@xeno2017 Colorado is in 3 day shipping from USC so we shouldn’t receive it until Monday but if thats not true then the mailman has already visited Boulder if that helps at all?
south jersey nothing here. saw someone post earlier they were from bergen county and got a package
@sjl1826 yea i really can’t see any other explanation. it seems far to reject that many top students just as an attempt to protect yield rate or whatever. but for NMFs, it just seems even unethical to offer this half tuition scholarship and then go on to reject people who are more than qualified to attend. if you’re going to attract all the NMFs to apply and then pick and choose the ones that you want, why not just turn these scholarships into standard presidential/trustee scholarships?
@mnemom Yes, she did. 
Sorry, that probably wasn’t clear in that post, I have been around here for years with 4 college kids, 2 that go/went to USC, another school, and now this one.
This is the end of my college application era. WOOOOOHOOOOO!
(I know it’s their application process, but c’mon we all know how much is on parents)
@DreamforIvy Cool, hopefully Tucson is a 3-day. Congrats!
I got nothing in the mail today. I live in Chicago and It’s suppose to be a two day delivery zone form LA. However, I did log into twitter and saw that some girl from the north side of Chicago got in. So I am taking this as an L. Anyone else from the Chicago land area on this thread?
@momof3co I live in SE Aurora and received it around 12 pm today. Hope that helps! I am sure you will get it soon
I live in central california. The mailman just came and there was no package. Hello darkness my old friend.
@sebas962 I’m from the south side of Chicago and got the package. I usually get my mail around 5, but today it came around noon. It can depend on your mailman. Hopefully, you get it.
Where on the portal are the decisions supposed to be posted tonight? Just login in to youSC? And do we know they will be posted at midnight? Online it just says “Please be aware that all final admission decisions are sent via postal mail.” It doesn’t say anything about the portal being updated at midnight…
@Emsmom1 just log into youUSC. We know it’s midnight from past years I think.
** Decision: Accepted **
** Date applied: November 30 **
** Date decision postmarked/received: March 24 **
** Which school/major at USC: Human Biology in Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences **
** Scholarships: Sadly none **
** Objective: **
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (640 Math, 710 Reading, 780 Writing) 8 on Essay
ACT (breakdown): 33 Composite (36 R, 33 W, 26 M, 33 S) 9 on Essay
SAT II (place score in parentheses):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95ish unweighted, 4.17 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Biology (5), AP US History (5), AP Statistics in progress
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, Advanced English Literature, Advanced Spanish IV, Physics, Environmental Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not major, but I got Gold Awards for two years on the National Spanish Exam
** Subjective: **
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Junior State of America Club (President '16/17, Secretary '15/16, Member of California JSA Cabinet as Chapter of Internal Affairs Agent, won 4 Golden Gavel Speaking Awards), Participated in many school musicals/plays (Lead roles, wrote and directed 2 of my own plays, member of International Thespian Society), Swam on Girls Varsity Swim Team all 4 years, Executive and Regular Student Council (Executive Activities Coordinator '16/17, 11th Grade Activities Coordinator, 10th Grade Activities Coordinator, Head of 2015 Winter Ball and Head of 2016 Prom Committee), National Spanish Honors Society, Member of Regular Choir and Chamber Choir for all 4 years, Member of Model United Nations for 2 years
Job/Work Experience: Snack Bar Attendant at Carmel Youth Center–cooked fast food for kids after school, Internship with Professor at Naval Postgraduate School researching the reasons why people become terrorists.
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteered every Saturday morning at my city’s hospital in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Helped as a math tutor at two middle schools in my area, Created a photography project featuring citizens in my city (kind of like Humans of New York) and held an exhibit of the photos to raise money for my local drug rehabilitation center for homeless teens
Summer Activities: Spent 2 weeks in sophomore year taking Spanish classes at a school in Malaga, Spain, and mostly just worked as a snack bar attendant
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: I would say a 9, only because some people said I didn’t really address the prompt. My writing was excellent, but my story focused on how I was dumped by a guy and that inspired me to write a play that I ended up producing at my school. I used humor and was very open about how I felt about my first teenage heartbreak. It was in response to the prompt on failure, and whether or not it really answered the prompt, it apparently worked!
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: Idk about one of my recommendations, but my Spanish teacher let me read his and it was absolutely amazing. I’m really good friends with him and his letter was so nice, I really credit him with getting me into the private schools I applied to.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: No idea.
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):: N/A
Interview: I think it went well. I was nervous af, but the lady was nice. We had a good discussion about how hard it is to have political conversations with super-conservative parents, which was an experience we had in common.
** Other **
Applied for Financial Aid? Nope and I’m regretting it so much rn. Should’ve at least tried for loans.
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 250k+, but parents don’t want to pay full tuition here 
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope.
** Reflection **
Strengths: My letters of recommendation, my test scores/grades, my extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Not a ton of community service, barely anything that related to my major
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was genuine in my essay and wrote on a topic that most people tell you to avoid–teenage heartbreak. As long as what you experienced had a real effect on who you are as a person, it’s a good topic for an essay!
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted: UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, SDSU, Boston University, Waitlisted: UCSD, Cal Poly, Rejected: UCLA, Waiting to hear from UC Berkeley
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Thought since I was rejected from UCLA that I would have no chance at USC, but I was wrong! Don’t let rejections get you down. Trojans are cooler than Bruins anyway. 
Anyone in Boston!!!
thank you! did you get in? If so congrats!
Has anyone received a rejection via email or mail?
[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ b]Date applied: ** Nov 29
[ b]Date decision postmarked/received:** March 25 Received
[ b]Which school/major at USC:** VITERBI - Computer Science/Business Admin
[ b]Scholarships:** unknown
[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 33C 35M 34E 32R 31SC
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 740 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parentheses): 3 AP Lang 4 Ap Calc AB
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Lang, AP Comp Sci, Ap Bio, Bible
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Won $1,500 in a music contest, highest academic honors, scholar athlete LMAO
[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): JV/Varsity Tennis 4 years +captain, President of 2 clubs, music program, interned at a doctor’s office
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Hollister
Volunteer/Community Service: 100+ hours at soup kitchen
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: My common app essay was really cool
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: probably good
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: probably good
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):: one outside rec from a doctor I interned with
Interview: Did a bay area interview, didn’t think it went well, but I talked about my dreams and I how I would pursue them at USC.
[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State (if domestic applicant): Cali
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
Gender: F
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: My essay and ACT
Weaknesses: GPA and lack of awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I had a lot of interest in my major and tons of extra curricular
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Got into Santa Clara, Chapman, Pepperdine, UCI, UCSB
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: SHOW INTEREST IN THE SCHOOL AND HOPE FOR THE BEST!
@sebas962 I’m from the Chicago suburbs and got nothing in the mail either
Btw i live by midway airport and i usually get my mail on Saturday’s around 5. However, not today though lol I got it at 3:30 and no package.
Lets just hope for the best!
this is honestly ridiculous. the f act that they didn’t just update portals is so dumb