<p>As a general rule, if you are applying as a sophomore transfer (you graduated in May/June of 2010), your **high school record **will be the primary consideration for your admission. </p>
<p>If you are applying as a junior transfer (graduated 2009 or earlier), your college record **since high school graduation **will be the primary consideration.</p>
<p>The reason they say “30 units” is because that is about what a student completes in a year of college. If you have fewer than 30 units at the time of application - February 2nd, 2011 - they WILL look at your high school record. Some of you who did not do as well as you would have liked in high school but had an exemplary first semester of college will receive an SGR, your application will be set aside while they wait for your grades, and then be considered again including your entire first year of college.</p>
<p>isn’t it 30 units by spring cause they send you spring grade request. Also the courses i have taken are SPANISH 003 and and Environmental Science both come under the USC articulation agreement</p>
<p>alamemom: I have spoken to my admission counselor and I am positive that it is thirty credits by the end of spring semester. They will not focus on your high school record if you have thirty credits by the end of spring semester.</p>
<p>Hmm. False. They will primarily look at your college record if you finish 30 credit units by the END let me say it again, the END END END of your spring semester. It wouldn’t make too much sense if they wanted 30 credit units by February 1st. If you don’t finish 30 credit units by the end of the spring semester, then they’ll focus on your high school record.</p>
<p>Okey dokey, guys, if you say so! (Please go back and read the quote from the **USC Transfer brochure **in post #362.)</p>
<p>You are all very well organized this year, so it might be a good idea to make a list (dream???) of those applying with fewer than 30 *at the time of application *who choose not to submit test scores and HS grades, and those with fewer than 30 at the time of application who do submit the info and then compare admission results. It won’t help any of you, but might be very useful for next year’s batch (and some of *you *will be the veterans on next year’s thread).</p>
<p>Just to get you set for the long haul you are in for, some of the applicants who received SGRs last year did not find out about admissions until late July/early August. </p>
<p>And many of you who feel you need to “hide” your high school record actually have very nice academic records - dream, for example, manged admission to NYU (and dream is famous in USC admissions, so they will know her HS record, anyway ), so don’t worry so much.</p>
<p>Truly wishing each and every one of you is admitted - the posters on this thread are already showing that they belong in the Trojan Family. :)</p>
Actually, it makes perfect sense. They want to see how you are doing IN COLLEGE. If you don’t have 30 units by the time you apply, what in the world do you imagine they will consider between February and July? Your 15 units of intro courses and nothing else? That is why they suggest that if your high school record is not something you want them to see, you wait until the next year to apply. Read the transfer brochure.</p>
<p>Guys one more question as Ill have less than 30 units at the time of application, SHOULD I ENTER MY HS GPA AND SAT scores or should i NOT, if i do or don’t will it impact my decision in any way. I am applying for econ but maybe even computer science thanks!</p>
<p>Instead of arguing, why dont we just then them an email?? I mean it could be either by the end of Jan or Jun to have 30 credits. </p>
<p>@ dream: NYU…i had thought NYU is public school LOL</p>
<p>@jeezha: you have to i guess, but you still need to send them your official transcript from hs and SAT score anyways so why bother not entering them?</p>
<p>Btw, my second choice is econ, too Idk about USC but i start to dislike UC econ department.</p>
<p>Suppose you apply to ucla in November. The people at the admissions office of UCLA will review your first year grades ( with probably 30 + ) units. Usc kind of does the same thing. Think about it. UCLA asks for fall semester grades only to check if everything is going alright, and then UCLA accepts you. Usc kind of does the same thing. They also look at your first year grades if you apply as a sophomore. I have confirmed this from 3 sources, and am tired now.
I will be done with 33 transferable and 36 non transferable units by the end of spring. AND I am NOT supposed to send in my SAT scores and have to send my high school transcript for a review. Why would usc give hope to people to apply with 30 or more credits?
Please work hard, write a great essay and don’t lose hope .
I am hating the fact that my classmate in 9th grade from India got into USC with a 1700 and a 70 percent ( around 2.5 ) in 12th. His status on facebook says, " Obama coming to USC OMG :O) . I am not even sure if he knows how American government runs- about congress, judiciary, executive… so on…
It is poignant how things are unfair. How can you imagine a naive girl coming from India who lives in a 2 room apartment ( meant for 5 people , btw) , whose mother has constant stomach ache due to galstone , and some pretty weird stuff to do well in High School .
I am honestly so tired.
Please stop fighting over 30 over units.
You know, yesterday, I went to volunteer for la press club , which has really huge journalists from all over la. I met Jill stewart ( shes on wikipedia ) and she encouraged me to freelance, intern and has made me a member of the club and a blogger for their website.
What more does USC want. I am working my ass off. I have no life , really.
Please don’t fight over 30 units and do your best. USC will review everything , and check why you didn’t do well in HS and how well you are doing right now.</p>
<p>BTW BTW BTW
AT THE END OF THE BROCHURE ( FAQ ) , the question is-
I just did average in HS, but I still want to get into usc or something life this?
Answer- You can apply to usc with 30 units or something like this . This means that they do check spring grades for consideration.
I will be done with all pre reqs and ges by spring. I am working on my career, volunteering, have leadership qualities and everything. And also, for my major, I cant apply with more than 36 transferable units. Now with no sat scores to review, and an average high school transcript in the hand, usc will look how well in did as a freshman at smc ( sorry for the modesty ) . I will be pretty ****ed if I get rejected for doing all this.
I am sure you did well in HS, but for some unfortunates, this did not happen.
I am glad USC gives chance to apply as a sophomore.</p>
<p>YES, they will check spring grades for many of you - ESPECIALLY those of you applying with fewer than 30 at the time of application. Those who get SGRs will NOT find out about admission on June 1st, they will find out in July and August.</p>
<p>I’ve thought USC would be unfair for international students? Am I wrong? I mean there are fewer int students that are accepted than Americans, so this would be more competitive for them to get in. I am not sure but in my high school, 70% of int students get like 3.6 or higher.</p>
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<p>I have spoken with my counselor numerous times about this issue. MY regional counselor said that if you have thirty or more units IN PROGRESS, they will not consider high school grades. I want to copy and paste the emails, but I do not want to take the chance of being identified. LOL!</p>
<p>30 or more can also been that the people with at least 60 credits will have high school grades looked at. Its okay. I guess for now nobody will really care who you are. Well I have had direct talks with the admissions office advisor and she said that as long I have 30 or more by spring, I am set. Let HS grades come into play, they’re not all that bad. </p>
<p>I guess they chose him ( the intl student from India) because he did well in 10th ( every one does well in 10th in India- nothing special ) and probably did average in 11th…
But come on, he is paying the entire tuition…Once he accused me of sexual harassment and I went into one year depression because of him. It disgusts me that some one like him got in ! I never sexually harassed anyone. If you are paying soccer in the field and are pushed by an opponent and accidently bump into some one , is that sexually harassing some one ?</p>
<p>lol. Let’s keep it on topic because it’s useless ranting about who and who didn’t get in. If someone got into USC, then there was a reason for it. And back to the 30 credit thing, I really don’t care if they look at my High School transcript. Most of the people on this thread will be getting high gpas by the looks of it so it’ll just be a benefit to them if USC looks at their high school transcripts because they’ll see something valuable. It’s called progression. It’s called change. So if “someone” is going to be adamant about the notion that you need 30 credit units by application date, not the end of semester, then all the more power to us. However, I don’t see why USC would want someone to have 30 credit units by application date when a normal year’s load is around 30! Thus, it makes perfect sense that they would wait for semester grades to come out to judge if they need to put more priority on high scool records or college records. If they wanted to see people who were already well situated in college rather than us sophomore transfers, then they would’ve put the minimum credits amount cap higher. Anyways, 30 credit units by the end of spring semester is what I’ll stick to. ( Here’s a link for more proof that you need 30 credit units by the END of spring semester for USC to focus more on your college records <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/532008-applying-usc-sophomore-couple-questions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/532008-applying-usc-sophomore-couple-questions.html</a>)</p>
<p>holkey, a note about your proof (I do not see how a 2008 college confidential thread with no supporting links is proof?): if you will take a look at the other posts of the two posters asking if their HS records will be considered when they will have 30 units by the end of Spring (but not by the application date), you will find that MattG728 (post #1) was rejected by USC and attends another 4-year. Lakersinjune (post #8) is still attempting to transfer two years later.</p>
<p>Exactly. Its called progression. I completely agree with you.
I am taker high math in college than I took in HS. Do I sill have to write down my highest math level in HS and its grade? Or should I just write down the math I am taking right and its grade?</p>
), so don’t worry so much.</p>
I want to copy and paste the emails, but I do not want to take the chance of being identified. LOL!</p>