Official USC 2014 Transfer Thread

<p>@ transferyo: I would say at this point that it really comes down to how well of a personal statement you write, as well as the relevancy of your EC’s to the engineering school. I’m sure USC wouldn’t mind too much the GPA drop at UCSB so long as your grades vastly improved afterwards. They like to know that you challenge yourself.</p>

<p>@ panacea911: It would ideally be the courses that match up with the ones you would have taken at Annenberg had you gone there straight out of high school. That’s something you would need to speak to your CC counselor about.</p>

<p>@ 12ee12: Unfortunately, I don’t have a ton of experience with helping out international students. USC does have admission statistics somewhere on their website. All I know is that so long as you kept up a high GPA at your current university, you should have a decent shot at getting in.</p>

<p>Thank you, SilverRex.</p>

<p>Another question. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1213/TransferPlanning_worksheet2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1213/TransferPlanning_worksheet2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>At this page, under the math requirement, it states that “You are expected to have earned strong grades in at least three years of high school mathematics, including Advanced Algebra (Algebra II), or Intermediate Algebra at the college level.”</p>

<p>I didn’t plan on taking College Algebra at this Uni, but I can’t say that I earned such strong grades in my math courses throughout high school. Does this mean that even if I have the 30 transferable credits, they will look at my high school math grades?</p>

<p>If I don’t have 30 units until the end of Spring Quarter, will I get a SGR for sure? I will have 32 quarter units by the end of Winter Quarter(roughly 21.44 semester units) + 4 units from AP Calc AB test. I am asking this because I don’t want them to base the decision on my high school grades, yet waiting until after the SGR to make the decision seems kind of late especially since I go to a quarter system school and don’t get out until mid June.</p>

<p>@TheShowGoes0n
Does AP Calc AB test transfer? </p>

<p>[Transfer</a> Credit & Policy - USC Undergraduate Admission](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/trans_credit.html]Transfer”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/trans_credit.html)</p>

<p>Here it seems like they’re saying only Art History, European History, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics transfers</p>

<p>@Hopeitworks</p>

<p>This is one of my answers from a few pages back hope it helps:
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@hellonyan</p>

<p>“You are expected to have earned strong grades in
at least three years of
high school mathematics, including Advanced Algebra (Algebra II), or Intermediate Algebra at the college level with a grade of C or better.
Majors in the sciences,
social sciences, business, architecture and engineering programs at USC require specific mathematics courses and achievement beyond
this level.”</p>

<p>What I get from this right of the bat is you better have a good grade at least in int algebra/algebra 2.
To my understanding since intermediate algebra/algebra 2 was taken by some people in high school they will look in your high school record to check that the minimum math requirement was taken and passed with a good grade unless you take it in college again since intermediate algebra is a minimum requirement at least in my articulation agreement.</p>

<p>So to answer your question IMHO if you have not taken intermediate algebra in college or any other math class in college their immediate reaction would be to look at your high school records to check how you did overall including intermediate algebra/algebra 2 so make up for it in college if you didn’t do so well in high school cuz I believe it will be the same even if you have taken 30+ units and no math classes. As long as you have taken it and did good you should be alright. Keep in mind if you are in a major like biz, you will have to take biz calc. "</p>

<p>Hello fellow and future trojans!
I am a Northern Irish student at an average UK university with very good grades at university level. (Deans honors list of academic excellence for example.)
I am about to begin second year (Sophomore) here and dream of transferring to USC Marshall next year.
The only issue is here in the UK we work solely towards one subject (e.g. your major) which in my case is business. USC requires a number of transferable courses that literally aren’t available in my university e.g. maths, English composition etc.
Has anyone ever heard of an international transfer?
I have of course scoured the internet (Including USCs admission) and can’t quite seem to find a solution.
I understand how unlikely my situation is, I also understand how expensive this will be, but hey a guy can dream!
Thanks in advance.</p>

<p>Hey, I was wondering if anyone else was having trouble contacting their admission advisor at USC. I’ve emailed her twice and she still hasnt responded :/</p>

<p>@hhtransfer</p>

<p>I wouldn’t worry too much. I e-mailed mine on Sunday and he responded to me today(Tuesday). If you waited more than two days for a response, then I would definitely give a phone call.</p>

<p>@Hopeitworks
Thanks! Ill keep that in mind and will call in the next few days or so.</p>

<p>Hi I was wondering how I should apply to Financial aid. Currently I get rejected because my income is too high for CSUN, however if I actually get enrolled to USC, my income will be too small.</p>

<p>Financial aid question: guys I don’t know if this is a rumor or not but please tell me if it’s true or not - does usc care about if you apply for financial aid? like is that a factor in the decision? because i heard that somewhere…like say if i were to apply and i don’t really NEED financial aid like my parents can afford it i will not apply for financial aid. but my dad wants me to apply for financial aid anyway and yeah so will they really look at it or not…i mean because i think in the common app if i remember i have to put like income or something or when i apply for fafsa. help please!</p>

<p>@iloveasianguys</p>

<p>Heard about this rumor. All of the answers were the same and it’s that USC does not factor into their admissions decision whether or not you apply for financial aid</p>

<p>Excuse the double post, but HUGE question here.</p>

<p>This is a quoted post from the sophomore USC transfer thread from 2011</p>

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<p>Does anyone have any info on this? Did anybody apply with less than 30 credits (with not so hot high school grades) and got in? And when I say not so hot high school grades, I mean lower than 3.0</p>

<p>@Hopeitworks, I emailed my USC admission advisor and asked about this, she said that whether or not you reach 30 units, the focus will still be on recent coursework. If you reach 30 units, they don’t look at your HS grades AT ALL. However if you don’t reach 30 units, they still look at your HS grades but they aren’t as important as your college grades if that makes sense. And improvement and an upward trend is always good.</p>

<p>@TheShowGoes0n
Thanks. I actually found a guy from the 2011 transfer thread who was in pretty much the same situation as I am.</p>

<p>Fingers crossed! Hope they do a SGR!!!</p>

<p>@hopeitworks</p>

<p>thanks i really appreciate it!</p>

<p>This is far in the future of course, but. When do we send transcripts/test scores and such if we are planning on applying for fall semester? When we send in the application? or later?</p>

<p>@Hopeitworks, I’m in pretty much the same situation as you. My HS GPA was pretty horrible (~3.1) but I’m going to a 4 year university and definitely going to try super hard to transfer. I’m worried because if a couple of my classes are not transferrable then I might not reach 30 units…my USC advisor said that most classes from 4 year universities will transfer though so we should be fine. Good luck!</p>

<p>@iloveasianguys The financial aid office and the admissions office are two separate offices. Admissions does not have access to any of your financial aid documents. It took 2 weeks after I was admitted for Spring to get my financial aid, so they don’t even look at them until admissions gives you your yes letter.</p>

<p>If anyone is interested, I went to Virginia Tech double majoring in CS and CPE.
I had a 3.4 around time of application and a 3.29 after SGR. I was admitted to Viterbi for comp sci and eng for Spring 2014. My high school GPA was like a 3.3 and I did not send them my SAT scores. I applied during my second year of college. Just make your essays good and have a decent GPA and you probably have a shot.</p>