For those that don’t go back and read the thread’s previous posts, here it is one more time in the event things are mailed out tomorrow - we’ll see…
Scholarship Selection
Over 30,000 students apply in time to be considered for merit scholarships. Approximately 1,200 students are invited to proceed to the next phase of consideration for the top awards: the Mork Family, Stamps Leadership, Trustee, and Presidential scholarships. About 100 are given Dean’s (1/4) and do not interview for bigger one.
Please know the 28,000+ will not get news in January and will have to wait until March with the other 20,000+ students that applied after December 1st. Big numbers. So don’t be discouraged, but it is a long haul for most.
Scholarship boxes (white box last year) were sent Friday and started arriving the next day (Saturday) in SoCal. Reached northeast and FLA on Monday, with some trickling later. Most done by Tuesday. So maybe they will be sent tomorrow. It would be brutal if it wasn’t until the 27th, but it could be. Let’s hope for tomorrow.
The scholarship packages were sent in white boxes last year.
It is sent United States Postal Service - the mailman. It is not UPS. IT CANNOT BE TRACKED through MyUSPS or anything like that. Don’t waste your time.
It includes an acceptance letter and tells you what major you got into and which scholarship. Some will also include invitations to interview for a higher level scholarship with brochures like “Explore USC/Trustee’s Finalist”
If you DO NOT get scholarship info but did get the JANUARY white box/acceptance package, in the past it has always meant that yes, you are accepted, and with the Dean’s which is 1/4 tuition.
You will not interview for higher scholarship if there isn’t an invite to do so included in your package.
Your you.usc.edu portal updates after midnight on Monday night/Tuesday morning about 4 days after packages are sent between 1-4am. Portal update would be 24th or 31st depending on when pkgs sent.
Good luck all and Fight On!