<p>If you do not count the scholarship round as a wave, then yes, there has only been one wave.</p>
<p>Is there a specific day?</p>
<p>Generally thought to be sent out on Fridays</p>
<p>Awesome theory.. but what about this status?</p>
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<p>I think there have been two waves already. One wave was the 1,500 top scholarship people, followed by another group who did not qualify for the two main scholarships but were top applicants qualifying for lesser scholarships. I know people in both groups, and they received different letters and were accepted one week apart.</p>
<p>S33D- that was the status i had when i initially submitted my app in december.. it went from “we have received and are currently reviewing” to “we have completed a prelim review” to “your application is being review by the admissions committee. we will mail notification of your decision by april 1…”</p>
<p>S33D: When we talk about being “in review” we mean “in review with the admissions committee.” I assume that for this theory’s sake, that status is akin to preliminary review.</p>
<p>Here’s another theory to toss around. The status system is fairly new and a thorn in their side. It has created more problems than it has done good as the updates aren’t consistent. They got so tired of the phone calls inquiring about status updates that they did a massive update from preliminary to adcom just to shut us up, because after all, everyone has probably gone to some admission person by now. Possibly from here on out the earlier patterns won’t hold true. Who knows…I JUST WANT A BIG ENVELOPE!!!</p>
<p>that might be true actually</p>
<p>I Just Want A Big Envelope, Too!</p>
<p>Sigh.. doesn’t look good for me then, according to this theory x.x</p>
<p>according to this theory i’m looking VERY good last updated 2/6 but my scores arent great so if i use this theory i’m on the extremes: either my letter is in the mail or my letter will be in the mail on 4/1</p>
<p>I have a question, which I hope someone can help me with:</p>
<p>When they requested mid-year grades, was this in the same letter as the “no scholarships” letter or was it an entirely separate letter? Secondly, why would I in particular not be selected to submit mid-year grades, especially when my stats are a bit lacking (GPA: 3.4/SAT:2020/SATII: 700, 690)? Does this mean that my low GPA might have tossed me into the reject pile? My status just jumped from prelim review to " Your application is being reviewed by the admission committee" on the 27th of February.</p>
<p>my stats are almost the same as yours…although my GPA is a higher.
My status also changed to “being reviewd” on 27th feb and i too wasnt even asked to submit my mid-year grade and i honestly dont think we are auto rejects by any means.
In line with THEAjays theory we should be on the admit- wave. But i too dont get why we wernt asked to submit mid-year grades.</p>
<p>thesmiths, aj: Are you both arts & science or another school?</p>
<p>IMO it makes sense. My GPA is a 3.45 and I have a 2160. There is one clear weak point to the application which would make us admit- instead of admit. I too was not asked for mid year grades though I did submit them voluntarily sometime in January. The rest of my application seems solid.</p>
<p>Rodney - I applied to Marshall
THEAjay - your right. I got a 2050 in the sat which is decent for USC. My GPA is somewhat low ( I cant really compute it from the Indian system but its not nearly as strong as everyone elses). Everything else in my app was great/awesome imo especially my recommendation and essay
So i guess im in line with your theory…i just really hope its true</p>
<p>So, how would you then explain being asked for midterm grades with a 3.7 GPA, 2150SAT and 32 ACT? (and there was someone on CC with a 4.0 asked for grades???) This is all an interesting exercise, but, in reality, makes absolutely no sense unless, maybe it is in the context of the school you are applying to…(and possibly the high school you are applying from if it is not a big feeder school to USC)</p>
<p>Hmmm..my stats are pretty strange</p>
<p>2340 SAT (1 take)
770, 740, 730 SAT IIs
Low GPA (sub-3.0) BUT I was at two of the most selective private boarding schools in the country. The one I spent the most time at is widely regarded as #1 or #2, depending on who you ask. Kids with low GPA’s go to more selective schools than USC. </p>
<p>Also, my grades dipped sophomore year/early junior year, and I have what I feel was a very good reason for it (tough family circumstances)</p>
<p>Misc: 1/2 Hispanic, male</p>
<p>So my application definitely is a strange one, and I don’t really know how they’d view it. At a large school like USC, I’m thinking they might just see a “red flag” if you will and throw it in the reject pile. Who knows. I hope not!</p>
<p>I followed along this thread and the theory seems solid. However, I think it is more complex because everyone is applying to different schools and different majors within those schools potentially. Some obscure majors are hard to fill so USC might admit someone with lower stats to fill that hole. I think that’s why things are so unpredictable - the school has to keep all their professors busy so they have to have students that are interested in all their learning centers.
Also, some schools will demand different stats from applicants. At a USC regional meeting, we broke into groups and the representative from Viterbi claimed that SAT/ACT scores were much higher for successful applicants to the Engineering school. In addition, for Film or other highly competitive programs, it seems like it would take more time to determine who is a solid admit since the admissions people have to work with people from the competitive programs. That’s why we’re seeing few people from Film getting feedback yet 'cause it just takes time to coordinate.</p>