For Those In Waiting-Update Letter Received From Admission Today

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>We are in SoCal and my DS applied by Dec. 1. Today he received the following letter from Admissions and Financial Aid which I thought would be informative for "those in waiting."</p>

<p>"Dear DS:</p>

<p>Thank you for your application to USC. I am writing to give you an update on our process. </p>

<p>A record number of students have applied for merit scholarship consideration. For the Trustee and Presidential Scholarships, we have narrowed a pool of over 20,000 Dec. 1 applicants to the group of 1,000 who will proceed to the next phase of consideration for these awards.</p>

<p>DS, I am sorry to say that you were not selected for further consideration of either of these two scholarships. Although you might be disappointed, please remember you are still being considered for other scholarships. In addition, if you are admitted, named a NMF and select USC as your first-choice institution, you will receive a USC Presidential Scholarship. (My DS would fall into this category because of NHRP.)</p>

<p>The year, we expect to offer admission to about 8,400 freshman. So far, we have notified roughly 15 percent of those students, which leaves plenty of room for great candidates. I appreciate your patience as you wait for us to finish this hard work during the coming weeks. ...</p>

<p>We will not have much more news for you about your application until late-March/early-April, when the remaining admissions decisions will be finalized. You may track the status of your application review by returning to your online application......[Don't forget to submit senior grades from 1st sememster].....</p>

<p>Thank you from applying to USC. You will be hearing from us soon.</p>

<p>Sincerely,</p>

<p>Associate Dean and Director.
Undergraduate Admission"</p>

<p>By the way my DS's status did say review by admission committee. So I hope this info helps others who have not heard yet. I think it is positive and I know my DS qualifies for the Presidential Scholarship the other way , so he is not worried.</p>

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<p>Thanks for posting the letter! I’m sure it’s very useful for many who are waiting to hear back from USC.</p>

<p>Good luck to your DS!</p>

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<p>ITSV - If you are a National Hispanic Scholar do you automatically get considered for a monetary scholarship at USC? Do you know how one names a first choice school or is that just a requirement for National Merit Finalists?</p>

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<p>Manyamile, DS was told back in the fall that it was automatic but I’ll have DS send an email to his USC latino recruiter contact to double check. I’ll report back what he hears and yes the first choice school is for NMF according to my understanding. Not to hijack this thread but manamile if you are hispanic, don’t forget to apply to the USC MAA scholarships. They now have their application posted which are due in April. Good Luck.</p>

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<p>Does this letter mean you have already been accepted but just not for those two scholarships? Why would they send a letter if you are not accepted? Or do they just send these letters to everyone who applied by December 1st regardless of admission/rejection?</p>

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<p>This letter goes to the ~19,000 applicants who submitted before the Dec 1 scholarship consideration deadline. They continue to be considered for admission, but no further decisions will come out for awhile. Although I think another round of scholarship finalists’ admission packets is also in the mail (as in past years).</p>

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<p>Anybody have word on how many TOTAL applicants USC received? So, over 20 K for the December 1 date. I’m curious since word on the street in the LA area
was that, with the budget issues and impacts on the UC system, apps would go up for USC.</p>

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<p>If you received that letter, does it also mean that you are no longer in consideration for a Dean’s scholarship? It states that you really won’t hear anything else till late March (aka when rejections usually come out) and Dean’s go out in the next few weeks.</p>

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<p>The letter also said, “Although you might be disappointed, please remember you are still being considered for other scholarships.”</p>

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<p>so do you think that only 1000 students got acceptances so far and that they are all going to get some sort of scholarship (Trustee, Presidential or Dean’s)? My sister got accepted but on the Explore USC site there is no mention of scholarship invite as is the case apparently for many.</p>

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<p>Thanks ITSV!</p>

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<p>Does it mean anything to have not gotten the letter (in SoCal)?? My S’s friends got it, but he did not.</p>

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<p>I received the letter too!</p>

<p>Is there any significance to the letter?</p>

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<p>is that letter just a general one sent out to all applicants?
and if that’s the case, would there be a separate letter specifically asking for a midyear report? because I’m not too anxious to send mine in</p>

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<p>This is the exact letter my daughter got today. She wasn’t expecting to be considered for those two scholarships, but it’s nice to have an update, nevertheless. I’m still confused as to what other scholarships she might be considered for. Is that just basically a form letter they send out to everyone who applied by the December 1 deadline?</p>

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<p>Well, i’m sure that if you received a scholarship, then you wouldn’t be receiving this letter.</p>

<p>My question is however, if you didn’t receive this letter, and you applied by Dec 1st, does this mean your acceptance letter/scholarship is coming in the mail soon?</p>

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<p>^I doubt it.
No stellar stats nor the letter here…and applied by Dec.1st, of course.</p>

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<p>Got this too</p>

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<p>Now I’m really wondering what it means for people who didn’t receive it and applied by scholarship deadline. (and obviously don’t have stats for even a penny)</p>

<p>Just hoping it doesn’t mean an indirect rejection since they don’t even bother keeping you updated =/</p>

<p>anything similar from the past few years?</p>

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<p>haha im pretty sure it isn’t an indirect rejection lol. that’s funny.</p>

<p>but i think we should wait a bit more before making conclusions, since the new letters just started coming out. I live on the east coast, so maybe that’s why the letter hasn’t reached me yet (if im getting one)</p>