USC 2010 Transfer Thread

<p>Many of those scholarships apply to only specific types of applicants, aka freshman or relatives of alumni. For any of those you needed to apply by Dec 1st. If you apply as a transfer you are automatically eligible for the transfer merit scholarships without additional forms.</p>

<p>does anyone know for sure that the letters of recommendation templates we use are the same templates the freshman applicants use? and also how exactly do we send the letters of recs in, I have 2 English professors writing them for me and i’d like to know if they have to mail it in themselves…and whether or not there will be a confirmation from USC that they’ve received them.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance to anyone who can reply!</p>

<p>@xdzzzrawr - There are no forms for transfer applicants, only Freshman. You can use the Freshman forms if you’d like to send them in.</p>

<p>@xdzzzrawr: i actually just called the undergrad office today, and they were completely unhelpful.</p>

<p>Me: I am a CC transfer student applying for Fall 2010. Do you guys take LORs?
USC lady: Yes, you can find the forms online.
Me: But you guys only have forms for freshman…?
USC lady: Uh…let me check…o yea that’s right
Me:…
USC lady: So is there anything else I can help you with?
Me:…Thank YOU so much!</p>

<p>I sent them an email…</p>

<p>I’ve called and asked the same thing and they said the freshman forms can be used however a simple letter of rec written on your school’s letterhead referencing your USC ID# somewhere in the body is acceptable as well. It might be less confusing for your professors to simply utilize the latter method.</p>

<p>thanks alot everyone @laker, yea sometimes those workers are a bit uninformed =/</p>

<p>edit: does anyone have the link to the freshman forms, i’m having a bit of trouble finding them, thanks!</p>

<p>Here you go: [Freshmen</a> - USC Undergraduate Admission](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/freshmen.html]Freshmen”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/freshmen.html)</p>

<p>is this the address you guys are sending the LORs?</p>

<p>USC Office of Admission
700 Childs Way
University Park Campus
Los Angeles, California 90089-0911</p>

<p>Mailing address for follow-up application materials and all other types of correspondence:</p>

<p>USC Office of Admission
700 Childs Way
University Park Campus
Los Angeles, California 90089-0911</p>

<p>^I’m gonna assume that means “yes”</p>

<p>I’m having a little trouble understanding the math requirement. It says up to Algebra 2 in high school (I’ve done that and AP Stats)</p>

<p>I’ll be applying to be an incoming sophomore at CLAS (ethnic studies, or something similar), how far should I go in math?</p>

<p>I took a trig community college course in the winter, and spring pre-calc community college course that started before high school graduation but ended two weeks after I graduated.</p>

<p>Will it help my admission (in terms of rigor of preparation maybe?) to have calculus under my belt even though it is probably not needed for my major?</p>

<p>Thanks so much.</p>

<p>Thanks Kulakai for the link, since we have to use the freshman letter of rec forms, do we have to check off one of the dates under student? It has a Dec 1 2009 and a Jan 11, 2010, but transfers are only required to turn it in their app Feb 1st… so how would we do this? Also since it says FRESHMAN ONLY on the app, it should be fine if transfers use it correct?</p>

<p>also on the transfer application where you put down the schools you’ve attended, do these include the college you are CURRENTLY attending and any other summer school courses you’ve taken at other colleges? it seems a bit confusing since it asks for when you received your diploma and when you started attending till you finish, but if i am required to put down my current university and my other summer school colleges, i didn’t receive a diploma… or have a finished attended date.</p>

<p>it would seem logical they only require you to put down what you have COMPLETED and FINISHED, which in my cases is high school… can anyone confirm this?</p>

<p>thanks in advance.</p>

<p>@lakerforever24 - yes.</p>

<p>@xdzzzrawr - You do not have to use the freshman letter of rec forms. People assume since there is a form for freshman to use that there must be a form for transfers also which there isn’t. People end up using the freshman form anyway so USC accepts that format if you want to use it for your letter of rec. If it is easier for you and the person writing the letter, you can simply have them write out and sign a normal letter on their letterhead with your USC ID# listed somewhere on the letter and have them mail it to the admissions office address listed above on this page.</p>

<p>To answer your second question, they want you to list any secondary schools and colleges you have attended and therefore have a transcript from. This literally means anywhere you have a transcript from. I went to a CC 10 years ago and took some vocational courses for a Microsoft certification course that were simply pass/fail for credit. Because of this, I listed it on the app and will be sending the transcript in even if doesn’t really have any effect on my admissions decision. As I did not receive a diploma, I only listed the start/end date. So you would do the same for any colleges you took classes at, either for a associate degree, for credit, or even if you simply audited a fun class over the summer.</p>

<p>thanks again Kulakai, your input is always informative and insightful. So do you suggest that USC will require me to send in transcripts DIRECTLY FROM all the school’s I’ve attended including my high school and colleges? </p>

<p>My UC Riverside transcript includes my summer course at Rio Hondo with the unit worth/grade received/date/and course number, do you think I would have to separately ask Rio Hondo to send in a transcript to USC as well as from my high school (to prove I’ve received a diploma and my attendance is legitimate)? Or would it suffice if I simply sent in my UC Riverside transcript, since I currently have 47.67 semester units completed (71.5 quarter units) which is way over the 30 unit requirement for high school transcripts and SATS to not be considered?</p>

<p>You need to send in both your high school and UC Riverside transcripts then. Just call up both schools, speak to registration or whoever and have them send an official copy to USC and reference your usc id# somehow.</p>

<p>If you already have copies of the transcripts yourself, then just send them in using those fax coversheets USC provides you on the online application site. It is quicker to just have the other schools send them direct though if you don’t have them yourself.</p>

<p>does anyone prefer a UC over USC because at UC’s your HS foreign language counts but at USC it doesnt?</p>

<p>Sorry if this has been covered but question about college transcripts. Should those be sent in also by the February deadline or do you send them in after Spring semester when they are official with all your course loads completed?</p>

<p>So in terms of transcripts, I can just have my high school and community college send them to USC themselves, right? Should my USC ID be on transcripts that are sent? </p>

<p>If our colleges send them, then do we need to download and then fax the transcripts with the cover sheets?</p>

<p>if our USC ID has to be on our CCC transcript how do we do that? and how do we attatch form 7 for our high school transcript if it is already is sealed</p>

<p>@holyschmidt - Your current transcripts should be sent in by February 2nd showing all current grades (including Fall 2009 semester). You will then also need to send an official transcript once your spring grades are posted. </p>

<p>@stigma/eshug1 - You don’t <em>need</em> the usc id# on the transcripts when the colleges/high schools send them, USC will figure it out either way and place them with your application file. It is just to make it easier on the admissions reps that are sorting mail if you can get the usc id # attached to the transcript when it is sent. If your college/high schools send them in directly, you do not need to fax them in also with those forms, the forms are meant <em>only</em> for people who are faxing the transcripts in themselves.</p>