@eoverland thanks! just found out that the actual psych 100 course offered at USC only counts for the life sciences GE component, so it wouldn’t have really helped me much anyways even if it did count for GE because I am taking Environmental Biology right now w/lab, which covers the life science portion. I guess it helps though for credits needed for enrolling in classes though haha. How many GE’s did you have completed/in progress before you were accepted and how many actually transferred? I am from University of San Diego, so there’s no actual articulation agreement (makes things a little bit more complicated when figuring out what classes I should take, but I tried to take classes that matched course titles and course descriptions with the ones at USC), and so far, I have completed/am completing USC’s Arts GE component, Humanistic Inquiry, 1 of the courses from Social Analysis, Quantitative Reasoning, Life Sciences, Foreign Language, and the Traditions and Historical Foundations component. I also have completed the First Year Writing requirement and all my major pre reqs (I am an Econ major). I took chemistry at USD to fulfill the Physical Science requirement here, but it didn’t have a lab so I will have to re-take it at USC because their physical science component requires a lab too; I still haven’t fulfilled the Citizenship in a Diverse World component and I have 1 course left to take in the Social Analysis component. However, I know that Intro to International Relations fulfills both one of the courses for the Social Analysis component in addition to the Diversity component, so with that course, I can kill two birds with one stone. Long story short, I only have 2 GE classes left that I need to take, and I will take them at USC next year if I get in. However, I am just speaking off of hope lol because there are no articulation agreements, so they may not all transfer; but like I said, I did carefully choose my classes based off of a similarity of course titles and course descriptions to maximize my transfer credit potential. I am done with GE at USD after this semester by the way and will have 57 credits completed. 
(3.85 cumulative gpa so far, including my grades from Fall 2016 semester).
@cassidylynnn
Which articulation agreement are you on?
I tried to transfer in 47 credits and they ended up taking 45 (one being AP psych). However, I am transferring in 18 more units that I decided to take this fall to get more ahead, so once I transfer those in I will have transferred 63 units. The max units to transfer into SC are 64. They only take 4s and 5s for AP tests and most don’t count toward GEs. You also have to take two GEs at USC regardless of if you have completed them all or not at a previous university. I used the articulation agreement with my community college very closely so I was able to transfer in all of my GE requirements except for life sciences. So I will have to take a life sciences here, plus one more GE from any category (because 2 are required at SC no matter what).
@eoverland I’m coming from a private 4-year university so there’s no articulation agreements. So I picked my classes by getting ones with similar/the same course title and/or course descriptions. It’s very tricky here on my end with trying to figure out how many will transfer over. I won’t know until I’m accepted because of my situation. Someone from my university (university of San Diego) transferred to USC last year though, and luckily, they said that most of their courses transferred.
@cassidylynnn that’s extremely odd that USD and USC don’t have ANY articulation agreement… I’m at a small suburban community college in PA and even my school has one, even though it’s pretty limited. But yeah, I would imagine your courses would transfer well to USC
@penntousc I think it’s because I’m from a 4-year. The only articulation agreements they have with four year universities are with select Cal State universities and some UC campuses. They do, however, have articulation agreements with many community colleges from various locations throughout the U.S. Crossing my fingers for a smooth transfer process! Lol
@cassidylynnn when did you graduate from high school? that’s what i mean by articulation agreement. If you graduated before 2015 then you are on the old general education, if you graduated 2015 or later, then you are on the new one. There are different classes that are transferrable for credit and different GE requirements depending on when you graduated high school.
@penntousc also, the articulation agreements are only for CC’s usually
Can we not apply for Undecided as our first choice major?
I still don’t know what I want my academic focus to be for my undergraduate years, but Undecided seems to only be available as a second choice major, yet a first choice major is required. Help?
@eoverland I graduated in 2015
@cassidylynnn @eoverland Maybe people from 4 years just don’t transfer to USC often, but even Temple University in Philly has a pretty lengthy articulation agreement with them which is nice because if I happen to get rejected, I can attend there and try again next year.
@penntousc I actually just found the articulation agreement between USC and USD after some searching. All my courses actually do transfer. Thank god! This is actually very helpful!
As business admin major, if our school does not have managerial accounting are we at major disadvantage for admission? My school only has two lower div bus classes and they are both only related to financial accounting.
@cassidylynnn where did you find it at? I went to check and see earlier and when I searched san diego the only schools that came up were smaller colleges
@eoverland hey! I remember you from last year! haha. I’m glad that you two got accepted.
eoverland an another applicant is probably a good example for those who completed more GEs but had low gpa who were accepted 3.3-3.6gpa
@usc4ever nope you’re not. They actually prefer you to take their financial and managerial accounting at their school (more profit for them 
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Finishing up GE is your safest bet. Heck I’ll even say GEs are more important than financial/managerial accounting, only for usc tho lol.
@penntousc You can always take it at usc since they require you to take two GEs once you transfer.
@pomeranian4rich yeah I know, it’s just unfortunate that I’ll only have 6 GE’s completed now instead of 7, but I can’t imagine that one GE would be the difference between an acceptance or rejection
@penntousc I found it on here. I had to type in “Univ” first https://camel2.usc.edu/articagrmt/artic_hist_range.aspx It is basically a list of courses that people from my school have transferred to USC in the past successfully and/or unsuccessfully. It is not as comprehensive as the California CC articulation agreements, but that’s okay because I was looking at articulation agreements between USC and schools like Stanford and UPenn and they are similar, so I’m not too concerned. It makes sense that the articulation agreements with the California community colleges are more detailed and comprehensive because it is more common for community college students to transfer. It says at the bottom that an articulation agreement can be very short for a certain school but can still have a lot of classes eligible of transferring over for credit at USC. It is all based on the history of transfer students in the past from those schools when it comes to my situation with transferring from a 4 year. 
@cassidylynnn oh okay, that’s what I tried to look it up on but I must have had a typo lol, that site helps a lot but unfortunately it can be hard to find if you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for, and lots of prospective transfers are in that exact position at the beginning of the process which is a shame… but yes I can imagine your relief, I didn’t think that anything existed out there that could help me plan my schedule, and I was very happy when I found that!
Hey guys I was wondering what my chances were. I am applying as a first-year transfer and have a college gpa of 4.00, will have 30+ semester units by the end of spring and i am getting a prof recommendation. Also However my high school gpa was horrible, like 2.4.