLASNo Letter31
greymattersForwardedCAChem ELetter
damabrlimo_______ForwardedPAChem ENo Letter
olzhas_____________ ReviewingOOCEconNo letter
einnobPreliminaryCAArch__ Letter2020
collegeproject_PreliminaryCABio _ No Letter
thementor5 PreliminaryNYBizMarshal l No Letter2080
jazz/shreddermomPreliminaryCAMusicT h orntonNo Letter
mimizistPreliminaryWABiz _ Marshall_No Letter
adambedfordPreliminaryUKMus Ind.ThorntonNo Letter_
poncem_____________ PreliminaryPeruMus Ind.ThorntonNo letter__
kmart153________PreliminaryTX__Biz___ No letter
wisdomsomehowPreliminaryVATheatre Theatre_No letter
lesliehr_____PreliminaryNJ__J.lism AnnenenbergNo letter_
hoobucs720_______PreliminaryCT__Undec_ CLASNo Letter__
h00dr1chh________PreliminaryMD__Undec CLASNo Letter__
2leashes(D)_PreliminaryCA__Occ Ther.Letter
manyamile__InitialTXBio ____________No letter

Looks like this theory is already wrong as 30,31,2020, and 2080 are like the same exact areas, on to the next theory… Part 1 applications? Did anyone submit a Part 1 application, I did in Early October I believe.

thementor5 · February 4, 2010, 12:19am

I doubt the part 1 applications mean that much-but i guess it can make your app a bit faster/more organized. I didn’t submit a part 1.

and oxolojo, that same weird graffiti keeps on appearing on my tests! it was so hard to concentrate on the sats…

einnob · February 4, 2010, 12:19am

Yeah seriously, we all have similiar stats, and our statuses are as different as can be…what are we going to do!

I submitted the part I application too.

oxolojo · February 4, 2010, 12:21am

I also submitted part I.
lightja made a board to talk about this stuff, it should still be on the front page.

cdr777 · February 4, 2010, 12:22am

Ok so I guess they are officially just random, whatever I’m about to go to bed haven’t had a good sleep in like a week.

jubilee377 · February 4, 2010, 12:29am

Have any international candidates hear status of their applications to the BMD program? If we dont hear by Feb 15, can we conclude that we are denied BMD and only being considered for regular USC admission?

AppleWater · February 4, 2010, 1:19am

@Raffle88: Viterbi is pretty challenging at first, when you look at the course load. But the advisors are there to help guide you through. There are many resources within Viterbi and ONLY for Viterbi students. For example, Viterbi Academic Resource Center (VARC) is a Viterbi tutoring center, where they tutor you in specific areas relating to engineering (Chem, Math, Chem E, BME etc.).

I actually enjoy Viterbi very much because as a freshman, you are required to take an intro to engineering, where they basically tell you what you do as an engineer. The class is really close knit and they do outings on the weekend also.

adambedford · February 4, 2010, 5:23am

oxolojo__________ForwardedAZUndec_ CLASLetter__30
cdr777______ Forwarded__NYUndecCLASNo Letter31
greymattersForwardedCAChem ELetter
damabrlimo_______ForwardedPAChem ENo Letter
olzhas_____________ ReviewingOOCEconNo letter
einnobPreliminaryCAArch__ Letter2020
collegeproject_PreliminaryCABio _ No Letter
thementor5 PreliminaryNYBizMarshal l No Letter2080
jazz/shreddermomPreliminaryCAMusicT h orntonNo Letter
mimizistPreliminaryWABiz _ Marshall_No Letter
adambedfordPreliminaryUKMus Ind.ThorntonNo Letter31
poncem__________ PreliminaryPeruMus Ind.ThorntonNo letter__
kmart153________PreliminaryTX__Biz___ No letter
wisdomsomehowPreliminaryVATheatre Theatre_No letter
lesliehr_____PreliminaryNJ__J.lism AnnenenbergNo letter_
hoobucs720_______PreliminaryCT__Undec_ CLASNo Letter__
h00dr1chh________PreliminaryMD__Undec CLASNo Letter__
2leashes(D)_PreliminaryCA__Occ Ther.Letter
manyamile__InitialTXBio ____________No letter

lesliehr · February 4, 2010, 1:52pm

NOW my status which had been changing hourly (but finally settled at the prelim status) …has changed once again from the prelim status to “thank you for submitting your online application…etc…”

I am frustrated beyond belief.

Stats: SAT’s: 2120
SAT II: Lit 680 Hist 680
GPA: 95.19
No AP’s (school doesn’t offer), but all courses honors

aznteiryakichef · February 4, 2010, 6:47pm

Ok, Indiana just received the “No presidential / trustee scholarship” letters today (took their time to kill my dreams =*( ) What I’m wondering now is, do I really have to wait until late March to know if I’m even accepted, or do they mail out acceptance letters periodically through February / March? Also, my status has been on “completed preliminary review…sometimes request additional info” and hasn’t changed since Feb 1.

A_Procrastinator · February 4, 2010, 6:55pm

help! i had the “preliminary” message for the past 3 days or so and now i have the “forwarded” status change. I know there has been ample discussion of this subject already, but can someone please clarify, if they know, whether the “forwarded” status is a good/bad sign?

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