USC 2011 Transfer Thread

Transfer Students
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<p>UPDATE:
Marshall School of Business
CrownOftheSea - Accounting
PikachuTrojan - Accounting
dazedNconfused20 - Business Administration
doworkgetbig - Business Administration
LostCollegeBound - Business Administration
purplenurple - Business Administration
Renouveau - Business Administration
snizzle77 - Business Administration
swagger - Business Administration
tantungnam - Business Administration
Granjota - ?
holkey - ?
McBainTrain - ?</p>

<p>School of Cinematic Arts
dreamupsided0wn - Critical Studies
ledudeabides - Production
reelfilm - Production
Neji107 - Interactive Media
aliofbabylon - ?</p>

<p>Thornton
ImGonnaMakeItBig - Music Industry</p>

<p>Annenberg
MissJay - Communication
sportslover - Communication
FutureTrojan21 - Broadcast Journalism
jaajaa20 - Broadcast Journalism
ilovewriting - Digital and Print Journalism
nainasethi13 - Print Journalism</p>

<p>CLAS
monzaaay - Biology
nabilesmail - Biology
jeezha - Economics
KurryKid - Economics
MEGUCT - Economics
Rayeed - Economics
phantomazero - English
belief - Geography
redoplease - History
agestyxracer - Kinesiology or Human Performance
Pinstripe - Neuroscience
JustJose29 - Political Science
gousc92 - Psychology</p>

<p>Viterbi
diver23 - ?</p>

<p>Independent Health Professions
snowboard129 - Occupational Therapy BA/MS</p>

<p>Unknown
AlexChristopher - ?
ArrogantBastard - ?
asd - ?
cathythy - ?
Chernabogsays - ?
funnypunjabi - ?
mytime09 - ?
tommyt09 - ?
transferguy2011 - ?</p>

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<p>I’m applying to the Marshall School of Business, but double majoring in Business Administration and Computer Science if you want to add me to the list.</p>

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<p>Hey guys, I need a serious opinion. By the end of this year I will have 58 credits (31 from AP exams) at my CC. 14 credits this semester, 16 credits next semester. I need 60 total to have an Associate’s Degree in General Studies at my school… do you guys think I should go for it (take on an additional 3 credits next semester or over the summer) and get the degree? Would that look good on my application? I’m a freshman right now…</p>

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<p>Personally, I’d go for it. I’m currently taking 18 credit hours and it’s not too bad. If you add the extra credits, I’m sure you can handle it. Plus, USC has more confidence in accepting a well situated sophomore rather than a freshman. That’s just my 2 cents though.</p>

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<p>What classes are you all taking to satisfy the diversity requirement? The Sociology class here is nearly 200 people, but I like small classes.</p>

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<p>holkey - what do you mean by “well situated sophomore rather than a freshman”? Is that referring to my current class standing (according to USC guidelines)? I would still be a freshman right now because instead of 31 AP credits, USC would only give me 24. So I would be considerably below the 64 credit junior cutoff. Er, I’m not sure if that’s what you were referring to.</p>

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<p>Monologua - I prefer small classes too, but I took Intro to Sociology which had about 200 people. A lot of them stopped showing up after a while though, so now there’s only about 50 there on an average day. It’s not so bad.</p>

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<p>Beside USC, I’m also interested in UCLA and I sent them an email about me going to community college and what I should do. They replied back to me today and they told me that “Currently, UCLA is giving California community college and UC to UC transfer applicants the same consideration for admissions. The junior-level transfer applicant is admitted into their major, therefore, it does not matter which California community college the applicant is transferring from.” That is pretty self-explanatory. Right now, I am so confused. Staying at UCSB would help me save credits. I would have more than 30 credits by the end of this years. (35 to be exact), but my core class (Econ 1,2, and some others) will be packed and from what I heard, for Econ 1, only 6% of the class get A and the next 6% get A-. tbh, im quite scared of this idea. I can handle Econ 1 but if the grade distribution keeps going like this for all other classes, I dont think I can get all A for my core class to transfer to USC or UCLA since I would get Bs for some of my GEs.</p>

<p>What do you guys think??? Stay at UCSB or transfer to a cc??</p>

<p>P.S. : I like USC more. UCLA is just backup…</p>

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<p>I think you should stay at UCSB. I mean, it could just be a rumor. Ask in the UCLA forum or look ratemyprofessors.com and check the Econ professor ratings. If that Econ class is your only concern, you should go for it. Switching to a CC seems kind of like a cop out, and USC will be able to tell. :/</p>

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<p>So, I will be applying to CLAS as a Classics major coming from SMC, I have a 3.8 GPA. I know my major is not competitive at all, but I still have this great fear that I won’t be accepted . . . Do any of you know what successful CLASS applicants’ GPA was?</p>

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<p>cosettex - I’m guessing the CLAS average GPA is close to the USC overall GPA, so probably about 3.7. I think you’re in good standing with that 3.8.</p>

<p>UPDATE:
Marshall School of Business
CrownOftheSea - Accounting
PikachuTrojan - Accounting
dazedNconfused20 - Business Administration
doworkgetbig - Business Administration
LostCollegeBound - Business Administration
purplenurple - Business Administration
Renouveau - Business Administration
snizzle77 - Business Administration
swagger - Business Administration
tantungnam - Business Administration
Granjota - ?
holkey - ?
McBainTrain - ?</p>

<p>School of Cinematic Arts
dreamupsided0wn - Critical Studies
ledudeabides - Production
reelfilm - Production
Neji107 - Interactive Media
aliofbabylon - ?</p>

<p>Thornton
ImGonnaMakeItBig - Music Industry</p>

<p>Annenberg
MissJay - Communication
sportslover - Communication
FutureTrojan21 - Broadcast Journalism
jaajaa20 - Broadcast Journalism
ilovewriting - Digital and Print Journalism
nainasethi13 - Print Journalism</p>

<p>CLAS
monzaaay - Biology
nabilesmail - Biology
cosettex - Classics
jeezha - Economics
KurryKid - Economics
MEGUCT - Economics
Rayeed - Economics
phantomazero - English
belief - Geography
redoplease - History
agestyxracer - Kinesiology or Human Performance
Pinstripe - Neuroscience
JustJose29 - Political Science
gousc92 - Psychology</p>

<p>Viterbi
diver23 - ?</p>

<p>Independent Health Professions
snowboard129 - Occupational Therapy BA/MS</p>

<p>Unknown
AlexChristopher - ?
ArrogantBastard - ?
asd - ?
cathythy - ?
Chernabogsays - ?
funnypunjabi - ?
mytime09 - ?
tommyt09 - ?
transferguy2011 - ?</p>

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<p>@ dream : im so confused right now, I looked up all the professors that teach Core class for Econ majors and most of the comments were hateful towards the profs and some of the like comments were like “Study hard and you cant get lower than a B…”</p>

<p>You know you cant not get in USC w/ B in major-related classes right ??? I wish I had gone to a cc at the first place. Geez…</p>

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<p>Hey guys, I’m very seriously interested in applying to USC as a junior next year.</p>

<p>I got a 3.8 GPA from the University of Tampa (private FL college), the only problem is I wanna go into Marshall Business and they require me to complete Calculus 1 at least by the time I go there, unfortunately I’m only going to be taking precalculus next semester and then calculus then semester after (I know, I’m very slow), so if anyone knows if it’s possible for me to take summer classes to fulfill the math requirement that’d be very helpful for me.</p>

<p>Otherwise, I could always skip precalc and take calculus for business next semester instead, however, the problem with that is I want to continue to take maths to at least Calculus 3 level or linear algebra and I’ll probably end up taking summer courses anyways.</p>

<p>I believe it would be worth it to skip precalculus and take business calc instead if I get into USC, but since USC is very competitive and there’s a real shot that I may get rejected, I don’t want to risk it, especially since USC is really the only school I’m looking to transfer to.</p>

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<p>@ledudeabides-
thanks alot for the info and advice, I feel more confident now of my chances because I think I could hopefully make my supplements really good, its just grades that have never been my strongest area. sounds like we are in the same boat, good luck, n hope u get in! btw, The Big Lebowski is an awesome movie.</p>

355

<p>@dreamupsided0wn-
thanks alot for the helpful info, I’m glad to hear talent/creativity and the supplemental materials are a big factor, I know UCLA is more about GPA, but glad to hear USC (my first choice) is more geared towards the portfolio. I also was considering applying to NYU, you think it would be worth it? I pretty much know nothing about their program or what the process is transferring there from out of state (I’m in California).</p>

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<p>@tantungnam - You do NOT have to have straight As in major-related classes to get into USC. :stuck_out_tongue: There are people with 3.4s who have gotten in in the past. One B won’t kill you.</p>

<p>@Xptboy - I would advise you to take Calc 1 over the summer… I think they’ll allow that. Maybe you should talk to them first. If you think you are ready to skip precalc and go straight to calc, then that would probably be easier. I would say that if you feel confident in your ability to succeed in calc, then skip precalc.</p>

<p>@reelfilm - NYU is a private university so the process is the same for in and out of state students. In my opinion, NYU is easier to get into than USC (some people may disagree). I got into NYU Tisch last year but USC SCA rejected me… I think NYU puts less emphasis on grades, because a LARGE amount of the people that get into Tisch have surprisingly low GPAs (mine was something like 3.0-3.3 UW, 3.9 W). I think SCA cares a lot more about your overall application. NYU also has a lot more essays/supplements, which was annoying. Their acceptance rate is just a little bit higher than USC’s, but not by much. For example, USC accepts 26 Screenwriting students while NYU accepts something like 75. I think both acceptance rates are still below 10%, though, so it’s not that big of a difference. :stuck_out_tongue: If you can’t afford the sticker price of NYU, don’t bother applying because that is what you will most likely be paying (especially as a transfer). Our FAFSA EFC was ~$1000 and my family income was ~$32k/year when I applied for aid… they gave me about $33k in loans and $10k in grants/scholarships (the rest of the aid was federal aid - Pell Grant, etc) to cover the $60k overall cost. When I told them we couldn’t take out that much because my mom was still paying off graduate school loans, they gave me an additional $1k. -eyeroll- My family income has increased a lot since then, so I could afford NYU if I applied again… but I’m not going to give them that satisfaction. ;D</p>

<p>UPDATE:
Marshall School of Business
CrownOftheSea - Accounting
PikachuTrojan - Accounting
dazedNconfused20 - Business Administration
doworkgetbig - Business Administration
LostCollegeBound - Business Administration
purplenurple - Business Administration
Renouveau - Business Administration
snizzle77 - Business Administration
swagger - Business Administration
tantungnam - Business Administration
Granjota - ?
holkey - ?
McBainTrain - ?
Xptboy - ?</p>

<p>School of Cinematic Arts
dreamupsided0wn - Critical Studies
ledudeabides - Production
reelfilm - Production
Neji107 - Interactive Media
aliofbabylon - ?</p>

<p>Thornton
ImGonnaMakeItBig - Music Industry</p>

<p>Annenberg
MissJay - Communication
sportslover - Communication
FutureTrojan21 - Broadcast Journalism
jaajaa20 - Broadcast Journalism
ilovewriting - Digital and Print Journalism
nainasethi13 - Print Journalism</p>

<p>CLAS
monzaaay - Biology
nabilesmail - Biology
cosettex - Classics
jeezha - Economics
KurryKid - Economics
MEGUCT - Economics
Rayeed - Economics
phantomazero - English
belief - Geography
redoplease - History
agestyxracer - Kinesiology or Human Performance
Pinstripe - Neuroscience
JustJose29 - Political Science
gousc92 - Psychology</p>

<p>Viterbi
diver23 - ?</p>

<p>Independent Health Professions
snowboard129 - Occupational Therapy BA/MS</p>

<p>Unknown
AlexChristopher - ?
ArrogantBastard - ?
asd - ?
cathythy - ?
Chernabogsays - ?
funnypunjabi - ?
mytime09 - ?
tommyt09 - ?
transferguy2011 - ?</p>

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<p>I’ll probably talk to admission officer of a cc to ask because if i transfer after a semester/quarter. When i apply to usc, the transcript would show the credits solely from that cc or combine between ucsb and cc. I figure out all lower-division-class has the same grade distribution for econ; and how profs make the exams much more difficult than it should be to prevent students from major in econ.</p>

<p>I dont think i can stand 7 classes that have that kind of grade distributions…</p>

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<p>Thanks dream, I just sent an inquiring e-mail to their admissions office, hopefully I can take calculus during summer.</p>

<p>Anyways, I plan on majoring in business admin. for marhsall. Specializing in a finance and investment related area.</p>

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<p>hey guys so this is my first quarter in cc. I will be applying to USC this spring. JW okay so i have 19 cc quarter credits this fall adn will get 20 in winter. thats only 39 quarter units. Now my question is in HS i got for taking two classes in cc about 8 credits that brings me too 48 which is what i need for them to only my scores from cc. however my question is will they accept those credits or no those 8 credits which i took while i was in hs thanks! all the 8 credits are credited by USC all the help will be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>Thanks Dream! Two-hundred people is just very overwhelming for me. I like to establish “familiarity” with my professors and I like to be in interactive classes. I’m at a large university, so it’s slightly difficult to find that in an Intro classes. But I’m taking Women Studies (which I just realized fulfills the diversity requirement), which is a twenty person class. :D</p>

<p>Jeezha-“College courses taken before high school graduation can fulfill GE categories I, II, III and V, but not the writing requirement, the diversity requirement, or the foreign language requirement. Courses must be taught on the college campus by college faculty and not used toward high school graduation to earn credit; courses taught in a high school setting, even if they are transcripted by a college or university, do not earn credit at USC.”</p>