<p>My haunch that stating NMSF is likely to hurt admission and scholarship chances. My D was accepted but no chance to trustee scholarship…</p>
<p>Her stat is ACT 35 , SAT 2340… PSAT 227 … leadership etc… awards</p>
<p>“My haunch that stating NMSF is likely to hurt admission and scholarship chances. My D was accepted but no chance to trustee scholarship…”
hougang, your D WAS accepted EARLY. She WILL receive a 1/2 tuition scholarship if she goes to USC. So how on earth can you suggest her chances were HURT? The decisions about who to offer the chance to interview for the Trustees scholarship are not based ONLY on stats. They are also based on which dept at USC she applied to, how many other students also applied to that dept by the scholarship deadline and what their qualifications are, how many scholarships that dept will be allocated, etc, etc. In other words, it’s an opaque process subject to many outside factors. Scholarship decisions at USC are not based only on “the students with the highest scores, grades, AP tests, EC’s overall” WIN.</p>
<p>i got the letter today. Im prolly going to just cancel my application since im not going to USC for 50k a year…</p>
<p>it gives me a weird feeling when i see ppl not willing to consider usc for its full price tag when i would be SUPER STOKED to go at any price. lol im desperate!</p>
<p>i don’t think USC is worth 50k a year for 4 years especially for undergrad. It’s a great school no doubt but for undergrad unless u are super rich I don’t think it would be a great decision to go there for the full price tag.</p>
<p>of course there are certain exceptions but i don’t think some ppl understand what it’s like to have 200K in debt (or place ur parents in that position) for an undergraduate education.</p>
<p>just my two cents</p>
<p>the thing that frustrates me about USC’s process is how random their decisions appear to be… from looking through the ‘stats only’ thread, it seems that the higher your ACT/SAT , the less chance you have to get the Trustee or Presidential scholarship. Obviously that probably isnt true, but its still sucks when you work hard to put up great numbers only to be passed over by applicants that appear less qualified. considering these are merit based scholarships i feel they should put less weight on extracurriculars, especially since most kids embellish this part of the application anyway</p>
<p>ajaku3714, I am sure you are disappointed that you were not among the ~5% of applicants selected to interview for the Trustee or Presidential scholarships. It is unfortunate that your disappointment is causing you to lash out at the accomplished and deserving students who are up for those awards - as evidenced by your multiple posts of the above rant. USC states clearly that a student’s scores and grades are only a part of the scholarship selection process.</p>
<p>There are schools that offer guaranteed scholarships for certain grade/score combinations*, but USC is not one of them. I am sorry that you were not aware of that.</p>
<p>*Of course, the NMF is a guaranteed 1/2 tuition scholarship - perhaps your great numbers qualify for that award?</p>
<p>i have the application status of ‘completed preliminary review’ yet have not received a letter saying i didn’t get a scholarship. i applied by the 12/1 deadline, live in california, and a friend of mine got this letter about 5 days ago. could this be good for me? or have we come to the conclusion that it really is just random? i wont give specific stats but do consider myself a strong applicant to USC.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me what this means? </p>
<p>I got the letter saying I didn’t get a Trustee or Presidential scholarship but that I was still being considered for other scholarships. Yeah, this isn’t familiar, BUT, </p>
<p>It says also “We will not have much more news for you about your applications until late-March/early-April, when the remaining admission decisions will be finalized.”</p>
<p>Does this mean they’re putting me on the backburner/making me out to be underqualified? The status on my application is the “preliminary review” one. Did anyone else get this exact same letter? I have a 3.83 GPA and got a 4.0 this past semester so I definitely sent midyear grades, also a 2020 SAT and 29 ACT. Am I screwed?</p>
<p>Yea i got that same exact letter this morning. I also have a 2020 SAT and 3.8 UW gpa sp I do not think that they are putting us o the backburner but that it is just they do not have any more information for us.</p>
<p>These are not secret, coded messages. The letter means what it says: the ~5% of early admits have been decided upon, and the other **95% of admits **will find out by late March/early April. This is no different than what has been stated clearly on the USC admission website since before you applied.</p>
<p>danzeck1, you have it exactly right. :)</p>
<p>Good luck to both of you!</p>
<p>Raexmd. I think the answer to your questions are sprinkled throughout many of the previous posts. That is why you may sense a touch of frustration in responses to your question. First, take a deep breath. You are neither underqualified nor screwed, nor is it likely that you were backburnered. As alamemom says, you simply were not in the top tier of applicants that USC accepted with an invitation to participate in an interview for a possible trustee or presidential scholarship. Since those top tier students need to interview for those special scholarships, they are admitted first and invited to USC to interview. You are in the 95% bucket with everyone else not invited. You may be still considered for other scholarships. That may be a dean scholarship, or maybe another scholarship. That is essentially what your letter says. I think USC is simply trying to communicate with you where they are at with YOU in the process. That is candidly more than most other schools do with their applicants. All of the applications submitted by Dec 1, including yours, has gone through a cursory review, and the letter you recieved simply tells you where you stand today. Those remaining applicants, including you, will hear by April 1 or so. Some will hear earlier. Some will earn a Dean’s scholarship, some will earn no scholarship. USC is a private school, so it can do whatever it wants to form what it considers to be its “perfect” class, and that includes the timing of admissions. Unless you need a 50% or greater merit scholarship for you to attend USC, it is simply premature for you to come to any conclusions about your likely admission. Your stats appear to be competitive with those admitted. This is just my humble opinion. Good luck!</p>
<p>alamemom i am not lashing out at anyone… i made a general comment on the process and am not singling any one candidate as being unworthy of their award. and considering they’re the ones with the offer theres no reason theyd care anyway. maybe read a little closer before deciding to attack someone next time</p>
<p>Could somebody explain to me why parents use the terms S and D? I mean, “son” is a three letter word, is abbreviation really necessary?</p>
<p>Are parents really that desperate to have some internet acronyms of their own? Or do I not understand what it is abbreviating?</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>LOL! Spoken as a 52 year old mother. I believe it’s more the current generation that set the pace for abbreviations through wide spread use of texting.</p>
<p>After reading some of the student angst here regarding the process that USC uses to notify students (noting that they could choose just to be silent) I’m rather glad that my S was blissfully unaware of what was happening until he got the letter indicating he wasn’t in the top 5%. He just read it … and moved right on, knowing his application is firmly still in the mix for an acceptance.</p>
<p>I have the “preliminary review completed” status as well, now. I got my “no scholarship for youuu” letter a few days ago.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone.</p>
<p>S and D I know, but what about the other abbreviations people use? I assume it’s some family relation, like what is DD?</p>
<p>DD is “dear daughter” or “darling daughter.”</p>
<p>Well this is weird. Got an acceptance letter last week (Regular applicant who applied before scholarship deadline). Still haven’t received any mail regarding financial aid. Oh well.</p>