USC 2009 transfer thread

<p>SalvationArmani- Yes, USC evaluates your cumulative GPA (every single class you've ever taken at the college level, regardless of subject) and utilizes it as an important factor for admission.</p>

<p>Hey guys, I was wondering if you could help assess my shot at getting into USC. </p>

<p>My stats:</p>

<p>College GPA: 3.533 (after 1 year)
Units: 45 and 17 more this semester
EC's: DECA (marketing club) champion in highschool</p>

<p>I know how ridiculously competitive Marshall is but do I have a shot with a great essay? After this semester I could get my GPA up to a mid 3.6 and higher ( hopefully :) ) after spring. My course load has been geared toward SDSU, with a definite upward trend, and I'll have all the Marshall prereqs done after the spring but I'll still need two more (Diversity and Western Cultures/traditions) USC GE's. Would waiting until the summer to fulfill the final GE's significantly lower my odds? How much of a shot would I have with Annenberg or CLAS also? Thanks guys, I'll really appreciate any help.</p>

<h2>^No shot. don't even bother. </h2>

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<p>LOL JK. i am applying soon too, average GPA is 3.8ish, but the EC is a plus. Upward trend is always good, you have a decent, but not solid chance at getting in - if your applying to Marshall.</p>

<p>When is part II due?</p>

<p>February 1st I believe? Just do a search on the USC admissions site...</p>

<p>who is done with their essay already?</p>

<p>i really want to get it done now so i can get it peer-edited and whatnot and make it perfect come feb.</p>

<p>Im also a little confused.. is the Entrepreneurship program at USC a major or electives you take under the business major or a concentration of bus. admin or what
I didn't see it under majors in the part I application</p>

<p>Woo hoo!!</p>

<p>USC transfers '09 rep it. </p>

<p>Busting my ass to transfer as a Soph this year, super excited!! =D</p>

<p>Double post =P</p>

<p>haha here here for sophomore transfers to USC! Trying to get into Annenberg!</p>

<p>so i want to transfer to marshall but i have a couple of questions</p>

<p>does voluntering and all the stuff necessary? i work full time btw
if i get an associates degree in business first will it help?</p>

<p>to transfer into marshall, you dont need an associates, it wont' even help. what matters to transfering into marshall is your GPA, and you fulfilling their requirements, which is 2 econ classes and calculus course, with the recommended 2 accounting classes.</p>

<p>Transferable GPA: 4.0
Non-Transferable GPA: 3.91 (I got a B in a non-transferrable math course...)
Units: 33
GE: Categories 1,2 and 5 are not complete... are they of great importance? I have a lot of GE's just none of the transferable courses fall into the 10 or so courses under each category....
Pre-Req: All except for business calc and writing (english 1b) (finishing them spring semester) Also taking Acct1A spring semester.
EC: Volunteer at a local hospital. (Mission Viejo), recreational basketball and weightlifting
Work: intern @ Penton Media (a Business to Business marketing firm)
Legacy: none, first gen.
Applying to: Marshall - business administration
2nd major: Econ
current school: 33 units @ Saddleback College / Irvine Valley College</p>

<p>any opinions on my chances?</p>

<p>Are the Categories 1, 2, and 5 required to be completed before transferring? Do you guys recommend that I finish one course in each of these areas before transferring / will it affect my admission probabilities?</p>

<p>I just spoke with a USC admissions counselor (or whoever they have you talk to on the phone). He said that those categories can be completed once admitted into USC.</p>

<p>what about language and diversity
<a href="http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0809/TransferPlanningWorksheet.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0809/TransferPlanningWorksheet.pdf&lt;/a>
I thought marshall didnt need language.. and i guess i have to take soc i ?</p>

<p>i'm a little confused with the pre req. </p>

<p>for my major (biology) it says pre reqs are like orgo 1 +2 , physics 1 +2 , calc ..etc...but if i finished ALL of those, i'd be done with my major.</p>

<p>anyone have any say with this?</p>

<p>btw, USC doesn't care if you took a language in HS right? i'm guessing i STILL have to take a language at USC regardless?</p>

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for my major (biology) it says pre reqs are like orgo 1 +2 , physics 1 +2 , calc ..etc...but if i finished ALL of those, i'd be done with my major.

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I don't think I understand your question... what do you mean by you'd be done with your major? Those classes are only lower-division pre-requisites so that you may enter the major as a Junior. Subsequent to that you will be doing about two years worth of upper-division work. Once you're done with that, then you will have finished your major. Is this what you meant?</p>

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I thought marshall didnt need language

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The following majors DO NOT require foreign language:
-Architecture
-Business Admin.
-Accounting
-Writing for Screen and Television
-Dental Hygiene
-All Engineering majors
-B.F.A. (Fine Arts)</p>

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and i guess i have to take soc i ?

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You should take Soc. 1 either way... you can only take so many business, calculus, and econ classes, right?</p>

<p>I'm applying for Marshall, currently a Frosh, and econ is only available to sophs and up. Also, im not taking calculus, but business math... </p>

<p>is it REALLY necessary for me to b taking Calc and Econ as a freshman applying for sophomore transfer? </p>

<p>I can take calc next semester and maybe take econ at a comm college nearby</p>

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is it REALLY necessary for me to b taking Calc and Econ as a freshman applying for sophomore transfer?

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<p>No. But if you're applying as a Soph, then the admissions committee will also look at your HS record. What were your HS stats? Did you take Calc in HS?</p>