Students who successfully transfered to USC

<p>Hi guys,</p>

<p>I'm looking to transfer next year to USC as an English major and had a few questions.</p>

<p>1) Does USC care more about your major GPA or cumulative GPA</p>

<p>2) On the transfer brochure, USC does not like students taking CR/NC courses. However, they said "too many Pass/Fails could affect admission decision" ... in your opinion what is too many?</p>

<p>Thanks everyone!</p>

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<li><p>From the information I gathered, your major GPA might matter more. To transfer into my program, I had no major prerequisites, so my cumulative GPA was looked at. When I began panicking about getting one B in a class, I was told that since it had nothing to do with my major, I could afford one B. </p></li>
<li><p>At one of the transfer information sessions, I was told that it was unacceptable to do a pass/fail class for a major prerequisite or the writing and math requirements. I know that they will generally not look down upon one W, so I would assume they would not look down upon one fail. USC does NOT forgive retaken classes however.</p></li>
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<p>On CC there is a transfer forum. USC has a long thread on that forum. You may find many of your questions answered there.</p>

<p>Okay I am going to be applying as English, and so far, I have A+'s in all my english classes (only taken 3 so far). Yes you probably read my past posts…im retaking calc this quarter and im doing much better. So do they calculate both of the grades in??</p>

<p>I posted the CR/NC for a friend who is also interested in attendin usc next year. She already has 2 CR/NC on her transcript… They are both Passes though. Should she be worried? She’s applying as a Sociology major.</p>