<p>The popularity of USC is evident just by strolling through this community, but I was particularly surprised about how many people not only want to transfer to USC, but actually do. So, my question is why is USC such a popular choice for many aspiring transfer students, and is it generally an easy school to transfer into in terms of their selectivity?</p>
<p>I wanted to transfer to USC because it has one of the best business schools in the country. #9 Business admin and #4 Accounting. Also, in California, USC is known for their huge and influential alumni network.</p>
<p>The average GPA of transfer students according to the USC literature is 3.6. It has been mentioned that about 9-10,000 students applied for the 2009-2010 year, but only about a third of that get admitted. I haven’t seen any official stats on the final number yet as transfer decisions are still being made as we speak. I think the acceptance rate seems disproportional on these boards because you have the most motivated students participating in these discussions, and thus those with a higher likelihood of succeeding.</p>
<p>USC is by no means an easy university to get into. It may seem that USC accepts a lot of transfer students on CC. But it’s because those applicants try their butts off in their academics and efforts on their applications. Generally USC admits around a bit over 2,000 transfer applicants from previous years I’ve seen. The university is selective to which majors they are willing to accept. Mainly I believe Marshall (Business), Leventhal (Accounting), Cinema, and Annenberg (Communications) have it the hardest for admissions. Their average gpa’s for those particular admits are at the 3.8 and higher range for transfer students. USC probably gets a lot of appeal for transfer students who love the university’s school pride in sports, alumni connection, academics, and it’s close proximity to many Los Angeles locales. The only downside to USC is that its tuition price is at or higher than some Ivy League universities and that it’s located in a somewhat of an unsafe neighborhood.</p>
<p>You seem to have a good amount of info regarding USC admission system. I have a question that you might be able to answer. Last semester, one of my counselors said to me that USC would like to accept students with more that 90 units. I used to have a major for over a year which resulted in about 45 useless units when I changed it to a completely different major. I’m now transferring with about 120 units. I know that SC just accepts 64 of them, but I’m kinda concerned that they may actually deny me for having that many units! What do you think?
Thanks</p>
<p>I meant USC WOULDN’T like to accept students with more than 90 units!</p>
<p>Please use old threads only for information, do not post on them and revive them as it confuses other members who don’t notice the date and respond to the OP.</p>
<p>This thread is from 2009, and the member you have addressed has not posted since then and are likely no longer active on CC. Please us the New Thread button to start your own thread to ask your questions.</p>
<p>Closing thread.</p>