<p>It appears both on-campus and off-campus admission interviews are now being scheduled Admission</a> Interviews - USC Undergraduate Admission . Condensed information about interviews (sign into USConnect to schedule):
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The University of Southern California conducts admission interviews as an optional part of the undergraduate application process. You may interview on-campus or off-campus in nearly 20 cities across the country. USC's admission interviews are very popular and fill up quickly; space is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. </p>
<p>Interviews are one of the many types of opportunities we provide for students to have contact with the university and the admission office. However, the size of our applicant pool precludes us from interviewing every applicant, therefore this element of the application is strictly optional. We interview less than 20% of the admission applicant pool. Past history has shown that there is no appreciable difference in the admission rates of students who are not interviewed. Admission</a> Interviews - USC Undergraduate Admission
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<p>**PLEASE NOTE: **Admission interview appointments fill up quickly, and all interviews have concluded by the first week of December. If you are interested in scheduling an interview please do so as soon as possible - all appointments will likely be taken by late September.</p>
<p>Applicants being considered for the Trustee or Presidential scholarships are invited to interviews held in late February or early March, and they must attend the interview to be awarded the scholarship. It is a two-day “Explore USC” event only available to those being considered for the scholarships. You do not have to worry about signing up for those interviews right now because they are by invitation-only and those selected to interview will receive complete instructions in late January or early February.</p>
<p>The admissions interviews linked in this thread are a different process and do not substitute for the scholarship interviews.</p>
<p>Applicants who qualify for the NMS Presidential scholarship do not have to interview for that scholarship. If, however, a NMS is invited to interview it is a good idea to attend on the chance that you would be awarded the full-tuition Trustee in place of the half-tuition NMF Presidential.</p>
<p>As far as I am aware, the interviews are only for freshman admission. This year applicants sign up for them through USConnect, so look there to see if you have an option to sign up for an interview.</p>
<p>Given good grades and test scores, do you think that an applicant that has a sibling currently attending USC has a favored chance of getting in?</p>
<p>I think the “given good grades and test scores” part is the most important!</p>
<p>Having a sibling currently attending or having legacy status does not currently seem to improve chances. There is a mom who used to post regularly who had the experience of her older child attending USC and a younger sibling applied with better statistics and was refused. (The admissions had become more selective in the couple of years since the older had applied.)</p>
<p>The biggest benefit of legacy or family connections currently is that preferred transfer counseling and consideration are given those students if they are not accepted as freshmen.</p>
<p>Others will strongly disagree with me though, and continue to insist that “being rich” or having legacy status are the keys to admission.</p>