<p>another thing that I forgot to add, as long as you took that English class in the summer after high school graduation AND it is listed in the articulation agreement with your school as a transferbale course then they will count it. </p>
<p>For all the classes view the agreement go to usc.edu/articulation to view them. </p>
<p>I hope this helps!</p>
<p>I have a question… okay so, I was looking at requirements for a minor I’m interested in (Consumer Behavior) and it says that 4 units of PSYC 100 are required. My articulation history says that PSYC 100 is equivalent to my school’s PSY 101 class. However, my PSY 101 class is only 3 credits, not 4. When it transfers, will they give me 4 units for it? >_></p>
<p>Does anyone know if Business Calc. satisfies the Calculus requirement for Mashall?</p>
<p>It does help very much!! Thanks futuretrojan. But im concerned with the journalism prereq part. So i can still take like a journalism class and it wont count towards USC credit right? in other words, it wont have any type of affect towards admission?</p>
<p>@dream yeah i plan to contact annenberg. Thanks :-)</p>
<p>@ holkey : i think marshall only requires business calc so you’re fine. </p>
<p>@ dream : thank u, and your question, I have an example like this. I have 5 credits for a math class but in UCs it’s only 4 but since i took this class in another college, when ucsb received it, they put down 7.5 credits. 4 and 7.5… I dont know how USC will evaluate it. I guess we need to ask them thou</p>
<p>holkey - check your USC’s articulation history with your school at <a href=“https://camel2.usc.edu/articagrmt/artic_hist_range.aspx[/url]”>Error; and if that class corresponds to a course that is listed under the Marshall requirements in the Transfer Brochure, then you’re golden.</p>
<p>tantungnam - that is weird… I’m mainly worried because of what would happen if my units ended up translating to less than 30 by USC standards even though it’s 30 at my college. 
But most of my school’s courses are 3 credits, whereas USC’s are 4 credits, so I think I would get bumped up a few credits if they transfer.</p>
<p>I think you can send them an email to verify it since all of the classes are filled by now, so there’s nothing you can do but wait for their verification, right ?</p>
<p>dream - This is what it says on my school’s articulation agreement:</p>
<p>“Transferable courses are granted the number of semester units indicated on the transfer transcript, even if a USC equivalent course receives a different number of units.”</p>
<p>It’s under Part V: General Rules -> A. Basic Requirements -> 2. Units</p>
<p>You can check to see if it says that on your agreement, too.</p>
<p>“Complete no more than 36 transferable units if you are applying to the Journalism or Public Relations”. </p>
<p>I’m a freshman, I’ll have thirty credits at my university. I’m applying to Annenberg for Journalism. Are they saying that I basically need to get accepted to continue in Annenberg?</p>
<p>Common question, I know, but I’m still seeing different things. My questions is, do they focus primarily on your High School record if you don’t have 30 credit units by the time you apply (Feb. 1) OR if you don’t have 30 credit units by the end of your college year/ Spring semester?</p>
<p>ledudeabides - ugh, yeah, I see it. I wonder what this means for minor requirements… bleh. I won’t worry about it right now.</p>
<p>30 semester credits by the end of the spring semester.</p>
<p>dream- Thanks. Hope you get in! Cheers.</p>
<p>You too holkey!</p>
<p>Hey guys, does anyone have any information about USC’s Film Production major? I have looked around for information, but its hard to find some stuff out, what I’m mostly wondering is:</p>
<ol>
<li>What is the average GPA of the admitted students?</li>
<li>How many students are admitted to Film Production each year?</li>
<li>Does the fact that neither of my parents have college degrees (though my dad did some college but did not finish) help my chances?</li>
<li>How heavily do they consider creativity/writing ability vs. grades? I currently have a 3.4 that should get to around a 3.5 after this semester if I keep my grades up, do I have any chance at all if I’m good at writing and creative?</li>
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<p>Please let me know if you know any of these. Thanks!</p>
<p>dream - I was wondering why you were bummed out, then I realized I misread your question. I thought your college offered the psych class for 4 credits and USC offered it for three. Booooo. I wonder what the difference is in the amount of units and why it matters so much that it’s a 4 unit course.</p>
<p>Hey, reel! I’m an SCA applicant, too. I’ll try to answer your questions to the best of my abilities. I’m sure dreamupsided0wn will offer her advice as well.</p>
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<li><p>For transfers in general, Pinstripe and dream stated on pg 21 of this thread that the average of Fall 2010’s transfers is about a 3.7. I think 3.5 and up is the “safe” zone, though. For SCA in particular, I really have no idea. I’ve known people who transferred in with a GPA as low as 2.9 and as high as 4.0. I read through the [USC</a> Transfer Decisions 2010 Official Thread](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/904974-usc-transfer-decisions-2010-official-thread.html]USC”>USC Transfer Decisions 2010 OFFICIAL THREAD - Transfer Students - College Confidential Forums) and there were applicants with 4.0s who were rejected from the SCA and applicants with much lower GPAs who were accepted. It could be that a lot of it had to do with the way they marketed themselves in their applications and how much talent they displayed in their supplemental materials. I suggest you read through that thread and see what else they had to offer outside of their GPAs. It helped me a bit. :)</p></li>
<li><p>I always hear that it’s 50 freshman for production. I dunno if that’s just hearsay or true statistical info. No clue about transfers, though. Less than 50, I presume. I’m not even sure if that information is made public.</p></li>
<li><p>I have no idea.</p></li>
<li><p>Like I mentioned in answer #1, there were applicants who applied to the SCA with perfect GPAs and weren’t admitted, and there were applicants with 3.0s and 3.4s who were. I’m sure GPAs matter, but a GPA only shows your general work ethic. It won’t show them your vision, how much film moves and affects you, and what you can add to the SCA department as a student. Work really, really hard on your supplemental materials and spend a lot of time on them. I have an average-ish GPA – not dissimilar to yours – and that’s all we can really do.</p></li>
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<p>I know a kid who transferred into the SCA with a 2.9 (when he applied)-3.1 (after spring semester) because his supplements were out of this world. It may not be common, but anything can happen, I say. Let’s work hard on our supplements, cross our fingers, and hope for the best! :)</p>
<p>Grrr, I can’t edit my last post, but reel: I looked around and came across one of one-way’s [posts[/url</a>] (third post on that page). Apparently, the average GPA for SCA transfers is 3.7 and they accept 25 students per program. That post is over two years old, though, so take it with a couple grains of salt. One-way was [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/704200-usc-transfer-decisions-2009-official-thread-5.html#post1062631539]accepted”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/704200-usc-transfer-decisions-2009-official-thread-5.html#post1062631539]accepted</a> into SCA](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/444468-usc-transfer-questions-not-answered-fall-08-thread-3.html]posts[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/444468-usc-transfer-questions-not-answered-fall-08-thread-3.html) with a 3.4, btw.</p>
<p>So I was looking at the USC Articulation Agreement for my school (Western Washington University) and there was only like 13 classes listed on there that was listed. I’ve compared my class syllabuses to the ones that would be similar ones at USC so I’m hoping that they would transfer.</p>
<p>However I am still a bit paranoid. Am I the only one with this issue? :/</p>
<p>@reelfilm - adding onto what ledude said:</p>
<ol>
<li>Don’t look at CC stats threads if you want a TRUE average. CC data is very skewed in one direction because the sample size is so small, so people on here tend to have very high GPAs. And yeah, talent/supplements are a huge part of the decision. USC does not make those numbers public, but NYU’s film school says on their website that the portfolio counts as 60-90% of the decision.</li>
<li>50 freshmen are admitted to Film Production each year. According to SCA’s website (the Myth vs. Reality page): “The School of Cinematic Arts welcomes transfer students from institutions around the city, state and nation. For example, in fall 2009, well over one-third of our incoming undergraduate students were transfers.” So I would guess that they accept about 10-15 transfers, although that 1/3 applies to the whole undergraduate school. I think they only accept transfers when there are available slots, so that number could vary slightly. However, people DO (for some reason :P) leave the SCA.</li>
<li>Being a first-generation college student is generally thought to increase your chances, but only marginally. The things you do yourself are more important.</li>
<li>You have a decent chance. If you get your GPA up to 3.5+ you will increase your chances substantially. And, like I mentioned above, the portfolio is a huge factor in your decision.</li>
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<p>@ledude - I read one-way’s post… I think it would be a good idea if someone in this thread emailed SCA admissions and just asked what the average transfer GPA, etc is. I’ll go ahead and do it if no one else wants to, but it’s not really something I’m worried about because I’m guessing it’s ~3.7.</p>
<p>@cathythy - keep in mind that it is only an articulation history and that the classes on there are the only ones that people have attempted to transfer. If someone tried to transfer a class that didn’t transfer, it would be listed under the section titled “courses that do not transfer.” I was worried about it too, so I emailed the articulation office and they just told me that.</p>