<p>Anybody knows when and how are they notify the admission decision?
I know that they will make decisions sometime in January for the students who applied before November 1?</p>
<p>The bulk of decisions for all applicants - both those who applied by the December 1st scholarship deadline and the January 10th regular deadline - will arrive in mid to late March.</p>
<p>A very small percentage of the applicants who applied by December 1st will receive an acceptance and invitation to interview for the Trustee, Presidential and possibly the Mork scholarships in late January or early February. Only about 3% to 4% of early applicants will receive the good news in January - the rest will have to wait until March.</p>
<p>In the past, all decisions were by mail - domestic acceptances by USPS Priority Mail, International acceptances by DHL, and rejections by USPS First Class mail. Time will tell if USC will continue with notification-by-mail or move to email/online notification.</p>
<p>Do National Merit Finalist who will receive the Presidential scholarship get notified in Jan or only those NMFs that are invited to interview for higher level scholarships?</p>
<p>^ Correct. If an applicant is selected to interview for the Presidential or Trustee, they will hear in January or early February. Those who are awarded the NMSF Presidential (requirements: be a NMSF, be accepted to USC, and name USC as their first-choice school by the deadline) do not hear early unless they have also been selected to interview for the non-NMSF Presidential or Trustee.</p>