@CaliUSA7 no you need to submit scores if you have less than 30 credits. i dont think that includes pending credits… you also always need to submit your highschool transcripts regardless of how many credits you have. check out this website from usc that tells you everything you have to submit: https://admission.usc.edu/transfer/prospective/checklist.html
good luck!!
@CaliUSA7 They’ll consider your HS grades if you have less than 30 credits, they won’t if you have more.
Test scores aren’t considered at all in transfer admissions for anyone else that was unaware
@dwightsbeetfarm yea, I did terrible on the SAT but I thought I would give it a shot. tbh I don’t think the sat shows a college students true potential
@lolowowo @anco17 I will definetely have 30 credits by end of freshman year as I’m going to a four-year university. But, idk why I’m talking about transfer already when I’m still a senior in high school! Lol!
@CaliUSA7 it’s not too early to start learning about the process! I literally was in your shoes in 2016, started planning to transfer to USC in the spring of my senior year and it paid off!
@penntousc Just hoping to get some motivation/ inspiration for freshman year as well! 
… probably attending SDSU.
@penntousc I will still submit my scores just in case. I assume that I will not have completed 30 credits worth by the time I submit my application (I intend on transferring as a sophomore).
Also, do the courses have to be a certain amount of credits to transfer? Can 3 credit courses count?
I have not worked at all during high school. I will plan on working and getting internships as soon as I get into college (GMU Honors College). How much does work impact a transfer applicant?
@StipendAwarded Most of my courses were 3 units, so 3 unit courses are fine. I do vaguely recall seeing that GE courses had to be a minimum of 3 units, but I doubt GE courses would be 2 units or fewer anyway so that should be a non-concern. Work/ECs tend not to matter as much for transfers unless you’re a borderline applicant and even then, it only seems to matter if it’s something extraordinary and/or relevant to your major. If you want to work, that’s fine. But don’t do it solely to mention it on your transfer app.
How much influence do you think a letter of rec written by a current USC professor who’s not in my department would have?
@zettasyntax “borderline applicant” what would that mean?
@smc2usc depends on what it says. Some USC professors have no more influence than someone else, sometimes they might, no one can tell you if it makes a difference in your case.
Hey y’all! First post after being a long time lurker. Second bachelors candidate here hoping to transfer to Viterbi. Had a question… do you think it would be too late to submit a letter of recommendation? Made a great connection with a usc alumni/lecturer in my field of study and he offered to write one for me.
@StipendAwarded To be honest with you, I think you’re overcomplicating this. A lot. By far the most important part of a transfer application is getting good grades in the right classes. For almost everyone except engineering majors, this just means taking the writing requirement, the minimum math requirement, and as many transferrable GEs as you can. If you take a full load of classes and do well, then USC won’t have much reason to not admit you.
The school you go to doesn’t matter, nor does any honors college. It’s all about making progress towards a potential USC degree by getting good grades in relevant courses. This is far more important than letters of rec, essays, ECs, and even a portfolio. There’s no strategizing this besides choosing your courses, especially since I imagine you’re still in your senior year of high school.
Questions regarding clases, grades, and portfolio really should just be directed to the admissions officer for your college. They’re extremely helpful and will give you far more accurate answers than random people on a message board.
@csumit Every group member in my CSCI 201 class hated writing, lol. I wanted to believe the stereotype wasn’t true, but it usually seems like it is 
I was pretty much forced to take the role of software documentation.
@StipendAwarded Borderline just means an applicant that isn’t quite as competitive as others. Maybe their GPA is ever so slightly below the 3.7 average. That’s borderline. EC’s/work would matter more for these students.
@csumit Well said.
Being able to research things is a good trait of any college student and USC does an excellent job providing the info on exactly what a transfer needs to do. Looking at that, then comparing curriculum between USC and the school you attend is all you need to do, besides getting the grades.
And new TTP rising freshman attending another four year - Do your meeting but go enjoy freshman year wherever you are going. Don’t lose an entire summer and school year longing for something you don’t have. USC didn’t admit you, but another school did, so give them your loyalty. And when it is time to apply as a transfer, decide if you still want to at that point.
@zettasyntax I’m really glad USC has that writing requirement. Reading some of the reports written in my engineering classes…well… makes me wish my school had something similar
@CADREAMIN Thanks! I wasn’t trying to come off as rude or anything, but I would say answers to 99% of the application questions on here can be found on USC’s website. The other 1% can be found by emailing them.
@csumit At least USC is nice enough to have different flavors of WRIT 340 to try and help engineers with a writing phobia 
I think you’re free to take pretty much any WRIT 340 you want though. I remember some pre-med girl that dropped the course the first day because she said she didn’t know how to write for the social sciences. I thought that was pretty crazy. I had never seen a student announce that they were dropping the class.
Does anyone know if ap credit counts toward the 30 unit minimum for transfers to not be evaluated on hs coursework? I’m a freshman at a UC and I just realized that one of the classes I’m taking is not transferable, leaving my unit count at 28(lol). With ap credits however, I would have well over 30. Any help is greatly appreciated!
@zettasyntax My bro, a comp sci major, got his only C in WRIT 150. He hated it and all the GE’s with writing requirements. That side of his brain doesn’t work!