<p>My S received the admissions packet today but the admission letter said he was admitted for Spring 2012. Has anyone else heard of this kind of admission either at USC or at other top schools? Complicates things somewhat......</p>
<p>Spring admission is USC’s version of the waitlist, usually reserved for kids with slightly lower stats that USC still wanted to admit. If your son accepts Spring Admit there is still a chance he could be bumped to fall term. congratulations! its still an acceptance and I for one would be so happy to get even spring admit :)</p>
<p>jeffgale,
Spring admission is not waitlist. Most kids on college waitlists are never admitted to that college. At USC, the spring admission is a way to admit additional student whom they want but don’t have room for in the Fall. By the time spring semester starts, some kids will have dropped out, gone abroad, graduated, etc. Therefore, there will be space for the spring admits. I have known 4 kids who were admitted like this in the last 3 years. All of them ended up being notified that they could enter in the fall after all. </p>
<p>You are admitted. I would advise that you participate in orientation, etc. because you just might be able to go in the fall. If not, then you have a semester to take some GE requirements at a junior college (at much less cost), work for a while, or do something incredible with those months. You will be a USC student.</p>
<p>I got spring admission. Actually, if I do decide to go to USC (and it might be leaning that way), I’ll be quite happy! I’ve been considering getting a job or just relaxing so I think it could work. I know someone who was offered spring admission 4 years ago (almost 5 now) and ended up starting in the fall.</p>
<p>It is a way to balance numbers. Last year 2,900 students accepted USC’s offer, 300 more than expected. And 5/29 (roughly 1 in 6) entered in the Spring, which indicates there was a fairly large number admitted overall. (I’m sure their Spring yield rates are slightly lower, but this means that we’re not alone at all, putting more than 1,000 people admitted in the spring.)</p>
<p>As long as I can graduate with my class (and almost all spring admits seem to), then I’ll be fine. You can spend those months in the dorms and going to football games. And you don’t want to miss football games because for the past 18 years (or almost. :)) they’ve been really fun! </p>
<p>Fight on!</p>
<p>Just to be clear, spring admission students are not necessarily those who may have lower stats. Sometimes the particular school has a quota on the number of students it can take for the fall.
The school wants the spring admits for the qualifications they do display…whether they may be bumped to fall or whether they start a semester later.
I know of students who had very high stats and were spring admits into a discipline or school which have a lower number of admits…SCA for example.
Being a spring admit is NOT to be considered a negative…you are still in because they want you at USC, and as far as integrating into the school a semester later, this will be fine.</p>
<p>It also gives You more time to learn all 8 notes of the fight song and not waste time making travel plans for a bowl game. lol</p>
<p>Bowl game? 
We probably won’t have one this year. Sanctions…. bleh.</p>
<p>But we do get football tickets, which will be good if I go.</p>
<p>I was also admitted to the Spring Semester. I’ve looked in to this for hours now and I have not read one bad review. I’m stoked that I even got admitted. My dad is a Trojan and now I will be too. Plus, my parents get to save a ton of money. I’m really excited to go to USC in January!!!</p>
<p>I have found that quite a few spring admits have higher stats then a lot of fall admits. What they don’t have is room in their majors. Impacted majors allow for spring admits because of students who go abroad etc during the spring. Also, USC wants spring admits to attend USC. Bottom line it equals tuition and they don’t want to leave the spaces open. USC often offers spring admission to those that they know will be highly likely to come even if they don’t get fall admission …for example…legacies.</p>