@StipendAwarded I would recommend emailing your USC admission counselor about your situation. Remember WRIT 130 is a requirement by all transfers, with that said its pretty crucial to have done. So explain that GMU does not let you take the course as a first year student and you plan to (or will) take the WRIT130 equivalent in the summer with starting and end dates. I haven’t read/ hear of USC waiving a requirement, but then again your situation is different and it’s definitely worth asking because I’m unsure what they’ll do.
Do you know if your summer session will end early? That probably will help.
@StipendAwarded I am in a similar situation since my AP score exempt me from a reading and writing course at my school (which equates to USC’s WRIT 130). However, there was another reading and writing course (humanities related) I had to take as a gen-ed which I feel equates to WRIT 150. I submitted my syllabus with a letter in additional info on the portal… however, I submitted this kinda late (like last week). I was thinking of emailing my counselor to see if it was seen or not.
Every college has courses that equate to 130/150, this is not an upper level anything even when compared to other schools. This is just the general intro writing course every college offers in many forms. Writing 340 is the upper level that would be compared to another school’s upper level. Contact your advisor but do your homework first so you don’t look uniformed. That’s not good.
@instarae The first time I applied, they used something called USConnect. The next year, there was an overhaul to youSC. It was basically the same portal, but I think the USCConnect stuff was now just a tab/section of the whole youSC site.
Anyway, for my rejection, my portal looked exactly the same with the exception of seeing a PDF labeled “Admission Decision”. When you’re accepted, the portal will look entirely different - you’ll see tabs that were never there before. You’re definitely going to notice Although, for a good majority of accepted applicants, you’re likely going to receive your acceptance packet first anyway.
I haven’t been keeping up with this thread much because I’m pretty certain I’m not getting in – after I applied the admissions office refused to put my SAT scores in my file, and my test scores were basically my one saving grace – but have a significant subset of people already gotten their admissions decisions back? I haven’t been home in a few weeks so I haven’t been able to check my mail.
@aznboi4981 Don’t force it if you have emailed your counselor a bunch recently, but you can ask your counselor if it was received. I think that’s the safer play, I have done something similar before.
Hey Guys… I have been in constant contact with my counselor throughout the process of everything. Emailing at least once a week. We’ve even gotten into a conversation about music, our favorites, and songwriting since I’ve written my own material with some fellow artist. I’d suggest you guys do the same
@uscc2020 That’s pretty cool! Although I don’t think others should try anything like that at this point. Unless it’s natural, they’ll see right through you.
Although, for a good majority of accepted applicants, you’re likely going to receive your acceptance packet first anyway.