<p>Oh - and I don’t know if this was asked yet, but Spring admits who are NMF and name USC as their first-choice school DO get the 1/2 tuition scholarship.</p>
<p>Thank you so much to all the parents and past students who have been answering questions, it’s making this decision a lot easier. </p>
<p>I’ve been looking around on CC, the USC admissions site, and everywhere else to figure out what I should do during fall semester, and there seem to be three main suggestions: travel/study abroad, get a job, and take classes at a local community college. Travelling isn’t a viable option for me because my family is not well off financially, so an expensive study abroad program or even just domestic travel is out of the question. Community college would be a great choice, except that the only classes USC will accept credit for are credits I’ve already gotten with APs. Is my only option to live at home for six more months and work at a restaurant/grocery store/other job available to teenagers? </p>
<p>All of the adults and current college students I’ve spoken to rave about the possibilities of taking a semester off. I’d really like to take advantage of this opportunity, does anyone have any ideas on what I could do?</p>
<p>…you could also volunteer or intern somewhere! (EX: If you’re planning on being a polysci major, enroll in an internship class at a local community college and intern in your local congressman/woman’s office! You’ll get a leg up on everyone else.)</p>
<p>Actually, my sister was a spring admit to Umass, and yes, all her friends were gone and she didn’t have much to do, but she got a job, worked more hours than she could in the summer, and saved up plenty of money to spend for school. I suggest doing that.</p>
<p>Also – you don’t have to work at Starbucks or a bookstore or whatever. You’ll be a high school graduate at this point and could easily hold down an office assistant job at a local nonprofit that interests you, or some other community organization.</p>
<p>I would really look into interning, though. That’s the best use of your time aside from knocking out GEs and other educational requirements.</p>
<p>I still have my hopes on the small chance that I will be bumped up to fall admission :)</p>
<p>alamemom - thanks, that what I was thinking too, especially since I’ve already seen ads for housing here!</p>
<p>For those who are interested, here’s part of an email I’ve had with one of the Viterbi admin officers whom I interviewed with. The questions are me.</p>
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<p>Well, #7 is a bit disappointing because it sounds like you really don’t have much options at all. -And it doesn’t seem like it’d be easy to me make up missed credits, I don’t know. She didn’t really answer some of my other questions and said just to look at the packet so I don’t know. SC has an option called limited status enrollment which allows people to take a few classes without being a accepted. I don’t see why spring admits couldn’t take advantage of that regardless of whether they have housing? And as far as working with professors, I meant in the fall (more clear by my previous question), but the answer I gave wasn’t specific.</p>
<p>Well, my sister just found out she was admitted spring too. This is interesting! 
I’d really prefer to take a limited amount of classes at a CC and get a job, rather than spend all the work, which I have a feeling would be better at USC than a CC.</p>
<p>Son has been admitted for spring (!). Sounds like admin officer thinks taking classes at local CC college would more likely transfer than 4 yr college. Son has opportunity to do both. Why do you think CC college would be better?</p>
<p>From earlier posts in this thread, it sounds more than a little likely for spring admits to be bumped up to fall, no? I’m planning on asking more questions about the likelihood of this at the admitted students event in my area in April.</p>
<p>^im pretty sure alamemom and georgia girl would be the most informed CCer’s on this topic. I know it varies from yr to yr, but does anyone know the likelihood of a spring admit being bumped to fall admit. For me, i’m in marshall so does that help or hurt me in getting bumped up?</p>
<p>Yeah, I know it varies from year to year, and from what I can tell by overall trends this year is that it will be less likely because more and more people seem to be competing for spots. As far as marshall goes - I’ve got no idea but it likely depends on how marshall matriculation / yield rates compare to other schools.</p>
<p>And growuptoofast, yeah I want to know this too. I suspect it has to do primarily with cost and ease. Lots more CC’s exist that people can readily take classes at, and they’d be much cheaper. I think some concern is with schools that use a quarter system, that their classes may not cover enough, and they be extra picky there. However, from the response I got about this it seems like they just want you to be taking the right courses, and for other 4 years, at least similarly ranked schools you may have the problem of testing into (or out) of certain classes.</p>
<p>^i feel the opposite that since more kids are submitting more apps they will have more choices and that most schools yield will go down. but acceptance rates are declining so many kids could have less choices. And USC does lose some Cali kids to UCLA and UCB caz of instate tuition.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think the whole predictions thing is tough. But I think people are just being accepted less places, UCSB had an acceptance rate of between 7-8% this year, apparently! 
And I also know that last year USC enrolled about 300 more students (don’t know if that’s fall or fall and spring) than they were planning. Normally, I’d think it’d mean yield rates would go down, but it just doesn’t feel like people have more options. (Though I’d be glad for yield rates to decrease so schools later accept more people.)</p>
<p>Wait a second. UCSB’s acceptance rate was 42% last year. I can’t believe it went from that to 7-8% this year. That would be… historic… for any school.</p>
<p>Applicants often mistake the number of matriculated students for the number of admitted students :)</p>
<p>To those who are going to be taking classes at CC, do you know what classes we’re suppose to take in order to fulfill the GE requirements?<br>
I hope the CC that I’m going to will offer those courses especially after the budget cuts.</p>
<p>USC has articulation agreements with California Community Colleges that spell out exactly for which course you will receive credit at USC: <a href=“https://camel2.usc.edu/articagrmt/artic.aspx[/url]”>Error;
<p>They have articulation histories with several local 4-year universities that are not guarantees, but show how courses have been credited in the past and are a good guide: [USC</a> ARR : Articulation : Articulation Histories](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/arthis.html]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/arthis.html)</p>
<p>And there is information specific to Spring admits concerning planning coursework for that semester prior to matriculating at USC: [USC</a> ARR : Articulation : Spring Admits](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/spring_admits.html]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/spring_admits.html)</p>
<p>On their articulation website, it gives you a full list of what courses from each community college accepts from cc in California anyways… I didn’t really check for out of state.
You can also find GE reqs on the usc website but I found that a good amount of cc classes transfer over very easily </p>
<p>[USC</a> ARR : Articulation](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/)</p>
<p>Did anyone get admitted as Spring Admit under Engineering? We tried to RSVP to the Spring Admit Program for either April 8, 12 or 15th and there is not a RSVP for the Engineering Department. Is our only choice to go on April 23rd with the regular admitted students?</p>
<p>Well, my boyfriend’s brother got into Cornell, so I guess USC (spring or not) is out for him.</p>
<p>We’re pretty upset because we wanted him in LA, and honestly I think USC is better in the long run than Cornell anyway. Oh well!</p>