<p>Hello everyone. I want to transfer to the University Of Southern California from community college as a sophomore. Would it be possible if I took classes for a whole year and took the SAT and the ACT and got good scores do I have a chance? My fall back school is UCLA </p>
<p>Depends on your application really</p>
<p>I graduated high school with a 3.0. I’ll just take the SAT and ACT and see where that get’s me</p>
<p>We keep telling students that while grades and scores are important, that is not the only thing the college looks at. Too many students think that once they pass that hurdle they’ll automatically qualify but USC turns down a lot of students with those stats. It really depends - as scahopeful pointed out, on your entire application and what USC happens to be looking for in terms of a student population that year.</p>
<p>So my resume also has to be impressive as well?</p>
<p>@Gamerforlife40 - it’s no different for any competitive college. I interview for a different one and you can’t believe how tiring it is to sit in front of a student who shoves his resume at me and tells me he/she has great scores and grades and I know they aren’t competitive with students who actually did something beyond studying.</p>
<p>Impressive is a strong word. USC - like most colleges - is looking for strong, passionate and interesting students - not perfect ones.</p>
<p>Don’t try to predict what they are looking for. It’s not objective - it’s subjective and sometimes the luck of the draw. A reader can love a student file that another reader might not be impressed by. Just be yourself and let fate do it’s thing.</p>
<p>I just wanted to make sure you knew that “just” having strong grades and scores wasn’t going to swing the needle. Good luck.</p>
<p>I believe you cannot transfer to USC as a sophomore unless you were turned down for freshman admission when applying from high school and USC admissions offered you a Trojan Transfer Plan (TTP) to transfer as a sophomore. The TTP is offered to high school applicants who were borderline and turned down for admission. It is an agreement that you need around a 3.6 to 3.7 GPA or higher at any college, including community colleges (CC), to transfer after 1 year of college work. The higher the GPA, the better your chances of being admitted as a sophomore. There are quite a few postings in the USC threads that discusses TTP. Also refer to the USC website. However, you can transfer as a junior. The GPA is a little lower unless you are applying for a very competitive major. For junior transfers or TTP, SAT test is not required (only high schoolers take this test).</p>
<p>UCLA and UC Berkeley are very impacted schools. Again you can transfer only for your junior year and your GPA at the CC should be in the 3.7 range and up. The UC’s do not accept sophomore transfers. SAT is not required (same as above). You should not think of UCLA or UC Berkeley as fallback schools. They are just as difficult as USC to transfer as a junior.</p>
<p>Unless they changed their policy you can transfer as a Sophomore without TTP. </p>
You can still transfer as a sophomore without a TTP. A TTP is only available to those who are dependents of a USC
alumnus. If there is fewer than 30 units when you transfer, then USC will look back at high school test scores and
transcripts. Good luck and fight on! 
TTP is available to those that received the offer to do TTP with their initial denial letter in the spring. It is not only for dependents of USC alumnus. With the surge in applications, they also use if for people they would normally admit, but don’t have room for as freshman. But as people leave/drop out/transfer that first year, it opens up room for them as sophomores.