<p>It's been almost two years since I was accepted into the USC Resident Honors Program (with the Thematic Option coursework), and I've got to give y'all some hope: it's great. </p>
<p>I was accepted into the Class of 2009. If you're interested in seeing what THAT was like, go ahead and take a peek at this exceptionally-long thread in which myself and others participated for several months. </p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/581419-rhs-resident-honors-program-2009-a.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/581419-rhs-resident-honors-program-2009-a.html</a></p>
<p>If any of you have run across the Myshele Goldberg senior thesis about the Resident Honors Program, or if any of you have run across a bunch of complaining Thematic Option students, don't be deterred...the experience is what you make it, of course, but I've been personally deeply blessed in both RHP and TO. </p>
<p>Any questions about RHP and TO, or just about USC in general, I can try and help you out. Just reply.</p>
<p>My D has been accepted as Trustee Scholar Class 2015. She was offered the TO program but replied at the last minute & is now wait listed. How does she get into the program? Any hope spots will open before the fall? Thanks for any advice</p>
<p>@NewbieDad
I realize that your series of questions weren’t directed at me, but I was just wondering what exactly you meant by “How does she get into the program?” If your daughters already waitlisted into the program, that means she has essentially already gotten “in,” but the limited number of spaces in the TO program prevent her from entering. She is among other students that have been waitlisted and may be given the opportunity to participate in the program if a student that is currently accepted to TO denies his/her offer of admission into TO. If any spots open at all, they will open in the fall. And yes, that means your daughter most definitely has hope.</p>
<p>If nothing else, I suggest that your daughter writes a letter to those in charge of TO explaining why exactly she wants to be in TO. From personal experience, it seems that a letter written to admissions officers while on the waitlist increases the probability of being accepted. Just a thought.</p>
<p>I wish your daughter the best of luck.</p>
<p>Thanks Blizzard, that’s exactly what I would have said, in a much less concise and a much more awkward way. </p>
<p>Congrats for your daughter, NewbieDad, she’ll definitely have a chance. Do have her write the letter to the TO office…they respond beautifully to personal appeals, in my experience.</p>