Of course those straight A’s can be meaningless if there was not a challenging courseload.
@ihopeigetintbh - It looks like USC is unsure of this years yield. The yield is normally around 33%. When they told you 9,000-9,200 admits that included spring admits.
If USC has a 37% yield, like last year, the freshman class is about 3,050. If the yield goes higher, they will have a freshman class about last years size, about 3350. If the yield dips back down to the historical 33%, they will likely bump a higher than normal number from spring admit to fall admit.
@chigirl99 - you don’t know how many of the 64,000 are white. So that’s not an accurate assessment.
@chigirl99 Statistically speaking, I think you should also keep in mind that “people of color” includes many races, and when you take the individual race into account, the acceptance rate is even lower than 4%, since caucasians make up the largest percentage in the school.
@chigirl99 Are you trying to make the argument that white people have it rough?
@ShawnWax 85% had test scores in the 95th percentile or higher??? And the increase in average gpa went from like 3.7 to almost 3.9…definitely seems like decisions were less holistic this year 
most stat based. Ugh
yikes
Say goodnight, gracie.
I wanna cry now omg…those stats seem like it was such a tough year to get accepted if you’re not perfect. My sat is 200 under the 50%. Rip
@psssthoy uhhh no one was saying that lol :))
@ucplsacceptme me too i’m so sad. There’s no way I got in
@kuhlm44937 why did the year we applied have to be this insanely competitive seems like most of the people accepted are either extremely high gpa or sat score. USC isn’t just a reach now it’s like an extremely low/impossible chance I got in lol :((
fr every school i applied to has been insanely competitive
@ucplsacceptme - The numbers can be intimidating but it does mean that over 2,000 admits had an SAT below 1400. Also, over 4,000 admits had less than a 3.86 gpa.
60% had an sat score in the 99% percentile who are these geniuses??? Lol 
hmmm so no update on our portal about scholarships. so much for the precendent set last year?
I agree that the stats reported are staggering for sure. BUT I’m not sure we can blame the high scores/GPAs on USC “not being holistic this year.” While that could be the case, we won’t really know until we start seeing the full picture of who was accepted including ECs, demographics, etc. While the scores have gotten better, that doesn’t mean the students accepted weren’t equally as “holistically” approached as previous years. Basically what I’m saying is, there are plenty of applicants who I’m sure had marvelous scores AND extracurriculars. It’s not just a “one or the other” deal, so don’t accuse USC admissions just yet.
@18mddog holistic definitely wasn’t the right word… I’m not sure how else to word it but I agree it seems like most USC applicants now have amazing ec AND nearly perfectly scores! Not saying they only looked at grades. I’m just jealous of these seemingly perfect kids :))
the high stats is the reason it must be holistic. with so many folks high grades/test scores, the holistic approach is the only way to tell them apart! otherwise would just be a lottery. more kids are applying to more schools now, and more are learning (and parents paying) to get the kids through the hoops in the right ways to get good grades and test scores. harder to push or pay your way through consistent focused ECs, volunteer work, just my $0.02 FWIW
@ucplsacceptme I searched last year’s blog and the stats for class of 2021 are lower but not by as much as you state:
The average un-weighted GPA for class of 2021, on a 4-point scale, was 3.84. Yes, the class profile shows a middle 50% range of 3.77 to 4.0, but the average GPA according to last year’s blog was 3.84. For this year, it went up to 3.86.