Official USC 2013 Transfer Thread

<p>everyone does a supplement and essay im pretty sure. its was the 500 word statement on why you wish to transfer to usc</p>

<p>I’m looking over my supplement, and the only portion where I had to write anything creatively was entitled “short answer”. Here’s the prompt:</p>

<p>**"In approximately one paragraph, please address the following prompt:</p>

<p>Describe your academic interests and how you plan to pursue them at USC. Please feel free to address your first- and second-choice major selections."**</p>

<p>So I followed the instructions and did ONE paragraph, so it was pretty brief all things considered and relatively general. I hope I didn’t make a major mistake here because this definitely isn’t something I’d want to be considered as an essay.</p>

<p>@keignat
but on the actual application there is a 500 word statement on why you wish to transfer to usc</p>

<p>I figured that’s what you were talking about, but since that’s on the Common Application and not the supplement, that went to all five of the schools I applied so it wasn’t really USC-specific. I’m pretty happy with that essay though. Whew</p>

<p>Ya but Marshall transfer students didn’t have an extra supplement, just the 1 paragraph reason why and the Common App 450/500 word personal essay.</p>

<p>There was also the extracurricular essay too on the Common App. So Marshall students were only required to write three pieces of writing.</p>

<p>Is it just me or for those who did a Non-Custodial Parent Waiver and turned in the 3rd Party Letter, is USC Connect still asking for non-custodial Profile form ? I thought that would have gone away by now …</p>

<p>has anyone else on the quarter system got a winter grade request?</p>

<p>@Transfer2OI3
I didn’t do a non-custodial parent waiver, but USC did say I was missing high school transcripts, and I submitted them over a week ago and its still giving me a notification that I’m missing them. I guess they are just really busy, but I’m sure whenever they evaluate your application they will see that you have submitted it and everything should be fine</p>

<p>^ Dang … You just NOW sent in your high school transcripts ? I mean although the impact may be slight to none but I thought everyone had all there stuff or did they just lose it or misfile it ? </p>

<p>Oh I talked to Financial Aid they said it was cool</p>

<p>UGH this wait is torture. I just wanna know :(</p>

<p>is anyone else’s university already scheduling classes for next semester/year? mine’s already doing advising sessions and like I said before, I know a number of people (upperclassmen) who already have their schedules. gahh I really hope I don’t have to wait until June 3 to know. i’m so torn on whether or not to sign up for certain organizations and other things at my school because I don’t want to commit and then just be like oh jk bye, but I don’t want to lose the opportunities in case I don’t get into USC too you know? so stressful n_n I really want to ask advisers here on what would be best to do but…idk, I want to avoid the awkward “I want to transfer” explanation haha.</p>

<p>(on an unrelated side note, I think if I did get accepted I want to change the major I applied to…which is in a different school…which would mean another application process OTL @_@)</p>

<p>@Transfer
Its a long story, but basically I tested out of high school early, so I sent them the test results of that instead, because its supposed to be legally recognized as the equivalent of completing high school, but they still wanted the work I did up till I tested out.</p>

<p>Anybody else just get a “Click here to submit mid-year grades online.” button on their Application Status page?</p>

<p>I click it, and it goes to a page with a USC header but blank otherwise.</p>

<p>Sounds like a freshman status or glitch to me…</p>

<p>^ I don’t have that…</p>

<p>Looks like it’s gone now. Weird. Maybe there was some maintenance of the site this morning.</p>

<p>Chance me please!</p>

<p>school: University of Georgia: Terry School of Business (I am also in the UGA Honors Program)
Applied to Marshall for Finance
Units completed: 88.5 semester hours after spring
GEs: most of the GEs
pre-reqs: business calc, macro and micro econs, both english course, both accounting courses (A’s in all)
GPA: 3.95 (Only didnt get in A in my Honors Legal Regulatory Environment of Business course (not sure it even transfers)) Dean’s List, Presidential Scholar
Letter of Rec from my legal professor who has a J.D. from NYU, PhD in English, and the head of UGA’s legal certificate program
ECs: Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, intramural sports, mentor for an after-school program that assists elementary aged children, assistant manager in a restaurant that I have worked at for 4 years, and an internship at a start-up business analytics firm. In high school I was on varsity golf and in student government.
Essays: wrote about how USC has always been my dream school and how i have worked hard academically to give myself the opportunity to apply (bad grades in high school), I think my other two essays were very good as well.</p>

<p>Think I have a good shot? So nervous but all we can do is wait and see</p>

<p>does anyone know if you were to be accepted and took a class this summer at your current college, would that still accept that as a credit? ive heard for UC’s they wont accept any summer credits if.you are entering in the fall.</p>

<p>would they still accept that*</p>

<p>@JR2013 You will need to get approval for that specific class from USC just like you would if you were a USC continuing student and you wanted to take a class that was not on the USC campus.<br>
If I get in, I plan on taking a class this summer at our local university.</p>