<p>Hey guys, congrats to all who have been accepted. Just a quick update for those of you going or will go to orientation soon. I attended orientation this past friday for poli. sci. and it was a blast. H/e, I strongly suggest that you wear comfortable shoes and bring a backpack because they give you ALOT of information. Also, just an fyi, if you don’t make it to the commons for your id pic. you are able to send a pic via mail or e-mail for your id card. Whatever you do, don’t wait until just before semester starts. I guess the lines are absolutely huge and to expect a 3 hour wait. Also, if you have any errands to do on campus, do it during any break you have because usc packs the day with events. And if any of you are applying to LAS, expect to take a placement english exam, despite your completion of the english requirement. Apparently they now require it and it takes an hour. I didn’t take it. My advisors said that you can take it at another time, and registering for classes was 10x more important than an english test. Plus eng. 340 is closed for fall 06. If i think of anything else, i’ll let you guys know. If you guys have any questions, I would be happy to answer them. I’m a double major in philosophy and poli. sci., with an emphasis on pre-law so those advisors really gave me alot of info. and advice on how this whole thing works. Good luck everyone and fight on!!</p>
<p>To king: My EFC was 9,000 and usc gave me 28,000 in grants, plus work study, and a few loans. They really gave me a great fin. aid package. I suggest you complete as many pre-reqs as possible, esp. english, math, diversity, and all pre-reqs for your intended major. Then start to focus on completion for for. lang. and g.e. Call USC for a transfer packet.</p>
<p>WOW, congrats USC Please…that’s an awesome package. UConn is going to cost me 12,500 a year. If I get the same package as you (which I don’t see why I wouldn’t)…USC would cost 13,000 assuming your workstudy is about 3K. AHHHHHH, I better get accepted! I’m just really worried now about my HS record keeping me out. I think I could definitely maintain a 3.6-3.7 at UConn for freshman year given the classes I’m taking, but that might not be enough. I posted this a few pages ago, but I have:</p>
<p>GPA: 3.1. BUT, junior and senior year are nearly straight A’s.
SAT: significantly lower than USC’s average
EC’s: ALOT. I hope they ask for them. Most of them are unique, as well.</p>
<p>So how is housing at USC? Would it be easy for tranfers to house @ USC for Soph/Jr/Sr. year?
And USC Please: You’re paying somewhere in the 13K range (non-free money) INCLUDING housing, right?</p>
<p>and also, when you fill out the application…how many choices do you have in terms of programs? Only two? (i.e, 1. film, 2. journalism). Or do they let you put down 3 choices?</p>
<p>To king, if you apply with less than 30 transferable units, they do focus alot on high school transcripts. For this reason, I waited until my sophomore year to apply so I had over 30 transferable units, and I did poorly in high school (failed two classes). This semester, they said they have housing for every single transfer if they need it. H/e I’m not sure about the quality of housing. I have not received my packet yet, but I would assume that it’s at least decent. Check out housing.usc.edu for transfer housing options and a view of what each apartment looks like, its price, and location. I would say that I’m paying between 13 and 18 K, but I really have not figured that out yet, I guess that really depends on how I live as a student. I did get work study though, for approx. 3,000, so that may fluctuate my total output. And, when you fill out your app., you are only able to state your first and second choice majors.</p>
<p>P.S., call and ask the articulation office if they have an articulation history for UConn. It was extremely hard for me to compare and contrast course descriptions when trying to complete the requirements, but they gave me an articulation history for all students who transferred coursework prior to me from my institution and it made my life 10x easier.</p>
<p>Alright thanks, I’ll definitely do that right now. I’m getting a major headache with this because these USC gen-ed classes are SO specific. And the ones that DO work, don’t fit my schedule at UConn. And when they DO work AND fit my schedule, the class is closed off so that only honors kids can take them!!!</p>
<p>Out of the 10 courses I’m taking freshman year, how many do you guys feel should directly fit a general requirement or major/program prerequisite at USC? Right now, probably 7 of my 10 will be perfect for USC.</p>
<p>And I also noticed as I was looking through the Marshall courses that Macro and Micro are each worth 4 units. At UConn, they’re only worth 3. Think they’ll still give me full credit for each?</p>
<p>You guys/gals are starting to worry me…I entered college with no plans to transfer. I have 61 completed credits and have not even glanced at USC transfer education requirements. I have not completed a mathematics course in college and I’ve only done one science (and finished with a poor grade)…Oh well, I think I have a few good things going for me:</p>
<p>1) My ethnicity.
2) My Dad is a Marshall MBA alum and gives money.
3) I come from 1400 miles away
4) Also I wrote a bang’n essay.</p>
<p>USCPlease, the articulation office told me they don’t have any from UConn. How many of your classes fit some sort of USC requirement? Whether it’s general education, or a major requirement. Because my #1 concern is that I get accepted to USC (and go) and then I have to stay an EXTRA semester or year since I transferred in.</p>
<p>collegegirl05, I am not applying to Marshall (My Dad is an alum though)…I applied to the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, for Political Science…At my back up school’s Orientation/Advising they waived almost the entire core/general education requirements on account of the number of credits I have (61) I’m hoping USC has a similar deal.</p>
<p>Wait, you HAVE to take Calc in order to get admitted to Marshall? What if you just take Business Calculus which is a pre-requisite for that class?</p>
<p>“Your file is complete, there will be a decision in about 3 weeks.”</p>
<p>This is insanity! Application due in Feburary. Decision to be made six months later!..I’m gonna go to summer school in Philadelphia (5 July). Its thousands of dollars, but who cares? If USC lets me in, I’ll hop on a plane and go, but I cannot just miss opportunities during this wait.</p>
<p>I wish I had applied to NYU, Occidental, Rice, Et Al.</p>
<p>James and Collegegirl…I am pretty sure there is a distinction between Calc and Business Calc. Hence, the two different names. At least at my present school there is.</p>
<p>yes there is a distinction - one is general calculus and the other is business calculus. USC will take either (since they say that their Calc I class will sub for their business calc class). As far as I can tell, they are mainly looking for any calculus class.</p>
<p>It says you can take either Math 118 (fundamental principles of calculus) or Math 125 (Calculus I). that’s why i’m wondering if it’s OK if I apply with neither of those…but business Calculus instead.</p>
<p>king james, you are from the east coast! what can you tell me about Temple University and/or the Philadelphia Metro area… its my back up school.</p>