<p>Curious!
I was wondering about you son! I was going to be ecstatic if you got in. I was also thinking of doing Questbridge, but I thought I wouldn’t even make it to be a finalist cause I go to boarding school. I think I missed out. And I would have only listed USC and Stanford lol. The rest of those schools I would never apply to lol.</p>
<p>But anyway. If you guys really feel bummed about not getting a scholarship. I would by all means say “Cancel your app”. But really what good is that going to do? Really its going to just have you miss out on the best opportunity of your life!</p>
<p>HAVING THIS SEXY GIRL RIGHT HERE AS YOUR CLASSMATE! lol.</p>
<p>No but seriously, I know its difficult to not get a scholarship, but I mean we are still being considered. They already looked at our applications…They are going to take a SECOND look before April. That means we get careful on top of careful consideration. We are getting the best of both worlds people.Okay one, because we didn’t get accepted early but still. </p>
<p>There are so many other scholarships that USC offers that tells you before April. Just putting that out there. I’m applying.</p>
<p>Cause you know what? I’m going to be a trojan, whether they like it or not. Okay well I hope they will cause I need to sport that Cardinal and Gold. </p>
<p>I told my mommy what happened this morning. You know what she said"Be patient, good things happen in due time and when you are not so anxious." God will show up and show out. (Christian here). </p>
<p>So anyway. I hope that was enough encouragement for you. IF not go to church. lol</p>
<p>But all I know is, I’m getting into this school. I didn’t go to boarding school in New York for NOTHING. It’s going down homie. lol</p>
<p>good question sarahe94. I am not sure if all the Dean’s scholarships were notified or done later as well. But I will admit, I have been confused through most of this notification process!</p>
<p>Hey guys,
What time did you receive the email today? I’m still waiting for any sign and honestly at this point I’d rather hear that I didn’t get a scholarship just so I can have some closure. I currently have no email, no pdf or status update, basically nothing at all. I definitely submitted my app on time… Ugh! Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>@ilovemyego23, thanks for those words haha I guess we all need them! </p>
<p>@trojan, when I woke up I had already received it so some time in the night/morning. Good luck!</p>
<p>@Ale have you tried completing your application? Like explain to them why you didn’t finish it and maybe they’ll let you submit the missing materials. Don’t cancel it, you never know what could happen…</p>
<p>@ilovemyego23 lol I was thinking about applying ti Stanford but then I realized the money I’ll have to pay to send my scores and CSS profile AND possibly have to fill out the whole common app and supplementwo materials…then I decided to just to with USC. lol
Thanks for those encouraging words! I’m going to try to be more patient and less anxious. These 2 months will pass us by before we realize it! :D</p>
<p>S was given the wait and see notice. Was disappointed but he was looking for Bioengineering and I think the field is pretty packed - Took all SATs junior year - 2300 SAT, 800 Math 2, 800 Physics. National Merit , Presidents Scholar, #1 Ranked in Class, 4.0 Unweighted, Great Software Development job for a Financial services company - only high School Software Development intern with all upperclassmen college and grad students. Boss loves him and wrote a great LOR & hired him back with a great raise for next year. Teacher recommendations should have been great - they love him. School does not offer APs - but took summer engineering & science courses at local college (4.0GPA). Must not have liked the essays - thought they were OK, but have not seen other students essays. Was hoping to at least be admitted early - Guess the waiting game is back on…</p>
<p>My son was rejected for scholarships - 35 ACT, 800, 800 SAT2’s, 4.0 UWGPA, all 5’s on AP’s, intended major: Mathematics, older brother is a current student, no other hooks. He’s been admitted to Yale and will accept there.</p>
<p>Okay excuse me if I sound a little mean but what is the point of mentioning all your son’s or daughter’s accomplishments and test scores? </p>
<p>I just always find this really weird whenever I’m on CC that a lot of parents do it. Or like a random person comes in the conversation asking to be chanced…</p>
<p>Okay can someone explain this chance thing to me? I have no idea why kids who are in the same boat as another student would give them their “Chances”. The whole concept is a little off to me.</p>
<p>"Okay excuse me if I sound a little mean but what is the point of mentioning all your son’s or daughter’s accomplishments and test scores? "</p>
<p>They are trying to understand why USC would ignore their kid while admitting someone who seems to have much lower credentials. People are only aware of Tufts Syndrome and none named after USC. :D</p>
<p>USC is trying to make some kids feel special and enroll. They may ignore others who they believe may not show up despite their excellent credentials or as some USC parents here told me last year when I was complaining, not suited for their college. Whatever the case may be, the snub stings. Just forget about USC for two months or if there is no chance of your kid attending USC, withdraw so someone more interested may get the opportunity to attend.</p>
<p>^ Yeah same here. I never really understood the whole chance thing. I wouldn’t want some random person telling me I have no chance in h3ll of being admitted to whatever university because of no so good stats. lol I don’t know…maybe it’s just me. :)</p>
<p>^^^ ilovemyego23, Mentioning the other wonderful opportunities is a positive way of putting things in perspective. The college admissions year is a stressful time for applicants and parents alike, as the applicants - who have worked so hard to put together a resume that qualifies them for admission and scholarships at ANY university - wait and wonder and dream and dread and the parents can only stand by and watch as their child’s hearts and spirits are bruised.</p>
<p>Those mentioning their other opportunities are stepping back, looking at the situation, and realizing that things are actually pretty good in their world, even without a scholarship interview at USC :)</p>
<p>I have been SO impressed with the applicants this year! Those of you who have not yet received good news (and by reading about your accomplishments, it is clear that each of you had every right to think you just might get that good news) have been so gracious and supportive of those who have posted their excitement at their early acceptances. Applicants and parents in other years have not always been as gracious as all of you, and that shows you are all not just amazing students, you are growing to be amazing people as well. </p>
<p>What I post (a lot) when this topic comes up is that the admissions are, in general, by SCHOOL. It is not a giant conspiracy by some large adcom, but each major/school has different things they value. A very small major may have 5 applicants with 36 ACT and comparable stats. They will only invite a few for interviews. Perhaps something stood out about the 3 called in? Perhaps a LoR was amazing for a particular student? Perhaps (this happens more than you’d think), the student didn’t really have a big desire to go to USC (was fishing for Trustee and then might consider attending) and it showed through? Perhaps it really was eeny-meeny-miney-mo at that level? </p>
<p>The only difference at the ivies (who get same caliber of applicants who expect to be admitted), is the tiptop ivies + Stanford, MIT and a few others, EXPECT that whomever they admit will be excited to attend. Every other school–even the “lower” ivies (oy!) care about their yield to the extent that they re-consider admitting a student who has re-purposed his/her essay and forgotten to take out the “M.I.T.” in the body of the “Why Dartmouth?” essay.</p>
<p>Sometimes it is difficult to understand why someone with strong qualifications does not receive an invitation to interview. Those of us on the board have learned through the years it is not all about scores and grades. Many students with lower scores may have overcome huge hurdles to even dream about a college education. A student last year, we discovered, was blind. Others have taken care of bedridden parents or siblings. All seniors who post do not give private details on a public board. Keep in mind the admissions committee reads every word and the counselor/teacher recommendations. They have experience from doing this year after year.</p>
<p>When over 25,000 students apply for a limited number of awards how would you select if it was your responsibility?</p>
<p>"When over 25,000 students apply for a limited number of awards how would you select if it was your responsibility? "</p>
<p>Why are some being admitted without scholarships if the goal at this round is to invite people? That seems to make it confusing. Lot of kids wonder why they are not good enough to be admitted also.</p>
<p>It may be time for everyone to realize that they really are “good enough.” And even though this application process is brutal, no college adcom (or anyone else in the world for that matter) gets to judge your worth, only whether they have a spot for you (a person they really do not know, right?) in the class they are composing. Right now, the decision is about to whom this private university is deciding to give out up to $175,000. Their money means they choose. Good golly! Everyone needs to understand the competition is fierce, there are more terrific kids than money handed out, and it’s a good time to separate a coveted prize and one’s self-worth. </p>
<p>If you apply to a college you love and get the news that you are admitted earlier than others, this is cause for celebration. If you feel they don’t love you enough–and that hurts your feelings–then you get to attend somewhere else in good health! Every year we read of shocked students and parents who a little later on are perfectly delighted to be admitted to terrific universities including USC. Since USC gives free half-tuitions to every single NMF, there is a great deal of merit $$ available.</p>
<p>Yes, texaspg, lots of kids wonder why they were not admitted to universities across the nation. And many of their parents, like you, wonder along with them. The reality is that of the 48,000+ applicants to USC, approximately 39,000 of them will ultimately not be admitted. The vast majority of that 39,000 are fully qualified for USC and would be wonderful additions to the campus, but only approximately 9,000 will get the good news. It is the same at universities across the nation, and that is the reason students are advised to have balanced lists of schools that include reaches, matches and safeties. With the numbers reported for USC this year - 48,000+ applicants and 9,000 expected to be admitted, that means it will be an approximate 18% admission rate. That makes USC a reach for virtually everyone.</p>
<p>For the early round, when approximately 1,000 students are admitted out of the 28,000+ December 1st applicants, the admit rate is 3.5%. The kids don’t need to wonder if they were “good enough,” they certainly were - it is just at that percentage and with the quality of ALL the applicants, everyone does not get good news.</p>
<p>I am sorry that a full year later you are still upset and I hope someday you are able to let go of your resentment.</p>
<p>madbean - most if not all people understand that only some top scholarships exist and people are being invited to interview for them and so they need to be admitted upfront.</p>
<p>The process gets confusing when only some are admitted with no interviews or scholarships. A whole lot of admits are qualified for this part right (we are not promising money but you are great kid, so you are in)? Why not admit a bunch more in this round without scholarships? There are people like OP who bleed Trojan who can sleep well for the next couple of months.</p>
<p>When I got the no scholarship email it said “So far we have identified a small portion of the 9,000 first-year students to whom we will offer admission.”, are they talking about the scholarship recipients whom already received admission notification or other students who didn’t get a scholarship but are going to be notified by April?</p>
