USC Appeals 2015

I hope so! This whole waiting thing is way too nerve racking… I just want them to send the emails out already so we can know!

any news yet?

has anyone received any rejections yet?

nope

Looking at past threads, I don’t think rejection emails come out till later in the afternoon/evening

Good luck

wait isn’t there any fall admits yet who got accepted after appeal?

Accepted, fall!

@ThisBoysLife, when did you check? You kept checking? It was just updated?

@ThisBoysLife what did you write in your appeal?

Check this morning around 8am – yep, received no email.

Mentioned my passion for USC, support from esteemed alumni, press about achievements, letters of recommendations from industry leaders, a lot of support from professors who I can not thank enough. I did more than just submit an appeal to show my passion. Plus, a lot of my grades were ‘lost’ first time around.

And my son followed the very clear instructions NOT to submit any additional letters of recommendation. :frowning: He also stuck to a page, as instructed, when there was more to say. My advice to next year’s appealers: ignore USC’s instructions.

@jazzshreddermom I followed the instructions but I went over a page. I think it’s not needed for recommendations but most likely the decision was not overturned for the recommendations

@ThisBoysLife would you mind saying your SAT and GPA scores? Thank you!

Yes, and they were clear to state in the appeal instructions that additional recommendations at this point, with so little time, would “unfairly burden” Admissions. Seemed like it would actually hurt to ignore that. I guess not.

@jazzshreddermom it’s ok, hopefully our decisions will get overturned :slight_smile: if not there’s always next year.! Good luck!!!

To be fair, I had submitted them in original application, however they were ‘lost’. And following instructions was a test! (kidding, obviously). However, these letters were incredibly substantial to who I am. My appeal was a page, but I included additional documentation, such as grades, test scores, etc.

@uclauscla – less than 2000. GPA was less than 3.7.

How low under a sat 2000 because mine was much lower

@ThisBoysLife WAIT!!! DOES your portal have like options to SLR SIR and that stuff?? Or is it just showing the documents and application status!!?