<p>If you guys are looking for a group to join or something on Facebook, this seems to be the most popular with the 2012 Spring Admits</p>
<p>[Login</a> | Facebook](<a href=“USC Spring Admits Class of 2015 Public Group | Facebook”>USC Spring Admits Class of 2015 Public Group | Facebook)</p>
<p>As far as the UCSB thing… I don’t know, I didn’t think the numbers made sense, but I’ve heard it from multiple places. UC application numbers were rather ridiculous this year…</p>
<p>I was admitted spring for Engineering. (Well, CS, but same school.) The only full day program in April is the one on the 23rd. The explore USC ones aren’t open to spring admits, which makes me kind of sad. It sounded so much more fun!</p>
<p>and thanks for the links alamemom!</p>
<p>The acceptance rate numbers are often confused because applicants have the entering class numbers in their heads - for example, USC had about 38,000 applications for a Fall 2011 class of about 2,600. That “looks” like an acceptance rate of 6.8%, but USC has a “yield” of about 35% - that is, of accepted students, about 35% choose to attend USC rather than another school to which they have been accepted (remember, you kids are applying to between about 6 and 20 schools these days! You can’t go to ALL the schools to which you are accepted).</p>
<p>So USC accepts about 8,000 applicants for an acceptance rate of ~21%, and then about 35% of that 8,000 choose to matriculate for a class of about 2,800.</p>
<p>The people quoting those numners for UCSB are probably comparing the number of applicants with the size of the expected entering class, and leaving out the “yield” piece that about 5X as many students are admitted to UCSB than choose to attend.</p>
<p>One of the admissions directors at Viterbi just blogged about what to do as a spring admit. I think the post might answer a lot of your questions!</p>
<p>[I’m</a> Admitted as a freshman for Spring 2012 – what now? Viterbi Notes](<a href=“http://viterbinotes.usc.edu/2011/03/31/im-admitted-as-a-freshman-for-spring-2012-what-now/]I’m”>http://viterbinotes.usc.edu/2011/03/31/im-admitted-as-a-freshman-for-spring-2012-what-now/)</p>
<p>Hey everyone</p>
<p>I’m from the Bay Area and was just wondering about the reception in San Mateo
It’s tomorrow and when i checked to RSVP online all of the locations except for the Bay Area were online (it maybe be because I tried to RSVP too late but there were other places set for tomorrow still online as well)</p>
<p>Should I just show up anyway or would that be too much of an inconvenience for the USC representatives/staff</p>
<p>Is it really necessary (or rather, is it recommended?) to visit the Spring Preview when I’m already going to attend the regular Admitted Student Reception? I don’t want to take two trips to USC, especially when the Spring Preview is on a school day.</p>
<p>I’m spring admit, if you couldn’t tell. :b</p>
<p>so do spring admits have until July 1st to commit via the SAR? Or is it May 1st like everyone else? I got some mail from USC today, and it says that spring admits can submit it by July 1?</p>
<p>I was a spring admit last year and decided to take the offer… I went to a different 4-year university for fall semester this year, then I came to USC in the spring. Some general thoughts/observations on being a spring admit so far:</p>
<p>On housing:
Most freshmen spring admits get offered housing (including myself and my roommate) and USC almost always puts you with another spring admit. I haven’t heard of them not doing so at all. A lot of spring admits get upper-classmen housing, which personally I find to be a HUGE advantage to freshmen dorms. I’m really independent, though; I like being able to cook my own meals and not eat at the cafeteria (spring admits can get any meal plan they want, though) and I like having my own apartment in general. That being said, missing out on freshmen dorm life would be a big disadvantage for some people who are less independent. I lived in freshmen dorms at the first university I attended in the fall, and you definitely meet lots of people and make friends from living so close to lots of other freshmen.
My roommate is much less independent, and I can tell that she is not too happy at USC so far. The largest cause of that is the spring admit thing; I think that she’s found it hard to meet people. She didn’t go to a different uni in the fall, so I’m sure that she feels that she’s missing out on a typical freshmen experience, which she most definitely is in some ways.</p>
<p>You can also try to arrange to take over someone’s housing contract who is moving into their sorority house or maybe going abroad. The drawback to that is that you would most likely have a roommate who has been at USC for a semester. It could work out really well; you two could become friends, but they might already have their own group and they might not have much in common with you…</p>
<p>Sororities/Fraternities:
Guys rush in the spring, so if you are a male spring admit who wants to join a frat, then you have nothing to worry about. If you are a girl and you know you’ll want to join a sorority, then you would have to wait until next fall. This would probably be really annoying if you know that you are a sorority-girl-type (not to stereotype, at all, but some girls just know that they want to join a sorority). You would probably end up passing the sorority houses and wishing that you had been a fall admit.</p>
<p>Clubs/Organizations:
It’s been very easy to get involved at USC. There are activities fairs in the fall AND spring, so I signed up for a bunch of activities the first week that I got here. If you are a spring admit I would HIGHLY recommend getting involved in at least a couple of activities because that is a great way to make friends. Other students in general are very friendly, so even if you are new and don’t know anyone, other freshmen fall admits are still looking to make friends.</p>
<p>To sum it up:
There are definitely some challenges to being a spring admit. It will be a little bit harder to make friends, or a lot harder if you do not get involved in any activities. If you are not independent (have never lived away from home, doing laundry and cooking for yourself are extremely new to you, etc.) you might be disappointed that you are not living in a dorm, unless you get assigned to a dorm of course.
I have absolutely loved USC so far… all of my classes have been really interesting, the campus is beautiful, people are friendly, USC has an incredibly strong alumni network, there are lots of things to do in LA… I don’t regret waiting until the spring, but some people probably would, at least at first.</p>
<p>*one last note: last year, a lot of spring admits were bumped up to fall, so there’s a chance that you will be</p>
<p>^ Thank you so much for this post! It’s nice to hear thoughts from someone who has gone through the spring admit process. It’ll be a hard decision for me… </p>
<p>Also, for the university you attended in the fall, did you send in their SAR by may 1 as well? Or tell them you intend to transfer at the end of the fall semester?</p>
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^awesome :). Do you think that since they overenrolled last year, they won’t bump that many people from spring to fall admit?</p>
<p>I did send in the SAR by may 1 to the first university as well as to USC… No, I didn’t tell them that I intended to transfer at the end of the fall semester. You don’t have to… It was a little awkward to have to leave all of my friends and my roommate after one semester though. Not very many freshmen transfer after one semester!</p>
<p>@theRADtomato47… I’m not really sure. I remember hoping to get a phone call and not getting one, but it seemed like it was because of my intended major. Some majors had a much higher number of students bumped up (judging from the USC Spring Admits Facebook page). I’ve met a lot of other freshmen here so far who told me that they originally were spring admits, too.</p>
<p>I ended up really enjoying getting to experience attending a different university, though, so I’m glad I was a spring admit, even though I was really disappointed at first.</p>
<p>@SabrinaFairchild
I’m considering going to a 4 year university too for the first semester if I’m not bumped so your input helps.
Could I ask what major did you have?
And, if you happen to know, were there a lot of students from CLAS there were bumped into fall?</p>
<p>@SabrinaFairchild
I also plan to enroll at a four-year university if not bumped to fall at USC. However, did you apply for housing at your first university that was a full year, two semesters or were you able to apply for just the fall semester? In addition, if you found out you were bumped to fall after you already signed your first university’s housing contract, would you just pay the penalty and attend USC in the fall because I know Spring Admits are notified in June whether they are bumped after the May deadline for housing.
Also, what is SAR?</p>
<p>@YuQiLin
My intended major was political science (now I have no idea what I was thinking when I checked that off on my application…)
There were some students from CLAS who were bumped up… I know someone who is a biology major who was. I really don’t know the specifics though. I remember some theatre majors were bumped up, as well as some who were Undecided.</p>
<p>@conchan
I was able to apply for housing for just the fall semester at the first university, so I didn’t get penalized when I left after the fall. I had to pay the deposit for the first university when I sent in my notification of enrollment, so if I had been bumped up to fall at USC I would have lost that money.
SAR is ‘Student Aid Report’; it has to do with financial aid, but I would be really bad at explaining it. lol</p>
<p>Perhaps classicalbang was referring to the “SIR,” which is an abbreviation the UC system uses for “Statement of Intent to Register.” A lot of the kids from California use it in place of the more general term “commitment deposit” that USC uses when you pay the non-refundable fee to say that you will attend a particular school.</p>
<p>^to be considered to be bumped up for fall admission, do spring admits have to submit a statement to intent to register to USc by May 2nd?</p>
<p>No, submitting your commitment deposit to USC before the Spring Admit deadline does not seem to have any impact on whether you are bumped up.</p>
<p>alamemom: yes, I meant to say SIR, not SAR. So the Spring Admit deadline for submitting it is different than the one for fall (not by May 1)? I haven’t received any info about this</p>
<p>classicbang, the date for the spring deposit is much later. On the page to submit it, I believe it said 9/2. I’d check for sure, but USConnect seems to be down ATM. You still have to mail them that little card however.</p>
<p>So when i was at usc talking to admissions they said get that card from the acceptance package in as soon as possible. And then they also werent very specific in how they move people up to fall. What i got from them is that they find empty spots for certain majors. So say business admin was your major. They will then look over all the spring admits for business admin and relook at scores and gpa and then determine who is moved up. Which is strange because when i spoke to someone on the phone about it she said its a lottery and doesnt even have anything to do with your major. </p>
<p>Im kind of considering just doing a study abroad gap year or something and just deferring until fall 2012. Im just scared i wont be able to work again after a year off.</p>