<p>how hard is it to get into viterbi school of engineering? - structural???</p>
<p>is usc like in the same level as ucla and ucb? my cuz want me to apply but i haven't found something i really like about the school yet...other than the pretty campus and you know...</p>
<p>usc is in the same level as the uc's you mentioned. The Viterbi School of Engineering is better than the programs at those schools.</p>
<p>About admission to Viterbi, the rule simply is that if you get accepted into USC, then you should be accepted into Viterbi as well. There is a separate office at Viterbi that looks at applications, but they reject only on the grounds that your high school work is not preparatory enough for engineering.</p>
<p>so redski59, are you saying that a person applying to usc with an intention of majoring in lets say philosophy has the same chance of getting in to usc with a person say majoring in EE? because like UCLa, majoring in engineering is way harder to get into UCLA than a person majoring in humanities...</p>
<p>Let me rephrase what I said earlier:</p>
<p>All applications for admission to USC, regardless of majors, are reviewed by the main undergraduate admissions office. If you are accepted and you are applying to a major in one of the professional schools (ie. any school other than the College of LAS), then your application will be forwarded to the respective school for their review and acceptance. While you are accepted to USC, the school of your chosen major has final say over whether you get into that school. If you do get accepted to USC but rejected from say Viterbi, then you can still attend USC, but you have to either pick a new major in the College of LAS or try switching to one of the other schools. I don't know that particular process, whether it is allowed before you start your first term or if you have to fill out another application, etc.</p>
<p>So to answer your question, yes an EE applicant has the same chance of getting into USC as a philosophy applicant. But being accepted to USC does not guarantee the EE student acceptance to Viterbi.</p>
<p>ohhh.. i see... so it's more lenient than UCLA or UCB because in those uc schools, once you are rejected from the school of engineering, then you can't get into the university at all.. right?</p>
<p>Can't students at UCs change their majors? At USC, it's mostly your decision - you can usually do whichever major you choose. It wouldn't make sense, therefore, to reject an engineering student that would have been accepted to the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>well... i thought like Uc's the pool for incoming freshmen that are going to major in engineering will be more competitive. and uc's can change majors but it's hard to change from art to engineering than from engineering to philosophy or something.</p>