<p>Is marshall easier to get into compared to other departments in USC?
Just working on my USC app now, so...:/</p>
<p>I’d imagine that Marshall students tend to have slightly higher stats, in my opinion CAS<Marshall<Viterbi</p>
<p>SC overall is becoming more and more competitive. From what we read here and student responses I would guess any audition or portfolio required program/school would be the most difficult.</p>
<p>For either Marshall or Viterbi I would expect math scores would be examined carefully. In Annenberg my guess would be high reading and writing scores would be expected. </p>
<p>Certain majors appear to have very large numbers of applicants. In Viterbi one very popular major is Computer Science-Games. In Marshall only a relatively few are selected for the BA-Cinematic Arts Joint Program.</p>
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<p>At the risk of sounding like a judgmental D-bag, I’d say Business is what a lot of fratboys seem to major in, so… take that as you will.</p>
<p>So in conclusion, business is not the hardest to get into?</p>
<p>Marshall is definitely harder to get into than the CAS. What does being in a frat have anything to do with getting into USC?</p>
<p>^ lol I guess fratboys arent reputed to take studying as seriously as I guess other ppl, but I remember the frat brochure saying that fratboys tend to have slightly higher GPAs on average. but yeah I find this kinda hard to believe lol</p>
<p>I was just making a (half) tongue-in-cheek comment. </p>
<p>I’d say any of the professional schools need more work to get into than CLAS. I’d personally order it (for undergrad) in terms of work needed to get in: SCA > Annenberg > Viterbi/Marshall > CLAS.</p>
<p>Viterbi students have the highest stats tho</p>
<p>I have no doubt - I have the utmost respect for the brains it takes to be an engineer (I HATE math and science and with FIERY passion, so, not me), but I feel like of all the schools, prestigewise, SCA can’t be matched; and as a result, the number of applicants also surges. </p>
<p>For example, at my orientation, if I remember correctly, our advisor I think told us that for our major (Interactive) they had ~800 applicants for 15 spots. </p>
<p>I imagine Production, Crit Studies, and Animation and equally as competitive.</p>
<p>^ yeah true dat SCA is the most competitive, and with good reason</p>
<p>in terms of competitiveness you are right</p>
<p>SCA > everything else. however, a lot of this is subjective since it’s portfolio based. if you go strictly by the SAT/GPA of incoming freshmen viterbi would easily be the highest.</p>
<p>incoming CLAS students probably have the lowest stats of all the schools, but i would imagine it would be higher for certain majors, mainly math and the hard sciences like biology and chemistry. for those majors i wouldn’t be surprised to see them be near viterbi’s students.</p>
<p>Viterbi’s annual freshman class has the highest average high school GPA of any schools in the university. Viterbi’s annual graduating senior class has the lowest average GPA of any school in the university.</p>
<p>You won’t find this stat anywhere though, it was told to me by a senior professor.</p>
<p>^^^
Sounds very credible to me Hawkwings. S1 is in Berkeley Engineering, had a 4.4 in high school, which was about the average GPA for the entering Engineering class. At Cal, an Engineering student with a 3.0 GPA is doing very well and will be highly sought after by employers.</p>
<p>Viterbi’s reputation is gaining in stature every year due to their excellent faculty and high-achieving students. I would imagine that Viterbi is similar to Berkeley Engineering with respect to high incoming high school GPAs, but lower GPAs in Viterbi.</p>
<p>These students are learning some incredible things and pushing the envelope to develop new technologies for the rest of mankind’s benefit. Fight On Viterbi students!</p>
<p>Disclaimer: A poster on another thread quoted my post and Hawkwings’ post as fact. As I stated, Hawkwings’ post sounded credible to me, but I do not know if it’s factually accurate. </p>
<p>One other bit of information I’ll throw in the mix: From personal experience, I can tell you that Engineering students who go on to attend law school are highly recruited by law firms, regardless of their undergrad GPA (within reason). Intellectual property cases, for example, often involve highly technical facts that attorneys with Engineering backgrounds can understand and use to further their client’s best interest.</p>
<p>Happy Buddha,
Across the country the IFC and NPC organizations keep track of Greek grade trends. Nationally Greeks have higher GPAs than non Greeks.</p>
<p>I do know one large NPC sorority last semester had a 3.5 GPA and had 8 women with 4.0 GPAs. Also, in the previous semester 44 women in the chapter had a GPA of 3.75 or above. Many of these students were in majors such as engineering, business and pre-law. It is a stereotype to think Greek membership means there is less interest in academic achievement.</p>
<p>Yeah I guess thats kinda true - especially for the professional frats like DSP</p>