2010 Freshman Profile

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>USC has updated their website! It now shows the stats for this year's incoming class.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1011/FreshmanProfile2010.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1011/FreshmanProfile2010.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Compared to 2009...
-USC received 41 more applications but accepted 9 fewer applicants
-The freshman class has 103 more fall enrolls
-Yield increased to 34% (+1%)
-Interquartile SAT range (superscored) increased from 1930-2150 to 1950-2170
-Interquartile ACT range (non-superscored) increased from 29-32 to 29-33
-Number of Trustee (full-tuition) scholarships increased by 14
-Number of Presidential (half-tuition) scholarships increased by a whopping 111
-Number of Dean's (quarter-tuition) scholarships decreased by 16
-Asian/Pacific Islanders now make up 25% of the incoming class (+1%)
-Caucasians make up 42% of the incoming class (-1%)</p>

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<p>Also noted Texas remains the U.S. state most represented after California. More students now enroll from New York and Massachusetts.</p>

<p>In 2008 62% came from public schools. In 2010 59% come from public schools.</p>

<p>Harvard-Westlake and Punahou remain the top two most represented private schools.</p>

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<p>@jose is there also a 2010 transfer profile?</p>

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<p>Actually, it looks like Punahou was not the 2nd most represented private school last year, it was the Harker School in San Jose. Interesting that Harker isn’t in the top 5 and that Shanghai American School had so many students. Also Harvard-Westlake went down a lot in the number they sent this year.</p>

<p>Craziest number: 42 from Troy HS.</p>

<p>For anyone interested in comparing admissions to 2009.
<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Freshmen entering with a USC merit scholarship increased to 24% (+3%)</p>

<p>So approximately 1 out of 4 entering freshman received a merit scholarship… It is certainly worth getting those applications in by the scholarship deadline! (December 1st.)</p>

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<p>There is some information about transfers for the 2009-2010 year.</p>

<p>Applicants to transfer:
9524</p>

<p>Transfers enrolled:
1370 </p>

<p>Female 638
Male 732</p>

<p>The majority of transfers were from Los Angeles and Orange County.</p>

<p>From U.C. campuses
6%</p>

<p>From private colleges in California
6.1%</p>

<p>From four year colleges outside of California
17.5%</p>

<p>International
1.+ </p>

<p>Most of these students entered USC College or the Marshall School of Business</p>

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<p>The only significant numerical change is cost of attendance, up ~$2K, {+3.65%}. The only places in this world with inflation are colleges and medical care. Ironically, seeking one will cause - for parents anyway - you to need the other.</p>

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<p>@thanks georgia girl, compared to how many applied not many got in. anybody know the average gpa for transfer students?</p>

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<p>Transfer information has not been released for the 2010 year. The data I posted was for last year. </p>

<p>I do not know the GPA average, but I am guessing it is 3.5 or above. Also, there are certain courses that must be taken before applying for admission. I would imagine the admissions committee would take into consideration the course difficulty and the quality of academic peers at the applicant’s college.</p>

<p>SC admitted more students than enrolled. All universities do this, even those with admit rates under 10%.</p>

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<p>I think it’s pretty interesting that 20% of students are legacies. I feel like that’s a fairly high number.</p>