<p>ne way folks, im out for today. expecting my letter tomorrow.</p>
<p>good luck!!! Let us know what happens!!</p>
<p>good luck sex</p>
<p>I’m alive - and I still haven’t received a response. Yesterday I got a request for tons of additional financial aid documents - but that’s it.</p>
<p>swellison, i think thats a good sign 
hopefully.</p>
<p>hi, i’m new to this forum. i applied to usc and was accepted as a business major into marshall for the fall as a sophomore (which i think will change as i think i should be considered a junior). i sent in my housing application but haven’t received any response except for them confirming that they received it. i received no financial aid and will have to borrow at least $35,000 in loans to pay my tuition. i was born and raised in las vegas and currently attend the university of nevada - las vegas (UNLV) and have a 3.91 gpa. i plan on getting my masters too and i have only recently been exposed to many horror stories and regrets about the marshall curve. so my question is: is the marshall curve going to affect my gpa so much that i will have a more difficult time getting into a good grad school than if i just finished my undergrad at UNLV with a considerably higher gpa? i am willing to work for my grades and have done so throughout my whole life, but it just seems that the curve makes it nearly impossible to maintain somewhere near a 4.0 gpa. also, i don’t necessarily plan on staying in so cal after receiving my degree. i just don’t want to be forced into staying in so cal because it’s the only place i can use my usc contacts to get a good job.</p>
<p>i really appreciate any insight and feedback. thank you all and congrats to all those who have been accepted. also, good luck to those who are still anxiously waiting.</p>
<p>i just wanted to add that i have been a member of the dean’s list all 4 semesters and am a member of the honors college (obviously in that i take honors classes). thank you once again for any help/advice.</p>
<p>Ok, here’s my 2 cents:</p>
<p>I don’t understand the how the “Marshall Curve” has become so famous…? Any really good business school you go to is going to have a curve… They make it more difficult to make an A in the course, so if you want to maintain a 4.0, and think you can do it amoung the best of the best, go for it! If not, stay where you are and maintain the 4.0 that you know you can achieve there…It’s a matter of how important the 4.0 is to you. </p>
<p>I’m not sure why you chose USC if you didn’t want to stay in so cal. It seems to me that someone would attend a business school in the area that they intend to stay, so they could take advantage of contacts made throughout college…just how I think…</p>
<p>If I get in…my plan is to live and work in so cal…</p>
<p>Also, a near 4.0 from a college with a known “curve” looks better (I think) than getting a solid 4.0 from a school nobody gives a **** about… I am paying for SC all by my lonesome as well… there are no concerns, I’m very happy where I am :)</p>
<p>I’m not so sure - after my experience - I’d say the higher numbers are better, no one really seems to care where your coming from (unless it’s ivy)…and certainly, no one will know about a “curve”…they will just want to know the gpa…that’s just my opinion.</p>
<p>Anyone out there get a letter requesting spring grades that said not to worry. They just want to be sure that you will graduate on time? What does this mean? Are they saying, “yes” but we want spring grades to validate the decision? Anyone get this letter that is NOT in, in, or waiting… forever!</p>
<p>What is getting in as an undecided? Does USC have a transfer wait list? Don’t give College Girl such a hard time. These admission offices moan about intrusive parents but they don’t respect a kid who handles it all alone, despite what they say. Everyone should have a Dad to kick ass in this situation. They can’t rescind because College girl’s Dad gives a … Can they?</p>
<p>Lost in Space - </p>
<p>Thanks, but my dad would only get involved to the point that he could get an answer due to an extremely reasonable excuse ($$$ housing contract that needs to be cancelled by the 20th), and would never be rude or intrusive to the point that an admission decision would be rescinded. </p>
<p>I also tend to think that the colleges don’t mind working with reasonable parents (the key here is REASONABLE). My current school encourages parents to be somewhat involved in their children’s education, as it may translate into $$ donations to the school, and stronger alumni programs.</p>
<p>Did you recently get a spring grade request?</p>
<p>omg, they are so ****ing slow. i just called admissions office right now to ask when it was mailed out, because I was told when a decision was made, not when it was mailed out. the woman said it’ll be mailed out either today or tomorrow. why does it take so long? now i g2 wait another 3 days or so</p>
<p>wow that sucks… i’ve been blessed with patience but i want to know now!!!</p>
<p>"Ok, here’s my 2 cents:</p>
<p>I don’t understand the how the “Marshall Curve” has become so famous…? Any really good business school you go to is going to have a curve… They make it more difficult to make an A in the course, so if you want to maintain a 4.0, and think you can do it amoung the best of the best, go for it! If not, stay where you are and maintain the 4.0 that you know you can achieve there…It’s a matter of how important the 4.0 is to you. </p>
<p>I’m not sure why you chose USC if you didn’t want to stay in so cal. It seems to me that someone would attend a business school in the area that they intend to stay, so they could take advantage of contacts made throughout college…just how I think…</p>
<p>If I get in…my plan is to live and work in so cal…"</p>
<p>it’s not really how important the 4.0 is to me. the question really is how important will it be when applying to grad school. personally, i don’t think that admissions offices care about the kind of curve that was implemented during undergrad, except maybe if coming from an ivy league school.</p>
<p>also, to answer your question, i chose usc because they are consistently ranked as having one of the best undergrad business programs in the country. i’m not saying that so cal is already ruled out as a place for me to work after getting my master’s. i’m just saying that by going there, i don’t want to limit my options by HAVING to live there simply because it’s the only place i can use my alumni connections to get a solid job.</p>
<p>thanks for your reply and any future input.</p>
<p>jb - </p>
<p>that’s cool, and I understand. You asked, and I just said what I think is important from my perspective. I happen to be leaving one of the top ranked business schools in the country to attend USC, because it’s important for me to be in LA, at a good school, but mainly to be in LA! I have also visited USC many times, and know it is a good fit for me. I love USC and it is my dream to go there. </p>
<p>I’m just saying that in my experience, the GPA is most important, because in today’s schools, it’s the numbers thing (average admitted GPA), and schools don’t say where the admitted students came from. I also don’t think admission’s officers really know which schools have “grading curves”.</p>
<p>yup, no mail today. my financial aid stuff was updated again on oasis today though. hope that means something.</p>
<p>I also think that if feel you have to go into an interview “explaining” your less - than - 4.0 gpa, it sounds kinda whiny. </p>
<p>So I say go to a school you love, make the absolute best grades you can, and get into the best graduate school possible. It’s what you do after that counts! </p>
<p>omg! I sound like an old lady!!!</p>
<p>i wanna ask something to anyone who got an acceptance letter. Does your finaid package come in the same package as the acceptance letter, or do they both come separate?</p>