<p>Hi! I am recently accepted into school of cinematic arts. I was wondering, if you know anyone from the senior class, what is the first job they landed on after graduating college? Thanks!!</p>
<p>Hi. I am a fall admit for usc. And I’m not sure if I can go there in the next year because of the cost of attendance. I have a sibling who is going to go to college next year. Will I get much more financial aid next year?</p>
<p>Sadie: I think there’s not a whole lot you can do. Of course, keep USC up to date on any new achievements. Good luck!</p>
<p>RMG: That’s a very old stereotype. I find USC relatively liberal. But it’s a pretty tolerant environment overall, and I remember both Democrats and Republicans having a presence during the election last year. </p>
<p>Yvonnez: Congrats! I know a few, but I don’t know where they worked. During college, though, a few worked at Sundance (I think that’s a volunteer thing, though?); one worked at WME; one worked at Breakdown Services; and another worked at Disney. </p>
<p>Icecube: I wish I were better informed of FA policies. Definitely PM alamemom, who is very knowledgable. Good luck!</p>
<p>Hi Icecube1994,</p>
<p>The answer to your question is, “It depends.”</p>
<p>If your current expected contribution using the CSS/Profile* is around $50,000-$60,000 or lower, you may see more aid when there are two students in college IF the other student is attending a similarly-priced university. If the other student is attending a much lower-priced university (state university or community college, for example), there may not be that much of a difference.</p>
<p>If your current expected contribution using the CSS/Profile* is $80,000 and up, once loans and summer earnings are considered, it is likely that both students will pay the bulk of the full price.</p>
<p>Families that most benefit from having two or more students in college at the same time are those with expected contributions using the CSS/Profile* of from about $15,000-$40,000 (again, that assumes both students are attending similarly-priced universities - having a sibling living at home and attending community college will not have a big impact except for Federal aid). It is such a significant benefit in those ranges that if the students are within a year of each other, a gap year may be advisable to maximize the number of years of overlap.</p>
<p>*Remember that USC uses the CSS/Profile to determine your need, so your FAFSA EFC does NOT apply. Use the net price calculators and input 2 for number of students attending to see how having 2 students in college at the same time would have affected your aid eligibility this year. Put in numbers as accurately as you can rather than as you wish they were 
, and remember that any business losses listed on your parents personal tax returns are added back in. See the first two pages of the Financial Aid FAQ stickied at the top of the forum for more information.</p>
<p>**If both students are attending FAFSA-only schools (in other words, NOT USC), then of course you do not need to consider the CSS/Profile - my answer was framed with the assumption one sibling would be attending USC.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>When our newly admitted student’s EFC is a certain amount on his profile page, is that just for his tuition or is that total family contribution for all college costs? We have a soph at USC and didn’t do FA forms when he was incoming freshman. So we are not sure if that EFC listed is total family contribution over one or both tuitions.</p>
<p>I am going to repost/answer this up on the Financial Aid thread so I don’t take over victoriaheidi’s great thread :)</p>
<p>Hi Victoriaheidi - sorry to borrow your thread about financial aid for a bit, but do have different question for you. Do you know the approx date of the last orientation session for admits (where they register for classes)? We haven’t SIR’d yet so can’t see it, but our student has major medical thing to work around this summer. Is last session toward middle or later July, or even in August? The later the better for us, just trying to get idea for now.</p>
<p>Hi! I just got admitted into USC roski for BA arts, but i was wondering if its possible to do a double major with Communications in Annenberg, and if so what is the procedure?</p>
<p>The last orientation session is the international one, which is like on August 19th and 20 or something like that. I will probably be attending this last session as I don’t think I can make any other times during the summer either.</p>
<p>CADREAMIN: No worries! The last one is July 23-24, but international student orientation is the 19th and 20th of August. There’s nothing online that technically stipulates that you can’t attend that, but I’d recommend calling to find out. </p>
<p>eagerlywaiting: Congrats! Brief plug: when it comes time to take FACS 150, get Maura Brewer! Love her. Anyway, here is a Roski sample course plan: <a href=“http://roski.usc.edu/docs/USC_Roski_curriculum_course_chart.pdf[/url]”>http://roski.usc.edu/docs/USC_Roski_curriculum_course_chart.pdf</a></p>
<p>As you can see, the BA has four open slots for 4-unit classes. This excludes the potential for extra units (more on that in a second). You would get an additional 4-unit class if you were exempted from GE I or GE III, and an additional 4 units for each semester of language waived (i.e. if you placed into second semester, you’d get four extra units for not having to take first semester). So you could have anywhere from 4-9 free spots built into your 16-per-semester schedule. </p>
<p>But you can take more than 16 units! You pay for 18 as part of your flat tuition rate. And even though there are few 2-unit classes, you can qualify for 20 units for the price of 18. You just need to have a double major or major/minor, complete 32 units (APs count!), and maintain a 3.75.</p>
<p>I hope that makes sense! You can PM me if you have more questions. :)</p>
<p>And alamemom, your contributions are always more than welcome!</p>
<p>Thankyou!! So much :)</p>
<p>Also about greek life,
can i get recommendations from sororities that are not in USC or does it have to be the same ones?</p>
<p>eagerlywaiting: Recommendations come from alumnae or current members of the same sorority. Definitely consult greekchat.com for TONS of advice about recs!</p>
<p>Anyone can attend the last orientation (move in week). We had to do that as I could not afford two cross country trips for my child plus the tuition bill. By my reckoning at least 25% at the late August orientation were Americans.</p>
<p>That’s what I didn’t know. Thank you, Snowdog!</p>
<p>Do you know how to change a major from a BFA to a BA? I’m thinking about switching from Roski to SCA at some point, and a BA would help make the transition easier. Also, it’s a lot more versatile.</p>
<p>^disregard, apparently all I had to do was tell the department head during ExploreUSC</p>
<p>For your (all you new admits) browsing pleasure: The Fall 2013 Schedule of classes!</p>
<p>[Fall</a> 2013 | Schedule of Classes](<a href=“http://web-app.usc.edu/soc/20133]Fall”>302 Found)</p>
<p>Ahh - that course schedule was one more thing I didn’t need to see. Was procrastinating looking at the options. Won’t tell my D while she’s studying for final projects or she’ll be pouring over it too. She’s so excited about her SCA acceptance she’s ready to pack up and go right now.</p>
<p>Question - for SCA - I saw mention of “D-Clearance”. Is that clearance to take a grad level course? </p>
<p>Also, as I’ve read the boards I’m curious about the number of students hoping to enter USC in a different department and transfer to SCA? With such tight numbers in terms of availability, how common is that as a strategy for students who didn’t get an initial acceptance?</p>
<p>^^D clearance can be for many different reasons-- class requires a pre-req, it requires certain level on pre-test, etc… Your advisor can clear you. D has had to get D clearance a few times already and either met with advisor or emailed for clearance.</p>
<p>None of these classes were grad level</p>