<p>I will be applying to the Marshall School of Business for Fall 2015. I will have roughly 60 credits and a 4.0 GPA. My high school stats are a 3.65 gpa and 26 ACT. </p>
<p>Guys I have a question. I want to go into Marshall/Leventhal for accounting, but I just decided on my major and I will not have calc completed, my colleges calc classes are all full. Since I will have 54 credits, should I just apply undecided or should I apply to Marshall anyway? I have a 4.0 GPA, decent EC’s (nothing business related except FBLA from HS), but like I said I’ve only taken statistics, micro econ, and college algebra. I should have 4/5 GE’s completed, as well as the diversity and FL reqs. What should I do, apply to marshall or apply as undecided?</p>
<p>@hockey1995 Thats good, but how many GEs and PreReqs do you have? USC looks heavily at those.</p>
<p>@jucery13 What exactly are the pre reqs? accounting 1 and 2, Writing, and business calculus? if so, I will have all of them completed. What are the general education requirements? I will also have completed a stats course, finance course, as well as a few other business courses at my current university.</p>
<p>@hockey1995 USC has their own standards for GE requirements. It’s different than IGETC.
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<p>Hey everyone! I’m applying for transfer as Junior from a university in the UK. I’m an American citizen whose family has been living overseas in the Middle East since I was 15. I’m applying to Keck’s Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies program and plan on applying to MD/PhD programs. USC is my number one school and my sister is applying as a freshman there next year as well. Good luck to everyone here! </p>
<p>Guys, I just ended this Fall 2014 semester with 3 A’s, in Geology, Biology, Business Calculus, and a B in Calculus 1</p>
<p>So my GPA this semester was a 3.67</p>
<p>Problem is, I have like 2-3 W’s on my transcript along with like 2 classes that I retook and went from a “F” and “D” to A’s.</p>
<p>My overall UC GPA was calculated at a 3.45 after this Fall 2014 semester, but I know that the GPA that will be calculated by USC will be a bit different due to the fact that they don’t look at course repeats and instead they average out the grades for classes that you retake.</p>
<p>My question is:</p>
<p>How much will this Fall 2014 semester grades impact my admission decision? Would it help in my case? Or make no difference because of my past?</p>
<p>I’d also like to note that the reason I got those bad grades in those 2 classes I retook was due to family medical issues so I had to fly from Norcal to Socal frequently and miss class. Would stating this in my personal essays help?</p>
<p>BTW: I’m shooting for PPD, Economics, or Marshall(which I probably won’t get lol)</p>
<p>@TonyStark93 It’s hard to say. I don’t know about the difficulty of transferring into those majors is, but upward trends are good. Maybe you’ll get a spring grade request so if you try hard you can probably improve. You should probably bring it up in your essays but don’t use it as an excuse, get good grades to prove that you have overcome the situation.</p>
<p>Guys, should I apply to Marshall (accounting) even though I haven’t taken business calc or any accounting classes? I have taken the required writing classes, completed the GEs, FL req, and diversity req however, and I have a 4.0 GPA so far through 41 credits. </p>
<p>@NCXfer
I think the odds of you getting into Marshall without Calc (or Biz Calc) is in the single digits. I.E. Would have to have some amazing quality to waive that requirement. If you want to get into Marshall then you really need to make calc next semester (or quarter). </p>
<p>@TonyStark93
You should state that information in the additional comments section. For the Personal Statements you’ll want some really high quality topics that make you shine to offset that low GPA. Also taking with calc 1 and biz calc together looks kinda weird.</p>
<p>@bomerr I can’t take calc next semester unless one of the classes becomes open, they’re all taken currently. Should I apply as undecided then because I will have 54 credits and take the remaining pre reqs at USC and try to inter-transfer?</p>
<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I attended the transfer day recently at USC and the advisors there were telling us that as transfer students we should send our ACT scores and at least one letter of recommendation. However, from information I’ve read online and from various USC blogs, the letter of recommendation and ACT/SAT scores are not required (the test scores specifically if you’re over 30 semester credits upon transferring). Does anyone have any information on this?</p>
<p>In any case, I do have a letter of recommendation but I was confused on how I send this to USC. Do I attach it to the Common App or send it straight to admissions?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>@NCXfer A student from another school at transfer day asked a USC advisor about missing business calculus courses and if she could still enter as a sophomore without them, and the advisor pretty much stated that it just wouldn’t happen and that those classes are pretty much required (also talked about how Micro and Macroecon have to be taken at Marshall). They also warned students that you should avoid “gaming” the system: going in as one major and attempting to switch. In your case, since you’re over 30 semester credits, I believe you have to apply as a junior.</p>
<p>If you want, go ahead and apply, but also seriously weigh your choices if you get rejected. If I was personally in your shoes, I would take another year of courses at the college you’re currently at and finish those requirements.</p>
<p>I never had to submit any test scores, but I transferred in over 30 units. The letter of recommendation is part of the Common App, you print it out and give it to your professor/counselor/etc. along with a stamped envelope.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any experience with whether USC will accept intercession/winter courses?
on the articulation agreement it says:
“Any courses taught in non-traditional settings or time frames, including compact intersessions or open-ended distance education courses, require individual review after completion of course. In these cases no advance guarantee of credit can be made.”</p>
<p>but I still need to decide whether I should spend money and take the course. I don’t want to unnecessarily risk my 4.0 GPA.</p>
<p>Its an online/intercession Sociology class. </p>
<p>@ayookr I did the exact same thing. I took an online sociology class over the summer. If your college does not specify whether a course is online on your transcript, then you should be good. I go to Pasadena City College, and they make sure their online classes are up to standards as a traditional physical class. Therefore, my transcript does not say that I took a class online. </p>
<p>What they mean when they say “non-traditional time format”, they mean whether it is a course that does not span over an entire session/semester (for example, if the semester is 16 weeks, but the course is only 8 weeks). It does not matter if it is in the summer or winter, just as long as they are at least 12-16 weeks (which is a standard semester). If your college does not specify whether the course is shorter than the semester, then you should be good.</p>
<p>I suggest you check with a counselor before you decide to take an online class or a class that has a non-traditional time format. </p>
<p>Hello everybody! I have been reading this awesome thread but something that I haven’t seen is where all the transfer applicant are currently at.</p>
<p>Where are all you transfer applicant currently attending college? I am currently a freshman at Lehigh University and plan to apply to USC as a transfer. </p>
<p>@NCXfer
Enroll in a local community college and taken Biz Calc.
Or drop one of your other classes and try petting into biz calc.</p>
<p>like HLM said, you got close to no chance of getting into marshall with calc and applying as an undecided is bad because you have so many units. </p>
<p>@jakecasino Hey Jake! Thanks for replying. I’ll definitely have to look into whether my schools (Irvine Valley College, Santiago Canyon College, and Coastline Community College) indicate online or not. The classes i’m planing to take are a sociology class and a statistics class but they are over 4 weeks online, could you give me your input on whether these classes may be accepted? </p>
<p>ps. dosent winter or summer give away that they are in non traditional time formats?</p>
<p>@ayookr you’re welcome! I can’t really tell you whether your classes will transfer, but if your classes are only 4 weeks online, I would not take it. That seems like that would count as a compacted intersession and USC would need to review the course to see if it would transfer. I would rather take a course during fall or spring that will transfer rather than to take a course during a compacted intersession and risk having to take it again (and pay more money). Are you taking the class just to fulfill the general ed requirements? Remember, you don’t have to finish the requirements. If you want to apply for fall 2015, i’d say to just take the courses at USC (that’s if you get in, of course).</p>
<p>Also, summer/winter sessions do not necessarily mean courses are in non-traditional time formats. At my school, our summer session is 12 weeks, which counts as a standard semester. If your school’s intersessions are less than 12 weeks, I wouldn’t bother taking any classes that you would want to transfer to USC.</p>