Gonna post now. Held it off earlier to not surprise anybody, but now that people know, might as well post
Accepted on 4/12/19
TTP: Yes (legacy, had around a 3.6 UW in HS)
Business Administration at Marshall
Pre reqs required for Marshall: Math 118 equivalent (Waived with my AP Calc score), and Writing 130/150 equivalent
I know this is a bit early, but in case I get in for Fall 2019, I wonder about the situations for classes and housing. My questions are listed below.
Is attending the orientation mandatory? Is that the only way to register for classes? This concerns me because I might not be in the U.S. in June and July, but I can return in early or mid-August. I found that there was an orientation for transfer students in mid-August last year.
Will choosing which orientation to attend affect my class registration? For example, if I go to the orientation in July and I will get all the classes that I want. But if I go to the orientation in August then I will only get most/some of the classes that I want. I want to enroll in lower-division and upper-division business classes, and I am not sure if going to the August orientation will ruin my chance of getting into those classes.
Based on my observation on last year’s spread, 2019 Spring admits have a difficult time in getting their on-campus housing. If I were to be admitted to Fall 2019, will I be guaranteed on-campus housing?
Must I have a roommate and is having a single room possible? I have been to USC a couple of times and I really want to live in Village (although it’s probably hard to even for Juniors who are non-transfer students).
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions.
Fight on!
@jj1999 Congrats! Fight on!
Hi, do you know why some TTP get SGR and some are admitted without SGR even though they have less than 30 units?
@itsgoingtobeokay Getting an SGR simply means that USC wants to see additional college grades from you in order to make an admission decision. Most SGRs are given to sophomores, but some juniors also get it. Rising juniors are more unlikely to get an SGR because they have three semesters of college coursework to show the admission office on how well they perform.
Getting an SGR is never a bad thing because it shows that USC is considering you. If they can quickly decide to accept or reject you, they would not send you an SGR.
Therefore, you can interpret getting an SGR as a good thing. At the same time, however, it means more waiting for you to endure.
Did anyone get a rejection letter? I’m too scared to check my portal and see a decision
Did anyone get a rejection letter? I’m too scared to check my portal and see a decision
Thank you!!!
@sagaciousforever sorry I didn’t reply to you earlier, just getting back into things over here in transfer land…
Orientation not mandatory, but good if you could go to the one in August when back before classes start so you don’t feel like you are missing something. It would be helpful to do classes in person with help there, they can tell you if there are work arounds to anything that is full. They should try to help you get into the classes you need particularly those that are in a long chain of pre-reqs.
Transfers are not guaranteed housing ever. Even TTPs aren’t guaranteed and the later admitted the less chance of getting any. Many transfers do not get on campus housing. Currently, housing is already full, so it is already getting put on a wait list for people that drop their spots (which does happen) to get on campus housing. Getting the Village as a junior transfer is about zero.point.zero chance. Single room, no way. Sorry, neither of those are going to happen. Maybe one in a million, but prob less likely than that. It would be random luck for someone to hit the Village or a single room lottery. Transfers are assigned to open spots randomly, but they wouldn’t put you in freshman housing. Just upperclassmen housing
If I were a transfer that wanted to be close to campus, I would look into USC Gateway for availability (private owned, not USC property). A giant complex that is all USC students, pricey, but as close as you can be. Any housing choice around USC has certain issues, that is another post…
The minute you get accepted apply for housing! $55 deposit - if you don’t commit, you will lose it, but if you go, you gotta have your place in the housing queue.
@pesona Below is just my own interpretation and you can believe it or not. I made the comments below based on USC transfer spreads in the past few years.
TTP applicants: hear back the earliest
Top/Bottom applicants(rising sophomore/juniors): hear back early; get in/get rejected without an SGR
Average/slightly above average/slightly below average applicants: hear back on a rolling basis-so they can hear back anytime; may get an SGR (an SGR will delay the final decision to May, June, or even July (in rare cases)
Rising sophomore applicants: highly likely to get an SGR
Rising junior applicants: most likely will not get an SGR; most likely will get an SGR if you are currently (Spring) taking a major prereq such as Business Calculus for Marshall applicants
@ktlady If you don’t mind answering, what were your Spring grades? Do you have any insight as to what might have gone wrong?
non ttp & got accepted!
@xoxo13 What school, what major, more data needed, especially for first post.
@xoxo13 May I ask what your major was? And were you a sophomore applicant?
@CADREAMIN Thanks a lot for responding!
Does it mean that I will not have any disadvantage if I attend the August orientation? Hopefully, I can get on the waitlist/walk-in on the first day if these USC staffs are not able to put me into all of my desired classes. If admitted, I want to do the July orientation but that will make me fly back and forth from home just for the orientation.
How do you apply for on-campus housing? Do you do that through the acceptance portal?
Another thing that I am wondering is how long USC will give you to decide in attending or not? I will hear back anytime from now to July.
accepted tonight 4/12 from checking portal, no email update.
TTPer, non-legacy, rising Sophomore
International Relations major
For so many people who are wondering when you will hear back, I made the comments below based on USC transfer spreads in the past few years. Those are just my own interpretation (mixing with data from past few years), so believe it or not!
TTP applicants: hear back the earliest
Top/Bottom applicants(rising sophomore/juniors): hear back early; get in/get rejected without an SGR
Average/slightly above average/slightly below average applicants: hear back on a rolling basis-so they can hear back anytime; may get an SGR (an SGR will delay the final decision to May, June, or even July (in rare cases)
Rising sophomore applicants: highly likely to get an SGR
Rising junior applicants: most likely will not get an SGR; most likely will get an SGR if you are currently (Spring) taking a major prereq such as Business Calculus for Marshall applicants
Rising sophomores who have applied to USC in high school with good stats: most likely will not get an SGR- acceptance or rejection
To a certain extent, my assumption logically makes sense because if USC can accept or reject you right away, why would they send you an SGR? They send you an SGR because they are considering you.
If you have a good high school stats and you are a rising sophomore, it makes sense that USC is more willing to accept you without an SGR.
@soccerisfum Congrats! Fight on!
Actually a lot of sophomore applicants (TTP or not TTP) do not get an SGR because if they applied to USC previously, they still have their HS record on file. If they report a strong gpa that first quarter or semester they will get in without an SGR. Remember, USC turns away about 4,000 4.0+ with 99 percentile test score applicants, so if those re-apply as a transfer (again, with or without TTP) they won’t request and SGR. A lot of 4 year school transfer applicants are people that applied to USC previously.
Also, many times an SGR isn’t based on top/bottom performers or even freshman/sophomore - different schools have different things they are looking for - it is more about hitting a certain grade in a key pre-requisite than even overall gpa or class level. If an engineer applicant, for example, has a very high gpa, but can’t get an A in Calc or Physics - that is a key indicator of success (or lack of) in engineering.
Housing - if accepted, apply immediately.
It is done through portal. It will be an option when admitted.
hmmm time to commit…I forget if there is a specific date but I think it is like two - three weeks from date of letter or something like that???
Can someone accepted say if there is a date to reply by on your letter? I assume portal updated but there is pdf of acceptance letter in there? Can anyone accepted verify?