<p>USC specifically states on their website that Junior standing = 64 units, and although there are no minimum number of college credits required to transfer, if you have fewer than 30 they'll look primarily at your high school record (thus I assume if you have more than 30 college units they'll look primarily at your college record). </p>
<p>My question is, when they talk about junior standing, do they mean 64 units by the end of the spring semester before the student transfers, or is it by the time the student submits applications which is at the end of the fall semester? As we know, unlike the UC's, USC's application deadline is much later in February 1st..</p>
<p>This seems kind of stupid I know but I wanted to be sure.</p>
<p>64 units complete or in progress (meaning completed by end of that spring semester).</p>
<p>Thanks, that’s what I thought.</p>
<p>It’s just a bit confusing because if you read the “USC transfer decisions” threads that are posted here every year, a lot of people list themselves as “sophomore” applicants even though they’ll have far over 64 units after spring, only because their spring grades are still “in progress”.<br>
On the other hand, UC applications allow you to apply as a junior transfer even with “in progress” spring grades/units</p>
<p>So I guess that means USC does ask applicants to list their upcoming spring semester schedule on the application… </p>
<p>Do they ever make really late admissions decisions where they’ll even ask for Spring grades first?</p>
<p>I got an SGR because I was taking Calc I in the spring and it was a transfer requirement for Marshall. They will give an SGR if anything in the spring is a transfer prereq or if you haven’t completed a lot of credits yet so they want to see you keeping your academic performance up through actually being admitted. I transferred in as a junior but had a ton of credits completed already (100+) but still got that SGR because of Calculus being in progress.</p>