For Fall 2017, the USC transfer admit rate was 24% and the average transfer GPA was 3.7. Depending on costs and financial aid, not all will attend. Some, if admitted to UCLA or UC Berkeley, may choose to go there.
After completing freshman year at a UC, S is transferring to USC this Fall 2018. He had a 3.95 UC quarter system GPA to get admitted to USC. A couple of his UC freshman classmates also had similar GPA’s and were admitted to as USC transfers for Fall 2018. For financial reasons, they will defer and enroll in Spring 2019 and take classes at a CC during the Fall of 2018.
S, who had great high school stats, was offered the USC transfer plan coming out of high school. Do well and admission is almost guaranteed. I heard through a friend, Cornel offers a similar transfer plan and the friend’s son was accepted to Cornel after a year at Tulane.
https://admission.usc.edu/apply/our-admission-process/#/transfer-student-profile