@balshii and I think it’s over 30 units that they won’t look at hs grades.
No, I’m in a calculus right now. I believe they can accept me as undeclared applying as a sophomore next year. I don’t plan on getting into the business school yet
30 completed by end of this spring? Or by time of application
@balshii by the end of spring. You should apply for econ or another major if you dont plan on majoring in business right now. Your chance is really iffy right now just because you’re a freshman and might have under 30 transferable units. because if you do they will take your high school grades into account which you said you did poorly in
Yeah that’s what I’m probably gonna do. Thanks for help. I will have a 3.9-4 by end of spring
Just a quick question, besides probably getting an SGR for taking a Calc pre-req class during spring for admission to Marshall of business, will it impact our chances? Since we are taking a pre-req during Spring.
@usc4ever I would consider an SGR as a positive sign in general, because it’s better than an outright rejection. Although it probably doesn’t affect anyone’s chances, it did seem like the majority of SGR applicants on last years thread were accepted for either spring or fall (lots of them were spring because spring admits don’t raise USC’s acceptance rate). It would only have a negative impact if the applicant performs significantly worse in the spring than the fall, but even some of those applicants get in depending on the GPA. There was also a scenario though that I believe @pomeranian4rich mentioned where one applicant received an SGR, got a 4.0 in the spring, and then still got rejected, so it’s really tough to say.
@penntousc that’s me dude LOL im that applicant. well im pretty sure it happened to other applicants as well. I was on a usc tour and asked the admission representative about spring admits and they said the statistics for fall also includes spring admits. I’m not sure if that’s true or not.
@usc4ever yes it will impact your chances. idk how usc will determine who gets a sgr and who doesnt. one of my friend was straight out rejected while I received a sgr. he had a 4.0 in fall and I had a 3.8 in the fall.
@pomeranian4rich lol my bad I swear I saw somebody mention another scenario, and yeah idk about that whole statistic thing because I’ve heard both
@penntousc yeah apparently this guy from reddit experience the same thing as I did. got a 4.0 in spring freshman year and was rejected and was accepted the next year when he reapply
@pomeranian4rich I could be wrong, but i wouldn’t be surprised if the admissions have some sort of cap on certain counties once they accept so many, because there were quite a few high GPA applicants from California, and specifically from LA County, that were rejected pretty late
Trying to stay hopeful this year and just got reassurance from my admission counselor(my area was reassigned with a different usc counselor lol) when I told her my situation from last year and my stats and extra-curricular this year. Her response was : “It sounds like you are on the right path! As you have completed all major requirements and have most of the general education courses in progress, we have no additional recommendations. Keep on the good work.” Even though it’s very generic I hope it’s a good thing.
@penntousc I think the ones who were rejected pretty late were basically “waitlisted” from the sgr lol. Sent my sgr early may and heard back mid-july for a rejection. Other sgr applicants heard back earlier for a rejection but I suspect that their stats were probably low or lower than mine. that’s why I was still in the “waitlist” till the very end.
@pomeranian4rich so you’re still thinking the main issue with a lot of the applicants who were rejected was the misconception that major prereqs were more important than GE’s? Just trying to get every angle, although I’m pretty sure I can’t really change where I stand at this point anyways lol
@penntousc yes that’s what i think. but it only applies to sophomore applicants with the unit range of 30 - 64 units. like I said before, applicants who had a lower gpa but completed more GEs than me, like 3.4gpa, were accepted while I with a 3.8gpa was rejected
It seems lower gpa equals higher chances :’). Who needs a 4.0 anyways LOL
@pomeranian4rich definitely makes sense then… I want to get your opinion on something else though… hypothetically, if I were to get rejected and file for appeal, I would likely explain that I’ve done just about everything that can be done with the limited articulation agreement that I have access to, and so it would be practically impossible for me to be as competitive of an applicant next year as I am (hopefully) this year. I understand that they’re supposed to be new and compelling reasons for acceptance, but this would be pretty critical for me if I were to get rejected, because I really cannot be any more prepared than I already am, so if they were to ever consider my acceptance, this would be the year. What do you think about that?
Obviously this is stretching it pretty far because we’re months away from the first review period, but I can never be too prepared.
@penntousc I think you have a unique case and they might consider it if you were to get rejected and file an appeal. They might reject your appeal and make excuses like “we’ve already considered the limited articulation agreements and that you don’t seem like a good fit to us based on your essay and etc.” but honestly I think you’re in a good position compared to other sophomore applicants who might not know about the GEs rule and don’t use college confidential often or at all lol.
@itslife123 like my professors would always say: a 3.2gpa that consists of rigorous classes will triumph over a 4.0gpa that consists of PE classes LOL